Posts By Anthony Alaniz

Pulling those nostalgia strings of the 1980s is all the rage—thank you STRANGER THINGS and IT. That doesn’t mean every movie that comes out harkening back to the good ol’ …
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Love is a fickle thing. It can stir emotions of lust and hate in ways humans—and the supernatural—can barely comprehend. THE HOUSEMAID (CÔ HAÛ GAÍ), Derek Nguyen’s gothic tale set in …
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The loss of a child during childbirth is one of the most gut-wrenching experiences any parent has to endure. STILL/BORN takes such a tragedy, as the name suggests, and adds …
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If you don’t like the water, well, THE BARGE PEOPLE won’t quell any fears you have of large bodies of H2O because this movie takes place on a canal. The …
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For a movie that was as fun and engaging as ANNA AND THE APOCALYPSE, the fact the film lacked a distributor after making waves at Fantastic Fest—we even reviewed the …
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Try telling a compelling story in eight minutes. Now try to do it visually while not only making the audience care for the protagonist, but also while building tension. Eight …
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VICTOR CROWLEY is the fourth film in the HATCHET franchise, which is set to hit VOD, digital downloads and Blu-ray February 16. We have an official trailer, and the movie …
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The HELLRAISER series started over 30 years ago ­– a year before this writer was born – and has spawned nine films. The tenth in the series, HELLRAISER: JUDGEMENT, is coming …
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Sex. Murder. Revenge. Not going to lie, the trippy soundtrack caught my attention—along with the general ambiguity of the trailer. RONDO is the latest feature from writer-director Drew Barnhardt (MURDER …
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REVENGE, the first feature film from Coralie Fargeat who also wrote and directed the movie, takes the trope-filled rape-revenge story and tells it from the female perspective. The IMDB trivia …
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