Being a horror fan, you know of the major horror icons. Though this man did not star in the first Friday the 13th, when someone says “Jason” in regards to that series, many minds think of Kane Hodder. He’s iconic. His posture, boldness he brought to the character, and one of the most famous and…
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31 Days, Day 10: Today is the Day for Our BROOKLYN HORROR FILM FESTIVAL Preview
Brooklyn Horror Film Fest returns on Thursday. We’ll be covering a few films this weekend and we’ve covered a few already. The crew here is excited as HELL and here’s a bit of a preview as to why we think you should be too! The full program can be viewed at their website, but here…
PUFF 2017: The Final Review Pits Iceland Against Mondo… and Iceland Wins with RIFT (31 Days, Day 4)
[Editor’s Note: Blaine is currently serving as the Feature Film Programmer for Atlanta’s Buried Alive Film Festival. He was excited… giddy even… at the chance to review Rift as part of PUFF coverage, as he’d become a big fan since screening it for Buried Alive. You’ll see that he’s quite the cheerleader for this film.…
31 Days, Day 4: Garrett’s Best of the Fest, PUFF 2017 Edition
Satan’s cooool. Philadelphia Unnamed Film Festival has come and gone, and now that I’ve had the weekend to ruminate on the fest, I’m ready to give you my picks for best of the fest. PUFF 2 was an excellent four days of genre and cult programming that I was delighted to be invited to again.…
PUFF 2017: Day 4 Focuses on the Local and the Exceptionally Weird (31 Days, Day 2)
[Editor’s Note: Garrett’s PUFF Day 4 and Best of the Fest posts (today and tomorrow) are also running as part of out 31 Days of Halloween, because there is sufficient Halloweenyness in PUFF to genuinely make it appropriate. Thanks to the folks from PUFF for letting us participate in said Halloweenyness for a second straight…
PUFF 2017: RUIN ME – A Modern Slasher Commentary on Addiction, Trust, and Patriarchy (31 Days, Day 1)
In this review, we celebrate both the Philadelphia Unnamed Film Festival and the kickoff of The Farsighted’s second annual 31 Days of Halloween. Like many others, we celebrate all month long, but rather than the standard “31 Days of Horror” we cover all types of Halloween goodness, from the goofy family fun of movies like…
PUFF 2017: Day 3 – Real Frights and Gaslights
We do this just for you. Listen PUFF, I know that’s not true, but goddamn do you make it feel like it’s true. Day 3 of Philadelphia Unnamed Film Festival was jam packed, not just with movies, but a crowd that hung around all day. And boy were you rewarded if you did – the…
PUFF 2017: DAY 2 in Review… Smoke ‘Em If Ya Got ‘Em
I guess that makes two shit-demons in cinematic history. The Philadelphia Unnamed Film Festival is the only place you can say that sentence directly to the distributor of a movie you just watched. And Day 2 of PUFF 2 provided me just such an opportunity. I arrived a few minutes early and was immediately offered…
PUFF 2017: Shipp and Hildebrand Shine in Tyler McIntyre’s TRAGEDY GIRLS
Tragedy Girls played Friday night at PUFF. You already miss this one but there are more awesome films all weekend. Get tickets for the rest of the fest at FilmFreeway! Tragedy Girls is a terrific teen slasher with two of the most charismatic leads in horror history. It actually manages to bust open a few…
PUFF 2017: Highlights from This Year’s Short Film Crop
Signal to Noise (2017) Dir. Jarret Blinkhorn Signal to Noise feels very much like a proof-of-concept short version of a potential splatter feature in the vein of Joe Begos (who director Jarret Blinkhorn has worked with previously and gets a special thanks in the closing credits). Following a radio broadcast from the president, massive numbers…
PUFF 2017: Beauty, Gore, Metal, and Tits – A Day 1 Wrap Up
When he wears her tits… just wow. That’s the text I received when I woke up this morning. I don’t get texts like this very often. A text like this at 7:00am could only mean one thing – PUFF 2 has begun. 2016’s inagural Philadelphia Unnamed Film Festival (known as PUFF) was my favorite movie…
PUFF 2017: Dirty, Shitty, and Unforgettable ASSHOLES
Assholes plays Friday night at PUFF. It starts at 11:00. Get tickets to the film or a full pass at FilmFreeway! The greatest sin a film can commit is not to be bad, it’s to be forgettable. I’ll say this about Peter Vack’s directorial debut Assholes, it’s not forgettable. It’s disgusting. It’s irritating. At times,…
PUFF 2017: Heavy Metal Fun and Brutality, DEATH METAL Be Thy Name
Death Metal plays tonight at PUFF, along with feature films Imitation Girl and Terrifier. Get tickets to the film or a full pass at FilmFreeway! This is a short film, 5 minutes to be exact, and it goes by in a blink. However, the fast pace and short runtime don’t stop this from being one…
PUFF 2017: Evil Clown Named Art Makes Pennywise Look Like Krusty in Aptly Named TERRIFIER
Terrfier is the festival’s second movie of opening night at the festival. It starts at 9:30. Get tickets to the film or a full pass at FilmFreeway! Tonight’s opening film, Imitation Girl, is a meditative and beautiful science fiction tome. After a brief reprise and ceremony, the night will continue with something just a bit…
PUFF 2017: Lauren Ashley Carter Stars in Natasha Kermani’s Contemplative Sci-Fi Film IMITATION GIRL
Imitation Girl is the festival’s opening night movie at the festival. It starts at 7:00. Get tickets to the film or a full pass at FilmFreeway!
