Category: Siren Death Cult
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The Adams Family conjures a poetic folk tale in MOTHER OF FLIES – Fantastic Fest 2025
Mother of Flies is haunting yet tranquil. The worlds that the Adams’ create are always moody, mysterious, and so cleverly constructed as to not show the seams of their impressively homegrown horrors.
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The Siberian Ripper’s sinister story is retold in NO TEARS IN HELL
Michael Caissie’s No Tears in Hell is no Netflix special. Inspired by the crimes of Russian serial killer Alexander Spesivtsev, also known as The Siberian Ripper, the film follows Alex (Luke Baines) as he prowls the streets to satiate his violent urges.
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SELF DRIVER is an edge-of-your-seat thrill ride where every life has a price tag
Self Driver takes the frustrations caused by these conditions and elevates them into an edge-of-your-seat thriller and asks the question of how far one will go for the paycheck.
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THE SEVERED SUN is a serviceable folk tale full of vengeance- Review
Dean Puckett’s directorial debut takes a critical look at these forgotten otherworldly forces that still lurk in the shadows on lands overrun by the Church.
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Historical drama and vampiric horrors collide in SINNERS – Review
Guilt and sin are poisonous elements ingrained into the soil of America. In a true Southern Gothic fashion, Ryan Coogler’s Sinners is a tale of sinister events that are bred from poverty, alienation, and violence. Set in the Jim Crow era Mississippi delta, the birthplace of post-Confederate disenfranchisement of Black Americans, the bitterness left by…
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A beloved fairytale is twisted beyond recognition in THE UGLY STEPSISTER – Review
Hidden under the hopefulness of a rags-to-riches Cinderella story has always been a poisonous jealousy and greed. So many versions exist and whether you are familiar with Perrault’s introduction of the glass slippers, the wickedness of the Brothers Grimm retelling, or simply a fan of the whimsy of Disney’s film adaptation, the tale typically follows…
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Eternal Inferno (Short) – Review
There is nothing more heartbreaking than being hurt by someone you trust. This is, unfortunately, a stark reality for many young women and girls and the work of Mexican filmmaker Alexandra Carlota Velasco forces audiences to confront that reality. Premiering at this past Final Girls Berlin Film Festival, Velasco’s latest short film Eternal Inferno is…
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Párvulos: Children of the Apocalypse – Review
Children are our future. Although how involved the process should be is often not uniform across various cultural and social lines, every generation is tasked with paving the path for the next generation to carry on society–or so we would hope. Coming-of-age experiences differ whether you were raised to be a latchkey kid or if…
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Daddy’s Head – Fantastic Fest Review
Benjamin Barfoot’s sophomore feature turns grief into a creature that will reach into the back of your skull, forcing you to relive childhood nightmares you thought you had forgotten.
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Azrael – Review
“Many years after the rapture Among the survivors Some are driven to renounce Their sin of speech” This is all we know about the world of E.L. Katz’s latest feature. Writer Simon Barrett takes on a chilling challenge, testing his craft as a storyteller when a lean script takes away any chance to rely on…
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The Crow (2024) – Review
Although any attempt to resurrect The Crow will be haunted by the memory of Brandon Lee, Rupert Sanders’ reimagining of this coveted gothic tale has a beating heart worthy of our gaze.
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Cuckoo – Review
Cuckoo is strange, to say the least. Its absurdity is homage to 70s and 80s Euro-horror but the film is quick to point at its own silliness and hopes that we will stay seated for the ride. As it unwinds, it only becomes more disorienting but Hunter Schafer’s Gretchen is the glue that holds Cuckoo…
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Saw X – Review
John Kramer is back for the franchise’s most personal look into the mind of the Jigsaw Killer. This year marks 20 years since rookie filmmakers James Wan and Leigh Whannell put together the short film Saw (2003), retroactively referred to as Saw 0.5. After being backed by Twisted Pictures and released by Lionsgate Films, Saw…
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Grand Jeté – Review
Directed by Isabelle Stever, GRAND JETE follows a ballet instructor, Nadja (Sarah Grether), who decides to rekindle her relationship with her now teenage son, Mario (Emil von Schönfels) who has been living with her mother. It becomes clear what and who was left behind in the wake of Nadja’s former career as a prima ballerina–and…
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Skinamarink – Review
Experimental cinema made its way to be big screen with Kyle Edward Ball’s lo-fi kinder-trauma nightmare: Skinamarink. Skinamarink has been on my radar since it made its way to Fantasia in July 2022 and after all the internet buzz on places like TikTok and YouTube, I was able to finally catch its theatrical release on…
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