Closing the summer months with a beach photos and Asian short films:
Tag Archives: Horror
I Saw the TV Glow [2024]
A pair of awkward and lonely suburban teenagers connect over a TV show and perhaps find the changes they need in their lives. A single sentence here can’t properly introduce the haunting, sad, and affecting film of finding connection and the internal fight for one’s true self in Jane Schoenbrun’s second film: 2024’s I Saw the TV Glow.
Lee Soo-Yeon: Bluebeard (2017) [Female Filmmaker Friday] [Asian Cinema August]
A recently divorced Doctor, Seung-hoon lives in a town plagued by a history of murders. While under anesthesia, his landlord, who also owns the butcher shop, seemingly confesses, leading Seung-hoon on a frantic chase to solve the case.
The End of Oak Street [2026]
A suburban neighborhood and its residents find themselves fighting off a sudden incursion of toothy dinosaurs in David Robert Mitchell’s ferociously entertaining summer popcorn flick, The End of Oak Street. ROAR! CHOMP! CHEER! See It!
Short Film for You! [Asian Cinema August]
The Yeti [2026]
An expedition braves the Alaskan wilderness in 1947 and encounters the titular creature in William Pisciotta & Gene Gallerano’s highly disappointing slog The Yeti, now on Shudder.
Mala (2026)
Reema has inherited an abandoned resort on a remote tropical island after the death of her Aunt. Wanting to uncover the truth behind her family’s past, she travels to the island with three friends, only to discover a series of strange incidents all tied to an ancient familial curse rooted in tantric rituals and black magic.