MOHAWK, Publicity, and All That Jazz: Talking to Ted Geoghegan at Fantasia 2017
As our final cherry on top of the wonderful sundae of Fantasia 2017 coverage, I was lucky enough to catch up with director Ted Geoghegan, whose follow up to the impressive We are Still Here debuted at Fantasia this year. In addition to debuting Mohawk at the festival, Ted was a vital cog in the…
Fantasia 2017: TRAGEDY GIRLS is Good, but it Makes Blaine Feel Old
Ever since the beginning days of the internet, horror films have been trying to find an opportunity to utilize it in an interesting way. There results have been anywhere from terrible (Hellraiser: Hellworld, Feed) to the not great, but perfectly watchable range (Kairo, Unfriended). I was a little worried after seeing the trailer and started…
Fantasia 2017: KODOKU MEATBALL MACHINE Breaks Down, Leaving a Misshapen Meatwad
If you have ever seen a movie from Japanese filmmaker Yoshihiro Nishimura, then you know what to expect. Films like Tokyo Gore Police and Helldriver are over-the-top gore films that have little, to no concern about plot. This film is no exception and follows his “throw everything at the screen and see what sticks” attitude…
Fantasia 2017: FASHIONISTA is a Gorgeous Film, but Fails to Tell its Story
Revenge and jealousy are common in films about relationships and women being the main character. Fashionista holds no different substance. However, it has added vulnerability, rage, sexual favors, and cloth. You heard that right, cloth. Fashionista is about a woman named April, played with perfection by Amanda Fuller, who runs a vintage clothing store in…
Fantasia 2017: ASSHOLES Shits the Bed
On paper, this should be my favorite movie of the year. A gross out comedy full of shit, demons, and a strong cast of young actors. What could go wrong, right? Wrong! It has been a while since I was so disappointed in a release that seemed to be made specifically for someone like me.…
Fantasia 2017: Hori’s JUNK HEAD is a Beautiful Nightmare of Stop Motion Brilliance
When watching a huge summer blockbuster I can usually divorce myself from the hundreds of people who contributed to the making of the film. For instance, when I watch Transformers, I generally don’t think about the dozens of CG artists who tirelessly work to make Optimus Prime’s feet look just right. I simply take for…
FANTASIA 2017: SUPER DARK TIMES is a Super Great Debut
Film debuts can usually be uneven, but exciting films. I love watching a young filmmaker find their voice, while taking big risks that you might not see from a seasoned director. Kevin Philip’s Super Dark Times is one of those debuts that takes a lot of risks, but does it with so much confidence that…
Fantasia is Back… and it’s Stacked
The first announcement of titles at this year’s upcoming Fantasia Festival hit and it’s got some crazy good stuff… Without further ado, here are the ones that I am, personally, dying to see: and I’m particularly pumped for Mohawk, which doesn’t have a trailer yet, but sounds awesome and is from We Are Still Here…
Over at FGBFF, We’re DYING OF LAUGHTER: A Short Film Block Highlight Reel
A Tricky Treat (USA/Canada, 2015) Dir. Patricia Chica I first saw Patricia Chica’s delightfully macabre short A Tricky Treat back in 2015, when it was going by the title Ripe N’ Bloody in a slightly truncated version for the 2015 Women In Horror Blood Drive PSA. I say slightly truncated, because even in its full…
SWMFIFF 2017 Short Film Roundup
Unfortunately, none of our staff live outside of North America, with most of us residing of what Borat would call the “U-S-and-A”. This means that we weren’t able to get our asses down under to Tasmania’s premier film festival, the amazing Briony Kidd’s Stranger With My Face International Film Fest. Yet, we were lucky enough…
CFF 2017 Presented DAVID LYNCH: THE ART LIFE
[Editor’s Note: This film was presented as part of Chattanooga Film Fest last month. It’s currently making rounds all over. We apologize for the delay in covering it, but with Lynch helming the grand return of Twin Peaks later this month, we didn’t want to miss getting some coverage on this great film about an…
The BITCH of CFF 2017: Impressive, if Not Perfect
We have to deal with things that cause us to feel like we have a weight on our shoulders. Whether it be work, relationships, or general every day tasks, it never ends. Bitch illustrates the crushing feeling of being used up and underappreciated. In this case it’s of a wife who feels undermined by her…
CFF 2017 Best of the Fest… as Far as I’m Concerned: MAYHEM and FEEDING TIME
I had the pleasure of taking in a good chunk of this year’s Chattanooga Film Fest and have enjoyed virtually everything I saw (appreciated Ape Sodom, but I can’t say I “enjoyed” that one). However, one feature film and one short stood out above the pack as the ones I’d probably revisit most often and/or…
Heavy Metal Horror That Takes a More Psychological Approach: THE DEVIL’S CANDY at CFF
Heavy metal horror films are undoubtedly a favorite little subgenre of mine, even if metal isn’t a top genre of music. I’m a punk kid at heart, with a love of hip hop and an appreciation of a wide array of music. My harder side usually gravitates towards hardcore, rather than metal… but the point…
CFF 2017 Presents the Allure of THE LURE: Murdering Mermaids, the Musical
How many movies can you name that are about musically inclined, night club partying, murdering mermaids? Not many. If by some random chance you have a list, this better be at the top of it – you should also share that list, just saying. You cannot deny the originality. For something that seems so absurd…