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SATOR (2019) premieres tonight at Fantasia Festival 2019. A horrifying experience. Prepare yourself. #Horror #InstaHorror #Fantasia2019 #Sator #Demon #HorrorFan #HorrorMovies #Film #Teaser #FilmTrailer #HorrorFilm #HorrorAddict #Trailer #Movies

Jimmy Henderson's THE PREY premiered tonight at Fantasia Festival 2019. One hell of an action flick! Gu Shangwei kicks so much ass as Xin, an undercover Chinese cop who winds up in a remote jungle prison in Cambodia, forced into a game of ultimate survival by a sadistic warden (played by Vithaya Pansringarm, who Western viewers will recognise from ONLY GOD FORGIVES). This one has amazing action set-pieces filmed on-location in Cambodia. Stretches of jungle make for a compelling watch, as Shangwei fights his way towards freedom (maybe). Seriously great flick! Tense, lean, & even has a few things to say about the Marxist struggle of power between the rich & the poor. @fantasiafestival #Action #ThePrey #FantasiaFest #Fantasia2019 #InstaHorror #Film #Movies #ActionMovie #JimmyHenderson #GuShangwei #VithayaPansringarm #CambodianFilm #MartialArtsMovies #ActionFilm #MartialArts #Thriller

Do. Not. Fuck. With. SWAMP THING! #Horror #InstaHorror #DCUniverse #SwampThing #HorrorFan #SciFi #Swampy #HorrorAddict

For fans of horror video games, Kimo Stamboel's DREADOUT— which premiered at Fantasia Festival 2019 last night— is a fun adaptation. Makes great use of the game's story, as well as parts of the manga DLC, & also the gameplay / imagery. Not just that, as usual, Father Gore was able to latch onto compelling topics & themes about past v. present & how the contemporary urban world remains intricately connected to the Gothic past, particularly here re: Indonesian culture. Some awesome Indo-ghosts turn up that many Western viewers won't know, so get ready to meet them! Swipe over for a bunch of freaky stuff. Click the bio link for a full essay on DREADOUT from @fantasiafestival! #Horror #InstaHorror #DreadOut #KimoStamboel #MoBrothers #FantasiaFest #HorrorMovies #Film #GothicHorror #UrbanGothic #VideoGame #Fantasia2019 #HorrorFan #HorrorAddict #Movies #Manga #IndonesianFilm #FantasiaFestival #WorldPremiere

Hirotaka Adachi's STARE premiered at Fantasia Fest 2019 last night. STARE doesn’t necessarily give J-horror fans anything new. Still, the film’s incredibly creepy. Adachi’s screenplay touches on themes about how / why folk tales affect us, and how the past connects with modernity through urban legends. Many typical vengeful ghost story-inspired J-horror titles blend together because, ultimately, they don’t dig deep enough into the folklore concept that drives them. The film inadvertently draws comparison to events in recent pop culture memory which testify to the power of modern folklore, such as the 2014 Slender Man stabbing in Wisconsin and, to a lesser extent, the viral panic over the Momo Challenge hoax. Because fictional or not, stories have serious, sometimes dangerous power. Click the bio link to read a full essay on STARE! And swipe over for a couple more creepy + gory pics. #Horror #Fantasia2019 #HorrorMovies #InstaHorror #Mystery #UrbanLegends #FantasiaFest #JHorror #Ghost #Folklore #WorldPremiere #HirotakaAdachi #Otsuichi #HorrorFan #HorrorAddict #Essay #UrbanLegend #Myth

Dark Star Pictures & Uncork’d Entertainment present SEEDS, in theatres September 13th & on VOD/DVD September 24th. Director Owen Long’s SEEDS is a Gothic horror about a man haunted by his dark past while pursuing self-care on the New England coast. After a night of debauchery spirals out of control, Marcus retreats to his family home along the New England coast. Solitude is disturbed when his brother asks Marcus to look after his estranged nephew & niece. As days pass, solace escapes him— he feels baited by a dark force. Is he losing his mind or has something terrible burrowed deep within him, waiting until the climate is right? Marcus struggles not to succumb to his deepest fears as he fights to protect Lily, his beloved niece from a monster that lies in wait. Andrea Chen, Garr Long, & Kevin Breznahan star opposite Trevor Long (OZARK). 💀 #Horror #Film #InstaHorror #UncorkdEntertainment #Poster #TrevorLong #HorrorMovies #Movies #HorrorFan #HorrorAddict #GothicHorror #Gothic #HorrorFilm #Creepy #Monster #NewMovies #NewEnglandGothic #PsychologicalHorror #Ozark #OwenLong

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“If You Only Knew”: The Horrors of Men in CALVAIRE

Fabrice du Welz's 2004 debut CALVAIRE involves a stunning, surreal, and disturbing subversion of gender.

Published: 10/25/2018

Words: Father Gore

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HEREDITARY’s Dark Heart of Grief and Mental Illness
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UNSANE Exposes Our Sad Society of Disbelief for Women’s Realities
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Prayers to a Consumer God: American Decay + Ideological Control in THEY LIVE
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Mackenzie and Pine De-Mythologise Robert the Bruce in OUTLAW KING
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Transgenerational Wounds of Post-Pinochet Chile in TRAUMA
[Slamdance 2019] The Gorgeous Face of Catharsis in HAPPY FACE
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Father Gore is first and foremost a passionate lover of film— especially horror. He's also a Master's candidate at Memorial University of Newfoundland with a concentration in postmodern critical theory, currently writing a thesis which will be his debut novel of literary fiction, titled Silence. He also used to write for Film Inquiry frequently during 2016-17 and is currently contributing to Scriptophobic in a column called Serial Killer Celluloid focusing on film adaptations about real life murderers. As of September 2018, Father Gore 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.

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