The Mortuary Collection – Fantasia Film Festival

August 26, 2020Leave a comment

https://youtu.be/6rOLJspigpc Written & Directed by Ryan Spindell USA/ 2020/ 110mins ★★★★★ Hedging bets on spectacle, poetic language and loving references, Ryan Spindell’s The Mortuary Collection seeks to emulate the masters of horror (without their budgets of course). Where money is tight, ingenuity follows, and where love for a subject matter blossoms – so too does an exceptionally … Continue reading The Mortuary Collection – Fantasia Film Festival

We Summon the Darkness – Review

May 19, 2020Leave a comment

https://youtu.be/ChksJ8AL9Lk Directed by Marc Meyers USA/ 2019/ 91 mins ★★ Satanists get a bit of a bad reputation, don’t they? Whether it’s John Carpenter’s hideously underappreciated Prince of Darkness, or the more recent The Blackcoat’s Daughter, the blurring of humanity and its association with the Devil is as ancient a narrative tool as possible. Then there were … Continue reading We Summon the Darkness – Review