Writer-director Kyle Edward Ball debut feature 'Skinamarink' suggests a Halloween issue of 'Architectural Digest.'

Richard Brody reviews Kyle Edward Ball’s début feature, “Skinamarink,” a strikingly original but flawed low-budget horror film.

Read Empire's review of the viral lo-fi horror.

The creepiest moments in the horror genre often come down to a single question provoked by slowly dawning terror; a certain degree, strategic or otherwise, of visual frustration; or a bit of both. Wait. What am I seeing here? That is the question.With the Canadian nano-budget paranormal film “Skinamarink,” opening Thursday night in theaters and […]

Skinamarink's experimental nature and reliance on technique and the power of suggestion will likely polarize. Read the full review.

Avant-garde horror strains eyes and patience

“1995” declares a 1970s-style title card in the opening minutes of Kyle Edward Ball’s Skinamarink, a film presented in fake grain filters meant to suggest the scratchy 35mm video nasties of that era (the ‘70s, not the ‘90s). The date proves totally irrelevant to Skinamarink’s minimal plot; at best it vaguely informs the technology we

Kyle Edward Ball's $15,000 word-of-mouth horror hit about two kids trapped alone in their house uses its tiny budget to its advantage.

It is not hyperbole to say that for an hour and 40 minutes, nothing happens in Skinamarink. And not in a Clerks or Tokyo Story kind of way either. First-time filmmaker Kyle Edward Ball cannot even choose a point of view to focus on, much less figure out how to wring a narrative out of

Kyle Edward Ball’s viral indie horror movie ‘Skinamarink’ has an analog aesthetic but was very much born from the internet.

Kyle Edward Ball's demanding but visionary horror film is like a demon puzzle lit by a cathode-ray tube.