Author: Adam Symchuk
The Killing Cell falls into familiar tropes and beats of the found-footage genre. Notably, the plot sees a group of friends/paranormal investigators head to an abandoned facility, only to find themselves targeted by an evil force. However, filmmakers James Bessey and Karsen Schovajsa realize the truth that any fan of creepy urban-ex videos will tell
Buffet Libre marks the third feature film from actor/director Zoe Berriatúa, and his first dive into more macabre subject matter. Here, the story follows an older Chinese couple, Xian (Yan Huang) and Ikki, whose restaurant, located in a Spanish mall, is threatened by bankruptcy. After the accidental death of a debt collector leads to the
We meet Elena, a “gajin” with a British father and Japanese mother, at her lowest, in a hospital bed after an implied attempt at taking her own life, or self-harm to the point of hospitalization. This incident acts as a catalyst to send her to a new school, where, while she still feels the prejudice
Set during World War II, Kiah Roache-Turner’s Beast of War (2025) follows a battalion of young Australian soldiers as they prepare for their first deployment. Focusing primarily on Leo, played by Mark Coles Smith, an indigenous soldier with a troubled past who also earns the ire of fellow soldier, Des (Sam Delich), due to his
Dildo Heaven is a 2002 American sexploitation comedy written and directed by Doris Wishman. The story follows Lisa, Beth, and Tess, three roommates living together, all trying to seduce their respective bosses. Less of a straightforward plot, Dildo Heaven is presented as a series of soft pornographic scenes tied together by a series of characters and
Less based on and more inspired by themes of obsession explored in the acclaimed book of the same name by Kobo Abe, The Box Man (2024) marks the return of director Gakuryû Ishii after 2018’s Punk Samurai Slash Down. The story, or what semblance of narrative there is, follows a nameless man who lives in
A camera crew follows police officers Paul Massaro and Terrence Williams as they navigate a chaotic Halloween night in the small city of Franklin. Dealing with minor disturbances, they slowly start to piece together a bigger puzzle of potential satanic activity that the two slowly find themselves drawn toward. The Lost Episode is assembled by
Director Johannes Grenzfurthner has become an unclassifiable creative—the rare, once-in-a-lifetime type of artist who crafts genre-defying content drawn from particular obsessions and his cultural upbringing in Austria. His previous feature, Razzennest, utilized a “director’s commentary” over abstract footage to tell the story of an ancient war-born evil rising and causing chaos in real time. Masking
Online streamer ‘The Dark Lord of Love’s Park’ interaction with the online world consists of arguing with his chat, drinking himself into a stupor, and performing grotesque tasks for money. Or, in internet lingo, A lolcow. For kids unfamiliar with this term, a lolcow exists in the online space and makes their money off a
An Irish musician, played by writer, director, and editor Richard Waters, heads into the woods to record a music album. Using the inspiration of nature and a break from the chaos of the real world, the trip soon turns sour when the musician encounters a series of weird instances. Hearing dogs and sensing a constant