★★★1/2 out of ★★★★★
Though it doesn’t bring much new to the “teens in peril because they played a ghost-summoning game” subgenre, Queen of Spades: The Looking Glass offers enough visual flair and cultural differences to make it worth seeking out.
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Joseph’s Fantasia Review: Homewrecker
★★★★1/2 out of ★★★★★ With splendid performances from its two stars and crackerjack direction, Homewrecker combines some of the darkest […]
Joseph’s Review: Luz
★★★1/2 out of ★★★★★ This artistic, sometimes surreal approach to a movie about demonic possession may alienate some viewers with […]
Joseph’s Cinepocalypse Review: The Mute
★★★★ out of ★★★★★ Two Christian knights find themselves at odds against each other when they try to convert pagans […]
Joseph’s Review: The 16th Episode (2019)
★★★ out of ★★★★★ This possession shocker is as all over the map as its three globetrotting vlogger protagonists, which […]
Joseph’s Cinepocalypse Reviews: “Kindred Spirits” and “The Last to See Them”
Kindred Spirits ★★★ out of ★★★★★ This thriller about an unhinged woman who craves revisiting adolescence feels watered down compared […]
Joseph’s Cinepocalypse Reviews: “The Swerve” and “Achoura”
The Swerve ★★★★ out of ★★★★★ A woman battles depression, rodents, guilt, and more in this superbly acted slow burner […]
Joseph’s Overlook Film Festival Reviews: “Dachra” and “Porno”
Dachra ★★ out of ★★★★★ Local-color sinisterness can’t overcome the exasperating squabbling of the three main protagonists in this Tunisian […]
Joseph’s Overlook Film Festival Review: “Knives and Skin”
★★★ out of ★★★★★ Style edges out substance in this Lynchian high school noir about a missing girl’s impact on […]
Joseph’s Review: Winterskin (2019)
★★★1/2 out of ★★★★★
With shades of Stephen King’s Misery and hideous monsters added to the mix, this U.K. scare fare flick delivers the snowbound goods.
Joseph’s Review: Our Evil (2017)
★★★★1/2 out of ★★★★★ A sadistic murderer, a man haunted by the dead, and a young woman with a dark […]
Windy City Horrorama Review: “Blood Paradise” Finds Struggling Author Fending Off a Psychotic Farming Family
★★★ out of ★★★★★
Vintage Eurohorror and backwoods psycho horror elements are both at play in this tale of a high-society author who goes to rural Sweden to get her creative juices flowing again.
Joseph’s Review: The Haunting of Sharon Tate (2019)
★★ out of ★★★★★ This shocker tries to empower Sharon Tate and the other victims of the Manson murders, but […]
Joseph’s Review: Assassinaut (2019; Boston Underground Film Festival)
★★★★1/2 out of ★★★★★
Alien invasion, slasher elements, creature feature fun — this dazzling low-budget winner has it all, with first-rate characterization and solid performances, to boot!
Directed by Drew Bolduc