Tag: Horror Thriller
Psycho= is a 2009 Japanese horror thriller written and directed by Ami Matsunosuke. Being the first title worked on by the filmmaker, they would go on to write and direct Shinreion: The Movie (2010), direct Sanzu: Sun of the Dead (2011), and work as a producer on Koi no Eiga wo Tsukuro (2014) and Jiku
Iconic is one of those films that looks great on paper: A slick, high-concept piece on the dangers of influencer culture, our tech-saturated reality, and the blurred line between online performance and human authenticity, but spun on its head to lean more into the unsettling disconnect from reality angle. Add in some gore, Dutch angles,
Eldorado is a 2022 extreme road movie written by Andrea Cavaletto, and directed by Domiziano Christopharo. Not the first time working together, Andrea and Domiziano have collaborated on a number of different titles in the past, such as Xpiation (2017), The Transparent Woman (2015), and Doll Syndrome (2014) to name a few. A cave, a
MadS (2024) introduces us to a group of affluent French teenagers as they prepare for an evening of local house parties on the rural edge of an unnamed town. Romain (Milton Riche), dressed in shorts and an unbuttoned designer shirt, is seen visiting his dealer, snorting some unknown red powder, before jumping into his father’s
All This Time is a 2024 English period horror film, written and directed by Rob Worsey. Mostly known for writing and directing short films such as Another’s Eyes (2015), and Black Belt Brian (2019), Rob plunged into feature films with the 2022 zombie horror Among the Living. Trapped inside a Gothic mansion in an endless
Home invasion films are undoubtedly a lasting source of sporadic dread for moviegoers, with their realism serving to heighten the sense of vulnerability that these scenarios, although made up, evoke. The intrusion into one’s sanctuary—the very place where one should feel secure—during the domineering darkness of night, represents a deeply entrenched fear. But what happens
The Human Trap, a 2021 film by director Lee Moon-young, is a bizarre South Korean indie horror movie that teaches us to trust no one and always look out for traps. While it starts with the fairly generic premise of a group of twenty-somethings going camping in the middle of nowhere, it takes the audience
If you’re familiar with the name Ryuhei Kitamura, you are most likely familiar with either the beloved zombie action flick Versus (2000), the exquisite jidaigeki (period drama) Azumi (2003), the explosive kaiju epic Godzilla: Final Wars (2004), or, my personal favorite, the genre-bending supernatural action flick Sky High (2002). In fact, it is very likely
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