[DVD/BLU-RAY REVIEW] THERES NOTHING LIKE THE HIGH OCTANE WAR THAT IS ‘VFW’
VFW is a neon-drenched trippy thrill ride that you won’t get out of your head. It’s part zombie, full-blown 80s action horror, and a whole lot of fucking fun.
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[ZINE] RIOT GRRRL HORROR: THE SOSKA SISTERS STAND UP TO THE SYSTEM
What’s grotesque on the inside usually comes out (or off) in a Twisted Twins flick such as Rabid.. That’s because superficial standards of feminine beauty, threats of sexual violence, and other exterior demands of a patriarchal system distort women’s interior lives. Men make women ugly on the inside. And ugliness will come out, often angrily. The slit, pierced, amputated, and mangled are thus the realest things about these movies. They provide tangible, gory evidence of women’s rage.
[ZINE] DREAM HOME (2010): HOW TO MAKE A LADY MONSTER
Cheng Lai Sheung (played by Josie Ho) evolves from dutiful daughter to mass murderer in Ho-Cheung Pang’s film Dream Home (2010).
[EDITORIAL] TWIN TALES OF TAGALOG TERROR, 2020 EDITION
Attracted by the welcoming Filipino government, Americans made movies there that they couldn’t make at home. The archipelago became a fertile environment for filmmakers to to let their imaginations run wild!
[REVIEW] ‘THE INVISIBLE MAN’ IS A TERRIFYING ITERATION THAT GIVES A MODERN TWIST TO THE CLASSIC TALE
The Invisible Man is a refreshing divergence from a crass revenge story, which is where some #MeToo-themed movies have aimed.
[REVIEW] ‘BLOOD ON HER NAME’ IS AN INTENSE, RURAL-NOIR THRILLER WITH HITCHCOCKIAN OVERTONES
Blood on Her Name (2020) is an intense, rural-noir thriller with Hitchcockian overtones that takes the viewer on a voyage into the dark and turbulent lives of its characters.
[FINAL GIRLS] ‘TITO’ IS GOTHIC HORROR THAT DARES YOU TO THINK
Tito is very, very afraid. Grace Glowicki’s daring gothic horror flick Tito premiered at the Final Girls Berlin Film Fesitval on February 9, 2020.
[REVIEW] VINEGAR SYNDROME’S ‘BLOOD MANIA’ AND ‘POINT OF TERROR’ SET RIPS THE SCREAMS RIGHT OUT OF YOUR THROAT!
Blood Mania and Point of Terror, two nearly forgotten ghoulish tales of madness, mayhem, and murder, were rescued from obscurity by Vinegar Syndrome.
[FINAL GIRLS BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL] TRUE CRIME SHORTS BLOCK
Insha reviews the TRUE CRIME SHORTS BLOCK from Final Girls Berlin Film Festival. (Spoilers: She would like a full movie of LAST SEEN please.)
[REVIEW] ‘GRETEL AND HANSEL’ SPINS A TALE OF WITCHES AND WOMANHOOD IN THIS DARK FANTASY FABLE
In this dark and atmospheric retelling, director Osgood Perkins creates a visually stunning film that explores the fearsome power of womanhood and the monsters that live in the woods.