REVIEW: Hellbender [2022]

I went hunting … for a laugh. As an accused witch is lifted into the air by the rope in the hands of three women, we anticipate the worst. There’s no choice considering we already know what the latest DIY-horror from the Adams Family (John Adams, Toby Poser, and their daughter Zelda Adams) is about. So, if hanging as a test for witchcraft means the victim remains alive, what comes next? Does she rise even higher before decimating those who dared to think they could destroy her? Does the fact…

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FANTASIA19 REVIEW: The Deeper You Dig [2019]

Every gift is its own twisted curse. It’s funny where the mind can go when you only know a few details at first. That John Adams and Toby Poser‘s latest family-fueled film The Deeper You Dig is horror was enough to convince me that a line spoken by Ivy’s (Poser) daughter Echo (the filmmakers’ own child and co-director, Zelda Adams) about going hunting meant their game was humans. Was it a wild leap of my imagination? Sure. But here’s a woman dabbling in the occult who tells her goth kid…

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