Title: DAGON Directed by: Paolo Gaudio Country: Italy Run Time: 6 mins Synopsis: When a traveler comes home from a tragic situation, he may not have come back alone. Favorite line: “If it bleeds, we can kill it.” Thoughts: DAGON has one of the most oppressive feelings of the festival. What fascinated me the most about this short was the open endedness. Was the boat a warship? Titanic? Was it PTSD? It’s all up to the viewer and with each decision comes a completely d

Title: NEVER FINGERBANG A WENDIGO Directed by: John Brennan Country: US Run Time: 10 mins Synopsis: What should you NOT do when you have a broken heart and a belly full of liquor? Go near a tree, that’s what. Favorite line: “She changed her fucking hair without asking me.” Thoughts: The entire film is shot with VHS camcorders and it brings such a nostalgic and whimsy to it… then you remember the title. It’s silly, insane, and I couldn’t look away - which I feel say

Title: CRAMPS! A PERIOD PIECE Directed by: Brooke H. Cellars Country: US Run Time: 89 mins Synopsis: A young woman must choose her own path but her uterus makes a few decisions for her. Favorite line: “I don’t drink that hippy swill.” “Put a curse on them.” “I’m a Satanist. Not a witch.” Thoughts: Cellars brings it with CRAMPS! From the commentary of patriarchy to loyalty, self-discovery melding with self-love, the viewer is taken on a journey of womanhood. Can it

Title: DEMONETIZE Directed by: Alexander Watson Country: US Run Time: 96 mins Synopsis: Five influencers are offered the gig of a lifetime, spend some time in a house and get paid. The problem is, a few former tenants aren’t all that keen on the visiting. Favorite line: “What are you, a ghost gobbler or something.” - Cherdleys “Oh, I’m about to Build-A-Bear inside of you.” - Cherdleys Thoughts: Imagine the most annoying YouTubers currently (and I could name a few

Title: THE BLACK HILLS NIGHT HIKE Directed by: Various Country: US Run Time: 78 minutes Synopsis: A young woman goes on a night hike with a rag tag group of strangers, but her life will never be the same after. Favorite line: “Do I look like aluminum foil right now?” (SNALLYGASTER) “No, I’m afraid of bears, raccoons, and weirdos.” (SNALLYGASTER) Thoughts: Six different scary stories for the brave at heart. While the main story (the hike) as well as a few others a

“Shoot first. Think never.” If anyone had told me two months ago that I would not only rewatch and enjoy ARMY OF DARKNESS but go on to watch the TV series in its entirety in less than ten days, I would have told you that you needed to take your meds. But of course, I was wrong. This series was a blast and I cannot wait to rewatch it! We find Ashley J. Williams (Ash) a little older (by 30 years), a little more of a dad bod, but just as insane and still hocking hardware. His co

IF IT’S THE BIRDS, WE’RE IN TROUBLE By: L. Marie Wood Release: 6/5/2026 Page Count: 167 Synopsis: Something is wrong in the town of Rothwood and no one knows what is happening. Is it the birds? Bees? Mosquitos? The sun? Time traveler? Meat? First line: “Chaotic discordant horrifically/ beautiful / Abhorrent because it’s you” Favorite line: “I will stay here like the rocks and keep secrets.” Thoughts: Wow. Just wow. It’s epistolary, unreliable in every way, and absolutely intr

“All is fair in love and war” - Mr. Rasczak STARSHIP TROOPERS begins with military propaganda commercials that target children and then move into a reporter being killed … on camera. This is the least weird part of the movie. The basic premise is there’s a war. The war needs fighters. Fighters fight bad guys. Rinse and repeat. The exception here is the bad guy are Kaiju sized bugs. The quote at the beginning speaks so loudly with this movie. SPOILERS ABOUT TO COME INTO YOUR E

Directed by: Sam Raimi Rating: R Run Time: 1 hour, 21 min

Let’s start with THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD (1951). We start this movie in Anchorage, AK (I can’t get away from that damn place even in movies) at an Officer’s Club where we meet two main characters - Captain Hendry and Scotty, a news reporter. Captain Hendry and his crew (including Scotty) are tasked with investigating an “unusual” airplane had crashed in their area. The original group meets up with the research team already at the crash site. And thus begins a bunch of sh

Director: Genki Kawamura Release Date: 4/6/26 (US) Time: 1 hour, 35 mins Rated: PG-13

