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[Popcorn Frights] FANGA Review – A Horrifying Tale as Old as Time

Julia Straub says Fanga is a masterful reworking of Beauty and the Beast, employing captivating cinematography and contemporary themes to modernize a tale as old as time.

Writer and director Max Gold’s second feature film Fanga will appeal to horror lovers and Disney enthusiasts alike. Filmed in Iceland, it stars Andrea Snædal, Ingi Hrafn Hilmarsson, and Gudmundur Thorvaldsson. The film is based on the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast (1740), written by French novelist Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot d
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[Popcorn Frights] FINAL SUMMER Review – Camp Horror Returns with a Vengeance

Julia Straub says this throwback slasher hits its mark, bringing classic horror staples to life for a new generation.

Writer and director John Isberg pays homage to Friday the 13th (1980) with the throwback slasher film Final Summer. Starring Jenna Kohn, Wyatt Taber, and Charlie Bauer. Isberg’s film reimagines the slasher genre and makes for a refreshing and entertaining watch.

In the late summer of 1991, a young boy mysteriously and brutally dies on the last day of summer at Camp Silverlake,
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[Popcorn Frights] COMPULSUS Review – Exploring Vigilante Justice in the #MeToo Era

Julia Straub says Compulsus staggers in the execution of its message of empowerment.

Director Tara Thorne makes her feature debut with queer thriller Compulsus, a tale that explores what would happen if society’s gender-based power dynamics shifted. Set in city streets and dark alleys, a poet, fed up with the unwanted advances of men and violence against women, begins a crusade. The film stars Lesley Smith, Hilary Adams, and Kathleen Dorian and dives deep into themes of vigilante justice and pa