FrightFest 2020
VOD film review: AV The Hunt
July 6, 2022 | Anton Bitel
A Turkish woman is on the run from her male relatives in this tense state-of-the-nation survival thriller.Read More
VOD film review: Held
April 25, 2022 | Anton Bitel
Travis Cluff and Chris Lofing’s entrapment thriller stages manipulative scenes from a marriage under patriarchy.Read More
VOD film review: Hail to the Deadites
September 27, 2021 | Anton Bitel
Steve Villeneuve’s reflexive documentary on Evil Dead fandom at times feels too close to its subjects.Read More
VOD film review: Skull: The Mask
May 27, 2021 | Anton Bitel
Armando Fonseca and Kapel Furman bring bloody bedlam and an allegory of national rapine to the streets of contemporary São Paulo.Read More
For the Sake of Vicious review: A hilarious and tense thriller
April 19, 2021 | Anton Bitel
Gabriel Carrer and Reese Eveneshen’s low-rent action thriller is as darkly hilarious as it is terrifyingly tense.Read More
Playhouse review: Creepy gothic horror
April 16, 2021 | Anton Bitel
The Watts brothers’ creepy and confounding feature debut is an atmospheric gothic horror.Read More
VOD film review: Honeydew
March 29, 2021 | Anton Bitel
Devereux Milburn’s funny, horrifying debut is a queasily nightmarish fable of America’s food chain.Read More
VOD film review: The Stylist
March 1, 2021 | Anton Bitel
Jill Gevargizian’s superlative psychodrama marries a deranged stylist to her client in a messy union.Read More
VOD film review: Benny Loves You
February 15, 2021 | Anton Bitel
Karl Holt’s feature debut finds a hilariously playful side to a man-child’s darker impulses. Read More
VOD film review: Hosts (2020)
January 18, 2021 | Anton Bitel
This cruel Christmas cracker stuffed with sci-fi and apocalyptic ultraviolence will haunt you long after its end credits.Read More
