Tag Archives: Halloween Movies

She Dies Tomorrow review — Surreal horror actually a lot of laughs

January 14, 2021 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Amy Seimetz | 86 min | On Demand "Amy thinks she's dying tomorrow...and it's contagious." That's the tagline on the IMDB page for this picture, and it nicely sums up the central conceit. Semetz's film is an absurdist and surreal horror, droll in its soundtrack cues and creative visuals. It's like… Read More

Swallow review — Open wide!

December 30, 2020 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Carlo Mirabella-Davis | 94 min | On Demand Swallow is a single-minded psychological thriller that reaches for the unbearable queasiness of body horror, but in such a discreet way as to undercut the suggestion of genre. That's fully to its credit. It stands as a character study and a bloody, bold… Read More

Color Out Of Space review — Lovecraftian horror a mixed bag

November 5, 2020 flawintheiris

Directed by Richard Stanley | Written by Stanley and Scarlett Amaris, based on a short story by HP Lovecraft | 111 min | On Demand Lavinia Gardner (Madeleine Arthur, terrific) is a willful teenager dipping into witchy rituals down at the river in order to cleanse her mother, Theresa (Joely Richardson), of her cancer. They… Read More

Tremors (1990) review — Creature feature just as good 30 years later

October 21, 2020 flawintheiris

Directed by Ron Underwood | Written by Underwood, SS Wilson, and Brent Maddock | 96 min | On Demand There's a good reason Tremors has become a monster movie cult classic in the 30 years since its release and spawned a host of straight-to-video sequels, a one-season TV series, and even, recently, a pilot for… Read More

Apostle review — Bloody, muddy Brit horror takes time but gets there

July 20, 2020 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Gareth Evans | 130 min | Netflix It's 1905, and a young woman has written a letter to her father in London, pleading for him to come pay her ransom and rescue her from an evil religious group on a god-forsaken island. Her father is indisposed, so a troubled brother, Thomas… Read More

Porno review — A shock and laugh-bereft horror-comedy

June 25, 2020 flawintheiris

Directed by Keola Racela | Written by Matt Black and Laurence Vannicelli | 98 min | On Demand This one is a little painful. It's an ode to comedy horror movies of the past by filmmakers who deliver something that feels entirely ersatz — neither funny enough nor frightening enough to qualify for the genre.… Read More

Little Monsters review — Zom-rom-com is dead on arrival

May 15, 2020 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Abe Forsythe | 93 min | On Demand An ill-advised Australian combination of raunchy comedy, wholesome romance, and zombie picture that works sporadically in each of these genres, but never coalesces into anything special. Dave (Alexander England) is a busker who plays electric guitar and was once in a metal band.… Read More

In Fabric review — Evil dress movie a bonkers consumerist satire

May 5, 2020 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Peter Strickland | 118 min | On Demand A scene in a clothing store: "A purchase on the horizon, a panoply of temptation. Can a curious soul desist? " asks the elegant salesperson with the lacy, gothic look. "I'm just looking, thank you," says Sheila Woolchapel. "The hesitation in your voice,… Read More

Blood Quantum review — Zombie pandemic movie a solid brain-eater

April 28, 2020 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Jeff Barnaby | 96 min | Netflix, CBC Gem This is an impressively bloody and authentic pre- and post-apocalyptic zombie picture from the Mi'kmaq filmmaker who gave us Rhymes For Young Ghouls. Regular readers of FITI and listeners to one of my podcasts, LENS ME YOUR EARS, will know I'm not… Read More

Vivarium review — Bleak suburban lockdown horror

April 6, 2020 flawintheiris

Directed by Lorcan Finnegan | Written by Finnegan and Garret Shanley | 97 min | On Demand Marketing materials compared this to Black Mirror, but there's not nearly enough tech anxiety. No, this is an old-fashioned Twilight Zone episode, a nightmarish parable about suburbia as a trap, featuring a couple, British teacher Gemma (Imogen Poots)… Read More