Reviews
Welcome to Mercy (2018)
Welcome to Mercy is a brand-new horror/thriller film that’s available today from the folks over at IFC Midnight. The script was penned by Kristen Ruhlin (who also stars in the lead role of Madeline) and […]
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Happy Halloween: The Evil Dead is the Highest-Rated Horror Franchise on Rotten Tomatoes
Happy Halloween! The world has been abustle with celebratory activity over the past month, and here at Wolfbane it’s been no different. Mike Cramer celebrated by watching a movie every day like some sort of […]
Reviews
Terrifier (2018)
We here at Wolfbane appreciate the pleasure of a good spook all year round, but October is the month that sees us welcoming the rest of the world onto our lawn to collectively celebrate the […]
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Fantasia Review: Tigers Are Not Afraid (2017)
After facing a year’s worth of rejection letters from festival after festival, Issa López’s genre-bending fantasy/horror film Tigers Are Not Afraid was finally granted late acceptance into Fantastic Fest 2017, where it premiered last September. […]
Editorials
8 Films That Inspired “Lifechanger” with Director Justin McConnell
The Fantasia International Film Festival kicked off in Toronto earlier this month, and already, we here at Wolfbane Blooms have screened some new horror releases that have gotten us excited. One such film that caught […]
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The Belko Experiment (2017)
A few months ago, I watched a Shudder original film by Joe Lynch called Mayhem, and though I enjoyed it a lot, I simply couldn’t review it. Living up to its name, the film was […]
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6 Must-See Screenings at Fantasia 2018
Founded in 1996, the Fantasia International Film Festival is one of the biggest and most well-attended genre film festivals in the world. It takes place each year in Montreal, with an expansive lineup that always […]
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Satan’s Slaves (2017)
Chicago has been abustle with delightfully horror-themed activity since Cinepocalypse 2018 kicked off at the Music Box Theatre on Thursday evening with a screening of The Domestics. But I didn’t see that movie, and I’m […]
Editorials
4 Films (and a Video Game) That Inspired “Sequence Break” with Director Graham Skipper
After Graham Skipper’s Sequence Break debuted at last year’s Chattanooga Film Festival, it immediately began garnering comparisons to David Cronenberg’s 1983 body-horror classic Videodrome. And the films are clearly relatable, with each playing on the […]
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Downrange (2018)
Since its inception in the late ‘70s, the Toronto International Film Festival’s success has been nothing if not rampant. It’s one of the most well-attended public festivals in the world and has proven to be […]