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Confusing and low-res witchy tale.
Wildly effective experimentation with form and horror subgenre.
A horrifying but slight Brazilian folk horror that holds back narrative information and allows the viewer to do the work of imagination.
22 March 2024
Forgettable vampire story with themes of screen addiction and social media use.
Charming transgender Cinderella.
Gorgeous stop-motion animation taking inspiration from the Brothers Quay. About interdependence, suffocating relationships, and rabbits.
Beautifully horrifying animation about domestic abuse with Ghibliesque food animation.
Traditional dystopian English folk horror subverted as very effective queer revenge story.
For a film about hoarding and collecting excess, it’s almost appropriate how much cruft there is in HOARD that could have been edited out and pared down.
A pandemic sci-fi thriller that might be too much for those exhausted by the last few years but that offers an eerie atmosphere and some interesting twists and turns.