Browsing: Brian Thompson

HOAX (a.k.a. Bigfoot) *** USA 2019 Dir: Matt Allen. 94 mins “I don’t wanna scare anyone but I’m going to give it to you straight about Bigfoot…” Matt Allen’s feature debut wears its influences on its sleeve, opening with a virtual remake of the exposition-heavy campfire sequence from FRIDAY THE…

NIGHTWISH ** USA 1989 Dir: Bruce R. Cook. 96 mins Not a fly on the wall documentary about the female-fronted metal band, but a largely forgotten and unloved entry in the post-ELM STREET rubber reality stakes – and a movie that predates both FLATLINERS and a whole bunch of later…

AN AMERICAN TERROR ** USA 2014 Dir: Haylar Garcia. 85 mins Opening with a quote from Charles Manson and a title sequence encompassing everything from archival news footage to Tod Browning’s FREAKS and Bela Lugosi, this indie horror picture borrows its stylistic and thematic tics from directors as diverse as…