October - 2021

Telluride Horror Show Day 3 - Efrit's Take

The final day at Telluride is always bittersweet. Some of the best movies are saved for Sundays, but it is also the last day of the festival. Today was a Sunday Feature Film day as we watched movies all day. Here are my thoughts on what we saw. Black Friday Which movie do you think I am describing? A group of people get trapped at their day job after aliens descend to earth? Well if you were thinking The Mist you would be right, but in this case the preferred answer is Black

Telluride Horror Show 2021: Day 3 - Sickle's Take

It's Day 3 of Telluride Horror Show! Today was a feature-length day for us, diving into Black Friday, Antlers, and The Sadness. I (Sickle) will be covering Antlers, Efrit will be covering Black Friday (so check out his article as well), and we'll both give our two cents on The Sadness. Check out our reviews from the final day of THS! Antlers Perhaps our most highly anticipated film of the past 3 years (primarily because we were denied it for so long), we finally got to see th

Telluride Horror Show 2021: Day 2 - Efrit's Take

The second day of THS is jam-packed with stuff, so let's not doddle on my introductions and instead let's jump right into what we saw today. Let the Wrong One in Every year there is a standout comedy, and for the last two Tellurides in person those have been from Ireland. Extra Ordinary was an amazing horror comedy with a pretty original story and gross and fun gags with lots of horror elements. Let the Wrong One In was very similar, but with more vampires and less ghosts. We

Telluride Horror Show 2021: Day 2 - Sickle's Take

It's Day 2 of Telluride Horror Show! Today we were able to hit more feature films and we were better for it. This year has been jam-packed with great curated content and we'll go over what we saw on Day 2 below! Offseason We had some theories on the plot heading into THS and we were thankfully right. MINOR SPOILERS: Offseason was the Lovecraftian horror piece we were hoping for it to be. My best description of it is the film Dagon, but with far better acting and script, yet w

Telluride Horror Show 2021: Day1 - Efrit's Take

WEREWEWE WE'RE BACK. Back from Hell to cover another wonderful Telluride Horror Show! Once a year the planets align and we are able to escape Hell and venture to Telluride, CO to watch some of the best horror of this and next year before a lot of other folks. With tons of shorts and surprise feature films, we cannot help but be excited to be here yet again! Sweetie, You Won't Believe It I have never really ventured into too much horror from Eastern Europe, since the descripti

Telluride Horror Show 2021: Day 1 - Sickle's Take

IT'S FINALLY HERE. We are in Telluride...IN PERSON...for the Telluride Horror Show! The first day we were able to catch some great feature films and shorts! Here's Sickle's take on Day 1. Can't wait to get into the meat of THS tomorrow! The Feast Not to be confused with the over-the-top gorefest horror-comedy Feast (not that you would at this point anyways), this Welsh horror film is far more subtle and dignified in its story. The film follows a rich family in the countryside

Mile High Horror Film Festival 2021: Two Witches

Two Witches was a film both Efrit and I were looking forward to seeing. Witches have long been a resource for children's gateway horror and a go-to Halloween costume for those not inclined to put much thought into it. But there have been dabbles of late into taking the classic witch more seriously and with a darker tone. Obviously you have The Witch (VVitch) that was adored by most for its effective portrayal of the time period, and The Wretched, which played out like a witch

Mile High Horror Film Festival 2021: Shorts Program #4

Here is coverage of Mile High Horror Film Festival's Shorts Program #4, which may very well be the most well-rounded and overall impressive shorts block of the festival so far! The Thing That Ate The Birds An estranged husband tries to figure out what is happening to the birds on their land. For some reason, I got the impression that this short was going to be subtle and ambiguous, but it turned out to be far more visceral and direct. The creature design isn't the most creati

Mile High Horror Film Festival 2021: Shorts Program #2

#Nofilter The Apps you use on your phone can sometimes control your life more than you think. In this short, we are exposed to the life of a lady who downloads a new app on her phone to make her beautiful after a bad breakup. Once she posts a bunch on a drunken night in, things start to get strange. This short was pretty great. Lots of suspense and great practical effects and I am just left wanting to see a full-length film of this short! A Darker Place Never go into the mons

Mile High Horror Film Festival 2021: Shorts Program #3

Shorts Program #3 For Sickle's first contribution to coverage of the Mile High Horror Film Festival, I'll be covering the third installment of their shorts programs! This one had a few fantastic shorts I'll dive into below, providing recommendation on whether I'd track it down. Wall #4 This short essentially boils down to a PSA that should screen ahead of any horror film that plays at an Alamo Drafthouse. If you don't like a movie, feel free to excuse yourself from the theate