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Death of a Unicorn Review (Film, 2025)

Death of a Unicorn is Weird with a capital W, a deeply satirical and gory horror/slasher about unicorns, family bonds, and pharmaceutical greed.

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Best Films of 2024

2024 was an amazing year for weird and fascinating films.

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12 Hour Shift Review (Film, 2020)

12 Hour Shift is a horror/dark comedy film about an organ trade ring getting their supplies out of a hospital. I’ve never seen anything quite like it before.

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Top 11 Films of 2020

2020 will go down as a historic year for the arts, a forced cultural reset that gave a wide range of art usually cast to the side a large platform through streaming access during a global pandemic. Of the Top 11 films of 2020, three were able to have a traditional theatrical release where anyone cou

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Guns Akimbo Review (Film, 2020) #31DaysofHorror

Guns Akimbo is a killer game film. Skizm is an international online sensation. Contestants from all around the world are chosen to fight to the death. Win, you see another day. Lose, you lose your life. Fail to play, lose your life. Run away, lose your life. Miles decides to troll the livestream cha

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Prevenge Review (Film, 2017) #31DaysofHorror

A pregnant woman goes on a killing spree. She believes her unborn child is controlling her, telling her exactly what to do in her day to day life. Even her doctor tells her that her baby has ways of telling her what to do.

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Office Killer Review (Film, 1997) The Archives

Office Killer is one weird horror film. The individual elements aren’t so strange. It’s an office horror where a neglected member of the staff begins killing her enemies and covering for their absence with impeccable detail. The whole thing is just really off-kilter.

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Little Monsters Review (Film, 2019)

At the end of the second act of Little Monsters, David is having a quiet conversation with Audrey about her work. She is a kindergarten teacher, and she is good at her job. He’s taken aback when she actually speaks like a normal adult for the first time in front of him. The audience has already seen

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Parasite Review (Film, 2019)

There’s a word I use a lot in my writing, especially when it comes to auteur directors. The word is “accessible.” For me, an accessible film is one that invites in the audience. Whether that’s through character, storytelling, or design, an accessible film is one where the director has opened the doo

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The Best Movie Musicals of the Decade (2010-2019)

The criteria for the list is rather simple. A great musical has to have a great song score. The singing has to be good. The songs have to service the story and the story needs to hit the emotional heights necessary to justify a song. And, most importantly, the film must have released between 2010 an

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Krisha Review (Film, 2016)

When John Waters raves about a film, you take notice. When John Waters raves about a film that you can stream instantly with Amazon Prime, you click play as soon as you can. The kind of film John Waters raves about is rarely the kind of film that you can

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Yoga Hosers Review (Film, 2016)

Kevin Smith is clearly having fun with his recent films. Both Tusk and its followup, Yoga Hosers, are filled with the off-beat humor, strange plots, and stranger characters you would expect from his early independent features. Yoga Hosers, in particular, showcases a sense of levity not seen in many years.

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A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence Review (Film, 2015)

A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence is a comedy film from Sweden. It is a series of interconnected vignettes about the human condition, focusing mostly on loneliness, unrequited love, and death. The central figures are two depressed novelty salesman, trying to sell vampire fangs and laughing bag

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Suburban Gothic Review (Film, 2015)

Not since Young Adult have I seen so much of my own personality and life experience appear onscreen for comedic and (arguably) terrifying effect. Meet Raymond. Raymond used to be able to see ghosts. Now all he sees is his future drifting away from him as six months of unemployment

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Krampus Review (Film, 2015) #LetItSnow

Christmas is, ultimately, a celebration of family and love at the end of the year. What happens if a family is so horrible that the last member with any true holiday spirit gives up all hope? Krampus comes to claim the wicked with his chains, his birch branch staff, and

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Tangerine Review (Film, 2015) #LetItSnow

It's Christmas Eve in Los Angeles. Sin-Dee and her best friend Alexandra are celebrating a momentous occasion. Sin-Dee just got out of jail. She's all excited to pick up her life where it left off when Alexandra drops a bombshell: Sin-Dee's boyfriend Chester is

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Heathers Review (Film, 1989)

Heathers quickly became one of my favorite films growing up. As the unpopular kid in my school, it gave me a safe and twisted way to explore the stupidity of bullying and popularity in school. And as a twisted goth who wore out his first copy of the complete works