Stocking Stuffers is described by director Angel Connell as an “experimental comedic short.” Which is a bit like saying “you may not get this joke, but I’m going to tell it to you anyway.” Not that Stocking Stuffers is a bad short film. Production quality is good, the actors (Eric Scheiner and Christy Scott Cashman) [...]

Horror is an interesting genre. It runs the gamut from blood-splattering, machete-wielding maniacs to creepy thrillers that sneak up on you. Today we are reviewing two very different films that are horror by definition, perhaps, but something else in spirit. The first is Void, a supernatural thriller written and directed by Meredith Berg as part [...]

As Screamfest LA draws closer, I’m torn between several different movies I want to review. There are so many good short films, from the eerie to the downright grotesque. So, imagine my surprise when I found two short horror films from Canada that broke from the usual “things that go bump in the night.” Today, [...]

Today we’re going to examine two more of the short films appearing this weekend at Screamfest LA in (of course) Los Angeles. The first, Excision, is a wonderfully gruesome mad scientist coming-of-age story set in American suburbia. The other, Séance, is a creepy story from the Czech Republic that tells of a young medium who [...]

Horror film afficiandos in the Los Angeles area have reason to celebrate. This coming weekend begins the 9th annual Screamfest LA film festival. This horror festival was formed in August 2001 to give filmmakers and writers in the horror/sci-fi genres a venue to showcase their work. While we would have loved a chance to attend, that [...]