Home Bodies (Fantasia Fest 2026 Review): Isolation Protocol
Casey Walker’s Home Bodies premiered at Fantasia Fest 2026 as a study of surveillance and control. Two children, one house, and a system designed to break them. Read the full review here.
When human-made gadgets, systems or science go head-to-head with the raw power of the wild. From high-falutin genetics run amok in Jurassic Park to stranded space stations in Gravity, and even camo-cloaking aliens lost in the jungle in Predator (2018), this tag covers any story where our inventions meet Mother Nature’s wrath (or vice versa).
Casey Walker’s Home Bodies premiered at Fantasia Fest 2026 as a study of surveillance and control. Two children, one house, and a system designed to break them. Read the full review here.
Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride positions Mary Shelley as author-narrator, finally telling the story Hollywood wrote without her. Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale don’t play monsters. They play two beings finding total freedom in each other. Devastating, divisive, and utterly audacious.
The Short Film Series That Changed Real-Time Rendering: “Adam” Retrospective by Mother of Movies 10-Year Anniversary Retrospective Context: First released on YouTube in 2016 and hitting Netflix in 2021, Neil Blomkamp’s Adam is now a decade old. Why We’re Watching in 2026: In a world now dominated by AI-generated video, Mother of Movies looks back…
Read Mother of Movies’ Bad Things (2025) review, a visually striking but narratively incoherent indie sci-fi horror where AI viruses, chainsaws, and surreal humour collide. Spoilers and ending explained.
V/H/S Beyond delivers the franchise’s strongest entry in years, blending science fiction with found footage horror across six segments. Justin Long’s directorial debut, “Fur Babies,” stands out in this Shudder exclusive that explores alien encounters through personal filmmaking lenses. Our spoiler-conscious review covers what makes this anthology work.
Hot Spring Shark Attack (2025) is a Japanese horror-comedy that blends absurdist shark attacks, spa tourism satire, and surprisingly competent filmmaking into a cult-worthy splash. Directed by Morihito Inoue and streaming via Utopia, the film flexes rubber sharks, weird science, and oiled-up heroes with comic finesse.