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Horror

Nothing Bad Can Happen

Written and Directed by Katrin Gebbe Produced by Verena Grafe-Hoft German with English subtitles Released by Drafhouse Films Germany. 106 min. Not rated With Julius Feldmeier, Sascha Alexander Gersak, Annika Kuhl, Swantje Kohlhof, and Til Theinert The healthily skeptical know that a film entitled Nothing Bad Can Happen ensures that something horrible will certainly occur. […]

Stephen King’s A Good Marriage

Directed by Peter Askin Written by Stephen King, adapted from his short story “A Good Marriage” from the collection Full Dark, No Stars Released by Screen Media FIlms USA. 103 min. Not rated With Joan Allen, Anthony LaPaglia, Kristen Connolly, and Stephen Lang If you were to pick up a book by Stephen King, chances […]

At the Devil’s Door

Written and Directed by Nicholas McCarthy Produced by Sonny Mallhi Released by IFC Midnight/Video on Demand USA. 92 min. Not rated With Catalina Sandino Moreno, Naya Rivera, Ashley Rickards, and Colin Egglesfield There are horror movies that wink and nudge at you, knowing you understand the tropes and the paces. They allow you to keep […]

Witching & Bitching

Directed by Álex de la Iglesia Written by Jorge Guerricaechevarría and de la Iglesia Released by IFC Midnight Spanish with English subtitles Spain. 112 min. Not rated With Hugo Silva, Mario Casas, Pepón Nieto, Carolina Bang, Terele Pávez, Jaime Ordóñez, Gabriel Ángel Delgado, Santiago Segura, Macarena Gómez, and Carmen Maura It’s been a long, long […]

Tribeca Tidbits 2014

Tribeca Film Festival, which has brought audiences Eddie: The Sleepwalking Cannibal and Trollhunter in the past, brings two more B-movies with tell-it-like-it-is titles in its genre laden Midnight section, plus the world premiere of an amicable American indie with TV stars Leighton Meester and Gillian Jacobs. Life Partners Directed by Susanna Fogel Written by Susanna […]

Proxy

Directed by Zack Parker Written by Kevin Donner and Parker Released by IFC Midnight USA. 122 min Rated R With Alexia Rasmussen, Alexa Havins, Kristina Klebe, Joe Swanberg, and Erika Hoveland For about 45 minutes, Proxy is a disturbing, intriguing original indie horror film focusing on the term “indie” (character, rather than plot, driven). Then […]

Almost Human

Filmed, Written & Directed by Joe Begos Produced by Begos, Anthony Ambrosino & Ethier Released by IFC Midnight USA. 80 min. Not rated With Graham Skipper, Vanessa Leigh, Josh Ethier, Michael Locicero & Susan T. Travers The slasher film Almost Human starts off with a jolt of adrenaline as a young man, Mark (Josh Ethier), […]

Here Comes the Devil

Written & Directed by Adrián García Bogliano Produced by Andrea Quiroz Hernández Released by Magnet Releasing Spanish with English subtitles Mexico. 97 min. Not rated With Laura Caro, Francisco Barreiro, Michele Garcia, Alan Martinez, David Cabezud & Giancarlo Ruiz Aside from a curt synopsis, I had no idea what to expect from this film. I […]

The Last Days on Mars

Directed by Ruairi Robinson Written by Clive Dawson, based on the short story “The Animators” by Sydney J. Bounds Produced by Michael Kuhn & Andrea Cornwell Released by Magnet Releasing UK/Ireland. 98 min. Rated R With Liev Schreiber, Elias Koteas, Romola Garai, Olivia Williams & Johnny Harris Last Days on Mars has a crisis of […]