Not Alone takes a few different directions right from the top - starting out from a fantastic point of view, veering into a careful criticism of racism and white privilege, and doing a spin into paranormal and sci-fi. Somehow, in spite of a careening start, it pulls together into something deeply meaningful and fairly magical. [...]

It seems like the new, happening genre is AI thrillers. What happens when you invite a “robot” into your home? Is it listening? What is it learning about you? How close is it to taking over your identity, and your life? Black Mirror touched on this. Horror podcast Witchever Path had a whole season dedicated [...]

Originally developed as a miniseries in 2019, Dark Chronicles tells four tales of horror, all introduced by a mysterious Keeper of Stories. Each tale focuses on a different type of horror - from possession and exorcism to the traditional zombie apocalypse cautionary tale.  As I’ve said before, anthology films, even when developed from something episodic, can [...]

An animated short film of the Micheline Hess graphic novel by the same name comes roaring to life in Diary of  Mad Black Werewolf. Marc Cheng, CEO of Marc Cheng Creative Studios directs, with hopes of further developments including video games and feature films. Hess originally wrote the graphic novel after she conceived it as [...]

There are truly not a lot of things that irritate me more than misogyny masquerading as feminism. It’s honestly an outrage to see films like Menopause in 2021. It makes me wonder if we’ve actually come as far as we think we have. Menopause confuses misandry with feminism - and gives feminists and women in general [...]

A combination of psychological thriller, paranormal found footage film, and crime drama throws in a few hefty sprinkles of family dysfunction in Lair. A fractured family finds themselves in the middle of an attempt to prove that a recently convicted man is innocent. However, the proof soon takes a turn for the paranormal - and [...]

Horror short L.U.N.A, directed by Blake Vaz, is a fresh play on the ever-popular A.I. cautionary tale. When field technician Lillian (Fernanda Romero) is sent out on a repair call for her company’s home assistant, she finds out that the issue might not be the robot at all, but something within the home itself. Coming [...]