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SXSW 2025: "SWEETNESS" (2025) Stakes Its Claim As "Misery" For Gen Z (REVIEW)

Having just premiered at the SXSW Film and TV Festival, "Sweetness" looks to join the list of highly entertaining, chilling, teen obsession movies. When a young girl gets the chance of a lifetime to nurse her pop idol crush back to health, what could possibly go wrong? Read on for our review of this extraordinarily well made film.

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Hulu's "CONTROL FREAK" (2025) Doesn't Scratch All Of It's Subtextual Itches (REVIEW)

It isn’t easy to adapt one’s self, let alone try to reframe a story under a different context, but that’s the charge with Shal Ngo and Hulu’s latest original, “Control Freak” which is set to release on March 13, 2025. Is this a welcome expansion of the previously bite-sized work, or does this work better in smaller doses?

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"FOR SALE BY EXORCIST" (2025) Closes The Deal With Humor-First Horror (REVIEW)

The rarest of the "horror comedy" variants is the “more funny than scary” one, and it’s also the backing for DREAD Presents latest original release, “For Sale By Exorcist” Directed by Melissa LaMartina and heading to VOD on March 11, 2025. Is it worth putting in an offer for?

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"RUMPELSTILTSKIN" (2025) Looks Like The Perfect Blend Of Fairytale, Fantasy, And Horror (TRAILER)

We’re excited for Andy Edward’s take on the beloved fairytale “Rumplestiltskin” this March, premiering at FrightFest Glasgow 8. If you can’t make it to Scotland this month, have no fear—the film will be available on digital April 7th. It promises to be a thrilling take on the classic tale of evil bargains and the horrific price that needs to be paid.

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Rutger Hauer Documentary “LIKE TEARS IN THE RAIN” (2025) Finds the "Dutch Angle” (REVIEW)

The lives of character actors usually make terrific fodder for documentaries.  We’ve seen these people of 1,000 faces throughout our moviegoing lives, and while we might not always know their names, something registers in our brains enough to go “hey, it’s him/her/them from that thing!”  One of the most memorable of these performers in the past several decades is the late, great Rutger Hauer, who passed away in 2019.  Now, Hauer’s life and legacy is explored in director Sanna Fabery de Jonge’s doc “Like Tears in Rain,a eulogy to a man that more people should consider one of the greats of genre film.

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COLLECTOR'S CRYPT - FEAR IN THE PHILIPPINES: THE COMPLETE BLOOD ISLAND FILMS (SEVERIN FILMS BLU-RAY)

“The Blood Island Collection” has been out-of-print for some time, but Severin has revived it with some new visual enhancements with “Fear in the Philippines: The Complete Blood Island Films,” but is this just a double-dip for those that missed out, or a reason to return to the infamous Blood Island?

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"THE RULE OF JENNY PEN" (2024) Is Easily One Of The Best Horror Movies Of The Year (REVIEW)

We review the incredible new horror film "The Rule of Jenny Pen," starring John Lithgow as an unhinged retirement home tyrant, and Geoffrey Rush, as the latest target of his sadistic aggression. This film's acting, writing, and directing set a new bar for excellence in 2025.

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New Netflix Documentary "CHAOS: THE MANSON MURDERS" Casts Doubts On All We Think We Know (TRAILER)

Just when you thought you knew everything about Charles Manson and “The Family”, a new documentary “CHAOS: THE MANSON MURDERS” takes us back to the 60s and reexamines the horrific and violent night that changed America forever. Find all the details and more below.

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"GUNS OF REDEMPTION" (2025) Delivers Gripping Characters In A Post-Civil War Western (REVIEW)

The Western formula can be a good template as well as a recipe for laziness, but when done right the inversion of something as simple as the location can make something old just a little newer. In Shout! Studios’ “Guns of Redemption” we are offered a post-Civil War take on a typical Western tale, but is this film worthy of redemption or just worth forsaking?

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"THE HAUNTING OF HOLLYWOOD" (2024) Explores The Harsh Reality Behind Stardom (REVIEW)

Entertainment Squad’s genre label The Horror Collective and Mometu have teamed up to release the psychological-thriller “The Haunting of Hollywood.” After having its exclusive streaming release on Mometu in early February, the film will be available for TVOD on May 6th, 2025.

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