'The Seven Visitations of Sydney Burgess': A Spine Tingling Shocker by Andy Marino {Book Review}9/28/2021  You know that feeling you get when you feel something is crawling on you? That’s the feeling I still have hours after finishing this book! The story is very layered and has some major plot twists that I didn’t see coming!
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James Wan is a household name in the horror realm, having helmed flicks like Saw, Insidious, and The Conjuring, all of which became successful franchises. The man knows his audience, and has no problem challenging them a bit this time with Malignant. I’ll admit it, you can take my opinion with a fine grain of salt, but I think this is a film worth discussing and enjoying for all it’s subversive glory.
“Mindless spirit things lend to thee what we cannot see, deliver us from evil thoughts as we walk amongst the shadows.” – The Howl of the Rougarou – Oceans of Summer Many cultures have their own version of a Lycan, a werewolf, a man-beast. In the Louisiana Bayou, it’s called a Rougarou. A French derivative of Lougarou. Lou, French for wolf, Garou, French for a man able to change form.
It's always inspiring to see what can be done with a good story and some likable actors. Look at Creep or the bonkers Dementia Part II earlier this year. And even though it stumbles some in the third act, Brandon Christensen's Superhost definitely delivers!
 There is a funny way that a droning song can wrap its way around your ears, and transport you to a place of emotional isolation. It is a good feeling on one hand, safe, comfortable, the relinquishing of control. On the other hand, it is scary. As comforting as that staggered melody may be, there is something controlling about it. Something about it that is akin to hypnosis.
Glasshouse is the type of movie where everything is a reflection. Scenes play like other scenes, images look like other images, and tones feel like other tones. In a film with more coherency, this might be a compliment. After all, a tightly wound film that reflects itself can only perpetuate itself. It can only make itself more believable in the eyes of the viewer. Glasshouse is not one of those films.
 I guess if there’s one lesson parents can take from the short film Munkie it’s to not abuse their kids. That shouldn’t need to be said, but such is the world we live in, as evidenced by the fact that this is based on a true story. So what awaits you in the fifteen minute short Munkie?
Fantasia International Film Festival – I’m going to state this flat out: I hate moving. Packing up years of stuff and coming to the realization that I have way too many things in my life and that I’m a far bigger hoarder than I realize. I would venture a guess that I’m not the only one who feels this way. With the never-ending packing of boxes, the constant filling up of garbage bags to take to Goodwill or the local dump, and most of all, the absolute boredom that fills the psyche in the goal to escape to someplace new.
 Fantasia International Film Festival - Avra Fox-Lerner’s The Lovers is a good example of how place and naturalism can bring weight to even the simplest of stories. The Lovers runs eight-minutes, has only a set-up and a punchline, but manages to pack the margins with moments of beauty.
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