Panos Cosmatos’ “Mandy” came out in 2018 like a hurricane, sneaking up on even the biggest Nic Cage fan boys, and it’s one of the best films of the year. “Mandy” is a fever dream, and surreal revenge thriller that features Nic Cage at his best. Cage plays against a world that’s equally as loony as the man he portrays, who goes up against foes that in the eyes of a blood thirsty man seeking retribution for his slain lover, are purely monstrous beings dancing in hellfire.
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The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014)
To its credit, “The Taking of Deborah Logan” is a horror film that’s generally remained in the public consciousness mainly for its memorable imagery. As a horror movie it’s just an okay experience that probably would have been so much more effective as a filmed feature. In the end, it’s mainly an okay found footage horror movie that comes out pretty golden mainly for two or three really memorable moments that have become internet memes and are still widely circulated to this day.
Welcome to Mercy (2018) [Screamfest LA 2018]
A young mother takes the long trip from the US ot her native land with her daughter at her sick father’s urging request in a letter. There she discovers truths about her past and her parents following a supernatural event that sends her to a nunnery for care and help.
Scooby Doo and the Goblin King (2008)
Not since “The Witch’s Ghost” has there been a “Scooby Doo” adventure so deeply rooted in Halloween that it qualifies as automatic viewing for the holiday. While it is a change in pace for the Mystery Inc. crew, it’s a fun adventure in to the magic and supernatural element, along with some pretty stellar animation, and a pretty awesome surprise ending that I admittedly didn’t see coming.
Open 24 Hours (2018) [Screamfest LA 2018]
A young woman who is recently out of treatment following her setting her serial killer boyfriend on fire finds a job at a 24 hours gas station where her hallucinations, or something else, are making her survival unsure.
A Selection of Shorts from Horrible Imaginings Film Festival 2018 Day 3 [Horrible Imaginings Film Festival 2018]
On the last day of Horrible Imaginings Film Festival, a new bundle of shorts awaited the audience to delight, scare, and weird out. Here are a few highlights from these.
Shorts Round Up of the Week: Halloween Horror Month Edition
It’s the Halloween Horror Month Edition of “Shorts Round Up” as I review some of the short films that have hit our inbox from some of the most interesting up and coming filmmakers in cinema. These are five horror short films that you should be on the look out when they premiere in festivals or online very soon.
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