Reviews

When Lars von Trier co-wrote the Dogme 95 manifesto quite some time ago with fellow European filmmakers, he mandated that, for a film to receive…

In a lot of ways, I am the perfect member of the Death Squad to write this review. In other ways, I may be the…

Anthony DiBlasi’s Clive Barker’s Dread has a fascinating premise: it centers on a group of college students who engage in a project on fear, interviewing…

If there’s one storyline present in almost every other movie here at Fantastic Fest it’s the old ‘mad scientist kidnaps people and links them surgically…

As you may have noticed from reading the daily reports from the Death Squad, a lot of this festival revolves around expectations and anticipation. We…

Children have been used with a polarized range of convention in horror film. On one end is the perception of childhood innocence, using children as…

I have been a die-hard film geek for a few years now and as such I wholeheartedly subscribe to the god-like status assigned to Mr.…

The secret screenings of Fantastic Fest are always a big draw. For some, it is the ultimate payoff for dropping serious bank on a VIP…

Remember when you were drunk, Chinese and wanted to be Guy Ritchie? That’s pretty much what director Ning Hao was upon starting production on Crazy…