Category: Offscreen Central
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Borderline – Review | Offscreen Central
Writer of hilarious genre films like Cocaine Bear and The Babysitter, Jimmy Warden is back but this time he is in the director’s chair with a comedy-thriller about a delusional stalker and a pop-star who just wants to survive.
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The Dead Thing – Review | Offscreen Central
As Valentine’s Day approaches, the horrific prospect of diving into digital murky waters to make matches in hopes of not being alone on this revered Hallmark holiday is being tapped into by Elric Kane’s late night crawl through LA in The Dead Thing.
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Interview with Grafted director Sasha Rainbow – Offscreen Central
Sasha Rainbow’s narrative feature debut tells a poignant story of beauty, blood, and a search for belonging. Unafraid of showing the reality of the world we live in, Rainbow’s creative and trailblazing approach to documentary filmmaking lends itself beautifully to the world of horror. Offscreen Central had the opportunity to talk with director Sasha Rainbow…
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The Damned – Review | Offscreen Central
Now streaming is Thordur Palsson’s The Damned, an icy film for us to cuddle up while we hang on to these last couple months of winter. Hiding in the darkness of these long chilly nights are the ghosts of our past, haunting us with the guilt we harbor.
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The Creep Tapes – Fantastic Fest Review | Offscreen Central
First premiering ten years ago, Creep (2014) has become a cult classic, especially for fans of found footage. Known by various names like Josef and Wolfy, Mark Duplass’s character has become everyone’s favorite fictional serial killer. His charm lures you in and it is not until it is too late that you notice the strangeness…
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Strange Harvest: Occult Murder in the Inland Empire – Fantastic Fest Review | Offscreen Central
It is no surprise that one of my favorite films of Fantastic Fest 2024 is by Stuart Ortiz, better known as half of the directing team The Vicious Brothers. Both as a fan of found footage and a life-long resident of the Inland Empire, I was primed to be the target audience for Strange Harvest,…
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Your Monster – Review | Offscreen Central
My new comfort film just dropped! We are in a renaissance of quirky little romantic comedies about girls and their monsters (see also: Lisa Frankenstein). This heart-warming film starring Melissa Barrera is about living life as your authentic self and not letting others take your voice. “Surrounded by people who are so willing to throw…
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What Happened to Dorothy Bell? – Fantastic Fest Review | Offscreen Central
Found footage and the paranormal goes together like peanut butter and jelly, and Danny Villanueva Jr.’s second feature was perfectly put together with love like the sandwiches your grandma prepared for you
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Girl Internet Show: A Kati Kelli Mixtape – Fantastic Fest Review | Offscreen Central
The allure of Girl Internet Show is not just the belly-aching guttural laughter but the underlying ideas that Kati Kelli expresses through her strange creations. Due to its unconventional nature, it is unsure what the future is for Girl Internet Show: A Kati Kelli Mixtape
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Dead Talents Society – Fantastic Fest Review | Offscreen Central
An electrifying take on the rules of the afterlife, celebrity culture, and our fear of being forgotten, John Hsu’s Dead Talents Society is a horror comedy warming the hearts of audiences at this year’s Fantastic Fest.
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Apartment 7A – Fantastic Fest Review | Offscreen Central
56 years after the release of Rosemary’s Baby, audiences at Fantastic Fest 2024 were whisked back to the Bramford
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Booger – Review | Offscreen Central
“Booger is a sickly sweet tale of loneliness. Mary Dauterman’s first feature will have you texting your besties that you love them and kissing the fuzzy foreheads of your four-legged friends…” Read the rest of my review of Mary Dauterman’s silly and gross and endearing little film, Booger…
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Red Rooms – Review | Offscreen Central
Like members of a jury, the audiences of Red Rooms are asked to make a judgment. This contemplative new feature from Pascal Plante interrogates what it means to not only be a spectator of violence but to make one’s pastime the consumption of the crimes of others.
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Hell Hole – Review | Offscreen Central
“The family behind recent films like Hellbender (2021) and Where the Devil Roams (2023), is stretching their legs and testing their limits as filmmakers. Having previously made films with personal and isolated stories with a cast list consisting largely of the family members themselves–John Adams, Toby Poser, Lulu and Zelda Adams–this is their biggest production yet, materially and thematically…”
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Skincare – Review | Offscreen Central
Read my latest review of Austin Peters’ Skincare (2024), starring Elizabeth Banks, Lewis Pullman, and Luis Gerardo Méndez, in my debut as a staff writer for Offscreen Central!
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