Amylou Ahava, Author at Nightmarish Conjurings

[SXSW Review] IT LIVES INSIDE

A major draw for SXSW (at least for me) is to see all the up-and-coming filmmakers and witness their debuts. Bishal Dutta’s IT LIVES INSIDE

[SXSW Review] APPENDAGE

Emotional disorders can affect a person’s feelings and their ability to control them, which eventually leads to anxiety, disassociation, mood swings, and even self-harm. Providing

[SXSW Review] EVIL DEAD RISE

Editor’s Note: Some mild spoilers in this EVIL DEAD RISE review Playing as a special screening, EVIL DEAD RISE made SXSW run red…with blood. All

[SXSW Review] LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL

Behold! The power of television. Due to the nonstop coverage of wars at home and abroad in the 1970s, mindless violence, unrest, and distrust were

[Nightmarish Detour Review] NR. 10

The trope of a play within a play serves as a way for the creator of the interior play to subject his audience to unseen

[Nightmarish Detour Review] PLEASE BABY PLEASE

Exploring gender identity through an incredibly stylized aesthetic, director Amanda Kramer presents a very unique voice in her film PLEASE BABY PLEASE. The movie might

[Popcorn Frights 2022 Review] OLD MAN

Humans require interactions. Even the biggest curmudgeon in existence needs someone or something in their life. Engaging with another creature helps combat loneliness and a

[Popcorn Frights 2022 Review] FINAL SUMMER

In the summer of 1991, a group of camp counselors at Camp Silver Lake start to close up shop for the final season. The youths

[Popcorn Frights 2022 Review] LIVING WITH CHUCKY

For some reason, the uncanny appearance of dolls freaks out people and this fear is what sparked producer David Kirchner to seek out a script

[Popcorn Frights 2022 Review] COMPULSUS

Violent acts against woman happen every day, ranging from domestic abuse within the supposedly safe sanctuary of the home to men purposely targeting and assaulting

Author: Amylou Ahava