A little-known fact of 16th Century Europe — during the time of the witch trials in France, Latvia/Estonia, and the Netherlands there were also documented real life werewolf trials. Admittedly they were mostly medieval serial killers. Mostly. Other European legends of werewolves resided in Germany with tales of warrior clans dressed in wolf’s skin and […]
Larry Fessenden (Habit, Wendigo, Stake Land: Origins) is a virtuoso of the independent horror scene. Writer, Producer, Director, Editor, and Actor. In his film BlackOut – which recently screened at Fantasia 2023 — we see the portrait of a man in the midst of an existential crisis, Charley, played intensely by Alex Hurt. Charley is an […]
I’m taking a little break from werewolf movies this week but I promise to review another one quite soon. This week’s film is about politics and pornography, but then I repeat myself. Today common political kitchen table topics regularly include such wholesome realities as child sex trafficking, actress rape, sex changes for pre-pubescent children, pedo […]
The Fantasia International Film Festival, an annual celebration of all things imaginative and extraordinary, has once again taken the film world by storm. Held in the vibrant city of Montreal, Canada, this iconic festival is currently running this year July 20th to August 9th and has become a mecca for cinephiles, genre enthusiasts, and filmmakers […]
Mad Heidi is an ambitious and energetic project which was successfully crowdfunded and put on hold by the covid pandemic. Mad Heidi looks like a million bucks (it was shot for well over 2 million actually), its vibrant style, and ultrviolence shines throughout. Not taking itself seriously but driving home that constant tongue in cheek […]
Cross of the Seven Jewels (La Croce dale sette pietre) is an astoundingly bizarre little film directed by multitasking Marco Antonio Andolfi, whose directorial style and storytelling skills are as equally ham-fisted as the film is absurd. Marco Antonio Andolfi, not only directs the film, but is its writer, editor, special effects man, and star. […]
Not long ago, me and my Partner in Gore, Willow Brian, were chilling watching the extras on a DVD when we chanced upon a trailer for Necrophile Passion, the infamous underground Austrian/German flick which pops up now and then on various sites. Willow has a deep fascination with the dead, and necrophilia movies kind of […]
It’s finally here folks. It’s finally here. Well, just about! Way back in 2013 an anthology horror film known as The Profane Exhibit was conceptualized by Amanda L. Manuel to present the audience with a mirror as a reflection of mankind, a reflection of greed, lust, and revenge that embodied corruption to the core. Some […]
I was shocked and surprised when I first heard Cross of Seven Jewels (La Croce Dalle Sette Pietre) was getting the deluxe blu-ray treatment from the folks at TetroVideo. This Italian shitfest is my favourite batshit crazy film ever and is my most anticipate release in years! And boy is the release packed! Here’s the […]
I don’t think, even if I wrote a hundred-page essay, that I could capture just why I adore the films of Paul Naschy so much. Like Jesus Franco and Jean Rollin, he’s the kind of ingredient in the huge mixture of horror and fantasy that isn’t to everyone’s tastes but if you’re one of those […]
