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As a horror series, Friday the 13th stands out with its iconic imagery. Those too young to see horror or too freaked out to jump into the genre already know

As a horror series, Friday the 13th stands out with its iconic imagery. Those too young to see horror or too freaked out to jump into the genre already know who Jason Voorhees is and can link his trusty hockey mask to his image, fueling early word-of-mouth urban legends about

The Adams family films have been on the up and up lately, catching the eye of horror enthusiasts ever since The Deeper You Dig in 2019. Their tendencies for lingering,

The Adams family films have been on the up and up lately, catching the eye of horror enthusiasts ever since The Deeper You Dig in 2019. Their tendencies for lingering, dread-infused horrors present in their recent filmography grew in Hellbender to play with something more overt and in your face.

Writer/director Steven Kostanski is doubling down on more of the humor that made Psycho Goreman an outlier for horror comedies within the past few years. This time around it comes

Writer/director Steven Kostanski is doubling down on more of the humor that made Psycho Goreman an outlier for horror comedies within the past few years. This time around it comes in a pint-sized form (give or take a few ounces). Frankie Freako is, largely, a puppet-centric original creature feature that

There’s a chill in the air. Frost is accumulating in the sky and on car windshields; people’s faces are leaking fluids while they try politely hiding their illnesses; dealerships are

There’s a chill in the air. Frost is accumulating in the sky and on car windshields; people’s faces are leaking fluids while they try politely hiding their illnesses; dealerships are dusting off their house brand market-devised strategically named year-end sales events. In other words, the holidays are here. But the

It’s hard to describe what it was really like to be going through adolescence during the first decade of the 2000s. A multitude of cultural journeys in America intricately overlapped

It’s hard to describe what it was really like to be going through adolescence during the first decade of the 2000s. A multitude of cultural journeys in America intricately overlapped during a time that felt simple to those of us too young to parse the reality of the USA’s foretold

Yuen Woo-Ping has had a chokehold on audiences since his first film credit. He started his career on Ng See-Yuen’s The Bloody Fists blocking fight choreography in 1972. Woo-Ping’s work

Yuen Woo-Ping has had a chokehold on audiences since his first film credit. He started his career on Ng See-Yuen’s The Bloody Fists blocking fight choreography in 1972. Woo-Ping’s work stood out against an otherwise ordinary period martial arts from the 2nd unit director of The Chinese Boxer, See-Yuen himself

Endless Cookie, a family documentary 9 years in the making by filmmaker and animator Seth Scriver. It’s rooted in Toronto culture from the 80s and 90s, but pays special attention

Endless Cookie, a family documentary 9 years in the making by filmmaker and animator Seth Scriver. It’s rooted in Toronto culture from the 80s and 90s, but pays special attention to Seth’s half-brother Pete and his life in Shamattawa, a First Nations community in Manitoba. As Seth says himself in

Leticia Jorge and Ana Guevara’s meditation on mortality and legacy creates something beyond revisiting the twilight slice of love, recaptured to experience one last time. Don’t You Let Me Go

Leticia Jorge and Ana Guevara’s meditation on mortality and legacy creates something beyond revisiting the twilight slice of love, recaptured to experience one last time. Don’t You Let Me Go illustrates what feminine love feels like without the need for things to be expressed aloud simply because a film audience