Tag: Film Festival
In the sun-bleached stillness of Brookehaven, a rural town that feels both timeless and suffocating, two strangers form a fragile but radiant bond. What I Remember is the debut feature of Alex Hera, a writer-director with a distinct sensitivity to the quiet horrors of daily life. Shot in the summer of 2024 with a low-budget,
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
Found footage fans rejoice as this year’s Unnamed Footage Festival celebrates its 8th anniversary, and, once again, brings some of the newest genre releases to you. As per usual, we take a look at just a few of the substantial number of short films showcased throughout the festival. Devil’s Prism (2025) Devil’s Prism is a
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
Who knew queer mommy vlog culture could be this unhinged? The Rebrand (2024), written and directed by Kaye Adelaide and with additional writing from Nancy Webb, is a wickedly campy descent into influencer hell—a horror-satire hybrid that gleefully peels back the pastel filter of curated online personas to reveal something grotesquely hilarious underneath. Nicole
Lake Jesup is a 2024 creature-feature horror comedy written and directed by Michael Houston King. Working in the TV industry as an actor for nearly 30 years, Michael has also worked as a writer on the feature-length family drama The Way Back Home (2006), the short drama Last Stop (2011), and the TV show One
Returning for its 6th year, the Dead Northern Film Festival is back to deliver another top line-up of spooky shorts and features to one of the world’s most haunted cities–York, England. With over 34 short films, 12 feature films, and 5 music videos spread across 3 days, the festival is sure to include something for
Kill Your Lover is a 2023 English body horror film written and directed by Alix Austin and Keir Siewert. Dakota and Axel’s once passionate relationship has become poisoned by resentment. As emotions boil over Axel starts sprouting black veins and excreting an acidic liquid. His touch burns flesh, and a life-and-death battle ensues. Delivering a