I’ve been following Jeremiah Kipp’s indie film career for a while now and it was only a matter of time before he managed to explode. “Slapface” is the adaptation of his great 2017 short film that expands on the premise and circumstances involving our main characters. While the movie is primarily a horror film with a folklore bent, it’s also a very stark, grim, and richly developed analyses of grief, loss, toxic masculinity, and the fall out that can stem from psychological abuse. It’s very much in the wheelhouse of “The Babadook” and leaves just as much of a mark when the credits roll.
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The Second Age of Aquarius (2022)
Alberta is a programmer stuck in her life a little bit. One night, she decides to design an avatar of her favorite 60s rock icon. When a sudden surge in power brings him to life, she finds herself swooning over him as well as responsible for him.
King Knight (2022)
In a coven of well-meaning witches, Thorn and Willow lead the group to a better life through understanding, being one with nature, and accepting each other. When a secret from Thorn’s past emerges, their coven and way of life is threatened.
Ghosts of the Ozarks (2022)
Following the Civil War, a young doctor is asked to join in uncle in a utopic village in the Arkansas. Once there, he slowly discovers that many secrets are protected by the locals and that crossing them is quite dangerous.
Honeycomb (2021) [Slamdance 2022]
It’s always thrilling when you can see the beginning of what you hope will be a long, seasoned career of filmmaking. Avalon Fast is a filmmaker that has immense promise, and it’s fascinating that she delivers a movie that’s so jarring and unnerving, and absolutely original. Director Fast has a great habit for making the audience uncomfortable, opening the film on a weird portrait of a woman in a honeycomb, and then contrasting it with the image of innocence with one of her characters lying along a serene field. From there, it only escalates.
Clean (2022)
A man with a violent now living a very quiet life must reconsider his stance and reconnect with a long-buried part of himself when the stakes change.
Back Rooms (2021)
“Back Rooms” was born from the digital age, among the 4Chan and Creepypasta realms. It’s a pocket within our world that is completely cut off from the rest of what we could rationally consider reality. It is a series of endless rooms and hallways that stretch for a nigh infinite space, all of which are typically a noxious yellow, completely void of any life, and filled with the annoying, deafening hum of florescent lights. I’m only vaguely familiar with the meme of the Back Rooms, but it’s been widely circulated and explored much in the vein of other digital legends like the Slenderman and Sirenhead.