• Categories: Movies, SXSW

      March 22, 2022

      Brian Fanelli

      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 [...]

    • Categories: Movie Reviews, Movies, SXSW

      March 17, 2022

      Brian Fanelli

      South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival - It's been nearly a decade since Ti West's last movie, The Sacrament. X marks his return and stands as one of his strongest features to date. This isn't quite the 1970s genre throwback it initially seems. Just when you think you have it all figured out, the narrative [...]

    • March 17, 2022

      Brian Fanelli

      South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival -Ah, 2020. We can't forget it, no matter how hard we try. It was a year of lockdowns, mass protests in the U.S. after the murder of George Floyd, and a tumultuous presidential election. White Devil is set during that summer in NYC, and even news clips from that [...]

    • Categories: Movie Reviews, Movies, SXSW

      March 15, 2022

      Brian Fanelli

      South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival - In  Nyla Innuksuk's raucous debut Slash/Back, a group of Inuit girls is eager for something exciting to happen in their world. Well, they get their wish when an alien life force crashes upon their land. Armed with various skills, including hunting and horror movie knowledge, they're ready to [...]

    • Categories: Movie Reviews, Movies, SXSW

      March 15, 2022

      Brian Fanelli

      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 [...]

    • Categories: Movie Reviews, Movies, SXSW

      March 15, 2022

      Brian Fanelli

      South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival - In writer/director Addison Heimann's Hypochondriac, protagonist Will's (Zach Villa) life is a mess. He can't hold down a job, and his relationship with his boyfriend is frayed. Will harbors serious emotional childhood trauma. The way it plays out is equal parts sad and terrifying. This film is unafraid [...]

    • March 15, 2022

      Brian Fanelli

      South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival - In Night Breakers, a group of migrants navigates an underground maze of tunnels, trying desperately to make their way to the city. They face two big hurdles, however. A creature lurks in the shadows, hiding out in corners, waiting to pick them off one by one. Meanwhile, the [...]

  • Featured Events

    • RAGING GRACE Is A Bold Nightmare–SXSW

      March 14, 2023
    • Creating A Board Game Slasher: An Interview With Bitch Ass Production Designer

      March 22, 2022
    • X–Ti West’s Return Is a Barnburner–SXSW

      March 17, 2022
    • WHITE DEVIL–A Look Back At Lockdowns & Protests–SXSW

      March 17, 2022
    • SLASH/BACK–Don’t Mess with the Girls from Pang–SXSW

      March 15, 2022
    • BITCH ASS–Press Play On This Slasher–SXSW

      March 15, 2022
    • HYPOCHONDRIAC–Beware The Wolf At The Door–SXSW

      March 15, 2022
    • NIGHT BREAKERS Is A Tense & Claustrophobic Creature Feature–SXSW

      March 15, 2022

    Conventions

    • RAGING GRACE Is A Bold Nightmare–SXSW

    • Creating A Board Game Slasher: An Interview With Bitch Ass Production Designer

    • X–Ti West’s Return Is a Barnburner–SXSW

    • WHITE DEVIL–A Look Back At Lockdowns & Protests–SXSW

    • SLASH/BACK–Don’t Mess with the Girls from Pang–SXSW

    • BITCH ASS–Press Play On This Slasher–SXSW

    • HYPOCHONDRIAC–Beware The Wolf At The Door–SXSW

    • NIGHT BREAKERS Is A Tense & Claustrophobic Creature Feature–SXSW




      Festivals

    • RAGING GRACE Is A Bold Nightmare–SXSW

    • Creating A Board Game Slasher: An Interview With Bitch Ass Production Designer

    • X–Ti West’s Return Is a Barnburner–SXSW

    • WHITE DEVIL–A Look Back At Lockdowns & Protests–SXSW

    • SLASH/BACK–Don’t Mess with the Girls from Pang–SXSW

    • BITCH ASS–Press Play On This Slasher–SXSW

    • HYPOCHONDRIAC–Beware The Wolf At The Door–SXSW

    • NIGHT BREAKERS Is A Tense & Claustrophobic Creature Feature–SXSW







  • RAGING GRACE Is A Bold Nightmare–SXSW

  • Creating A Board Game Slasher: An Interview With Bitch Ass Production Designer

  • X–Ti West’s Return Is a Barnburner–SXSW

  • WHITE DEVIL–A Look Back At Lockdowns & Protests–SXSW

  • SLASH/BACK–Don’t Mess with the Girls from Pang–SXSW

  • BITCH ASS–Press Play On This Slasher–SXSW

  • HYPOCHONDRIAC–Beware The Wolf At The Door–SXSW

  • NIGHT BREAKERS Is A Tense & Claustrophobic Creature Feature–SXSW