Chattanooga Film Festival 2023- Writer/director Chris Davies' short Anya has all kinds of retro Halloween goodness. Set in 1970, it begins with a Radio DJ voiceover (John Anastasio) that sets the perfect tone. It feels like a campfire story you'd hear on October 31, crackling through an old radio. From there, the short transforms into [...]

Chattanooga Film Festival 2023 - I know what you're thinking. A movie with a title like The Bigfoot Trap just might be all kinds of cheesy, featuring grainy video of what may or may not be a sasquatch traversing through the woods. Well, this feature isn't that. In fact, it's a tense, character-driven story about [...]

Chattanooga Film Festival 2023 - If you're tired of the average run-of-the mill slashers, let me suggest We Might Hurt Each Other, also called Rupintojelis. In fact, it's Lithuania's very first slasher. While it has elements that we've come to expect, including a cabin in the woods and a bunch of teens who do bad [...]

Chattanooga Film Festival 2023- Stephen King is having a moment, a major resurgence in popularity. His short stories and novels have undergone several adaptations lately, be it The Black Phone, the remake of The Stand on Paramount+, or The Boogeyman, which just saw a wide theatrical release. Let's not forget the two-part remake of It [...]

Chattanooga Film Festival 2023 - To give a sense of just how gory and super violent Beaten to Death is, there's a scene in which the protagonist, city boy Jack (Thomas Roach), loses his eyes. The scene cuts away just as the knife meets his eyeballs. For what feels like a full minute, the screen [...]

Chattanooga Film Festival 2023 - Ringworms isn't exactly a short that's restrained. While it's never gratuitous, it certainly has plenty of icky body horror and a setting and practical effects reminiscent of the Evil Dead franchise.  What starts out as a premise about a 22-year-old who doesn't quite want to commit to her boyfriend soon [...]

Chattanooga Film Festival 2023 - Hell Hath No Fury is absolutely hilarious, a well-crafted thriller/comedy. It hits the right notes, largely thanks to the performances of its leads, Leah N.H. Philpott, who plays wife Priscilla, and Jacob Ryan Snovel, who plays her hubby Silas. The two want to murder each other, while keeping their plans [...]