A Japanese soldier and a British POW have to survive a stranding on a South Pacific island in 1942, one populated by a vicious monster in the sadly slight Monster Island, written and directed by Mike Wiluan, now streaming on Shudder.
Author Archives: Bob Foster
Haunted Mountains: The Yellow Taboo [Fantasia 2025]
A couple is haunted by a missing friend on a strange mountain and in their lives in the chilling Taiwanese Haunted Mountains: The Yellow Taboo, directed by Tsai Chai Ying, and presented through the Fantasia International Film Festival.
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Oh, Hi! (2025)
A new couple’s weekend getaway doesn’t go as planned in the dark relationship comedy Oh, Hi!
Anything That Moves [Fantasia 2025]
A sex worker is suspected of a series of murders in the dark comedy Anything That Moves, written and directed by Alex Phillips, presented as part of the Fantasia International Film Festival.
The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025) [Comic Book Month 2025]
The Fantastic Four, Marvel’s First Family, deal with new additions: baby Franklin and world-eater Galactus and his herald in the radiantly fun The Fantastic Four: First Steps, directed by Matt Shakman.
The Home (2025)
A ne’er-do-well’s community service at an assisted living home goes awry with secrets and death in James DeMonaco’s The Home.
A Grand Mockery [Fantasia 2025]
Josie is a disaffected man living a quiet, dull life of monotony, driving him to a dull disconnect in Adam C. Briggs & Sam Dixon’s A Grand Mockery, presented as part of the Fantasia International Film Festival. Continue reading