LEVITICUS Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Adrian ChiarellaStars: Joe Bird, Stacy Clausen, Mia Wasikowska, Jeremy Blewitt, Nicholas Hope, Davida McKenzie, Shannon Berry, Tyallah Bullock, Ewen Leslie.Horror and queer drama have often been explicitly linked through people like Frankenstein author Mary Shelley and filmmaker James Whale and Leviticus deftly taps into this rich history. Taking its title from a …
BACKROOMS
BACKROOMS Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Kane ParsonsStars: Chiwtel Ejiofor, Renate Reisnve, Mark Duplass, Lukita Maxwell, Finn Bennett.This supernatural horror film is the feature debut for young British American filmmaker Kane Parsons. Backrooms began life in 2022 as a short film on the You Tube streaming platform, where the nine-minute film garnered over 2 million views. The short film used the found …
HOKUM
HOKUM Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Damian McCarthyStars: Adam Scott, David Wilmot, Florence Ordesh, Peter Coonan, Will O'Connell, Brendan Conroy, Austin Amelio, Ezra Carlisle.An author suffering from writer’s block checks into the creepiest haunted hotel this side of the Overlook in this creepy, claustrophobic horror film from Irish writer/director Damian McCarthy (Oddity, etc).Misanthropic and …
THEY WILL KILL YOU
THEY WILL KILL YOU Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Kirill SolokovStars: Zazie Beetz, Patricia Arquette, Heather Graham, Tom Felton, Myha’la Herrold, Paterson Joseph.There is plenty of carnage, blood and gore to be found in this savage, violent but thoroughly enjoyable black comedy/horror hybrid.Fresh out of prison, Asia Reaves (Zazie Beetz, from the Deadpool, etc) lands a job as a maid at the Virgil, …
COLD STORAGE
COLD STORAGE Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Jonny CampbellStars: Liam Neeson, Joe Keery, Georgina Campbell, Lesley Manville, Gavin Spokes, Aaron Heffernan, Vanessa Redgrave, Ellor Torchin, Sosie Bacon, Richard Brake.This very enjoyable comedic variation on the usual tropes of the zombie movie comes from director Jonny Campbell. It was written by veteran screenwriter David Koepp (Jurassic Park, etc) who …
SCREAM 7
SCREAM 7 Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Kevin WillimsonStars: Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox, Isabel May, Sam Bechner, Joel McHale, McKenna Grace, Celeste O'Connor, Anna Camp, Asa Germann, Mason Gooding, Jasmine Savoy-Brown, Jimmy Tato, Michelle Randolph, Mark Consuelo, Tim Simons, Ethan Embry, Matthew Lillard, David Arquette, Laurie Metcalf, Scott Foley, voice of Roger L Jackson..To paraphrase Tina …
