Written and directed by Hamza Zaman and distributed by Gravitas Ventures, The Institute is quite a trip, playing out like a modern-day, sci-fi version of Rosemary's Baby. With great use of plot building and an effective musical score, The Institute was surprisingly enjoyable despite its obvious low budget. In The Institute, a loving couple [...]

Directed, edited, co-composed, co-produced, and co-written by Rhys Frake-Waterfield, The Area 51 Incident is a science fiction adventure that sees a group of scientists unleash a pandora's box of alien foes upon the world. Science fiction is perhaps the hardest genre of film to pull off -- a film can easily become campy [...]

Tropique is a beautiful film inside and out. Directed by Edouard Salier, this French-language, subtly futuristic film captivated me with words and visuals that were like poetry. Not only is the film excellently written and directed, but its equally beautiful cast also gave moving performances that are sticking with me long after viewing. Tropique is [...]

Directed by David Heacock and written by Neil Chase, Boneyard Racers is a lively short film that featured a crew of deadly characters in the fifties-nostalgia-inducing setting of a drag race. Starring Thomas Kassian and Ryley Shandro as the teenage lovers of the film, the story of Boneyard Racers felt as though it belonged nestled [...]

The Accursed is a fair entry into the haunted house/evil presence type of film. It slowly starts but manages to be entertaining. For example, it does well in creating an atmosphere that makes you feel as if something is right around the corner. Additionally, even though it doesn't veer away from the [...]

Friends Dom and Miles run a YouTube channel dedicated to investigating lesser-known cryptids. Unknown to Miles or anyone else, Dom is reaching the end of his rope and seriously thinking about ending it all. Since he still lives with his mom and has nothing to show in his life, he’s [...]

The Abandon is a film that abandoned the conventional thrills of cinema to tell a visually simple but narratively complex story. Employing a hefty amount of mystery, The Abandon also blurred the lines between science fiction and surrealism and revealed its rich tapestry thread by thread. Directed by Jason Satterlund and written by Dwain [...]