For Cinema Axis Reviews for Cinema Axis: Blood in the Snow 2017 21 Nov 201724 Nov 2017 Real-life commitments kept me from contributing much to Cinema Axis' coverage of Blood in the Snow, Toronto's annual showcase of Canadian low-budget filmmaking. But I did find time to get…
For Cinema Axis Reviews for Cinema Axis: Blood in the Snow 2016 27 Nov 201622 Nov 2017 Capture Kill Release (directors: Nick McAnulty & Brian Allan Stewart) may be yet another found-footage horror movie in a world that doesn't need any more of them, but at least…
Movie Reviews Mr. Jones 19 Oct 201512 Nov 2017 United States. Directed by Karl Mueller, 2013. Starring Jon Foster, Sarah Jones. 84 minutes. 4/10 I've just about had my fill of found-footage movies. There might still be things a filmmaker can do with…
Movie Reviews Creep 24 Aug 201517 Oct 2016 United States. Directed by Patrick Brice, 2014. Starring Mark Duplass, Patrick Brice. 82 minutes. Seriously? Another found-footage horror movie? Do I have to watch this one? Do I, Mom? I do? Sigh. Well...this one's…
Movie Reviews The Phoenix Project 3 Aug 201517 Oct 2016 United States. Directed by Tyler Graham Pavey, 2015. Starring Corey Rieger, Andrew Simpson, David Pesta, Orson Ossman. 92 minutes. In 1816 a young woman named Mary Wollenstonecraft Godwin spent a summer…
Movie Reviews The Gallows 22 Jul 20156 Nov 2016 United States, 2015. Directed by Travis Cluff & Chris Lofing. Starring Reese Mishler, Pfiefer Brown, Ryan Shoos, Cassidy Gifford. 81 minutes. The world may not exactly need another horror movie…
Movie Reviews The Midnight Swim 8 Jul 201517 Oct 2016 United States. Directed by Sarah Adina Smith, 2014. Starring Lindsay Burdge, Jennifer Lafleur, Aleksa Palladino. 84 minutes. Filmmaker Sarah Adina Smith takes a look at the complex family relationships between women in her feature-length…
Movie Reviews The House with 100 Eyes 25 May 201517 Oct 2016 United States. Directed by Jay Lee & Jim Roof, 2013. Starring Jim Roof, Shannon Malone, Larissa Lynch, Liz Burghdorf, Andrew Hopper. 75 minutes. Two and a half years ago, I…
Movie Reviews Dark Mountain 28 Apr 201517 Oct 2016 United States. Directed by Tara Anaïse, 2013. Starring Sage Howard, Andrew Simpson, Shelby Stehlin. 80 minutes. About twenty minutes into Dark Mountain, one character turns to another and asks, "Are you afraid…
Movie Reviews Unfriended 23 Apr 201517 Oct 2016 United States. Directed by Leo Gabriadze, 2014. Starring Shelley Hennig, Moses Jacob Storm, Renee Olstead. 83 minutes. If there's a horror story hoarier than the tale of the wronged teenager…
