Review
PUFF Review: Mystery/Thriller ‘Dead Body’ is a Bloody Hit
In the Victorian Era, way before smart phones and video games, the upper and middle class passed the time with parlor games. These games took the form of group based activities with one of the most known being Charades. The film Dead Body is about a group of recent high school graduates and a parlor game that goes terribly awry. Before they head out to college, and in celebration of their mileston...[Read More]
REVIEW: āPatient Sevenā Explores All The Sub-Genres In Horror
2015 offered horror fans so many little snacky cakes with the trend of anthologyĀ films. 2016 has had a few popular ones but none like the latest fromĀ Terror Films,Ā Patient Seven. DirectorĀ Danny DravenĀ guides the overall story as 8 other directors join him for terrifying and chilling segments. Joining Draven isĀ Paul Davis, Omar Orn Hauksson, Dean Hewison, Joel Morgan, Johannes Persson, Nicholas Pet...[Read More]
Review: ‘RWD’ Rewinds the Found Footage to Its Roots
Ever since Paranormal Activity the indie horror community has been inundated by a slew of āfound footageā movies becoming an increasingly popular breeding ground for budding filmmakers to flex their talent. And it comes to no surprise as those type of films are relatively easy to shoot with even the most infinitesimal of budgets. Even then, the found footage genre has grown so much that in an atte...[Read More]
PUFF Review: ‘Night of Something Strange,’ Gross-Out Horror of the Year
Night of Something Strange is everything our sex ed teachers warned us about. The film, directed by Jonathan Straiton, and recent entry in Philadelphia Unnamed Film Festival,Ā opens with necrophiliac Cornelius (Wayne W. Johnson) defiling a Jane Doe at his place of occupation, a morgue. Had this sexual deviant read the toe tag of his victim he would know that not only is the body irradiated but infe...[Read More]
Motel 6 Feet Under Terrorizes Guests In The Shadows Of A Mouse
Every year, more and more haunts pop up in Southern California. With each new haunt that pops up, there are new techniques and twists to keep each haunt unique and scary. In Anaheim, California, just outside of Disneyland is a haunt that mixes classic with some new and fun tricks. Currently in their second year,Ā Motel 6 Feet Under is causing waves in the haunt world, and they are well deserved. Hi...[Read More]
Trap House LA Is Part Escape Room, Part Art Show, All Fun
In Downtown LAās historic fashion district, the home to one of LAās newest and coolest Halloween events has sprung up out of nowhere. In the incredibly versatileĀ Think Tank Gallery is a new kind of experience which combines an escape room with an art show, and knowing the art pieces just might save you while trapped inĀ Trap House LA āWinkā by Blake Neubert Think Tank might sound familiar if youāve...[Read More]
Review: ‘Starblood’ Graphic Novel Celebrates Female Sexuality
The award-winning novel Starblood, from Scottish horror author Carmilla Voiez, is making a glorious comeback. This time around, her story about passionate love, magic, and demons will be liberated from the confinements of text, and will be accompanied by the ethereal and ghostly artwork of Belarus artist Anna Prashkovich. Part of the Starblood Trilogy, the first installment is now available (as of...[Read More]
Zombie Joeās Is Offering A Glimps At Death Itself In North Hollywood
Death is an intrinsic part of life, we come and go like a breeze through parachute pants. With Halloween now in full swing, more horror shows and immersive theater is popping up around Southern California, and the latest one has become a staple in the community for years. We are talking, of course, aboutĀ Zombie JoeāsĀ Urban Death Tour. This is not a tour around a neighborhood, this is a dark tour a...[Read More]
Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Pandorica’ Out Now
The science-fiction action thriller, Pandorica, from writer and director Tom Paton is out now (as of October 11) in theaters, as well as DVD and video on demand. Described as āJohn Carpenter meets Predator,ā Pandorica is a lo-fi science fiction film of the utmost creativity set to a dystopian world reduced to bare bones naturalistic tenets, where survival of the fittest is the only chance anyone h...[Read More]
REVIEW: “Jack Goes Home” Is Everything But Comfortable
Trauma is a real and terrible thing, and sometimes how we deal with it can change the entire course of our lives. In the new film from actor/directorĀ Thomas Dekker,Ā (The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Cinema Verite) he gives his take on the classic tragedy by following a truly horrifying experience, and how that tragedy can completely change a person in Jack Goes Home Jack Thurlowe (Rory Culkin) is a su...[Read More]
Southern Noir ‘The Hollow’ Out on VOD and Theaters
From writer and director Miles Doleac comes The Hollow, a southern noir crime drama about a shady small town in Mississippi where a series of murders plague the religious, and seemingly conservative, town. The film is described as a cross between Twin Peaks and the Coen Brothersā neo-noir thriller Blood Simple Released by Uncorkād Entertainment the film stars James Callis, from this yearās Bridget...[Read More]
REVIEW: “She Who Must Burn”
Every once in a while a film comes along with an incredibly griping tale that utilizes intense thematic matter to touch a nerve.Ā She Who Must Burn is 2016ās film to do that. This review is going to be tough to write due to the emotional response it drew, as the film set out to do.Ā Larry KentĀ directs thisĀ Palama FilmsĀ andĀ Midnight ReleasingĀ film that sets itself in reality with an all too familiar ...[Read More]