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Emily Hampshire, whose credits include Schitt’s Creek, The Rig, the 12 Monkeys TV series, Self Reliance, and the Stephen King adaptation Chapelwaite, has the lead role in the upcoming horror film Mom, which will be receiving a VOD release in the US (courtesy of Dark Star Pictures) on February 11th and in the UK (courtesy of Blue Finch Film Releasing) on February 17th. With those dates right around the corner, a trailer for Mom has arrived online and can be seen in the embed above. A pair of posters for the film can be found at the bottom of this article.

The feature directorial debut of Adam O’Brien, who caught attention with his short films Bloodbath, Insane, and Banshee, Mom centers on a struggling mother who is abandoned by her family and partner after a horrific incident. As she falls further into isolation, she begins to be haunted by a sinister...

Nick Jonas along with his brothers, known as the Jonas Brothers, were performing in Prague on Tuesday during their world tour. However, a video emerged on social media showing the 32-year-old musician suddenly running off the stage after a red laser light aimed at his head.

Pop icon Nick Jonas | image: Samborowski, licensed under Cc By Sa 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Although Kevin and Joe Jonas stayed on stage, Nick Jonas’ quick exit became a hot topic of discussion on social media. However, considering a few of the latest terrifying music concert incidents that left people shell-shocked, Jonas’ panic doesn’t seem like an overreaction based on how laser aims are often used by snipers. Thankfully, all three singers are currently safe, although their reps are yet to release an official statement about the incident.

1. Las Vegas, Nevada, October 2017

During a Jason Aldean performance in Las Vegas, in 2017, the crowd witnessed...

Self-consciously tacky effort recalls the classic horror films that made a spectacle of women being murdered and abused

This is frankly a shonky bit of exploitative nonsense that, in a way, recalls the classic horror films that feminist film theorist Carol J Clover wrote about so perceptively in her foundational tome Men, Women and Chainsaws. Such films – in this case, on an island where vile rich men espousing misogynist views hunt down and kill the women they’ve trafficked there – only to turn the tables in the last act when the “final girls” triumph so that female viewers might experience a cathartic thrill of vengeance.

That said, one gets the impression that the film-makers on Hunt Club, starting with screenwriters David Lipper (who has a supporting role here) and John Saunders, and director Elizabeth Blake-Thomas, aren’t taking any of this that seriously. The film seems to revel in the low-budget tackiness of it all,...

Sometimes, there comes a movie that is shot on a low budget, but with its riveting dialogue and seriously good acting, it keeps the viewer engaged throughout its entire runtime. Unfortunately, Hunt Club, directed by Elizabeth Blake-Thomas, is not that kind of low-budget movie. It’s apparent that the budget for the film was pretty tight, and they spent most of it getting Mena Suvari and Mickey Rourke on board. The major flaw of the film is the dialogue written by David Lipper and John Saunders. The lackluster acting and editing don’t help elevate the movie at all. Sure, there are campy slasher moments that provide some pulpy fun, but the film doesn’t live up to its decent plot.

The narrative revolves around Cassandra, who befriends a suave gentleman and his son and agrees to go on a unique hunting affair on an island after they tell her about the hefty prize money.