When Aaron (Ari Cohen) and Malik (Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman) moved out of the city to a small town setting, they hoped to have a quieter time with things. All the better to raise their daughter Kayla (June Laporte), right? However, stay at home writer Malik soon discovers the neighbors are into some odd behaviors. The old […]
Read more "We Don’t See Many of Your Kind Out Here: Spiral (2019)"For Eric LaRocca’s 2022 collection from Titan Books, the author gathered a trio of stories—two novella length pieces and a shorter yarn all themed around building up devotion to people or ideals that don’t necessarily deserve that level of attention and dedication. The titular novella, “Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke,” is an […]
Read more "Red Flags: Eric LaRocca’s Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Talked and Other Misfortunes"Convicted drug smuggler and villain Charlie Baskin (Harlow Marks) has managed to bust out of jail. Working with some of his ex-military buddies, he’s looking to extract a little payback on the people who set him up for the fall and put him away before getting back into business. So, the judge (Joe Railton) and […]
Read more "Breaking Jaws to Serve the Laws: China O’Brien II (1990)"Rose works by day as a newspaper reporter. By night, she runs someone else’s speakeasy. She’s not without dreams: she wants her own gin joint, wants to be her own boss, wants to get out from under the thumbs of the cruel, sexist, ambitious men who think they know all about her. In fact, they […]
Read more "Gin Joints and Magic Nights: Desideria Mesa’s Bindle Punk Bruja"Stop motion animator Ella Blake (Aisling Franciosi) is trying to finish off a final project with her domineering mother Suzanne (Stella Gonet) when tragedy strikes, putting the old woman in the hospital and releasing Ella from her responsibilities. Soon after, the arrival of an inquisitive and intrusive little girl (Caoilinn Springall) triggers the idea for […]
Read more "Artistic Obsessions: Stopmotion (2023)"When a young woman (Kirsten Lindholm) out performing her chores accepts a ride from an expensive looking coach, she finds herself charmed … by an unearthly and monstrous power. Her blood will bring life back to the long dead and unleash an ancient evil upon the land. Carmilla/Mircalla Karnstein (Yutte Stensgaard) has returned to life […]
Read more "Karnstein, Part Deux: Lust for a Vampire (1970)"In the 1980s, a new “cancer” made its way through the outcasts from mainstream society. Queer folks (specifically gay men to start with) and needle sharing drug users showed the preliminary signs. Two of these were Quinton Booker and his partner Frankie, the latter of whom ultimately contracted AIDS and did not survive. Quinton’s condition […]
Read more "Three Hundred Miles of Rough Road: Warren Wagner’s The Only Safe Place Left is the Dark"When a misunderstanding and accidental shooting leads to a dead teenager, martial arts instructor and police officer China O’Brien (Cynthia Rothrock) cannot shake the guilt. It was her weapon and her trigger finger that put the young man down. She turns in her badge and revolver, and heads back home for some rest with family. […]
Read more "There’s a New Sheriff In Town: China O’Brien (1990)"When the woman stumbles onto Annette Ruthie Klein and her husband Frank’s farm, she cuts a strange figure. Naked, untouched by the relentless sunshine, and carrying a cavalry saber. The woman needs help but is unable to speak, so Annette takes to calling her after her odd accoutrement. Saber is welcomed into their house thanks […]
Read more "The Divine and the Profane: Hailey Piper’s Cruel Angels Past Sundown"When she was a little girl, Bea (Audrey Hoffman) had two loving parents who enjoyed her bursts of creativity and imagination. And though the little girl did not understand why (at the time), her mother (Catharine Daddario) was always asking her to tell a story. Unfortunately, that all came to an end when Bea’s Mom […]
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