Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy, Brett Cullen, Shea Whigham, Bill Camp, Marc Maron | Written by Todd Phillips, Scott Silver | Directed by Todd Phillips IMDB’s one line description of Joker is almost misleading, while also being to the point: “A gritty character study of Arthur Fleck, a man disregarded […]
In the latest of his Grimmfest preview podcasts, host Stuart Wright talks Satanic Panic with the films director Chelsea Stardust. A pizza delivery girl at the end of her financial rope has to fight for her life – and her tips – when her last order of the night turns out to be high society […]
In the first of his Grimmfest preview podcasts, host Stuart Wright talks Darlin’ with the films writer/director Pollyanna McIntosh. Found at a Catholic hospital filthy and ferocious, feral teenager Darlin’ is whisked off to a care home run by The Bishop and his obedient nuns, where she’s to be rehabilitated into a “good girl” as […]
In his latest podcast/interview, host Stuart Wright talks with writer and director Marc Collin about his debut feature The Shock of the Future, which stars Alma Jodorowsky, Philippe Rebbot and Geoffrey Carey. The film is out now from 606 Distribution. About 606 Distribution: Our plan is to distribute films with potential that have been successful at […]
It’s take over time for host Stuart Wright’s podcast as veteran frightfesters and filmmakers in their own right, Keith Eyles and Clive Ashenden, talk to the Best Of Frightfest 2019, and about their favourite films of the fest, but against the clock… Including: BEST OF THE FEST Clive – 1) HAPPY FACE 2) THE DEEPER […]
In his latest interview/podcast, host Stuart Wright talks Happy Face with co-writer/director Alexandre Franchi. In a therapy workshop for those with facial differences, there is an imposter. Whereas all the other members in the group — including its body-conscious and confidence-lacking leader — must return to a world that rejects them for lack of beauty, […]
In the latest of his Frightfest podcasts host Stuart Wright talks Freaks, with co-writers/directors Adam Stein and Zach Lipovsky. Freaks played at ARROW VIDEO FRIGHTFEST 2019 and gets a US release from Friday 13th September. Seven-year-old Chloe never leaves her ramshackle suburban home unless under the watchful eye of her paranoid father. Training his daughter to […]
In his latest podcast/interview, host and screenwriter Stuart Wright talks with Nick James as he looks back on 21 Years as the Sight and Sound editor and highlights 5 Great British Films that were released during that time period. Nick James’ choices include: Nil By Mouth (Gary Oldman, 1997) