thefuturemoviecritic

An aspiring yoga influencer goes to live in her late grandmother's house while working to elevate her channel and gain a following. A tale of jealousy and family demons, at times literally, is what follows. Mind Body Spirit is the latest in what seems like an endless slew of low budget found footage movies, and I'll start by saying that as far as that goes this one does manage to stand above the majority. Some fun and at times clever camera work and strong performances, especially by Sarah Barholomew, drive the movie and show that everybody involved has a lot of potential down the road. There are moments that are genuinely creepy, particularly a haunting hallucination involving one character witnessing varying versions of her own spiraling sanity. The downside is that the movie becomes more and more repetitive as it continues, and it breaks many a rule that is a no no to break in a found footage flick, particularly with its use of music. It also feels like a watered down version of Hereditary set in the found footage genre, but not being done as well it fails to live up to its obvious inspiration or provide anything unique to that story outside of the yoga setting. Mind Body Spirit has potential and is even worth a watch, but don't go in expecting anything above average which believe it or not is a compliment for this horror sub-genre.

How David Dastmalchian is not yet a household name may forever remain a mystery. He's churned out countless performances over the years where he manages to stand out at every turn and should have been leading movies long before this. But now he has his time to shine and its nothing short of mesmerizing. Late Night With the Devil is another in a long lineup of modern horror masterpieces but this one has fun while brilliantly paying homage to the things that inspired it. Late Night With the Devil is a modern horror but it manages to fit right in stylistically with some of the best horror from the 70s which most of us know to be the best period of horror. The movie manages to be scary without ever taking itself too seriously so while the thrills are there its also a lot of fun, with a captivating performance by Dastmalchian that keeps it anchored even when it risks diving into sillier territory. Its easy to see why the ending has divided viewers, but I won't go into spoiler territory here. Intense, frightening, and truly terrific fun, Late Night With the Devil is one to seek out for the film lover looking for something a little against the grain.

I haven't seen the Terrifier movies so I don't know much about Jenna Kanell. This movie popped up as something I might like and the cover and synopsis were intriguing and I saw it was a new release and figured what the hell. It's been awhile since I've done a review so why not get back at it with another indie horror movie fresh off the market? Faceless After Dark is a movie that lives in its meta world. I haven't seen Terrifier but I can assume that Jenna's decision to make her claim to fame a killer clown movie was motivated by that movie and so the disdain she feels towards everything seems all the more real for it. Everything feels real. The synopsis is a little misleading because it's only a small part of the movie that sets up the events for the real story to begin and I see why some would be bothered by that but once you look past it you get something even better that shouldn't be spoiled here. It's true that Bowie isn't a character that you like right away but everybody else seems worse and I think that might be the point and by the end of it you can see that this movie was a deeply personal one for its writer and star that proves as a catharsis. It isn't perfect but it has something important to say and I think the message was gotten across well, a message that should be heard. It's worth a watch and definitely not deserving of the hate it seems to be getting here. See for yourself.