HERO CAVE By: Syd Madia Release: 7/30/25 Page count: 50 KU: No Hoopla: Yes Synopsis: A skeleton that scares adventurer’s and continuously dies has lost his passion for the job. Can he find that spark again before it’s too late? First line: “Welcome to… uh… Welcome! To Hero - ehhhhh W-Welcome.” Favorite line: “Skeleton on the first floor is ass. If I could give zero stars, I would.” Thoughts: Mr. Skeleton is way too relatable, especially for adults and their everyday life

HOTEL LIMBO By: Ben Harel Illustrated by: Various Release: 4/14/26 Page count: 272 KU: No Hoopla: Yes Synopsis: A young man dies and goes to Hotel Limbo. But in order to help the guests with their baggage as the hotel’s new Bellboy, he will first have to figure out how to bellboy. First line: “Is it time already.” Favorite line: “You power is opening up doors to completely ordinary rooms? What’s my power? Do I turn into a chair?” Thoughts: I thought, “Oh, a cute graphi

EARLY REVIEW ONE NIGHT AT THE SKULL SPARK CLUB By: Bryan Smith Release: 6/26 Page count: KU: TBD Hoopla: TBD Synopsis: Three friends take the night to come together in order to watch one of their favorite bands. A night of drinking, music, and reconciling life… oh, and a bit of blood here and there. Also includes - two stories previously only on his Patreon (which you should ABSOLUTELY join). First line: “One minute Craig King had his eyes fixed on the dark road ahead,

CROSSROADS By: Laurel Hightower Release: (re-released) 4/21/26 Page count: 126 KU: No Hoopla: No Synopsis: When does a mother’s sacrifice turn to pure selfishness? Can Chris realize she may be crossing the line before it’s too late? First line: “The first time Chris buried a part of herself by her son’s roadside cross, it was an accident.” Favorite line: “She believed in a smiling sacrifice.” Thoughts: Well, I needed a good cry and to renew my stock in Kleenex. What I

THE BOATMAN By: Alex Grecian Release: 4/14/26 Page count: 110 KU: No Hoopla: No Synopsis: A common cruise liner becomes hunted when a mysterious man, in a rowboat, leisurely stalks them. First line: “June wanted for a morning when Walt had taken little Mai to the beach, then she rode her visible to the bazaar in Pekerjaan.” Favorite line: “I didn’t want anyone to ever find me. I wanted to be forgotten.” Thoughts: If you are planning or thinking of planning a cruise -

MORTY’S HOLIDAY By: Bryn Grover Release: 2/27/26 Page count: 93 KU: Yes Hoopla: No Synopsis: Morty just wants a vacation. A few days without the burden of killing people for a quota, the bosses breathing down his neck, just sweet, sweet life on the life on high seas. First line: “Stepping off the ramp of the cruise ship and taking a deep breath, Morty stopped and looked around him.” Favorite line: “I already had things set up father down the beach for them to fall into

Friends and foes, I’m back! It feels good to put some new and amazing recommendations on your already overwhelming TBR. But alas, it’s my curse. There are so many goodies this week that I’m just going to jump on it… TERRAFIDE By : Ryan Hyatt Release : 3/24/26 Page count : 293 KU : No Hoopla : TBD Synopsis : Eight stories from revenge and car salesmen to the need for a better time and zombies. First line : “Jose is the first they let go, although we can’t agree what that

A whole month? I have neglected you all for that long? My heavens above. Between my eleven year old learning a new trick (sleepwalking) that turned into an ER visit at 3 a.m. and five staples in his head, to my chubby ass falling in a IHG parking lot and getting a sprained ankle to living on plastic furniture… I’ve been a little all over the place. But never fear! I’m back with two amazing recommendations! Enough jibber jabber, let’s get into them. SICK FLICKS Volume 1 By : M

Since Christina is busy moving her family for the next couple of weeks, we will be running a couple of very worthy re-posts of her reviews. Today, we wanted to remind you about these wonderful, award-nominated reads! WONDERLAND AWARDS NOMINEES - Finalist KENNEL By: Garrett Cook Release : 12/24/24 Page Count : 126 KU : No Hoopla : No Synopsis : Pup, a sub, lost his Dom and finds a home with Daddy. But Daddy is known in the community for sinister reasons and Pup finds that not