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Founders Day / Dark Sky Films (2024)

Founders Day (Movie Review)

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The blueprint for the Slasher film was cast in the 1970s, exploited throughout the 1980s, and all but sanitized for mainstream audiences by the late 1990s. While some may say it is Horror’s least imaginative forms of entertainment, no one can deny it being the ... Read More
Disconnected (1984)

Disconnected – A Slash Gem 40 Years Later

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By the time 1984 arrived, Horror had become one of the hottest subgenres of film out there. A time when the Slasher dominated the scene, 1978’s Halloween is probably the most responsible for the movement’s popularization. An independent classic by John Carpenter, it led the ... Read More

Interview – Brad Anderson

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A Connecticut native, Brad Anderson is a filmmaker with a very extensive body of work. Initially beginning his career directing Romantic Comedies such as 1998’s Next Stop Wonderland and 2000’s Happy Accidents, by 2001 Anderson was looking to broaden his horizons. Diving into the Psychological ... Read More

Interview – Jocelin Donahue

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When you think of some of the more talented actresses in modern Horror cinema you would be foolish to overlook Jocelin Donahue. Growing up in Connecticut, Donahue is a highly expressible actresses who first made a big splash back in 2009 starring in Ti West’s The ... Read More