Joseph reviews three ★★★★ out of ★★★★★ short films from Another Hole in the Head Film Festival: 7 MINUTES IN HELL, ANGEL CITY HORROR, and THE WELL.
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Joseph’s Another Hole in the Head Film Festival Reviews: COGNITIVE, THE KEYS, and A KING IN YELLOW
Cognitive ★★★★ out of ★★★★★
The Keys ★★★1/2 out of ★★★★★
A King in Yellow ★★★1/2 out of ★★★★★
Joseph reviews three thrilling slices of fear-fare from Another Hole in the Head Film Festival.
Joseph’s Review: Bloodlines: The Jersey Devil Curse
★★★★ out of ★★★★★
The latest crytpozoology documentary from the terrific Small Town monsters production company is another solid effort, this one focusing on the history and social issues surrounding the Jersey Devil.
Joseph’s Review: Seire (London Korean Film Festival)
★★★1/2 out of ★★★★★
A skeptical husband goes against his superstitious wife’s wishes and finds himself in a downward spiral of tragedy in this brooding Korean chiller.
Joseph’s Book Review: FrightFest Guide: Vampire Movies
★★★★★ out of ★★★★★
FRIGHTFEST GUIDE: VAMPIRE MOVIES is a lavish, highly informative guide to cinema of the undead.
Joseph’s Review: The Lair
★★★1/2 out of ★★★★★
U.K. creature feature The Lair may not win any awards for originality or win accolades for its characters, but if you are in the mood for action horror with monsters and grue aplenty, it is a fun watch.
Joseph’s Nightmares Film Festival Shorts Reviews: “Prom Car ‘91” and “Gnomes”
Prom Car ’91 ★★★★ out of ★★★★★
Gnomes ★★★★ out of ★★★★★
Joseph reviews two excellent shorts from Nightmares Film Festival.
Joseph’s Reviews: SUMMONERS and MOTHER, MAY I? (Brooklyn Horror Film Festival)
Summoners ★★★ out of ★★★★★
Mother, May I? ★★★1/2 out of ★★★★★
Joseph reviews two “But is it horror?” features from Brooklyn Horror Film Festival.
Joseph’s Review: V/H/S/99 (Brooklyn Horror Film Festival)
★★★1/2 out of ★★★★★
V/H/S/99, the latest installment in the V/H/S horror anthology franchise, delivers plenty of the gory and the gruesome along with a nice balance of chills and chuckles.
Joseph’s Review: In the Woods (A Night of Horror International Film Festival)
★★★1/2 out of ★★★★★
A father and daughter going through difficult times are about to have matters get even worse, as they are stranded on a road next to a forest at night, and they are definitely not alone.
Joseph’s A Night of Horror International Film Festival Shorts Reviews: “The Trunk,” “The Junket,” and “Tistlebu”
The Trunk ★★★★ out of ★★★★★ Directed by Travis Laidlaw In Canadian supernatural shocker The Trunk, Marco (Craig Monk) and […]
Joseph’s Review: After She Died (A Night of Horror International Film Festival)
★★★★ out of ★★★★★
This Australian indie effort punches above its weight and delivers a thrilling, mesmerizing watch about a teenage girl whose recently deceased mother has been replaced in the family unit by a woman who looks alarmingly like that very mother.
Sinister Six: A Half-Dozen Films We Can’t Wait to See at Brooklyn Horror Film Festival
Here are six slices of fright-fare from Brooklyn Horror Film Festival that we here at The Scariest Things are itching to see.
Joseph’s Reviews: RUPTURE and NR. 10 (SLASH Film Festival)
RUPTURE ★★★★ out of ★★★★★
NR. 10 ★★★★ out of ★★★★★
Joseph reviews two excellent features from Vienna’s SLASH Film Festival.
Joseph’s SLASH Film Festival Shorts Reviews: “Hairsucker,” “From.Beyond,” and “Shark”
Joseph reviews three **** short films from Vienna’s SLASH Film Festival.
Sinister Six: A Half-Dozen Films We Can’t Wait to See at Australia’s A Night of Horror International Film Festival
The 14th edition of A Night of Horror International Film Festival takes place at Dendy Cinemas Newtown, Sydney, Australia, from October 17th until October 23rd, 2022, and what a lineup the fest has in store!
