Sarah Snook Horror Movie Falls Short Of Its Lofty Premise
Netflix's latest horror movie, Run Rabbit Run, an acquisition out of Sundance, has all the hallmarks of the genre fare seen in recent years. A grieving mother, a young (and unsettling) child, and generational trauma. There's a discomfiting score punctuated…
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Orchid Moon Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Writer-director Lewis William Robinson’s feature-length debut, Orchid Moon, is a dramatic ode to what it takes to come out of a downward grief spiral. Harry (Jake Waring) drinks himself into oblivion every night, unable to deal with the loss of…
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Horror In The Forest Featured, Reviews Film Threat
There is no escaping the fact that director Brendan Rudnicki’s Horror In The Forest is another entry in the long line of found footage films aping The Blair Witch Project. Georgie (Alexa Lauren), Bo (Andrew Thomas), and Stephan (Dylan DeVane) venture out into…
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Another Fantastic Ensemble Elevates A Ridiculous Murder Mystery for Apple TV+
The best elements of Apple TV’s “The Afterparty” exist in a space between murder mystery and flat-out genre parody. The concept is wonderfully clever: Every episode uses a different genre to dig deeper into a murder investigation that largely takes…
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Leak Featured, Reviews Film Threat
DANCES WITH FILMS 2023 REVIEW! In the hopefully-very-distant future, the world is under strict water-rationing guidelines. In Jordan Martin’s short film, Leak, a son learns what’s truly important in extreme times. In this dystopian future and with rising global temperatures,…
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Henry Cavill’s Final Bow as Geralt Is the Show’s Best
Before The Witcher Season 3 even premiered, it seemed that the news cycle around the series wasn't about to do it any favors. Along with the shocking announcement that Henry Cavill would be leaving the show after three seasons playing…
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The Excellent Series Keeps the Party Going
In its first season, The Afterparty, created by Christopher Miller, immediately became one of the best comedies on Apple TV+. A hilarious whodunit with a tremendous ensemble cast and a genuinely engaging mystery, it blended genres and styles to create…
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Bibi Featured, Reviews Film Threat
DANCES WITH FILMS 2023 REVIEW! Director-writer Christopher Beatty delivers a haunting tale brewing from a lifetime of grief due to a tragic loss in his dramatic psychological thriller Bibi. A type of film noir in a “Grey Gardens” life, Beatty has…
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Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken Review
2023 has essentially given us two Little Mermaid remakes. Weirdly enough, DreamWorks has produced the superior one. Okay, Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken might not be an official remake of the Disney classic, but Jeffrey Katzenberg’s old stomping ground must’ve been…
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Kiersey Clemons Is Game in Scattered Mystery-Comedy
This review was originally part of our coverage for the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival. video of the day Renfield: 21 Things You Missed Susie Searches, from director Sophie Kargman, begins with the title character Susie (Kiersey Clemons) stating that…
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Five and a Half Featured, Reviews Film Threat
DANCES WITH FILM 2023 REVIEW! Writer-director Heidi Nyburg ‘s Five and a Half begins with a mother and a grandmother preparing 5-year-old Abbie (Lauren Jude Rosa) to spend time with her father. The dad in question, Chuck (James Hal Hardy), was…
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The Horror/Thriller ‘The Gates’ Reviewed
Serial killer William Colcott has been sentenced to death by an electric chair in 1890s London for the murder of dozens of women. Before his execution, he places a curse on the prison and everyone in it. Two post-mortem photographers/paranormal…
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