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[Review] Awake [MidWest WeirdFest]: From Crop Circles to Cattle Mutilations, This Sci-Fi Chiller Has It All

Joseph Perry2 months ago2 months ago03 mins

Brother-and-sister filmmaking team Francesco Paolo Cordaro and Andrea Cordaro have basically condensed mid-to-late 20th century American extraterrestrial mythology into a 17-minute nutshell with their terrific science fiction/horror short Awake (2023)….

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[Review] We Got a Dog [Popcorn Frights]: A Pair of Surprises Spells Unnerving Dread in This Tight Horror Short

Joseph Perry9 months ago9 months ago03 mins

Writer/director Ryan Valdez’s short film We Got a Dog packs a lot of eeriness into its brief running time. Morgan (Morgan Taylor) is flustered that her boyfriend Mason (Mason Conrad)…

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[Review] SWALLOW [Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival]: A Vain Actress Learns a Shocking Beauty Secret in Atmospheric Horror Short

Joseph Perry11 months ago12 months ago04 mins

Competition in the acting business can be a cutthroat affair, and the lengths to which some people will go to have an edge on their rivals is the subject of…

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[Review] Meat Friend [Portland Horror Film Festival]: A Young Girl Befriends Gruesome Ground Beef in Horror Comedy Short

Joseph Perry11 months ago11 months ago03 mins

Prolific director Izzy Lee knows her way around horror, and has found success in her works boasting absurdist humor, as well. Her latest short film Meat Friend combines both of…

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[Review] I Call Upon Thee [Portland Horror Film Festival]: Two Young Sisters Summon a Terrifying Entity

Joseph Perry12 months ago12 months ago03 mins

Absolutely chilling, unsettling, and macabre, writer/director Michael Kratochvil’s Australian short film I Call Upon Thee takes the concept of a children’s horror story and places it firmly in the world…

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[Review] Mary: A Young Man Haunted by Guilt Meets a Mysterious Elderly Woman in This Eerie Horror Short

Joseph Perry1 year ago1 year ago03 mins

A razor-sharp look at the gap between trying to make ends meet and providing quality personal care for aged relatives as well as a chilling supernatural story, Mary, from codirectors…

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[Review] It Came from the Kitchen! [Final Girls Berlin]: Lighthearted Creature Feature Boasts Some Old-School Effects

Joseph Perry1 year ago1 year ago03 mins

We’ve all had those days, sometimes even weeks, when straightening up our living spaces just doesn’t rate high on the old to-do list, until something happens that makes it absolutely…

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[Review] The Blood of the Dinosaurs: Joe Badon’s Latest Leap into Lunacy Hits the Surreal Jackpot Once Again

Joseph Perry1 year ago1 year ago05 mins

When reviewing a Joe Badon film, words such as “ersatz,” “systematically,” and “avuncular” will never work. Nor will attempting diatribes or didacticism. His films are like surreal gossamer coated with…

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[Review] You’re Dead Hélène [SLASH Film Festival]: Does This Romance Have a Ghost of a Chance?

Joseph Perry2 years ago2 years ago03 mins

Writer/director Michiel Blanchart’s Belgian/French short film You’re Dead Hélène (T’es morte Hélène; 2021) is a remarkable genre-blending effort that takes viewers on a ride through three different storytelling genres and…

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[Review] Tale of the Deaf [SLASH Film Festival]: Mesmerizing Russian Black-and-White Short Is a Gorgeous Gothic Horror

Joseph Perry2 years ago2 years ago03 mins

Writer/director Philipp Yuryev’s Russian short Tale of the Deaf is one of the most visually extraordinary films of this year. Shot in sumptuous black-and-white by director of photography Mikhail Kasaya,…

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[Review] TOY TERMINATOR: Man vs. Puppet in Irreverent Horror Short

Joseph Perry2 years ago2 years ago02 mins

Director Matt Wisniewski’s puppet horror short Toy Terminator is his follow-up to the 2019 short film Pappy’s World, and somehow it is even more irreverent and mind-boggling than its predecessor. …

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[Review] Laura Hasn’t Slept [FilmQuest]: The Face of Fear Awaits a Young Woman’s Slumber

Joseph Perry2 years ago2 years ago03 mins

Writer/director Parker Finn’s terrific short film Laura Hasn’t Slept combines the concept from the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise (along with other horror properties) of avoiding sleep so as…

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[Review] Hungry Joe [FilmQuest]: People and Systems Fail a Distraught Mother Whose Son Has a Voracious Appetite

Joseph Perry2 years ago2 years ago04 mins

I strongly recommend watching U.K. horror short Hungry Joe on an empty stomach. Codirectors/cowriters Samuel Dawe and Paul Holbrook pull no punches in their 23-minute meeting of body horror and…

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[Review] The Unvisited: Short Fantasy Film Takes a Lighthearted Approach to Issues with the Elderly and Their Families

Joseph Perry2 years ago2 years ago03 mins

Writer/director Rebekah Fieschi’s latest short film The Unvisited is a playful fantasy exploration of growing older and being separated from immediate family. Though the short has supernatural and horror overtones,…

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[Review] Seek [FilmQuest]: Outstanding Design and Effects Highlight This Excellent Creature Feature Short

Joseph Perry2 years ago2 years ago03 mins

Director Aaron Morgan wrings the maximum creepy atmosphere possible in five minutes in his short film Seek.  This tale of a rest stop break gone terrifyingly wrong is also bolstered…

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