Review: ‘All I Need,’ a Meticulous & Compelling Thriller
Dylan K. Narangâs All I Need begins like any other film in the âwomen in captivityâ subgenre. However, within a few minutes, it becomes very apparent that All I Need is going to be something wholly different. From the filmâs opening shot a languid style is established as the camera slowly reveals a young woman, Chloe (Caitlin Stasey), trapped and bound in a room.  What works so well in these openi...[Read More]
FEATURED FEARMAKER: Cindy Maples
Itâs been a great start to Women in Horror Month, and we want to keep the love and respect going by featuring all women FearMakers this month. When we first began creating the WAIH community, we thought the indie horror scene was far from thriving. Boy were we wrong. The same goes for women in horror. At first glance women only seem to pop up in front of the camera, usually running, usually toples...[Read More]
Shine On Collective Returns with “To The Wild”
Last year immersive theater blew up all over southern California. One group of young and audacious women known to the community as the Shine On Collective emerged with an impressive story of love and emotional distress with Devotion. Cara Darling took audiences on a personalized journey into her mind which was filled with so much passion and love, she could not handle it. The show was impressive n...[Read More]
Review: ‘Deadly Virtues’ Is A Taut Home Invasion Thriller
Deadly Virtues: Love. Honor. Obey is the first feature film from Raindance Raw Talent and released by arthouse film juggernaut Artsploitation Films. Directed by Ate De Jong (Drop Dead Fred, Highway to Hell), and written by Mark Rogers, Deadly Virtues is about a sadistic tormentor, Aaron (Edward Akrout) who breaks into the home of Tom (Matt Barber) and Alison (Megan Maczko) forcing the couple to a ...[Read More]
Short Review: “The Final Photograph”
Shot on a $100 budget, Gary Berger and Josh Mowattâs The Final Photograph is ridiculously effective in terms of how it plays out. Thanks to an omnipresent voiceover, the short could either be a confessional, or it could be the creepiest episode of The Moth ever broadcast. This is the second short Berger and Mowatt directed together, having previously worked together on the 2016 film, Servus de Inf...[Read More]
Indie Thriller ‘Valley of Ditches’ Get’s North American Release Date In March!
One thing we love to see here is films we love made by great people find their way to flourish in front of an anticipated audience. So many wonderful films travel festivals only to be buried never to be seen again. Lucky for us, one such film has managed to beat the odds and has been picked up by Toronto-based 108 Media, who has picked up Chris Langâs micro-budget thriller about survival, Valley o...[Read More]
ScareLA Comes To The LA Convention Center This Year!!
After a record-setting attendance at last yearâs original LA based Halloween/horror convention, ScareLA has just announced that they will be relocating to a bigger venue at the Los Angeles Convention Center. The move, announced by Executive Producer Lora Ivanova, will finally bring ScareLA back into its namesake cityhood, and will be sporting the new theme of âMonsters Come Together.â Since debuti...[Read More]
Review: ‘The Sitter,’ A Paced & Nuanced Short
Pacing is important. Whether youâre talking about basketball, relationships, or in this case horror, pacing is one of the more important elements that dictates the kind of effect an action has. In the horror genre, a lot of films fall into the trap of blowing you away in the first five minutes and boring you to death through the rest of the picture, because they have no sense of, you guessed it, p...[Read More]
Three Witches, One Necronomicon Spell Trouble in New Indie Horror âReel Nightmare,â out Now
Three beautiful, vengeful witches are summoned back to life after a skeptic young woman reads from their Necronomicon in the new horror feature film ReelNightmare, available worldwide now via Amazon, Amazon Prime, Vimeo On Demand; and BluRay. The new Trailer and all links to stream, rent or buy Reel Nightmare are now available at: http://www.reelnightmare.com Also known as Reel Nightmare: Book of ...[Read More]
‘Dead West’ Now Out on DVD
From RLJ Entertainment and writer and director Jeff Ferrell (Ghostlight) comes Dead West. Dead West is out now (as of February 7) on DVD featuring the tagline, âRevenge Never Dies.â The film stars Jeffrey Arrington (Vicious), Brian Sutherland (Fat Kids Rule the World), Meagan Karimi-Naser (âJob Huntersâ), Aurelio Voltaire (ABCs of Death 2), and Michael Joseph Draper (âGrimmâ). Dead West is written...[Read More]
New Trailer For Luke White’s ‘Blood Money’
With just under a month until itâs release date of March 3rd, the team behind the new art theft suspense thriller Blood Money have released one more trailer giving a deeper look into the filmâs story. Weâve talked about this film a couple times now, including a review, and it always gets more interesting with every new press release. Blood Money follows a group of young and attractive art thieves,...[Read More]
Review: ‘We are the Flesh’ is Explicit, Evocative, and Mesmerizing
We are the Flesh (Tenemos La Carne) is a bold, sexually explicit arthouse Mexican film from writer and director Emiliano Rocha Minter. Often shocking, and borderline perverse, Minterâs film is nothing short of surprising ultimately saved by its political underpinnings that hold the subject matter together. The premise for We are the Flesh is rather simple. A brother and sister, Lucio (Diego Gamali...[Read More]