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In 2020 as Covid lockdowns ramped up around the world, Canadian animator Rob Jabbaz was presented with an opportunity. With SARs in recent memory, his adopted country of Taiwan locked down hard and early. This meant life continued more…

Prisoners of the Ghostland represents a perfect artistic marriage: the gonzo Japanese auteur Sion Sono (Suicide Club, Love Exposure, Tag) and “the California Klaus Kinski", Nicolas Cage. While Sono's English language debut may not fulfill…

In pre-CGI Hollywood, if you wanted fantastical creatures or robots, Phil Tippett was the man you'd go to. He created the AT-AT Walker for Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back and, my personal favourite, ED-209 in Robocop. And if that…

Much has been said already about the cultural influence of Pulp Fiction. Tarantino's sophomore film changed indie cinema and cinema in general in the 90s. But today we will talk about the influence of one scene. In one moment, John…

Director Cody Calahan is making a name for himself in horror circles following a string of well-reviewed low-budget flicks. His latest is Shudder exclusive Vicious Fun, a horror-comedy that follows an ordinary guy (Evan Marsh, Shazam) who…

In my last review for HeadStuff of Psycho Goreman, I welcomed a film that bucked the horror genre's current fondness for 80’s nostalgia and moved on to the ’90s. Well, it clearly was an outlier because with the new Shudder exclusive Vicious…

The 80’s nostalgia trend has had a good moment in the sun, buoyed by the success of Stranger Things. For several years we have had innumerable shots of kids riding bicycles, 80’s pop needle drops and carefully placed ephemera of the period…

Fried Barry is the directorial debut of Liverpool-born South Africa-based director Ryan Kruger. The movie - dubbed this “Ryan Kruger thing” in the opening credits - is an expansion of his 2017 experimental short of the same name. Made over…

“The world does keep moving and it can be a damn cruel place, But for me those moments of stillness, that place, that’s the Kingdom of God. And that place will never abandon you.” Sound of Metal is the much anticipated dramatic debut of…

The Stylist is the debut feature of Jill “Sixx” Gevargizian. It's a crowdfunded expansion of Gevargizian's 2016 short of the same name. The film follows Claire (Najarra Townsend), a socially awkward hair stylist. She lives alone in a large…