Month: September 2024
Anx and Cass are on opposite ends of the scale when it comes to personality. Anx is overly cautious while Cass grabs life by the balls and makes the most of every moment. After a night together, the two begin a slightly distant relationship, but when a bizarre pandemic breaks out that causes people to meld
Baby Assassins: Nice Days is a 2024 Japanese action buddy comedy film, written and directed by Yugo Sakamoto. The film is the third installment of the Baby Assassins series of films, also written and directed by Saksmoto. Whilst on vacation in Miyazaki, Japan, Chisato, and Mahiro’s downtime is interrupted when tasked with eliminating a target.
A prequel to the 1968 horror masterpiece, Roman Polanski’s Rosemary’s Baby, Natalie Erika James Apartment 7a takes place up just before Rosemary Woodhouse moves into the infamous Bramford. Apartment 7A instead follows Terry Gionoffrio (Julia Garner) an aspiring dancer/actor whose career takes a drastic turn when a nasty fall damages her ankle and turns her to persona
Ghost Killer is a 2024 Japanese action crime film written by Yugo Sakamoto and directed by Kensuke Sonomura. Sonomura is mostly known for his work as a stuntman, stunt coordinator, and stunt director in movies, TV series, and video games. This film is Sonomura’s third directorial work, having previously directed Hydra (2019) and Bad City
Artificial intelligence, or AI, has been a popular trend amongst sci-fi horror films these days, from Lars Klevberg’s 2019 reboot of Child’s Play to the more recent Gerard Johnstone’s 2023 horror-comedy hit, M3GAN. In this latest film from S.K. Dale, Subservience (2024), we follow an artificially intelligent gynoid/feminine humanoid robot who develops self-awareness and gains
The 2008 horror film The Strangers, written and directed by Bryan Bertino capitalizes on some of our most common fears: home invasion and random, unprovoked violence. It takes the minimalist, almost homemade look of horror films from the early 2000s and dials up the amount of tension and suspense, relying less on gore and more
The Profane Exhibit is a 2013 extreme anthology film featuring work from directors Jeremy Kasten (The Wizard of Gore), Anthony DiBlasi (Malum), Yoshihiro Nishimura (Tokyo Gore Police), Uwe Boll (Postal), Ruggero Deodato (Cannibal Holocaust), Sergio Stavalentti (Demons), Ryan Nicholson (Gutterballs), Marian Dora (Cannibal), Nacho Vigalondo (Colossal), and Michael Todd Schneider (August Underground: Mordum). The film
With a dark dream in his heart, Richard Chizmar started Cemetery Dance Publications in 1988. In the decades to follow, Mr. Chizmar has published countless works as well as made his own mark as an author. From working with Stephen King on the Gwendy trilogy to his bestselling Boogeyman books, fans have eagerly awaited his
The “World’s Greatest Paranormal Investigator” returns to the big screen for the fourth time in this American superhero horror film from director Brian Taylor (Crank, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance), Hellboy: The Crooked Man (2024). Based on the Hellboy: The Crooked Man and Others comic book series by Mike Mignola and marking the second reboot
Following last year’s success, which saw over 700 admissions, celebrating the best of the indie horror film genre, the Dead Northern Film Festival returns with a thrill-packed weekend. Horror and fantasy fans are invited to the York City Screen Picturehouse to spend the weekend celebrating frightfully good flicks old and new. There will be something