Movie Review: CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 05/09/2025
CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD movie poster | ©2025 IFC Films / RLJE Films / Shudder

Rating: R Stars: Katie Douglas, Aaron Abrams, Carson MacCormac, Vincent Muller, Kevin Durand, Will Sasso, Cassandra Potenza, Verity Marks, Ayo Solanke, Alexandre Martin Deakin, Bradley Sawatzky Writers: Carter Blanchard and Eli Craig, based on the novel by Adam Cesare Director: Eli Craig Distributor: IFC Films/RLJE Films/Shudder Release Date: May 9, 2025 CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD is based on the novel by Adam Cesare. It is deliberately patterned as a retro slasher, even though the bulk of the action takes place in the present. A preliminary sequence is set in 1991. There is a big red barn surrounded by a field […]Read On »


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Movie Review: ROSARIO

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 05/02/2025
ROSARIO movie poster | ©2025 Variance Pictures

Rating: R Stars: Emeraude Toubia, José Zúñiga, Diana Lein, Emilia Faucher, Paul Ben-Victor, David Dastmalchian, Constanza Gutierrez, Nick Ballard, Luna Baxter, Guillermo Garcia Writer: Alan Trezza Director: Felipe Vargas Distributor: Variance Films Release Date: May 2, 2025 In case one was wondering, Palo Mayombe is a real belief system. A quick Google search turns up a description of it as “the dark side of Santeria.” Palo Mayombe looms large in ROSARIO, which begins with the onscreen information: “The path of Palo is one of sacrifice. As with all religions, in Palo there exists light and darkness.” The onscreen information then […]Read On »


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Movie Review: A DESERT

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
A DESERT movie poster | ©2025 Dark Sky Films

Rating: Not Rated Stars: David Yow, Kai Lennox, Sarah Lind, Zachary Ray Sherman, Ashley B. Smith, Rob Zabrecky, S.A. Griffin Writers: Joshua Erkman & Bossi Baker Director: Josh Erkman Distributor: Dark Sky Films Release Date: May 2, 2025 A DESERT is a slow-burn, sun-drenched film noir. We start out following photographer Alex Clark (Kai Lennox) as he travels through California’s Yucca Valley, taking pictures of abandoned housing projects, derelict buildings, and even freight trains with skeletal cars. On a phone call to his wife Sam (Sarah Lind) from a rundown motel, Alex says the work isn’t depressing him – on […]Read On »


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Movie Review: UNTIL DAWN

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 04/25/2025
UNTIL DAWN movie poster | ©2025 Sony /Screen Gems

Rating: R Stars: Ella Rubin, Michael Cimino, Ji-young Yoo, Odessa A’zion, Belmont Cameli, Peter Stormare, Maia Mitchell Writers: Blair Butler and Gary Dauberman Director: David F. Sandberg Distributor: Sony/Screen Gems Release Date: April 25, 2025 While this isn’t technically part of the plot, the characters in UNTIL DAWN, a feature film adaptation of the 2015 PlayStation video game, come pretty close to realizing they are characters in a video game. In the film, directed by David F. Sandberg from a screenplay by Blair Butler and Gary Dauberman, we meet a young woman we’ll later learn is Melanie (Maia Mitchell), being […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE KILLGRIN

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
THE KILLGRIN movie poster | ©2025 Dark Sky Films

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Konstantina Mantelos, Adam Tsekhman, Ramona Milano, Gillian Fortin, Peter MacNeill, Cristo Fernández, Fuad Ahmed, Shomari Downer, Lynne Griffin Writer: Joanna Tsanis Director: Joanna Tsanis Distributor: Dark Sky Films Release Date: April 25, 2025 THE KILLGRIN posits that depression can kill – and not just through suicide, though one occurs early on here. Miranda (Konstantina Mantelos), who works for an airline in a big city (THE KILLGRIN was shot in Toronto), has been going home early on a regular basis to try to help boyfriend Noah (Fuad Ahmed), who has been going through a tough time. After […]Read On »


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Movie Review: CALL OF THE VOID

