2023 marks another year where the Academy Awards have shuttered horror from the competition, but genre fans know better than to expect anything less. Although there have always been exceptions in the past, such as "The Exorcist," "The Fly," and "Get Out," the Oscars' track record speaks for itself. But the truth is that horror folks don't really need the attention of the prestigious awards body when they have a better outlet to see their favorites receive some industry recognition.
If you're a horror nerd, then the Fangoria Chainsaw Awards is where you want to be paying attention. Although the famed magazine started this back in the '90s, it's only been in the past few years that they've started making it a yearly tradition. On top of that, the one-hour ceremony, which usually airs on Shudder, is curated for horror folks by horror folks. Where else are you going to...
If you're a horror nerd, then the Fangoria Chainsaw Awards is where you want to be paying attention. Although the famed magazine started this back in the '90s, it's only been in the past few years that they've started making it a yearly tradition. On top of that, the one-hour ceremony, which usually airs on Shudder, is curated for horror folks by horror folks. Where else are you going to...
- 2/9/2023
- by Matthew Bilodeau
- Slash Film
Why Watch? This short from director Shane Leal-Willett and writer Charles Taylor is a chess match with a sniper rifle. It features a simple proposition, delivered from a swarthy traveling entrepreneur with far too many teeth in his mouth (Michael Burger). He sits down in front of a grizzled man (Brant Bumpers) who lives out in the country, and explains that he’s got an associate with a sniper rifle trained on the bumpkin’s wild-bearded head, but if he gets $10,000, he’ll leave without a fatal shot being fired. Simple, but tricky. There’s a little air in the conversation that tighter dialogue or editing could sharpen, but ultimately the work shines because of the two actors swinging deftly back and forth between confusion, laughter and empathy. It stands on a simple question of how much you trust a robber who isn’t holding a gun — game theory ratcheted up to its breaking point, but...
- 5/9/2013
- by Scott Beggs
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
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