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2 weeks ago | 
dreadcentral.com | Rachel Reeves
In Sean Byrne’s Dangerous Animals, a sun-soaked Aussie backdrop turns into an aquatic nightmare as Zephyr (Hassie Harrison), a nomadic surfer, becomes prey to a shark-obsessed serial killer named Tucker (Jai Courtney) who hides in plain sight. As Josh Korngut’s review out of Cannes so aptly puts it, “Dangerous Animals delivers one of horror’s greatest villains in years,” evoking all the dread of Jaws while carving out its own niche of terror.
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Feb 15, 2025 | 
newsdump.co.uk | Rachel Reeves
Published By: iCreate Magazine - Today Netflix's chart-topper, La Dolce Villa, really makes me want to visit Italy...
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Aug 7, 2024 | 
thesethingsmatter.com | Rachel Reeves
One of the many enduring lessons that horror extols is to be wary of the small, remote town that opportunities, tourists, and highways have passed over. I am happy to report that this classic trope remains firm in the new film THE SOUL EATER by French filmmakers Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo.
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Jul 30, 2024 | 
thesethingsmatter.com | Rachel Reeves
Let’s just get this out of the way right now — I’m cuckoo for CUCKOO. While I, of course, appreciate a good elevated genre film bursting with metaphors and emotional gut punches, I deeply adore a film that isn’t afraid to just get fucking weird. Directed and written by Tilman Singer, CUCKOO is a euphoric piece of horror escapism that embraces the absurd and runs wild with classic genre tropes.
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Jul 28, 2024 | 
thesethingsmatter.com | Rachel Reeves
Time and time again, horror has returned to the fertile fields of werewolf lore to mine for narrative inspiration. With a natural duality baked into the mythology, werewolves act as a perfect vessel to explore stories of inner conflict, demons, or feelings. Such is the case with Alexander J. Farrell’s narrative feature debut, THE BEAST WITHIN.
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Jul 25, 2024 | 
thesethingsmatter.com | Rachel Reeves
As a longtime fan of Elric Kane’s various podcast endeavors, his first solo-directed feature film, THE DEAD THING, was one of my most anticipated films of Fantasia 2024. Having gotten to know Kane’s taste and thoughts on movies over the years a little bit, I was genuinely eager to see how all of that would translate into a creation of his own. Haunting and measured, THE DEAD THING is a satisfying extension of Kane’s public cinephile persona that redefines what it means to get ghosted.
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Jul 24, 2024 | 
thesethingsmatter.com | Rachel Reeves
Growing up in the Pacific Northwest, camping was pretty much mandatory, and cryptids were common fodder for late-night campfire conversations. While this love for the mountains and all things spooky may have initially drawn me to director Kourtney Roy and writer Paul Bromley’s feature debut film KRYPTIC, it was ultimately something much different that won me over.
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Jul 14, 2024 | 
thesethingsmatter.com | Rachel Reeves
Year after year, the Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal, Quebec, delivers an astounding array of exciting genre films from around the globe. Eternally dedicated to showcasing emerging talent alongside more established creators, Fantasia’s programming embraces a beautifully broad definition of what genre cinema is, has been, and will be.
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Mar 26, 2024 | 
thesethingsmatter.com | Rachel Reeves
Take a stroll through any H&M or social media feed, and there is simply no arguing with the cold, hard truth that early 2000s styles are trending. For those of us who traversed this particular time period, especially in our formative youth years, it is a tough fact to reckon with. However, along with the resurgence of cargo pants, platform shoes, and acid-wash denim has been a renewed appreciation and revaluation of early 2000s horror films.
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Mar 8, 2024 | 
dreadcentral.com | Rachel Reeves
A tale as old as time, director Caroline Lindy’s Your Monster recounts the touching story of a brokenhearted young woman and the monster residing in her closet. Unfolding like a dark Disney tale for adults mixed with a modern Drop Dead Fred, Lindy blends romance, comedy, and horror into something altogether new and wonderful. A significant asset in selling this unique blend of genre elements comes courtesy of the film’s score by composer Timothy Wiliams.
