[THE DAILY GRINDHOUSE INTERVIEW!] MICHAEL KALLIO ON ‘DINNER WITH LEATHERFACE’

[THE DAILY GRINDHOUSE INTERVIEW!] MICHAEL KALLIO ON ‘DINNER WITH LEATHERFACE’


May 1, 2025    Sarah Stubbs

  DINNER WITH LEATHERFACE opens with friends and colleagues of Gunnar Hansen discussing meals they shared. As someone who not only enjoys watching documentaries about films I love, but who is also fascinated by how food connects us both in real life and in storytelling, this immediately grabbed me.  Fans of…

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[UNNAMED FOOTAGE FESTIVAL VOL 8]: ‘KILLMAGEDDON’ IS NOT FOR THE SQUEAMISH, BUT MORE THAN WORTH THE EFFORT

[UNNAMED FOOTAGE FESTIVAL VOL 8]: ‘KILLMAGEDDON’ IS NOT FOR THE SQUEAMISH, BUT MORE THAN WORTH THE EFFORT


May 1, 2025    Violet Burns

        This review is informed by material from a written interview with the directors.    Co-Directors Nozomi Tomaki and Kyosuke Koizumi are self-described lovers brought together by their passion for extreme gore films and desire to push boundaries. Their 30-minute POV found footage “cruelty film” KILLMAGEDDON shimmers…

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[PANIC FEST 2025]: ‘LEAD BELLY’ IS A SLOW BURN NIGHTMARE THAT LINGERS

[PANIC FEST 2025]: ‘LEAD BELLY’ IS A SLOW BURN NIGHTMARE THAT LINGERS


April 30, 2025    Katelyn Nelson

  There’s always at least one film per festival that knocks me so far sideways I need to take extra time to process. Historically, for Panic Fest, it’s been things like Robbie Banfitch’s THE OUTWATERS and Kyle Edward Ball’s SKINAMARINK. It seems almost like being made deeply upset is one…

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[PANIC FEST 2025]: ‘DOOBA DOOBA’ IS A CAUTIONARY TALE TO BABYSITTERS EVERYWHERE

[PANIC FEST 2025]: ‘DOOBA DOOBA’ IS A CAUTIONARY TALE TO BABYSITTERS EVERYWHERE


April 30, 2025    Katelyn Nelson

Found footage is, in some ways, the ultimate playground. Everything about the genre feels intimate and in-your-face, often to an almost—or intentionally—uncomfortable degree. It’s the best subgenre there is for encouraging creators to get out and make something weird, no matter the experience or skill level. Almost everything you could…

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HORROR TAKES THE STAGE! ‘MAB’ IS A THOUGHT-PROVOKING NIGHTMARE

HORROR TAKES THE STAGE! ‘MAB’ IS A THOUGHT-PROVOKING NIGHTMARE


April 27, 2025    Taylor Hunsberger

      Horror is making a quiet splash in the world of theater, but it is a splash that has been long overdue. The immersive nature of the horror genre screams to be up close and personal with its audience. This is just what has been happening with MAB,…

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[UNNAMED FOOTAGE FESTIVAL VOL. 8]: ‘HEXHAM HEADS’ IS AN UNSTEADYING JOURNEY INTO UNCANNY VALLEY

[UNNAMED FOOTAGE FESTIVAL VOL. 8]: ‘HEXHAM HEADS’ IS AN UNSTEADYING JOURNEY INTO UNCANNY VALLEY


April 27, 2025    Violet Burns

  “Time, as it were, is trapped and can’t move on…the family home seemed to have been violently altered by the presence of the stones.”    Mattijs Driesen and Chloë Delanghe’s 34-minute experimental folk horror short (mixed VHS scans/still photography) HEXHAM HEADS is a hauntological dark night of the soul…

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[UNNAMED FOOTAGE FESTIVAL VOL 8] “SORROW IS TERROR” IN ‘TINSMAN ROAD’

