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[THE DAILY GRINDHOUSE INTERVIEW!] MICHAEL KALLIO ON ‘DINNER WITH LEATHERFACE’
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
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
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
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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[UNNAMED FOOTAGE FESTIVAL VOL. 8]: ‘HEXHAM HEADS’ IS AN UNSTEADYING JOURNEY INTO UNCANNY VALLEY
“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’
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…

‘DEATH OF A UNICORN:’ STOMP THE RICH!
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…

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

THE DAILY DAILY GRINDHOUSE #10
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…

THE DAILY DAILY GRINDHOUSE #4
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…
