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A Meow Worse Than its Maul: Sickle's Review of Uncaged

A Meow Worse Than its Maul: Sickle's Review of Uncaged

Uncaged follows a veterinarian and her misfit crew of friends as they try to stop a man-eating lion from terrorizing Amsterdam. Uncaged Review Based on the premise, you may gather that Uncaged is very aware of itself and doesn't take its situation too seriously. Think of it like a Dutch Lake Placid with a lion instead of a crocodile and you about have the atmosphere and script accurately portrayed in your head. And with that simple image dancing around inside your skull, you

That Bites: Sickle's Review of The Shed

That Bites: Sickle's Review of The Shed

The Shed follows an isolated high school kid who discovers a vampire living in the shed behind his house. After some gruesome deaths, the young man must decide whether to destroy the vampire, or use it for his own gain. The Shed Review Despite an intriguing premise, The Shed spends a bit too much of its runtime on the teen angst drama rather than the feral vampire in the titular locale. Our protagonist and his bullied best friend eat up a majority of the screen, playing out m

Biffed: The Mortuary Collection Review

Biffed: The Mortuary Collection Review

The Mortuary Collection is a horror anthology that follows a mortician who, while vetting a prospective employee, tells her tales of some of the bodies that have passed through the mortuary. The Mortuary Collection Review After watching Dark Stories at Telluride Horror Show, I didn't think I would soon find a horror anthology to match it. Then The Mortuary Collection happened. And not only did it match Dark Stories, it exceeded it. The Mortuary Collection, like Dark Stories,

A Real Beaut: Sickle's Review of Primal

A Real Beaut: Sickle's Review of Primal

Primal follows a hunter with a prized catch on board a shipping vessel. Suddenly, he must help the crew survive when a crazed killer escapes his enclosure and lets the animals loose. Primal Review What is there to say about a movie in which Nicolas Cage and Kevin Durand get into a battle for who can bring more camp to the screen? There's not a whole lot to say, as it turns out...other than this movie is more entertaining than it has any business being, yet is overtly terrible

Telluride Horror Show 2020: Final Girl's Coverage, Day 4

Telluride Horror Show 2020: Final Girl's Coverage, Day 4

The fourth and final day of #THS has come and gone, and I still cannot get some of these shorts out of my mind. I don't have anything to compare it to, but they really outdid themselves this year! Bos Bos may not be for everyone as it watched more like moving art than a riveting film, but this dark fantasy was somber and beautifully done. Two young adults jog wordlessly through a forest. They stop. A gentle smile and panting breaths are all that is shared between the two befo

Telluride Horror Show 2020: Efrit's Take, Day 4

Telluride Horror Show 2020: Efrit's Take, Day 4

The final day of the Telluride Horror Show is always a mix of good and bad feelings. We always get to see so many new movie experiences, but when it is over we have to wait a year to have experienced it all again. But it is not time to dwell on that...let's chat about the stuff we saw today! Reunion Sometimes you don't have any idea of what you are getting into with a movie and every year at THS there is a movie that would normally slip under our radar that one of us catches

Telluride Horror Show 2020: Sickle's Coverage, Day 4

Telluride Horror Show 2020: Sickle's Coverage, Day 4

It's Day 4, sadly the final day of Telluride Horror Show, and it ended on a spectacular note with what we were able to cover. But before we get to that, it's worth giving out kudos to THS putting everything they could into the virtual experience. They understood we would all miss the in-person Telluride experience, so they ensured that everything would be as rewarding as possible. We still got plenty of interview content and personal prefaces from directors and actors, as wel

Telluride Horror Show 2020: Final Girl's Day 3 Coverage

Telluride Horror Show 2020: Final Girl's Day 3 Coverage

Day 3 of THS has come and gone and I am reflecting on two awesome showings: For The Sake of Vicious and Black and Blue Comedy Shorts. For The Sake of Vicious As someone vaguely familiar with slasher movies and revenge plots in terms of horror, I was curious to see how this film played out. A high-strung nurse, a harrowed, broken father, and a sleazy business owner are all connected in a story about anger and revenge. Five years after the trial of his daughter’s rape case, the

Telluride Horror Show 2020: Efrit's Take, Day 3

Telluride Horror Show 2020: Efrit's Take, Day 3

We watched a ton of awesome stuff today on our Day 3 virtual Telluride Horror Show journey, but I get the pleasure of reviewing Faking a Murder and Butchers. Let's get right to it! Faking A Murder Review Horror comedy is a staple. From meta-horror like You Might be the Killer, to the strange and hilarious like Tucker and Dale vs Evil. We always get great entries to the genre at Telluride and this year is no different. Faking a Murder is a sleeper comedy horror film, and while

Telluride Horror Show 2020: Sickle's Coverage, Day 3

Telluride Horror Show 2020: Sickle's Coverage, Day 3

It's Day 3 of Telluride Horror Show and we dove into a smorgasbord of horror films and short blocks! Today I will be tackling one of each, with a look into the feature film "The Oak Room" and the "Sinister Stories" shorts block. But be sure to check out Efrit's and Final Girl's takes on Day 3 for the full breadth of coverage! The Oak Room A layered tale of stacked stories over the course of several nights and at different bars build to a violent crescendo. The thing about mov

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