Category: Crash Analysis

  • THE LAST KNOCK presents: Annihilation

    Annihilation of Humanity or Something Else? Annihilation, the latest venture from Ex Machina writer/director Alex Garland, takes a team of five women into the world of strange happenings based on author Jeff VanderMeer’s novel. The film follows the first book in VanderMeer’s “Southern Reach Trilogy” where the team respond to “The Shimmer” in Area X:…

  • THE LAST KNOCK presents: The Endless

    The Endless Loop of… Justin Benson and Aaron Moorehead have impressed viewers with horror films that are far removed from the scope of hackneyed storytelling and trope-filled narratives. They’ve wowed fans and critics with the bizarre tale of Resolution, and a genuine romance with Spring. The Endless once again covers new ground. In The Endless,…

  • THE LAST KNOCK presents: Island Horror

    Deserted Island Horror… Ahh… Fun in the sun, bikinis and longboards, fruity drinks with umbrellas, and nothing but relaxation on the island… But this isn’t a vacation, and the only drink you’ll have is a bucket of blood as you fight to stay alive. With island horror, cast the fun away like a castaway –…

  • Hereditary: Devil May Care by Jonny Numb

      Hereditary: Devil May Care… By Jonny Numb It wasn’t too long ago that Jason Reitman’s Tully had its theatrical run. While not a horror, the film – about an exhausted mother (Charlize Theron) on the brink of a nervous breakdown from raising three children – found the beating heart in a tale that, at times, danced…

  • THE LAST KNOCK podcast presents: Revenge

    Revenge: My Only Friend… Horror has one of the most unique and disturbing sub-genres in all of cinema: rape. Maybe it’s not an official sub-genre, but it certainly does exist. Now, you can add the French film, Revenge to this most unsettling category. Writer/Director Coralie Fargeat’s first feature explores one woman’s quest to survive an…