UNNAMED FOOTAGE FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES TWO WAVEs OF FILMS INCLUDING THE US PREMIERE OF THE DEVIL’S TEARDROP, WORLD PREMIERE OF LOOKY-LOO: PART II, BIG CITY PIZZA,…

Part 3 – Divine Vengeance In part 1 and part 2, by examining grindhouse classics Last House on the Left (1972), Thriller: A Cruel Picture…

DAGON FILMS — THE LAST BREATH OF TRUE UNDERGROUND CINEMA The underground used to mean something. It was not about shock for shock’s sake, or…

When About a Place in the Kinki Region (2025) was first announced, I wasn’t able to discern that it was directed by Koji Shiraishi—the announcement…

Part Two: The Rise of the Female Avenger In the previous article of this series, I discussed how early rape-revenge films reflected the idea that…

The feature-length debut from director Nicholas Pineda, Infirmary (2026), is a found footage horror film set in a decaying hospital/asylum with a dark past. Here,…