[Fantasia 2020] Short Films: F FOR FREAKS / DIABLA / NARROW

On 09/01/202009/01/2020 By C.H. NewellIn FilmLeave a comment

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] CLIMATE OF THE HUNTER: Escaping a Bad Infinity of Men

On 08/22/2020 By C.H. NewellIn Film1 Comment

The vampire takes many forms. One of them is a toxic man.

An Interview with Director Xia Magnus

On 08/20/202008/23/2020 By C.H. NewellIn Film3 Comments

C.H. Newell and director Xia Magnus talk about his feature debut Sanzaru, playing at the Fantasia International Film Festival.

[Fantasia 2020] American Southern Gothic Meets Filipino Ghosts in SANZARU

On 08/14/2020 By C.H. NewellIn Aina Dumlao, Fantasia Festival 2020, Film, Gothic Horror, Justin Arnold, Xia MagnusLeave a comment

American South meets East in this feature film debut from Xia Magnus

[Fantasia 2019] Enter a Bermuda Love Triangle in HARPOON

On 07/30/201908/02/2019 By C.H. NewellIn 2019, Brett Gelman, Christopher Gray, Emily Tyra, Fantasia Festival 2019, Film, Horror Comedy, Munro Chambers, Rob Grant1 Comment

Rob Grant's pitch black horror-comedy is an intelligent evisceration of friendship, betrayal, and the male ego.

[Fantasia 2019] SATOR’s Hereditary Hauntings

On 07/23/201907/04/2024 By C.H. NewellIn 2019, Fantasia Festival 2019, Film, Film Festival, Horror, Jordan Graham, Mental Health, Psychological horrorLeave a comment

Graham's horror film is a perfectly dreadful view on the devastating hereditary legacy of mental illness.

[Fantasia 2019] Women and Nature Disrespected in JADE’S ASYLUM

On 07/13/201907/04/2024 By C.H. NewellIn Alexandre Carrière, Fantasia Festival 2019, Fantasy, Film, Film Festival, Horror, Misogyny, Morgan Kohan, Sebastian PigottLeave a comment

One woman's struggle becomes the struggle of Mother Nature