Geno McGahee’s Scary Tales: Dark Walker is nothing if not ambitious. Following the cult response to Scary Tales: Dead Zone, McGahee goes all-in on his sequel, blending horror, action, conspiracy, and outright absurdity into a film that feels like an entire midnight movie festival crammed into a single feature. Whether that works for you will depend on your tolerance for low-budget mayhem and your appreciation of indie horror that throws subtlety out the window in favor of sheer spectacle.
Read MoreThe Slasher Face Forsaken Franchise (2025) #CursedCity
I caught The Slasher Face Forsaken Franchise at Cursed City Con this past weekend, and I’m glad I did. Few documentaries manage to blur the line between myth, urban legend, and film history as eerily as this one. What begins as an exploration of a forgotten horror film snowballs into a generational story of cursed productions, missing reels, vanished crew members, and an unstoppable folklore that refuses to die.
Read MoreHelloween (2025)
Phil Claydon’s Helloween wastes no time tipping its mask. It opens in 1996 with a cold-blooded murder that plays like a direct homage to Carpenter’s Halloween. From the jump, you know exactly what the film is aiming for.
Read MoreGood Boy (2025)
Ben Leonberg’s Good Boy is one of the year’s most haunting horror films and one of its most heartfelt. Told entirely from the perspective of a dog, the film manages to be both terrifying and profoundly moving, a supernatural tale that doubles as a tribute to the unshakable bond between humans and their four-legged companions. From its opening montage of VHS home videos featuring Larry Fessenden as a doting grandfather, the film traces the life of Indy, a Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever, from playful puppy to devoted adult.
Read MoreBody Blow (2025) #FantasticFest
Dean Francis’s Body Blow arrives with a clear purpose: to reclaim the erotic thriller and inject it with unapologetically queer energy. Premiering at Fantastic Fest 2025, the film delivers a neon-noir crime saga that feels both like a throwback to the sweaty, stylized thrillers of the 1990s and a bold reimagining for today. At its center is Aiden, a disgraced undercover cop battling sex addiction who finds himself pulled into Sydney’s queer underworld.
Read MoreBad Haircut (2025) #FantasticFest
Bad Haircut wastes no time pulling you in. The film opens with a long, unbroken party sequence that instantly calls back to American Pie. It is loud, chaotic, and alive, perfectly setting the tone for what follows.
Read MoreThe Restoration at Grayson Manor (2025) #FantasticFest
Gay, straight, or somewhere in between, when a film is this wild the labels hardly matter. Right from the jump, The Restoration at Grayson Manor hooks you. With its baroque visuals and decadent melodrama, it carries a strange Phantom of the Paradise vibe, all crumbling grandeur, sex, and sinister spectacle.
Read MoreAppofeniacs (2025) #FantasticFest
Chris Marrs Piliero opens his debut feature Appofeniacs with a definition, but he spends the rest of the film showing us exactly what it means. Equal parts horror, satire, and jet-black comedy, this anthology-style thriller hooks you from the opening scene and never lets go. Piliero, an award-winning music video director turned filmmaker, proves he has a sharp eye for lighting and framing.
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