Tag: Independent

  • THE LAST KNOCK presents: Worst Horror 2020

    Worst Horror 2020: It’s a Buzz Kill!  Last year gave fans some horrible horror movies to avoid at all costs! When it comes to Worst Horror 2020, the choices were far more plentiful than The Last Knock‘s Best Horror 2020 list. In this annual episode, Crash and Numb bring you their best of the year…

  • We’re Not Here to Fuck Spiders: A Grungy Cinema Verité Head Trip by Susan Leighton

    When Found Footage Gets Real: Grungy Cinema   We’re Not Here to Fuck Spiders is Josh Reed’s latest effort and it takes the heist movie gone horribly wrong premise and adds crystal meth into the mix for a mind-blowing cinema verité exercise. This is not a movie for people who are readily put off by…

  • THE LAST KNOCK presents: Best Horror 2020

    Best Horror 2020: Much to Choose From  Last year gave fans much horror to love! When it comes to Best Horror 2020, the choices were plentiful to say the least. In this annual episode, Crash and Numb present their best of the year. Some may be obscure, but only one horror film made both lists.…

  • The Honeymoon Phase by Jonny Numb

    The Honeymoon Phase: Refreshing Alternative [89 minutes. Unrated. Director: Phillip G. Carroll Jr.] Something that gets lost in formulaic mainstream horror is the genuine connection to character. In the jump-scare landscape, which we currently inhabit, it’s less about an emotional journey than the desperate, cliched methods filmmakers use to jolt audiences out of their seats.…

  • Human No More by Jonny Numb

    Human No More by Jonny Numb

    Human No More: Smart Horror [2020. 124 minutes. Director: Christopher Alan Broadstone]   Questions and Conundrums Christopher Alan Broadstone’s Human No More creates a nexus of art and intellectual curiosity without condescending to its audience. It explains just enough. Characters don’t flinch from questions and philosophical conundrums, and viewers are expected to do likewise. During…