Some guidance ruins you. Mentorship Trauma includes films where teachers, bosses, coaches, or guides become toxic, shaping those under them through fear, obsession, or control. Think Whiplash, The Assistant, Black Swan, or The Perfection. Whether the harm is overt or insidious, these relationships warp identity and erode safety. This tag is for power dynamics disguised as help.
In Dead Mail, a postal investigator’s routine case spirals into a deadly game of cat and mouse when he uncovers a musician’s desperate plea for help, revealing a twisted tale of obsession, manipulation, and creative imprisonment.
LUCID short film review explores artistic authenticity versus academic conformity. When art student Mia’s visceral installations face constant rejection, her bloody aesthetic evolves into something dangerously honest. This 16-minute psychological horror examines who decides what constitutes legitimate art, building anticipation for the feature film premiering at Fantasia 2025.
It Feeds review: Chad Archibald’s psychological horror explores trauma, family therapy, and supernatural predation. Ashley Greene leads this atmospheric Black Fawn Films thriller about entities that feed on human vulnerability and the dangerous territory between helping and enabling.
What if control isn’t something we hold, but something held over us? Control Freak (2025) unravels the illusion of autonomy through Val (Kelly Marie Tran), a self-help guru whose journey from rock bottom to success might not be as empowering as it seems. As cracks in her story emerge, so does a terrifying question, was she ever in control at all?
A true-crime junkie, three dates, and a serial killer — F** Marry Kill* sounds like a dream premise, but this dating app horror flick has all the right faces and all the wrong bits.
Pearl film 2022
