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HAUNTING OF THE QUEEN MARY: Struggles To Find Its Sea Legs
HAUNTING OF THE QUEEN MARY: Struggles To Find Its Sea Legs

While Haunting of the Queen Mary may struggle to find its sea legs, it culminates into an epic voyage of terror and twists.

HollyShorts Film Festival 2023: Thrillers, Dramas And Aliens, Oh My!
HollyShorts Film Festival 2023: Thrillers, Dramas And Aliens, Oh My!

While thus far, I have delivered my thoughts in the showcases, in my last report, there’s a little bit of everything.

HollyShorts Film Festival 2023: Horror
HollyShorts Film Festival 2023: Horror

From demonic possessions to haunted polaroids, from motherhood to neocolonialism, the HollyShorts horror section has a taste of it all.

THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE DEMETER: Dracula On Cruise Control
THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE DEMETER: Dracula On Cruise Control

The Last Voyage of the Demeter turns in a light Dracula voyage too bound by its stock itinerary to sail into more adventurous waters.

Horrific Inquiry: THE HAUNTING IN CONNECTICUT (2009)

While nowhere near as successful as the Conjuring franchise in popularity or quality, The Haunting in Connecticut proves itself entertaining.

PREY: An Anti-Colonialist Action Movie
PREY: An Anti-Colonialist Action Movie

Prey offers an excellent example of less being more, especially in a series long known for its over-the-top dialogue and gory violence.

Horrific Inquiry: THE DESCENT: PART 2 (2009)

The Descent: Part 2 falls within the overflowing pot of sequels made for the sake of making a sequel.

Horrific Inquiry: THE DESCENT (2005)

The Descent is a film you literally feel, in a league all of its own.

HAUNTED MANSION: A Faithful Adaptation Of The Ride In Need Of More Spirit
HAUNTED MANSION: A Faithful Adaptation Of The Ride In Need Of More Spirit

For better or for worse, Haunted Mansion makes for a fun spooky night on Disney+ for the family.

BAD GIRL BOOGEY: Enticing ingredients in an otherwise undercooked stew
BAD GIRL BOOGEY: Enticing ingredients in an otherwise undercooked stew

Bad Girl Boogey may not be a great film but it has the ambition and heart to pursue a whole new lore.

SMOKING CAUSES COUGHING: Get Ready To Inhale A Cloud Of Surreal Cinema
SMOKING CAUSES COUGHING: Get Ready To Inhale A Cloud Of Surreal Cinema

For those with a nihilistic sensibility, there will be solace in the nothingness that comes from Smoking Causes Coughing.

Away from the Hype: MORBIUS
Away from the Hype: MORBIUS

Morbius was a double failure at the box office because its lead is boring, its plot is derivative, and its marketing tried its damnedest to trick audiences.

Horrific Inquiry: THE RING (2002)

It may not stand against the test of time in all that it has to deliver, but The Ring still proves to audiences why it never sleeps. 

Horrific Inquiry: THE EVIL DEAD (1981)

Evil Dead is brutally violent and unrelentingly gory, yet it is also the work of an artist with a passion for the craft.

Tribeca Film Festival 2023: SUITABLE FLESH and KIM'S VIDEO
Tribeca Film Festival 2023: SUITABLE FLESH and KIM’S VIDEO

From Tribeca Film Festival Payton McCarty-Simas pairs two films, one an ode to midnight movies past, with another paean to movie obsessives.