[UNNAMED FOOTAGE FESTIVAL VOL 8] “SORROW IS TERROR” IN ‘TINSMAN ROAD’


April 27, 2025    Violet Burns

THE OUTWATERS, writer/ director/ cinematographer Robbie Banfitch’s visionary found footage first feature, is a tough act to follow, but his sophomore feature TINSMAN ROAD (which premiered at the Unnamed Footage Festival Vol. 8 in San Francisco) ups a different kind of ante. THE OUTWATERS shreds the fabric of reality on an…

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[PANIC FEST 2025] ‘CARRY THE DARKNESS’ IS AN EFFECTIVE DIVE INTO SOCIETAL PANIC AND ADOLESCENCE

[PANIC FEST 2025] ‘CARRY THE DARKNESS’ IS AN EFFECTIVE DIVE INTO SOCIETAL PANIC AND ADOLESCENCE


April 19, 2025    Katelyn Nelson

    As teenagers, we are so often pressured to fit into particular molds of being in order to better survive the hell of high school hallways. We’re told that looking and acting a certain way is what will promise us the most comfort and success in the “real world”…

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‘DEATH OF A UNICORN:’ STOMP THE RICH!

‘DEATH OF A UNICORN:’ STOMP THE RICH!


April 4, 2025    Amylou Ahava

    Having made its world premiere at SXSW, director Alex Scharfman’s DEATH OF A UNICORN transforms the traditionally whimsical unicorn mythos into a darkly comedic and grotesquely imaginative tale. Drenched in satirical wit and dripping with viscera, Scharfman’s film gallops through themes of corporate greed, stolen Native land, and…

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‘CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD’ IS HOPEFULLY THE FIRST IN A SERIES TO COME

‘CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD’ IS HOPEFULLY THE FIRST IN A SERIES TO COME


April 4, 2025    Amylou Ahava

    Premiering at SXSW, CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD brings Adam Cesare’s hit slasher novel to life under the direction of Eli Craig (TUCKER & DALE VS. EVIL). Adapted from the first book in Cesare’s trilogy, the film blends classic slasher tropes with some gory but humorous death sequences. Set…

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‘THE TRUE BEAUTY OF BEING BITTEN BY A TICK’ FINDS THE HORROR IN NATURE

‘THE TRUE BEAUTY OF BEING BITTEN BY A TICK’ FINDS THE HORROR IN NATURE


April 4, 2025    Amylou Ahava

    A life lived in fear is a life half-lived. — Baz Luhrmann     A friend of director Peter Ohs rented a house in upstate New York and wanted to see how many films could be made there. Ohs visited and while staying there, he refused to go…

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THE DAILY DAILY GRINDHOUSE #14

THE DAILY DAILY GRINDHOUSE #14


April 4, 2025    Jon Abrams

  And we’re back for a new week with trailers and tunes and posters and all kinds of good stuff! Also some strange and upsetting stuff, because that’s life, now more than ever now. Can’t have the happiness without the horror. I’m kind of over living in interesting times, to…

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‘NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE’ IS HILARIOUS AND HONEST AND DESERVES TO BE SEEN

‘NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE’ IS HILARIOUS AND HONEST AND DESERVES TO BE SEEN


April 4, 2025    Amylou Ahava

    This is a masterpiece? Matt Johnson, the brilliant and unpredictable filmmaker behind THE DIRTIES (2013), trades psychological horror for chaotic comedy in NIRVANNA THE SHOW THE BAND: THE MOVIE. While THE DIRTIES was a deeply unsettling found footage film about two teens planning a school shooting, this new…

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THE DAILY DAILY GRINDHOUSE #13

THE DAILY DAILY GRINDHOUSE #13


April 3, 2025    Jon Abrams

  We’re back with our daily column, or as daily as we can humanly manage. (I was sick yesterday. Apologies all around!) The good thing is now there’s two days’ worth of cool things to talk about and share with you.   8½! One of Federico Fellini’s most beloved and…

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[SBIFF 2025] IRISH HEIST FILM ‘AONTAS’ IS A TWISTING GOOD TIME

[SBIFF 2025] IRISH HEIST FILM ‘AONTAS’ IS A TWISTING GOOD TIME


April 2, 2025    Amylou Ahava

  At some point in our life, we will all wish we could turn back time. Often something happens and we will sit and wonder what led us down this road. AONTAS, an Irish-language heist thriller from director Damien McCann, plays with this very concept. The title AONTAS, translates to…

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THE DAILY DAILY GRINDHOUSE #12: APRIL FOOL’S DAY!

