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Imagine being in such a rough spot that you owed so much money you faked cancer to get rich fast... That's the premise for SICKO (2026) a slick new Kazakhstan Crime Drama film that premiered at Fantasia Film Festival by Aitore Zholdaskali. This one gets pretty dark. See what I thought! I do a review of the movie and more.
If you need to take a vacation in your mind and possibly risk never coming back well... You might want to watch SOUR MINNOWS (2026) Which premiered at Fantasia 2026 30th Anniversary. We a couple friends happen upon 6 men licking the pavement their world turns upside down and inside out. In this TRIPPY AF indie worth seeing.
Two kids... named Red and Blue, twins raised in total isolation by an automated house, live according to the rules set by Papa, a creepy voice behind a locked door who provides food, shelter, entertainment, and order. Their carefully controlled world is disrupted by a new "Friend". From the Director of A Little Bit Zombie! Only this one is a serious film. Played at Fantasia International Film Festival (2026)
What Ate Her Family!? Dust Bunny (2025) Review! Bryan Fuller ("Pushing Daisies," "Hannibal") writes and directs his first feature film with the delightfully dark "Dust Bunny." Newcomer Sophie Sloan plays a lonely 10-year-old girl who hires Mads Mikkelsen's hitman to kill the monster she believes is living beneath her bed. This movie has a ton of visual style and a great balance of the scary and the playful. Co-starring Sigourney Weaver, Sheila Atim and David Dastmalchian. In theaters Dec. 12.
Guillermo Del Toro's Frankenstein Is Morbidly Beautiful! Review, Dr. Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but egotistical scientist, brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation. A classic period piece with a modern pacing and style. OUT NOW on NETFLIX!
KOMBUCHA (2025) Review - Forget Synergy... BECOME SYMBIOTIC! A Horror movie about a Health Drink company. A mind-altering drink makes employees work themselves to death. Premiered at the festivals. No ETA just yet!
Why Is Everyone Talking About This Brutal Horror Flick? DOLLY Review. A young woman, Macy, fights for survival after being abducted by a deranged, monster-like figure who wants to raise Macy as their child. A daring blend of New French Extremity and 1970s American horror. West Coast Premiere at Screamfest 2025!
From The director of The Fear Footage Franchise. The Man With The Black Umbrella (2025) Review! On January 8th, 2015, a man with a black umbrella broke into 818 Hilltop drive at 3:38 a.m., committing a double unalive. The investigation that ensued proved that some investigations shouldn't be solved. OUT ON VOD (Amazon Prime) & Blu Ray Sept 26th.
Swords, Monsters & Comedy! Steven Kostanski & Daniel Bernhardt Talk Deathstalker! I interview seasoned Action Star Daniel Bernhardt & Creative mind, Dir and writer behind Psycho Goreman about their NEW movie. DEATHSTALKER! It's a remake with a lot of creatures, action and more! We talk about all the fun they had on set and more! The Movie Will Be RELEASING IN THEATERS OCT 10th!
Is Sweet Revenge (2025) The Jason WE Want? Review & Spoiler Talk w/ FRANK! The new Fan Film Short has kicked off the start of the Jason Universe. Is it what we wanted? Is it any good? We do a spoiler free & Spoiler Discussion after on this one with Franks Media Reviews! Give him a follow!
SINNERS - Spoiler Review w/ Splattercast! Meaningful Horror. THIS is a spoiler discussion of the new film Sinners (2025) with my friends @splattercastpod (follow them) This isn't a full breakdown of the movie. We just couldn't shake the movie from our minds. So we had to chat it out and discuss what some it mean to each of us. We could literally talk about this movie for days. Check this one out!
A MUST SEE Nightmarish LOVECRAFT Horror. Deus Irae (2023) is Javier stares at a crucifix and his expressions and hands suggest that nerves are consuming him. A flashback reveals that a priest devotes his life to visiting families and cleansing their homes from the demons that try to possess them. OUT on VOD & Screambox!
WHY Was TBWP SO Amazing? - SE Blu Review - Second Sight. Three film students vanish after traveling into a Maryland forest to film a documentary on the local Blair Witch legend, leaving only their footage behind. OUT NOW from SECOND SIGHT on Standard Edition Blu Ray (Region B).
THIS Puppet Horror Movie Is INSANE! Abruptio Blu Review. Les Hackel is a guy down on his luck who wakes to find an explosive device has been implanted in his neck. OUT on Blu from Anchor Bay on Dec 10th Pre-Order NOW!
Will CYBORG Santa Save Humanity from EXTINCTION? In a post-apocalyptic world 1000 years after war, famine and greed ended humanity, mutants, scum and robo-people fight to survive. Santa is now a SURVIVOR. Out Now from Synapse Films INFINITE Santa 8000 (2013)
Reeling from the news of an unexpected pregnancy, Jimmy and Everly unknowingly release an alien invasion in their small town and learn to work together in order to save each other, their town and evidently, the entire galaxy. OUt now in select theaters and on APPLE TV in the US.
2 No Budget Indies You NEED to Check out from Visual Vengeance! These 2 films didn't have a lot of money, but they got a lot of heart and in my opinion deserve your time. If you only watch mainstream, you need to expand your horizons.
EVIL Mutant Pumpkin EATS Entire TOWN But not before a towns drama department and friends can stop it! Do they have enough of what it takes to save themselves? FIND OUT. Out Now on HULU!
When He Smiles... RUN! Mr. Crocket is a demonic children's show host who is kidnapping kids and taking out their parents.. OUT NOW ON HULU! For Halloween!
A New Halloween Slasher film about Tim's favorite holiday-until his mother was diagnosed with brain cancer. Now, all he wants is a quiet night in. That is quickly disrupted when his friends pay him an unwanted visit after stealing a mysterious sack. This sacrilegious act unleashes the Aos Si, a Celtic spirit. The Creeping Death is OUT Sept 10th on Screambox!
