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By: Myriam Akbar As a lifelong slasher fan, I was immediately drawn to the poster of 2025’s psychological horror-thriller film Sugarcane. A man in a flannel and nightmarish bunny mask was reminiscent of 70s horror, putting it on my Tubi must-watch list. The plot follows the race against a Norman Bates-like murderer and trafficking survivor tracing a missing teenage girl, whose fate becomes increasingly formidable by the hour. Sugarcane was produced by the Southeast independent company, Postmortem Films and distributed by Los Angeles-based studio, Buffalo 8. Postmortem Films is known for their grim and gritty storytelling, which certainly speaks to the nature of this project. This is their feature film debut; however, they have eight additional short films. I had the opportunity to chat with Gabriel Howard, the  “Head of Development” for Postmortem Films. He helps with the progress of all new projects, overseeing them to completion – from conceptualization, to a final shooting of...

By: Myriam Akbar      Meet 50 year old Matt Schmidt, a New York native who now resides in South Jersey. He’s a husband and father of two teenage daughters, script writer, and film director. I had the opportunity to watch his first cinematic styled project, Mr. Sandman which is available on Tubi. This horror film explores the ominous experiences of the nighttime, commonly perceived as sleep paralysis or night terrors. These episodes typically include a racing heartbeat, confusion, fear, panic, and crying spells. The plot follows a young girl attempting to survive until sunrise amidst nightmarish terrors brought on by Mr. Sandman. As someone who has grappled with the forbidding symptoms of night terrors since a child, I had a blast watching the film and felt compelled to reach out to Schmidt for an interview.      Schmidt is one half of Acres Films, an Indie film company based in South Jersey. It’s named after the apartment complex where he grew up in and i...