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‘Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves’ SXSW Review – A Fun Romp Through High Fantasy Adventure

Meagan Navarro Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, Movies, Reviews, SXSW, SXSW 2023

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves isn’t the first feature to adapt the beloved tabletop role-playing fantasy game to screen, but it might be the first to emphasize the fun. In an expansive world where anything goes, directors John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein pack in elaborate set pieces in an epic-sized fantasy adventure, assembling a Rogues’ gallery of stars […]

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‘Late Night with the Devil’ SXSW Review – Salute to Late Night Television Transforms Into a Raucous Horror Ride

Meagan Navarro cameron cairnes, colin cairnes, David Dastmalchian, Late Night With the Devil, Movies, Reviews, SXSW, SXSW 2023

The late night talk show has been a television staple as far back as the late ‘40s, though its form would crystalize and surge in popularity in the ‘60s and ‘70s. The format relied on humor; it’s late at night, so why not relay the news or conduct interviews with biting wit for entertainment? Late Night […]

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SXSW 2023: 13 Horror Movies, Shows, and Events We Can’t Wait to Experience

Meagan Navarro Evil Dead Rise, Movies, SXSW, SXSW 2023, Yellowjackets

One of the biggest media events of the year is about to begin. This week brings the 30th edition of the SXSW Film Festival in Austin, TX, from March 10-19, with a jam-packed lineup brimming with genre offerings.  No, seriously, the programming for this year’s fest is packed with horror movie and television premieres and activations that allow […]

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SXSW Adds Even More Genre Titles to Their Packed Horror Lineup

Meagan Navarro Appendage, Furies, Hail Mary, Movies, Satan Wants You, Shatter Belt, SXSW, SXSW 2023, The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster, The Artifice Girl

Holy hell this year’s SXSW Film Festival (March 10-18, 2023) really isn’t messing around. The previous announcement unveiled a stacked horror lineup that includes headiners Evil Dead Rise and opener Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. In addition, they revealed several prominent horror titles that will premiere as part of the Midnighters program, including the Sundance […]

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SXSW – ‘Evil Dead Rise’, ‘The Wrath of Becky’, & ‘Late Night With the Devil’ to World Premiere! [Images]

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Holy hell this year’s SXSW Film Festival (March 10-18, 2023) isn’t messing around. The official lineup has just been revealed and it’s a banger, starting off with the World Premiere of Evil Dead Rise! In addition, they have several prominent horror titles that will premiere as part of the Midnighters program, including the Sundance hit […]

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‘Jethica’ – Fandor & Screambox Hit the Road With Dark Comedy! [Trailer]

Brad Miska Fandor, Jethica, Movies, Pete Ohs, Screambox, SXSW, SXSW 2022, Videos

Cinedigm announced yet another major acquisition, the SXSW genre-bender Jethica, which will release in select theaters Friday, January 13, starting with a run in L.A. at the Lumiere Music Hall. It will then premiere on the company’s indie discovery platform Fandor on Tuesday, February 14, followed by an exclusive window on Cinedigm’s horror streaming service […]

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‘Hypochondriac’ SXSW Review – Tackling Mental Illness Through a Queer Horror Lens

Trace Thurman Addison Heimann, Devon Graye, Hypochondriac, Madeline Zima, Movies, Reviews, SXSW, SXSW 2022, SXSW 22, Trace Movie Review, Trace Review, Zach Villa

Depictions of mental illness are common in film, especially in the horror genre. They’ve become even more prevalent in recent years as filmmakers have used their work to aid in destigmatizing mental illness, but these films also come with tropes that we’ve seen many times before. Is our protagonist going crazy? Or is there something […]

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‘Slash/Back’ Review – A Delightful Throwback to ’80s Gateway Horror [SXSW]

Trace Thurman Alexis Wolfe, alien invasion, Chelsea Prusky, Nyla Innuksuk, Reviews, Slash/Back, SXSW, SXSW 2022, SXSW 22, Tasiana Shirley, Trace Movie Review, Trace Review

