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It’s only the third tale that transcends the film’s pleasant aura of video-cult-hit mediocrity. The post Summer of ‘87: Michael Gornick’s ‘Creepshow 2’ appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The premise for Casper Kelly’s film sounds a bit like a Family Guy cutaway gag. The post ‘Buddy’ Review: A Children’s Show Becomes Cheeky Grist for the Uncanny Horror Mill appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film has hardly an original idea or image to set it apart from its neo-western brethren. The post ‘The Dog Stars’ Review: Ridley Scott’s Predictable, If Tactile, Post-Apocalyptic Comfort Food appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Blair and his actors discuss the evolution of the film’s tone and its sneaky resonance. The post Interview: Macon Blair, Dave Franco, O’Shea Jackson Jr., and Kiernan Shipka on ‘Idiots’ appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Across his debut feature, Manuel stacks one simulacrum on top of another. The post ‘Filipiñana’ Review: Rafael Manuel Drolly Unearths a Nation’s Rot on a Manicured Fairway appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Like a disappointing offspring, there are excuses one could make for Idiots. The post ‘Idiots’ Review: Macon Blair’s Low-Effort Buddy Road Comedy About Low-Effort People appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Ullom discusses the film’s reshoots and the comparisons to Backrooms and Obsession. The post Interview: Alex Ullom on ‘It Ends’ and Capping Off Gen Z’s Big Summer in Cinema appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The filmmakers know how to be cheeky and over-the-top with a painfully familiar premise. The post ‘Mutiny’ Review: Jean-François Richet’s ‘Die Hard’ Rip-Off Hits Its Groove Too Late appeared first on Slant Magazine.

It’s fun to see that there are still tricks up its clammy, spume-flecked sleeve. The post ‘Insidious: Out of the Further’ Review: The Sixth Installment Finds New Tricks in Old Nightmares appeared first on Slant Magazine.

As in Laloux’s other films, the astonishingly bizarre rush of imagery does the heavy lifting. The post ‘Gandahar’ Review: René Laloux’s Cult Classic Is a Psychedelic Trip Beyond the Bounds of Reality appeared first on Slant Magazine.