Vienna’s SLASH Film Festival 2022 Opens This Week
Vienna’s SLASH Film Festival is set to kick off in a couple of days, and it’s a stunner! From the world premieres of Austrian features Rupture and Mother Superior to the opening episodes of Lars von Trier’s Kingdom Exodus to a fine selection of other horror features and shorts from around the globe boasting monsters, murderers, and all other sorts of mayhem, SLASH Film Festival is a can’t-miss event.
Joseph’s Review: FINAL CUT (Arrow Video FrightFest)
★★★1/2 out of ★★★★★
This remake of the surprise Japanese hit One Cut of the Dead puts a French spin on the proceedings — and it works!
Joseph’s Reviews: THE ONES YOU DIDN’T BURN and THE GHOSTS OF MONDAY (Arrow Video FrightFest)
The Ones You Didn’t Burn ★★★★ out of ★★★★★
The Ghosts of Monday ★★★1/2 out of ★★★★★
These two features from Arrow Video FrightFest offer plenty of supernatural eeriness.
Fortean Film Festival Brings High Strangeness to the U.K.
Aficionados of the weird, the wild, and the wonderful, prepare yourselves for two days of stimulating cinema as The International Fortean Film Festival presents its 2022 edition on September 2 and 3 in Gloucester, U.K. From the supernatural to cryptozoology to alien life and far beyond, the fest has selected a tantalizing array of narrative and documentary features and short films.
Joseph’s Reviews: STALKER and MEAN SPIRITED (Arrow Video FrightFest)
Stalker ★★★1/2 out of ★★★★★
Mean Spirited ★★★ out of ★★★★★
Two premieres from Arrow Video FrightFest are well worth the attention of horror film fans.
Joseph’s Reviews: OLD MAN and PUSSYCAKE (Popcorn Frights)
Old Man ★★★★ out of ★★★★★
Pussycake ★★★1/2 out of ★★★★★
Two wild features from Popcorn Frights are both worth putting on your cinema radar.
Joseph’s Review: The Loneliest Boy in the World (Popcorn Frights Film Festival 2022)
★★★★ out of ★★★★★
A troubled teen boy tries to put together a friend and a family consisting of dead people in this poignant, breezy, fanciful fairy tale.
Joseph’s Review: Orphan: First Kill
★★★ out of ★★★★★
Prepare yourself for a lot of lunacy and absurdity, and arm yourself with a heaping helping of willing suspension of disbelief, and you should have an entertaining time with Orphan: First Kill, the prequel to 2009’s Orphan.
Joseph’s Review: Tiny Cinema (Popcorn Frights)
★★★★ out of ★★★★★
Fans of horror comedy should consider the deliciously delirious horror comedy anthology Tiny Cinema required viewing.
Joseph’s Review: Skinamarink (Fantasia)
★★★★★ out of ★★★★★
Skinamarink is a mesmerizing work set in the dark of a nighttime home that finds two young siblings confronted by a chilling evil, with visual and aural approaches that make the proceedings all the more unsettling.
Joseph’s Book Review: Just Another Tin Foil Hat Presents
★★★★★
No matter whether you are a well-read aficionado of Forteana and high strangeness or a newcomer to the world of extraterrestrials, cryptids, and supernatural occurrences, Zelia Edgar’s debut book Just Another Tin Foil Hat Presents is a delightful, entertaining read.
Joseph’s Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival Reviews: THE WOMB and THE DEVIL’S DECEPTION
The Womb ★★★★1/2 out of ★★★★★
The Devil’s Deception
Southeast Asian creepfests The Womb and The Devils’ Deception are two of the finest pregnancy horror films in recent memory, with unforgettable images and unsettling goings-on.
From Monsters to Slashers to Supernatural Entities, UK’s Arrow Video FrightFest 2022 Lineup Has It All
Each summer, Arrow Video FrightFest brings a cinematic bounty of chillers and thrillers to London. This year’s lineup is mind boggling in size and scope, offering such riches as the world premiere of renowned director Neil Marshall’s latest offeringThe Lair to horror icon Dario Argento’s newest feature Dark Glasses to premieres by up and coming filmmakers from across the globe.
Joseph’s Review: Gone in the Night
★★★ out of ★★★★★
Raising some intriguing points about aging and boasting engrossing performances from Winona Ryder and Dermot Mulroney, Gone in the Night loses its way when it begins ramping things up in the suspense department.