I was initially taken aback by the title of this film—I assumed that Lee Cronin was some prolific filmmaker that I had yet to familiarize myself with, but a quick Google search revealed that he’s a relatively new arrival to the mainstream. He stepped into the spotlight fairly recently by directing Evil Dead Rise back

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The Ugly is a 1997 New Zealand psychological horror thriller film written and directed by Scott Reynolds. Cutting his teeth with the short films The M1nute (1992) and A Game with No Rules (1994), Reynolds would go on to make The Ugly his first feature-length title. He would later write and direct Heaven (1998) and

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The Benefactress: An Exposure of Cinematic Freedom is a 2025 experimental/extreme horror film written and directed by London-based Italian filmmaker Guerrilla Metropolitana. Known for writing, directing, and starring in his work, Guerrilla is known for the short films Bits (2021), My Special Superhero – a visual subtext of madness and rejection (2021), The Baron and

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There comes a point when cinema stops asking for permission. This is that point. With the release of the first official images, Domiziano Christopharo returns to a territory that has never truly stopped belonging to him: underground cinema. Raw, visceral, necessary. A place where images don’t comfort — they dig. Where storytelling doesn’t offer itself

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The debut feature film from Peruvian director Gonzalo Otero sees four Americans heading to a remote mining area. Coaxed into going by Sarah (Sydney Amanuel) for her ecological documentary, the four soon find themselves stuck in a loop at the mine site, with bizarre totems, creatures, and distorted people coming after them. Unable to leave,

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Poster for Zebra Hooves

David M. Dawson has become a regular face at the Unnamed Footage Festival, with his previous titles Leech and Flesh Game previously screened. Dawson is a difficult creator to pin down, with each of his works offering a slow-burn up to an explosive finish; yet it is always the personas and themes he tackles leading

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Being a fan of both the original Japanese Guinea Pig series and Stephen Biro’s American Guinea Pig series, I was excited to hear the announcement that the latest instalment of the long-running franchise would be one of the most graphic entries released so far. And directors Stephen and Eric certainly weren’t exaggerating when they announced

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Alan at Night Poster Art

Alan at Night marks the debut feature film from Jesse Swenson, a pseudo-documentary about two aspiring prank YouTubers, Jay (Joseph Basquill) and Camillo (Jorge Felipe Guevara). The movie centers around a life change, where Jay finds himself needing a new roommate after his friend loses his job and has to move out. Putting out a

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Fifteen years after leaving Corsica, Marie and Daniel return to visit their elderly grandfather. Looking to capture their reunion, they pick up the family camcorder, but what they uncover is far from what they expected. Heritage marks the feature film debut of director B.A. Croce, and it is billed as Corsica’s first found footage film.

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Frogman Returns film review

Stop right here! Before you dive into this review and find out how phenomenal Frogman Returns is, it is essential that you watch Frogman (2023) first, which is easy to find on streaming services. This is essential, as the film heavily builds on the lore of the first while taking a slight deviation into even

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