The new standard for horror entertainment has become the lo-fi, filmed on VCR fodder that had lent something of a realism to even the more outlandish premises. The aesthetic has been used in a lot of facets of horror in the last eight years, including horror movies. The classic ARG aesthetic just works and it works well for the short from skilled animator and concept artist Vivien Forsans entitled “Bedroom People.”
Tag Archives: Horror
no more room in hell (2023) [Film Maudit 2.0]
“no more room in hell” is a masterclass in how to make a horror documentary without skimming copyright and licensing fees. Rebecca Shapass directs a de-construction of the Romero movie series by taking a deeper more abstract look at how environmental and ecological elements contributes to the rush of the dead, and the downfall of society. Shapass includes snippets of dialogue from the various scripts and spends a lot of the documentary’s time peeking in to various industries including excavation, as well as the rule of capitalism.
Nu (2022) [Film Maudit 2.0]
I imagine Olivier Labonté Lemoyne’s is going to lend itself to all kinds of interpretations. Maybe it’s just abstract for the sake of being abstract? Who knows? In either case, “Nu” succeeds in being as oddly creepy as it does in being kind of silly, exploring the idea of fear vulnerability. The whole concept of beings that look like nudists plays on the whole nature of voyeurism and the reluctance by many to engage in it.
The A-Frame (2024)
While working on testing his new device that connects our world to possibly another dimension, a quantum physicist discovers a potential medical breakthrough that could save lives. As he needs to keep this a secret and test on humans, he enlists a young woman who trusted him to bring him more test subjects.
Latency (2024)
In theaters June 14, 2024
A gamer and technology company employee receives a new device that better connects her to her computer. Through the training of this device and its use in a gaming competition, she soon discovers that this may be a dangerous device.
Tiger Stripes (2023)
In theaters June 14, 2024
In a very controlled environment, a young girl starts seeing changes to her body, changes that turn horrific fast.
Gunfighter Paradise (2024)
Recently selected to the 2024 RiverRun Film Festival.
Like a Southern fried “Donnie Darko,” writer/director Jethro Waters’s darkly comic dissection of America and masculinity is truly one of the most unique and bizarre dark comedies to come out of the independent circuit. I don’t think audiences are ready for what someone like Waters has in store, placing America’s current social climate up to a big lens and lending some insight in to the lunacy of it all, and how the lunacy has become the new norm.