CURRY BARKER Short Films
“OBSESSION” PRECURSORS : CURRY BARKER’S SHORT FILMS ON YOUTUBE! By Tom Lavagnino The first thing I did, after seeing OBSESSION, was Google: “Is Curry Barker related to Clive Barker?” Although …
DISCLOSURE DAY
“The awe of the Universe” Disclosure Day goes from a think piece into an action adventure in a zeptosecond, and along the way trains are wrecked, houses destroyed and many …
MONSTERPALOOZA 2026 : BIGGER, BETTER, SCARIER THAN EVER!
MONSTERPALOOZA 2026 : BIGGER, BETTER, SCARIER THAN EVER! By Tom Lavagnino The Pasadena-based confab MONSTERPALOOZA celebrated its 18th anniversary this past Memorial Day –- it’s now an adult! -– and …
BACKROOMS
by Eric Lindbom Good luck bifurcating BACKROOMS (in theaters) from its already social media-able back story. I won’t try here. At age 16, Kane Parsons created the YouTube series THE …
Coming Attractions – DISCLOSURE DAY-June 12, 2026
“We deserve to know.” Disclosure Day is an upcoming American science fiction film directed by Steven Spielberg from a screenplay by David Koepp based on a story by Spielberg. As a massive government conspiracy unravels, a …
OBSESSION
by Eric Lindbom OBSESSION (in theaters) is a juicy Gen Z update of the evergreen adage from the 1902 short story “The Monkey’s Paw” — be careful what you wish …
UNDERTONE
UNDERTONE : UNDERCOOKED (AND UNDER-HEARD!) A24 HORROR Review By Tom Lavagnino It’s 2026. To craft a memorable horror film, the traditional school of thought is : Make it scary. A …
THE BRIDE!
by Eric Lindbom The exclamation point on the title of THE BRIDE! (in theaters), like the quotation marks around the new “WUTHERING HEIGHTS,” uses punctuation as PSA, warning us we’re …
28 YEARS LATER : THE BONE TEMPLE
28 YEARS LATER : THE BONE TEMPLE Review By Tom Lavagnino -Like the boiling down of a chemical reaction, the 28 DAYS LATER franchise has, over the course of a …
REVIVE THE HIVE?
PLURIBUS – Revive the Hive? – Neil Healy -Websters: The Hive Mind – “The collective mental activity expressed in the complex, coordinated behavior of a colony of social insects.” When …
