Existential Dread of the 21st Century

Slamdance 2024 Film Festival - While Demons in the Closet may clock in at only a little over a minute long, the claymation short is still a heck of a lot of fun. It moves so quick and is filled with so many gnarly looking demons that you'll want to watch it at least a [...]

Slamdance 2024 Film Festival - I have to say that I really dig the premise of the short, PU EKAW TNOD. Essentially, a couple gets sucked into a creepy basement after watching a scary movie together. The execution generally works with some truly uncanny images, too. Directed and written by Rebecca Culverhouse, the UK film [...]

Works Better as a Postcard

Misbehaved Children, Beware

A Zany Love Letter to Popcorn Cinema

Slamdance 2024 Film Festival - Writer/director Kamell Allaway's short Shadow has the black and white creep factor of an old German Expressionist film, like Nosferatu, especially for its use, of well, shadow. It's a highly atmospheric film that also reminded me somewhat of The Babadook, another film that was at least partially inspired by Expressionist films [...]