REVIEW: GIRL ON THE THIRD FLOOR is a complex twist on the haunted house movie

“The house sits across the street from a church. The house had previously been a brothel. These two facts were unique to this particular house and, to me, hinted at an intriguing starting point.” This is how director Travis Stevens describes the genesis of Girl On The Third Floor in a …

BAFF 2019: ANTRUM delivers on the mystique, but not the substance

It’s no secret that marketing and expectations can have an effect on how we perceive a movie, and historically this has been used with great success for horror films. Think of how terrifying The Blair Witch Project was when it first released, when there were rumors that the film was in some way …

AFF ’19: IN FABRIC is the best kind of surreal horror

Peter Strickland’s films are always difficult to define, from his ode to the Italian Giallo in Berberian Sound Studio to the women-only alternate universe BDSM romance of The Duke of Burgundy. His newest film, In Fabric, is firmly in the horror camp, but is too stylish and bizarre to fit easily into any sub-genre.

BAFF 2018: VIOLENCE VOYAGER is the grossest children’s adventure ever made

Have you ever found yourself watching a Studio Ghibli movie and thinking, “I wish these child characters suffered a strange bodily transformation”? Or perhaps you were watching The Fly and lamented the fact that Cronenberg hasn’t made a children’s body horror film.

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