Guava Express Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Guava Express, a short film by writer/director Ankit Singha, is about that most quotidian activity – the walk to work. That’s a nice thing to look at, especially when the view is of the verdant and steamy streets of the…
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Blood-Soaked Indian Actioner Delivers Gratuitous Violence And Schlock
If you enjoyed the hyper-violent 20-minute finale of Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon A Time In Hollywood” and wondered if you could just have that for the whole movie, you have the movie of your dreams in Indian revenge actioner “Kill.”…
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The Human Surge 3 Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Somewhere in the city of Taipei, there is a place called the Doll House. It isn’t called that because it is small, but because the owner doesn’t have to go to work every day like everyone else. Somewhere in Sri…
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Motel Room Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Motel Room, directed by Bradford Lipson, is based on screenwriter Sahag Gureghian’s life. When he turned 14, Gureghian’s father took him to a sex worker. The boy was reluctant to go, but the event left him feeling truly seen for…
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House Of Screaming Glass Featured, Reviews Film Threat
The Blair Witch Project is one of the scariest films of all time because no matter how often I see it, I genuinely believe those characters’ lives are in danger. That sense of mortal dread is something both follow-ups fail…
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Beautiful Faces Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Science and medical documentaries exist to offer hope when hope is not available. I’ve often heard, “I didn’t know what to do until I saw this documentary.” Dagan W. Beckett’s documentary Beautiful Faces brings hope to parents of children who…
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Rebel Country Featured, Reviews Film Threat
The fire that Hank Williams Sr. set in the woods is still burning strong in the rip-roaring music documentary Rebel Country, directed by Francis Whately. It opens in Tennessee with a reenactment of country star Jelly Roll being led out…
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Gradually, Then Suddenly Featured, Reviews Film Threat
What happens when you run out of money? Where do you go? Who do you turn to? Now, ask yourself this. What happens when a city runs out of money? In Sam Katz and James McGovern’s documentary, Gradually, Then Suddenly,…
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Ghost Planet Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Philip J. Cook returns to his science fiction roots with the independent film Ghost Planet. The film extensively uses computer-generated imagery to create most of its sets. While the writer-director has quite the history of making the most from little…
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Die Laughing Featured, Reviews Film Threat
NOW AVAILABLE ON AMAZON PRIME! Based on the first issue of the graphic novel, Pulp Modern: Die Laughing is a horror anthology with a twisted sense of humor. Directed by Scotch Rutherford, the anthology’s through line follows a KPLP DJ,…
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A Clever Genre-Shifting Horror That Holds Itself Back From Greatness
Summary The Inheritance sets up expectations but cleverly shifts gears from mystery to horror. The film takes unexpected turns, but suffers from weak character development and a flawed script. Despite the Victorian-era mansion's set design and cinematography creating a spooky…
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Nicolas Cage Is Truly Terrifying In Osgood Perkins’ Instant Classic
The modern horror film is missing a key ingredient that you seemed to always have in decades past—creepiness. Instead of taking your time and allowing dread and terror to hang around you, creeping inside of your brain, modern horror films…
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