Over on Soda & Telepaths I just posted a review for a fantastic little pandemic flick, The Harbinger, that’s not only worth reading about but also really should be seen if you get the chance.
Rotten Flowers (2022) – Smells Iffy
Over on Soda & Telepaths, as part of the A Night Of Horror Film Festival series, I reviewed a little film called Rotten Flowers that’s… a lot, it’s a lot!
The Ones You Didn’t Burn (2022) – Flaming Outdoors
Over on Soda & Telepaths, it’s the second entry in the Night Of Horror series of reviews and this time it’s slow burn The Ones You Didn’t Burn… kind of ironic that a movie called The Ones You Didn’t Burn would end up being a slow burn but hey, that’s what happened
The Goldsmith (2022) – Eye Catching
So, over on Soda and Telepaths I’m reviewing entries for the upcoming film festival A Night Of Horror and will be slowly going through them before the actual festival happens. So feel free to go read my first one for the foreign film entry The Goldsmith and, if you’re in Sydney, maybe also get tickets to the festival because there’s nothing quite like a good film festival.
Pussy Cake (2022) – Goopy Goodness
Seen at the Sydney Underground Film Festival
In Argentina, the title of this film is Emesis. Emesis, for those who aren’t wanting to google or don’t know this off the top of your head, is another word for vomiting. This title genuinely suits the film as there is a considerable amount of vomiting going on. It also brings up images of sickness, perfect for a movie about a mysterious otherworldly plague. Emesis is the kind of odd but intelligent title that could really work well when placed alongside a disturbing film like this… or we could just rename it Pussy Cake for the English-speaking audiences because Pussy Cake is a goddamn amazing title that might not mean a damn thing but it’s fun to say.
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Swallowed (2022) – Slimy Yet Satisfying
Seen at the Sydney Underground Film Festival
When it comes to queer representation in cinema, we’ve come pretty far in recent years by having some pretty mainstream movies throw in some form of representation. Sure it’s been minimal, like the 3-second lesbian kiss in Lightyear that sent everyone insane for a month or when a rock monster was revealed to have two dads but still, it happened. It’s fun to see gay characters popping up and more queer storylines in general… even when they turn up in dark horror/thrillers about drug trafficking, still fun to see.
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Raven’s Hollow (2022) Senses Darkness Outside
Over on Soda & Telepaths I wrote about the upcoming Shudder original movie Raven’s Hollow, a story about what would happen if Edgar Allen Poe accidentally fell into an Edgar Allen Poe story.
Cult Hero (2022) – Worshippable
Seen at the Sydney Underground Film Festival
The world of religion is a wild place even at the best of times, but when religion is at its worst you get a cult. Cults come in all shapes and sizes, from small things like Heaven’s Gate to seemingly large abusive groups like Scientology and they all just pull people into their web and ruin their lives in some way. Sometimes when someone is in a cult you might need to hire someone known as a deprogrammer who will do what they can to pull your loved one out of this toxic environment… and naturally a situation that’s this intense and fraught with danger is just perfect to be the foundation for a comedic action film.
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Pig Killer (2022) – Slop
Seen at the Sydney Underground Film Festival
In 2002, Robert “Willy” Pickton was arrested on suspicion of two counts of first-degree murder. By the time his trial began in 2006, the number of charges had gone up to 27 and by the time he was convicted, Robert Pickton would confess to the murders of 49 women and said he would’ve made it to 50 if he hadn’t gotten sloppy. His murder spree is absolutely horrific, he’s one of the worst serial killers in Canadian history so it’s kinda only natural that someone was going to inevitably use this horrific story to make some form of horror film… did the film have to be this terribly tasteless? Well, yes because the actual case is pretty damn tasteless too but it doesn’t help that the film isn’t great.
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Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022) – Dead Funny
Seen at the Sydney Underground Film Festival
Every now and then, a horror film will come along and decide to basically just roast the current generation and all their eccentricities. Usually, it’ll do this by having a bunch of characters that are stereotypes from that specific era and then pick them off one by one, it’s effective and it works pretty well. The 90s were perfect for this, notably with films like Scream and Urban Legends that filled their films with irony poisoned teens and made fun of them while also giving us a high body count. It was only a matter of time before the current generation was going to get their own pointed ribbing by the horror genre and finally, Bodies Bodies Bodies delivers the ribbing that is well deserved with a side serving of… well, bodies.
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