Make Believe 2023 Film Festival - Set in 1979, The Third Saturday in October Part V is very much a tribute to 70s slashers like Halloween and Black Christmas. Despite its title, The Third Saturday in October Part V is the only "sequel." Also written and directed by Jay Burleson and set in a football-obsessed Alabama [...]

Make Believe 2023 Film Festival - Satires and spoofs of the slasher genre aren't exactly new. Scary Movie, Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon, and You Might Be the Killer are just a few that come to mind. Writer director Jay Burleson's The Third Saturday in October and The Third Saturday in October [...]

If you’re tired of Freddy, Jason, Chucky, Michael, and the usual slasher staples, then boy, do I have a film for you, Bitch Ass. The film is a solid entry into the emerging Black horror canon, featuring a stylish masked killer, stellar set designs, and death traps modeled after board games. The film premiered [...]

Jim Thorpe Independent Film Festival - If you're looking for at least one reason to watch the short Stalked, just consider the fact it has a killer scarecrow. Yes, a killer scarecrow. Move over Chucky, Jason, Freddy, and Michael, there's a new killer in town. It's nice to see a slasher who's not part of [...]

If you’re into the escape room or horror scene in the Southern California area, chances are you’ve heard of Cross Roads Escape Games. Opened in January 2016 by husband and wife team Luke and Madison Rhoades, Cross Roads Escape Games quickly cemented itself as one of the most innovative AND impressive escape room destinations on [...]

Bitch Ass is the type of horror movie made with a lot of heart, shot in less than two weeks with a budget of about $200,000. It stands apart from recent slashers because of its creative kills, modeled after popular board games like Operation and Connect Four. The production designer, Jeremy Jonathan White, talked to [...]

South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival - If you're sick of slasher retreads and reboots, then boy, do I have a film for you. Bitch Ass. This is one wildly inventive slasher with each kill modeled after a board game. It also has a sympathetic and interesting killer, whose story is slowly revealed during the [...]