Tag Archives: monster

‘Take Back The Night’ (2021): Monsters In The “Me Too” Era – Movie Review

Filmmaker Gia Elliot’s feature film Directorial debut, Take Back The Night (2021), has been cleaning up on the festival circuit over the past year. The film has won a ton of awards, taking home hardware for Best Feature, Best Director, Best Actress, and even an Audience Award at various genre …

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Official Trailer and World Premiere Info For ‘Monstrous’ (2022) Starring Christina Ricci

Monstrous (2022)

Monstrous (2022) is an all-new horror film starring Christina Ricci that’s coming your way in 2022. The film will make its world premiere soon, and we’ve got the official trailer for you right here. Check out that trailer below, then read on for the details to learn when and where …

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Laugh ‘Till You Die: ‘Beast Mode’ (2020) Movie Review

Beast Mode is a new horror film directed by Chris W. Freeman (Evil Takes Root 2020) and Spain Willingham (First World Problems 2012). The film stars C. Thomas Howell (The Outsiders 1983). Film Synopsis: The 80s throwback horror tells the story of a has-been Hollywood producer, who after accidentally killing his lead …

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Let’s Take A Look At The Stinky Sasquatch With 3 Toes… Seth Breedlove’s ‘Momo: The Missouri Monster’ (2019) – Movie Review

The time has finally come real-life monster story fans! The next installment in the docuseries dedicated to those legends passed down from generation to generation that has put sleepy small towns on the map since the likes of Bigfoot, the New Jersey Devil, and the Mothman is finally here. Seth …

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PopHorror’s Horror Anime Reviews: AniMay Week 2 – Monster

It’s week 2 of PopHorror’s month long horror anime deep dive. This means it’s time for something different. In last week’s article on When They Cry (read that one here), we discussed this quintessential horror anime, which is full of hyperbolized emotions, wonky pacing, reliance on Japanese folklore, and environmental …

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Tribeca Film Festival 2019 Review – ‘Something Else’ Is Hauntingly Intoxicating

Something Else

On Friday, April 26, Something Else had its world premiere at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival. I was eagerly anticipating this one as it is from the team behind past Tribeca favorites Spring and The Endless, which are both equally fantastic and some of the best horror movies to come …

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Brandon Slagle’s Sci-fi Throwback ‘Crossbreed’ (2019): Movie Review

“We’re kind of in a decadent era of horror because almost every filmmaker, certainly in the United States, that’s working in horror today, is always trying to express a debt to a prior generation,” said the world’s greatest and only drive-in movie critic, Joe Bob Briggs, in an interview with …

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‘Monster Party’ (2018) A Party On Review

When researching the word “Monster” on Dictionary.com, it populated three results. 1: A legendary animal combining features of animal and human form or having the forms of various animals in combination, as a centaur, griffin, or sphinx. 2: Any creature so ugly or monstrous as to frighten people. 3. Any …

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BUFF 2018: ‘My Monster’ – Horror Short Review

It’s festival season and I’m super stoked to be covering the 2018 Boston Underground Film Festival. It’s an amazing festival chock-full of wonderful films and talented filmmakers. Next up is Izzy Lee’s My Monster, which is having its world premiere today! Nihil Noctem Films presents My Monster, a film directed, written, and produced …

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‘The Ritual’ (2018) Movie Review

Adam Nevill’s 2011 novel, The Ritual, is a masterpiece of horror, a tense, highly atmospheric story with a Lovecraftian-esque monster and a sense of dread so thick you can cut it with a knife. Well, at least the first half of the novel is. The second half devolves into a minefield …

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