THE DAILY DAILY GRINDHOUSE #12: APRIL FOOL’S DAY!


April 1, 2025    Jon Abrams

  Happy April Fool’s Day! Welcome back to our daily round-up of movie news, trailers, music, comics, and other noteworthy stuff. Can you spot the fake story below? Just kidding, we wouldn’t put you through that. Pranks are fun, but the year of Someone Else’s Lord 2025 is no time…

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THE DAILY DAILY GRINDHOUSE #11

THE DAILY DAILY GRINDHOUSE #11


March 31, 2025    Jon Abrams

  Eagle-eyed readers might have noticed that this column took its first break in over a week. That’s only because the weekends have less news and announcements to cover, and we sort of burned through a lot of cool stuff in the first few columns, so we needed a refractory…

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THE DAILY DAILY GRINDHOUSE #10

THE DAILY DAILY GRINDHOUSE #10


March 27, 2025    Jon Abrams

  America’s greatest and only daily column at Daily Grindhouse is back for another day. Many technicians and craftspeople work hard behind the scenes to bring you the best in bizarre takes and demented opinions. Here are some movie-type things that happened today:   ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER! One week…

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THE DAILY DAILY GRINDHOUSE #9

THE DAILY DAILY GRINDHOUSE #9


March 27, 2025    Jon Abrams

  Day Nine, and we are still rocking and rolling. This edition is a little late because I went long on one topic. You’ll see. Let’s get to reading! Here are the things I was thinking about today (aside from lunch and naked ladies, because I’m just a caveman).  …

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THE DAILY DAILY GRINDHOUSE #8

THE DAILY DAILY GRINDHOUSE #8


March 25, 2025    Jon Abrams

  It’s Day Eight of our experiment, and by now maybe you know the routine. I am going to share some things I thought were cool, or just thought about today. And you can comment on my thoughts, or share your own! I would love to know what you’re thinking….

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THE DAILY DAILY GRINDHOUSE #7

THE DAILY DAILY GRINDHOUSE #7


March 25, 2025    Jon Abrams

  Day Seven. I think that’s supposed to be the day of rest, but we’re still just getting started here. Featured today: A few things to make you happy and one thing to make you furious. That’s still a bargain, in this day and age. It’s usually the other way…

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THE DAILY DAILY GRINDHOUSE #6

THE DAILY DAILY GRINDHOUSE #6


March 23, 2025    Jon Abrams

  It’s Sunday, so things have been quiet as far as breaking news and big premieres, but not quiet in my personal life! I’m exhausted, and it’s not even Monday yet. All of that taken into account, I only have one thing to recommend today, and it’s something that has…

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THE DAILY DAILY GRINDHOUSE #5

THE DAILY DAILY GRINDHOUSE #5


March 22, 2025    Jon Abrams

  Back again with a shortlist of things that have caught my interest over the past 24 hours. There’s not much in the way of big news or trailers, it being Saturday, but there’s still some cool stuff to share!     JOHN CARPENTER! I’m a guy with a fair…

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THE DAILY DAILY GRINDHOUSE #4

THE DAILY DAILY GRINDHOUSE #4


March 21, 2025    Jon Abrams

  It’s Day Four. Fantastic! Here are some movie-related things that found space in my mind over the past 24 hours.   DANGEROUS ANIMALS! Check out the trailer for DANGEROUS ANIMALS! It’s a genre-bender from Australia about a serial killer who kidnaps a surfer and sails to shark-infested waters with…

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