Category: Reviews

By Scott Dorward Raw (France, 2016) Back when we discussed Martyrs on the podcast, we touched upon the New French Extremity movement. This was a lively period in French cinema when a disparate group of…

By Scott Dorward Dave Made a Maze (USA, 2017) “Did she die or did she just turn into a craft project?” I am a sucker for stories that take an absurd premise to extremes. Almost…

By Scott Dorward The Eyes of My Mother (USA, 2016) The Eyes of My Mother is another film I’ve been meaning to watch for some time. I recently saw director Nicolas Pesce’s adaptation of Piercing,…

By Scott Dorward “It’s such fun being a night person…” Frightmare (UK, 1974) Pete Walker is a British national treasure. Admittedly, he is the kind of treasure you hide in the cupboard under the stairs…

By Scott Dorward Hagazussa (Austria, 2017) As regular listeners of The Good Friends of Jackson Elias may have noticed, I love folk horror. For someone who has lived in cities almost all his life, there…