Month: March 2023
The Latent Image is a 2022 British gay horror mystery, written and directed by Alexander McGregor Birrell with additional writing from the film’s main star, Joshua Tonks. Beginning his career in 2010, Alexander began directing the feature-length sci-fi horror Braincell (2010) and has since directed a number of short films. Whereas the film’s writer/main star
Most notable for playing Trish in cult 80s slasher The Slumber Party Massacre, Michele Michaels is an American actress and writer born in Orange, California. Landing her first acting role in Amateur Night at the Dixie Bar and Grill (1979), Michele went on to act in New Year’s Evil (1980), Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
Sorgoi Prakov (also known as Descent into Darkness, My European Nightmare) is a 2013 French found-footage horror film written and directed by Rafaël Cherkaski, with additional writing from Quentin Boeton and Simon-Pierre Boireau. While this was the first writing and directing credit for Rafaël, he later went on to write and direct a segment for the
When the seventh chapter, titled Disinformation rolled in, the narrator and confessor, Dr. Laura Gale started to talk about things “that are not.” She began debunking famous alien encounter stories that had surely contributed well to the expanded extraterrestrial myth we have right now. Most documentaries delving into the certainty of the extraterrestrial presence on our planet
Self-described as a metalhead for life, Chilean filmmaker Patricio Valladares makes some noise in this year’s version of Unnamed Footage Festival. Taking place in San Francisco, this event is proud to showcase subversive films that explore the found footage format and Valladares’ Invoking Yell (2023) is one of them. By mixing black metal, interpersonal conflict,
TikTok dances emanate eerily around you, a cacophony of booming cackles emit from influencers as they forcefully push their latest merch (that was most likely made in some far-off, exploitative sweatshop factory), internet challenges beckon you to push your physical and mental health to the brink for ‘views’…welcome to 2023. In recent years, the found
The Rage Part II is a 2023 British zombie horror, written and directed by Joshua Cleave. After studying film and television production at Leeds Metropolitan University, Joshua went on to write and direct several award-winning short films including The Lolly Ranger (2014), Time (2015), as well as the multi-award-winning horror film and prequel The Rage
Techno-horror is a fertile subgenre. Since technology constantly evolves, so must our relationship to it. Our increasingly teach-reliant existence offers countless angles from which to tackle what are, essentially, cautionary tales. From Frankenstein’s nervous awe towards the Godlike power of electricity, all the way to computer-screen horrors like Unfriended and Host, there is little ground
Bringing you more found footage and POV horror than you can shake a stick at, Unnamed Footage Festival is back at it once again with an incredible lineup for 2023. Along with a whole host of feature-length productions from all over the globe, a number of shorter films will be screened to accompany their bigger
Despite being one of Japan’s biggest film studios throughout the late 40s and 50s during the golden age of Japanese cinema, Daiei were struggling by the mid-60s and had to slash budgets for their productions. This eventually led to a merger with Nikkatsu in 1970, followed by bankruptcy in 1971. Somewhat overlooked is Daiei’s 1968-1969