Having started SXSW with a family-friendly horror film (of sorts) that didn’t quite hit the mark, it’s invigorating to end the Austin-based festival with another family-friendly effort that not only remembers to have fun, but also refrains from handholding its younger viewers through some serious subject matter. That’s what Nyla Innuksuk, in her feature directorial […]

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SXSW Episodic Premieres Roundup from “DMZ” to “Shining Girls”

Meagan Navarro DMZ, Shining Girls, Swimming with Sharks, SXSW, SXSW 2022, The Man Who Fell to Earth, TV

The genre offerings aren’t just limited to the feature film categories at the SXSW Film Festival but television, too, among shorts, music videos, and beyond. The fest’s Episodic Premieres category offers world premieres of series slated for release, and many of this year’s premieres feature sci-fi, dystopian comic book adaptations, horror-thriller, and more. The best […]

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‘Bodies Bodies Bodies’ Review – Brutal Murder Mystery Delivers Scathing Social Satire

Meagan Navarro A24, Bodies Bodies Bodies, Movies, Reviews, SXSW, SXSW 2022

A long history of social deduction games predate the popular paranoia-inducing online game Among Us, from Mafia to Werewolf. Bodies Bodies Bodies presents a variation of the game among a group of privileged friends, one that spirals violently out of control once backstabbing, bad social behavior, and hysteria take root. The A24-produced murder whodunnit offers up scathing critiques of class, […]

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‘Bitch Ass’ SXSW Review – New Masked Killer Creatively Plays With the Slasher Formula

Meagan Navarro Bill Posley, Bitch Ass, Movies, Reviews, SXSW, SXSW 2022, Tony Todd

The conventional slasher formula is simple; a killer, usually masked, embarks on a murder spree, picking their targets off one by one in a variety of ways until a final confrontation with a survivor who’ll outlast them. Bitch Ass adheres to the tried-and-true slasher setup, transporting it instead to an urban setting with untraditional characters. Its […]

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‘Bitch Ass’ Filmmakers on Giving Birth to a New Black Slasher [SXSW Interview]

Brad Miska Bill Posley, Bitch Ass, Exclusives, Interviews, Jonathan Colomb, Movies, SXSW, SXSW 2022, Tunde Laleye

Games will be played at the ongoing SXSW Film Festival and this time, Jigsaw won’t be behind them. Bill Posley sets up the board games with Bitch Ass, a brand new slasher being introduced to audiences at tonight’s World Premiere. Bitch Ass takes place in the late 90s where the title character, played by Tunde […]

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‘The Cellar’ Review – A Familiar, Family-Friendly Haunted House Movie

Trace Thurman Brendan Muldowney, Elisha Cuthbert, Eoin Macken, Irish horror, Movies, Reviews, Shudder, SXSW, SXSW 2022, SXSW 22, The Cellar

Family horror is a sub-genre that hasn’t really been given its due in recent years. Popular IPs like Goosebumps have been adapted into films that emphasize comedy over horror, and it’s nigh impossible to find any original family horror films getting released nowadays. We’ve had films like Monster House, Coraline and Joe Dante’s under-seen The Hole, but […]

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‘Sissy’ Review – A Murderous Look at the Perils of Influencer Culture

Trace Thurman Aisha Dee, Hannah Barlow, Kane Senes, Lucy Barrett, Movies, Reviews, satire, Sissy, SXSW, SXSW 2022, Yerin Ha

In an age where the number of likes, retweets and follows you get is more valuable currency than money itself, it’s no surprise that the horror genre has taken to incorporating things like influencer culture into their social commentary. That’s just what happens in Hannah Barlow and Kane Senes‘ darkly comedic satire Sissy, which follows […]

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‘No Looking Back’ SXSW Review – Family Dysfunction Gets Hyper Violent

Meagan Navarro Kirill Sokolov, Movies, No Looking Back, Reviews, SXSW, SXSW 2022

Writer/Director Kirill Sokolov possesses a unique ability to transform family strife into pitch-black, hyper-violent physical comedy for our amusement. Sokolov’s debut, Why Don’t You Just Die!, let the bone-crunching action and bloodletting unfurl drama between a father and daughter. His latest, No Looking Back, pits generations of women against each other for a no holds barred grudge match. While […]

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