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Housesitters

Posted on 15 Jul 201811 Sep 2019 by Lackey
Housesitters

Weirder than your average specimen of no-budget underground horror.

Posted in Movie ReviewsTagged Dustin Mills, Henrique Caouto, horror comedies, horror movies, Housesitters, independent movies, Jason Coffman, stoner comediesLeave a comment

Cinepocalypse 2018: Part Four

Posted on 29 Jun 201825 Sep 2019 by Lackey
Cinepocalypse 2018: Part 4

Final batch of reviews. Relaxer, Heavy Trip, The Appearance, and more short films.

Posted in Cinepocalypse, Film FestivalsTagged black metal, comedies, Finnish movies, Heavy Trip, historical movies, horror comedies, horror movies, independent movies, Norwegian movies, Relaxer, short films, The AppearanceLeave a comment

Capsule Reviews: Get Out; Dunkirk; Good Time

Posted on 1 Jan 201814 Mar 2018 by Lackey
Capsule Reviews: December 2017, Part 4

Closing out December with Get Out, Dunkirk, and Good Time

Posted in Capsule ReviewsTagged Christopher Nolan, crime dramas, Dunkirk, Get Out, Good Time, horror comedies, horror movies, independent movies, Jordan Peele, Robert Pattinson, thrillersLeave a comment

Reviews for Cinema Axis: Blood in the Snow 2016

Posted on 27 Nov 201622 Nov 2017 by Lackey
Blood in the Snow 2016

I wrote three reviews for Cinema Axis's coverage of this year's Blood in the Snow film festival.

Posted in For Cinema AxisTagged Blood in the Snow, Capture Kill Release, found footage, Holy Hell, horror comedies, horror movies, The SubletLeave a comment

Chicago International Film Festival 2016: Part Two

Posted on 27 Oct 201622 Nov 2017 by Lackey
Chicago International Film Festival 2016: Part Two

A scathing horror-satire and a gritty eastern European crime drama

Posted in Chicago International Film Festival, Film FestivalsTagged Alice Lowe, Amok, black comedies, British movies, Chicago International Film Festival 2016, crime dramas, crime movies, horror comedies, horror movies, Macedonian movies, PrevengeLeave a comment

My Months in Film: March through September, 2016

Posted on 2 Oct 201622 Nov 2017 by Lackey

An overview of the last six(ish) months

Posted in Capsule ReviewsTagged horror comedies, horror movies, independent movies, psychological thrillers, science fiction, Westerns1 Comment

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Posted on 28 Jan 201613 Nov 2017 by Lackey
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

The novelty of combining classic romance fiction with horror elements can only carry the film so far.

Posted in Movie ReviewsTagged action movies, Burr Steers, Charles Dance, horror comedies, horror movies, independent movies, Jack Huston, Lena Headey, Matt Smith, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, romance, zombies1 Comment

The Editor

Posted on 8 Oct 201512 Nov 2017 by Lackey
Samantha Hill stars in THE EDITOR.

If you don't know your giallo from a hole in the ground, this is probably not the place to start.

Posted in Movie ReviewsTagged Adam Brooks, Astron-6, Canadian movies, giallo, horror comedies, Italian movies, Laurence R. Harvey, Matthew Kennedy, Paz de la Huerta, The Editor, Tristan Risk, Udo KierLeave a comment

Housebound

Posted on 6 Jul 201517 Oct 2016 by Lackey
Morgana O'Reilly stars in HOUSEBOUND.

For the most part, this is how you do horror-comedy right.

Posted in Movie ReviewsTagged Gerard Johnstone, haunted houses, horror comedies, horror movies, Housebound, independent movies, New Zealand movies6 Comments

What We Do in the Shadows

Posted on 16 Mar 201517 Oct 2016 by Lackey
Taika Waititi, Jonathan Brugh, and Jemaine Clement star in WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS.

An expert dissection of the modern gothic supernatural romance, taking Twilight to its logical, and hilarious, extreme.

Posted in Movie ReviewsTagged Flight of the Conchords, horror comedies, horror movies, independent movies, Jemaine Clement, mockumentaries, New Zealand movies, vampires, What We Do in the Shadows5 Comments

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