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 04/18/2025
CALL OF THE VOID movie poster | ©2025 Night Hawks Entertainment/One Tree Entertainment

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Caitlin Carver, Mina Sundwall, Richard Ellis, Christian Antidormi, Ethan Herisse, Ted Barton Writer: James B. Cox Director: James B. Cox Distributor: Night Hawks Entertainment/One Tree Entertainment Release Date: April 15, 2025 (digital) CALL OF THE VOID is one of those movies that invites a salute simply for its existence. Made on a low budget in the mountains of San Bernardino, California, it is well-acted, well-photographed, and has some great traditional American folk music. It doesn’t even do anything preposterous. At the outset, we see what appears to be an elemental void swirling around a black hole. […]Read On »


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Movie Review: IT FEEDS

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
IT FEEDS movie poster | © 2025 Falling Forward Films

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Ashley Greene, Ellie O’Brien, Juno Rinaldi, Mark Taylor, Julian Richings, Shawn Ashmore, Brooklyn Marshall, Shayelin Martin, Dov Tiefenbach Writer: Chad Archibald Director: Chad Archibald Distributor: Falling Forward Films Release Date: April 18, 2025 (theatrical and digital) We meet Cynthia Winstone (Ashley Greene) in the middle of what seems to be a nightmare. We’re in an empty schoolroom, with menacing words printed on the blackboard and papers and books tossed around haphazardly. However, it turns out Cynthia is at work – inside the mind of her client Larry (Dov Tiefenbach). Now an adult, Larry is still suffering […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE WOMAN IN THE YARD

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 03/28/2025
THE WOMAN IN THE YARD movie poster | ©2025 Universal Pictures

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Danielle Deadwyler, Okwui Okpokwasili, Peyton Jackson, Estella Kahila, Russell Hornsby Writer: Sam Stefanak Director: Jaume Collet-Serra Distributor: Universal Pictures Release Date: March 28, 2025 Rowena Harris (Danielle Deadwyler) has been having trouble getting out of bed since the death of her husband David (Russell Hornsby) in a car accident several weeks earlier. Rowena came away with a broken leg and injuries requiring stitches, but the emotional wounds run much deeper. She’s having trouble being wholly there for her children, teen Taylor (Peyton Jackson) and little Annie (Estella Kahila), with unpaid bills and too little food in the […]Read On »


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Movie Review: CONTROL FREAK

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
CONTROL FREAK Key Art | ©2025 Hulu

Rating: TV-MA Stars: Kelly Marie Tran, Miles Robbins, Kieu Chinh, Toan Le, Callie Johnson, Sabrina Devi, Stanley White Jr., Phu Quoc Writer: Shal Ngo Director: Shal Ngo Distributor: Hulu Release Date: March 13, 2025 (streaming) Valerie “Vy” Nguyen (Kelly Marie Tran) is an extremely successful motivational speaker. She has used her own struggles with self-doubt and feelings of worthlessness to create an empire, explaining to others how she triumphed over this and how they can do the same. Valerie’s husband, producer Robbie (Miles Robbins), is supportive. Valerie’s assistant Crystal (Callie Johnson) likewise wants the best for her boss. But Valerie […]Read On »


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Movie Review: BLOODY AXE WOUND

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
BLOODY AXE WOUND movie poster | ©2025 RLJE Films/Shudder

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Sari Arambulo, Billy Burke, Molly Brown, Eddie Leavy, Margot Anderson-Song, Taylor Seupel, Angel Theory, Matt Hopkins, Jeffrey Dean Morgan Writer: Matthew John Lawrence Director: Matthew John Lawrence Distributor: RLJE Films/Shudder Release Date: December 27, 2024 (theatrical); March 21, 2025 (Shudder streaming) With apologies to Stephen Graham Jones, who wrote an unrelated novel with this title, I WAS A TEENAGE SLASHER would have been a more informative moniker for BLOODY AXE WOUND. The initial set-up for BLOODY AXE WOUND, which we’ll get to in a bit, suggests that the film is going to head in one direction, […]Read On »


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