Asymmetrical games, while there aren’t a ton, have quickly taken over a niche audience of gamers with titles like Friday The 13th: The Game, Hunt or Die, VHS, Among Us, and most popularly (within the genre) Dead By Daylight. If you negate the pandemic spike of Among Us players, I think it’s safe to say that out of all of […]
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Mockumentaries have long been a staple within the genre, they can fall under the subgenre of Found Footage, they can be serious with excellent cinematography, or they can be an amalgamation of different subgenres and multiple shooting styles. What We Do In The Shadows is without a doubt one of the most successful comedy-horror mockumentaries, […]
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One of my favorite subgenres is, admittedly, the one filled with the most trash: Found Footage. With Found Footage it seems like the worse the film looks, the more you can get away with. By that I mean you can use subpar practicals if you’re filming on a camcorder from 2001 since the film quality […]
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When it comes to lower-budget films it seems you can go one of two ways: make the film look incredible to be taken more seriously, or spend the majority of your money on SFX and say to hell with the rest of the film. Thinking about how to formulate this review was difficult as I […]
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One of the best things about film festivals is the talent and unfettered creativity a creator can bring to their work. They’re [typically] not held up in front of a group of out-of-touch suits who demand things to be done a way that they see fit. In a way, it feels as if festivals are […]
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