Year: 2024 Runtime: 119 minutes Director: Arkasha Stevenson Writers: Arkasha Stevenson, Tim Smith, Keith Thomas, Ben Jacoby (Story By) Starring: Nell Tiger Free, Ralph Ineson, Bill Nighy, Sonia Braga, Nicole Sorace By Tom Moore On paper, “The First Omen” – a prequel to the 1973 horror classic “The Omen” – should’ve been another failed attempt at trying to revive a well-known horror IP. After all, … Continue reading Film Review: The First Omen
Year:2024 Runtime: 104 minutes Director: Jeff Wadlow Writers: Jeff Wadlow, Jason Oremland, Greg Erb Actors: DeWanda Wise, Tom Payne, Veronica Falcon, Betty Buckley, Taegen Burns, Pyper Braun By Rosa Parra Most of us grew up with imaginary friends (it was expected in my case since I was an only child), but what happens when those friends don’t have the best intentions for us? Worse yet, … Continue reading Review: Imaginary
Year: 2024 Runtime: 121 minutes Written and directed by: Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala Starring: Anja Plaschg, David Scheid, Maria Hofstätter Caution: Below contains discussion of mental health issues such as depression that some may find triggering. By Sarah Manvel “The Devil’s Bath” is a profoundly excellent and disturbing movie about depression, despair and the ways in which people coped with those emotions in 18th century … Continue reading Berlinale 2024 review: The Devil’s Bath / Des Teufels Bad
Year: 2024 Director: Zelda Williams Writer: Diablo Cody Actors: Kathryn Newton, Liza Soberano, Cole Sprouse, Bryce Romero, Carla Gugino, Joe Chrest By Joan Amenn What do you get when you mix “The Heathers” (1988) with “Young Frankenstein” (1974)? Even with a lingering head cold there was no way I was going to miss a chance to find out and it was worth all the Hall’s … Continue reading Review: Lisa Frankenstein
Year: 2017 Runtime: 83 minutes Director/Writer: Issa López Actors: Paola Lara, Nery Arredondo, Juan Ramón López, Rodrigo Cortés, Hanssel Casillas, Tenoch Huerta, Ianis Guerro By Taylor Hunsberger Caution: There are spoilers for this film below The world is abuzz about the newest season of “True Detective” (entitled “Night Country”), and it’s only on episode three. This is the first season not written or show-run by … Continue reading Retrospective Review: Tigers Are Not Afraid
Year: 2023 Runtime: 125 minutes Director: Takashi Yamazaki Writer: Takashi Yamazaki Stars: Ryunosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe, Yuki Yamada, Munetaka Aoki, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Sakura Ando, and Kuranosuke Sasaki By Harris Dang It is an astonishing feat that the Godzilla franchise has reached its 37th iteration (being the 5th one in the Reiwa era) and it never once feels old-fashioned, worn-out or quaint in the slightest. One … Continue reading Review – Godzilla Minus One
Runtime: 106 minutes Directed by: Nahnatchka Khan Written by: David Matalon, Sasha-Perl-Raver, Jen D’Angelo Starring: Kiernan Shipka, Olivia Holt, Julie Bowen, Lochlyn Munro, Charlie Gillespie By Tom Moore Blumhouse has delivered many fresh takes on slashers throughout its tenure through films like “Happy Death Day,” David Gordon Green’s modern “Halloween” films, and more recently “The Black Phone.” However, their latest offering to the horror sub-genre … Continue reading Film Review: Totally Killer
By Joan Amenn There are so many great gothic women in animation to enjoy this Halloween but who takes the number one slot as the best of all? It was a close vote but our recent polls reveal the countdown below and we also added a couple of our faves as honorable mentions. Who are you dressing up as this spooky season? 1. Lydia “Beetlejuice”: … Continue reading ITOL’s Top 5 Animated Goth Girls
Year: 2023 Runtime: 99 minutes Director/Writer: Demián Rugna Actors: Ezequiel Rodriguez, Demián Salomón, Isabel Quinteros, Luis Ziembrowski, Emilio Vodanovich, Virginia Garófalo, Silvina Sabater By Nadine Whitney Argentinian director Demián Rugna’s “When Evil Lurks” digs deep into our collective anxieties about living in a world where people are without guidance or a higher authority to protect them. What begins as a possession film morphs into a … Continue reading Review: When Evil Lurks
Film Critic Calum Cooper continues his coverage of the London Film Festival, reviewing the disturbing Stopmotion, a thematically rich horror that blends live action and animation together. Continue reading LFF 2023 Review: Stopmotion
In Their Own League 