When a group of young people break into a fancy house they get more than they bargained for when the senior citizen owners come home early.
The Terrors of Class, Family, & Masculinity in THE OWNERS
By C.H. Newell
C.H. Newell is first and foremost a passionate lover of film— especially horror. He's also a PhD candidate at Memorial University of Newfoundland with a concentration in postmodern critical theory and Queer Gothic. He wrote for Film Inquiry frequently during 2016-17, and regularly contributed to Scriptophobic during 2018-2019 in a column called Serial Killer Celluloid focusing on film adaptations about real life murderers. As of September 2018, C.H. Newell is an official member of the Online Film Critics Society, and as of April 2019 he's currently listed as a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic. He has covered major film festivals such as Fantasia Festival (2019, 2020) and Fantastic Fest. During September 2019, Father Son Holy Gore was one of several media outlets helping to present Randfilmfest in Germany, & will be once again in 2020— Newell will also serve as part of the jury for the prestigious Randfilmfest award.
[Fantasia 2020] FRIED BARRY Puts the Alien in the Alienation of Addiction
A junkie's body is taken over by an alien life form before going on a messy journey across Cape Town in FRIED BARRY
[Fantasia 2020] Violent Class Divide & Bloody Justice in FOR THE SAKE OF VICIOUS
Everybody's getting hunted down this Halloween. No exceptions.
[Fantasia 2020] Short Films: DIBBUK / LAURA HASN’T SLEPT / SMILEY DEATH FACE
Jewish Ghostbusters, a terrifying trip to the psych's office, and a 21st-century murderer appear in these 3 shorts from Fantasia.
[Fantasia 2020] Short Films: NIGHTINGALE / MR. THISFORTHAT / MILK TEETH
Strange creatures everywhere; in nursing homes, in family homes, in orphanages. These 3 shorts show what's lurking right next to us in the shadows.
[Fantasia 2020] Short Films: PROGENY / WHO GOES THERE?
Men and parasites are a common theme in these two vastly different but equally creepy short films.
[Fantasia 2020] Short Films: F FOR FREAKS / DIABLA / NARROW
Three shorts: one about a hateful dystopian future, one about a witch taking revenge for her assault, and one about walking the narrow path.
[Fantasia 2020] Wrestling Demons in YOU CANNOT KILL DAVID ARQUETTE
Don't even TRY it, punk! David Arquette lives on.
[Fantasia 2020] Nothing Can Save You in THE DARK & THE WICKED
If evil exists, it doesn't matter whether you believe in it or not— it'll still find you, one way or another.
[Fantasia 2020] An Interpretation of the Unknown in THE BLOCK ISLAND SOUND
When is a conspiracy theory no longer theory but cold, hard, deadly truth?
[Fantasia 2020] UNEARTH & the Collateral Human Horrors of Fracking
Tell RuPaul he better watch out because fracking is gruesomely frightful in this eco-horror story
[Fantasia 2020] KRIYA and the Ancient Curse of Patriarchy
A guy just trying to get laid ends up back at a woman's house after the club, where he's roped into performing last rites on her dying father. Buzz kill.
