Stars: Ruth Becquart, Steve Geerts, Anneke Sluiters, Tine Van den Wyngaert, Dominique Van Malder, Tom Vermeir | Written and Directed by Stef Lernous Sometimes, just sometimes, you come across a film that defies categorisation; some that defy logic. Then there’s Hotel Poseidon. Which defies categorisation, logic, explanation… you name it. This film is LITERALLY someones […]
Stars: Zita Bai, Boni Mata, Vas Provatakis, Helen Sun | Written by Zita Bai | Directed by Jesse Dvorak If a movie’s description has ‘coming-of-age’ written in it, I will nearly always be giving it a watch. And as you’ve probably guessed, that was exactly what I read about Baby, Don’t Cry. The Fantasia website […]
Stars: Alex Cox, Niketa Roman, Satish Ratakonda, Harper Taylor, Brynn Taylor | Written and Directed by Phil Tippett First started in 1987, over thirty years in the making and the subject of much talk, rumour and speculation, Phil Tippett’s Mad God was certainly one of the most anticipated screenings at this year’s Fantasia. Given Tippett’s […]
Stars: Kaori Fuji, Takako Matsu, Seiichi Tanabe | Written and Directed by Shunji Iwai Even though I’d call myself a fan of Asian cinema, the reality is, if it isn’t horror or animated, I probably haven’t seen it. So I was thrilled to get the chance to watch 1998’s April Story at this year’s Fantasia […]
Stars: Tsubasa Nakagawa, Itsuki Nagasawa, Rina Ikoma, Taro Suruga, Toshiro Yanagiba | Written by Yoichi Narita, Yu Sakudo | Directed by Yoichi Narita Fantasia Festival has been helping me out this year with it’s range and variety of coming-of-age movies. Follow The Light adds some sci-fi to a terrifically written and original coming-of-age story. Follow […]
Stars: María Elena Arpón, César Burner, Lone Fleming, José Thelman, Rufino Inglés, Verónica Llimerá | Written and Directed by Amando de Ossorio When Amando de Ossorio made Tombs of the Blind Dead (La noche del terror ciego) he had been active in the Spanish film industry as a writer and director since the early 1950s, mostly […]
Stars: Gerardo Romano, Mariana Anghileri, Octavio Belmonte, Diego Cremonesi, Osvaldo Santoro, Lautaro Delgado | Written by Alberto Fasce, Gonzalo Ventura | Directed by Daniel de la Vega On The 3rd Day (Al Tercer Día) is the latest film from Argentinian filmmaker Daniel de la Vega who’s other films include Necrophobia 3D and The White Coffin […]
Stars: Stefanie Scott, Isabelle Fuhrman, Judith Roberts, Rory Culkin | Written and Directed by Edoardo Vitaletti The Last Thing Mary Saw begins with an ominous quote from John Calvin, “All events whatsoever are governed by the secret counsel of God.” And God, or a twisted interpretation of His words, will have a large part to […]
Stars: Denise Gough, Sienna Sayer, Kiera Thompson | Written and Directed by Ruth Platt Several years ago I took a gamble at Frightfest and booked a ticket for a movie in a small screen at maybe ten or eleven in the morning (the first film of the day). It was a low budget British horror […]
Stars: Evan Dumouchel, Libby Ewing, MacLeod Andrews | Written and Directed by Perry Blackshear I was lucky enough to watch and review director Perry Blackshear’s previous movies The Siren and They Look Like People. Both are really impressive movies. Bringing fresh and original ideas to sci-fi and horror I knew he was a director that […]
Stars: Masumi, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Eijiro Ozaki, Jonathan Rhys Meyers | Written by Vicente Amorim, Kimi Lee, Tubaldini Shelling, Fernando Toste | Directed by Vicente Amorim Based on Danilo Beyruth’s graphic novel Samurai Shiro, Yakuza Princess takes a familiar story and gives it a new twist by setting it in São Paulo Brazil. Why there? Because […]
Stars: Julian Black-Antelope, Samuel Marty, Sera-Lys McArthur, Madison Walsh | Written by Rueben Martell, Gerald Wexler | Directed by Rueben Martell Don’t Say Its Name begins in a familiar enough manner. Kharis (Sheena Kaine) walks home alone on a dark woodland road when something starts following her. Only this creature is metal, a heavy-duty pickup, […]
Features: Luc Hayward, Lydia Hayward, Pete Lawford, Dave Mitchell, Jacqui Roe | Written and Directed by Lucy Harvey, Danielle Kummer I remember reading about this story a while ago and it seemed like a very obvious story to cover as a documentary. But Alien On Stage is so much more than you can imagine and […]
Stars: Zelda Adams, Toby Poser, Lulu Adams, John Adams, Rinzin Thonden, Khenzom, Shawn Wilson, Judy Rosen, Rob Figueroa | Written and Directed by John Adams, Zelda Adams, Toby Poser Teenager Izzy (Zelda Adams) lives a lonely life with her mother (Toby Poser), their house isolated deep in the Catskill Mountains. That scenic seclusion is no accident. […]
Stars: Henry Czerny, Mimi Kuzyk, Mark O’Brien | Written and Directed by Mark O’Brien The hype for The Righteous, actor Mark O’Brien’s feature debut as a writer and director, was certainly being cranked up to eleven ahead of its premiere at this years’ Fantasia. The festival’s publicity going as far as comparing it to Night […]
Stars: Hayley McFarland, Mary Buss, Ben Hall, Molly C. Quinn, Chris Browning | Written by Mickey Reece, John Selvidge | Directed by Mickey Reece After giving us a unique twist on the vampire film in Climate of the Hunter, Mickey Reece and co-writer John Selvidge are back with Agnes, their take on demonic possession and […]
Stars: Danay Garcia, Michael Drayer, Travis Hammer, Joey Kern, Taja V. Simpson, Vernon Taylor III | Written by Mikhael Bassilli, MJ Palo | Directed by Luc Walpoth, Mikhael Bassilli One of the best films to play the festivals, including Fantasia, last year was Gabriel Carrer and Reese Eveneshen’s home invasion film For the Sake of […]
Stars: Daniyar Alshinov, Asel Kaliyeva, Azamat Marklenov, Yerlan Prynsetov, Alamat Sakatov, Rustem Zhaniyamanov, Yerkebulan Daiyrov, Dulgya Akmolda | Written by Yernar Nurgaliyev, Daniyar Soltanbayev, Ilyas Toleu, Anuar Turizhigitov, Alisher Utev, Aybasov Zhandos | Directed by Yernar Nurgaliyev We’ve reviewed films from all over the world, Estonia, Tunisia, Norway, Cambodia, even Mongolia. I’m fairly sure though […]
Features: Robert Eggers, Lawrence Gordon Clark, Piers Haggard, Alice Lowe, Jonathan Rigby | Written and Directed by Kier-La Janisse After watching Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror you certainly can’t accuse writer/director Kier-La Janisse (Eurocrime! the Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the ’70s) of just skimming the topic’s surface. […]
Stars: Nora Merivoo, Harri Merivoo, Mari Lill, Elise Tekko, Roland Teima, Ivo Uukkivi | Written and Directed by Rasmus Merivoo In Estonian mythology a Kratt is a creature made out of hay and old household implements and brought to life with a soul purchased from the devil. Once animated it was bound to do whatever […]
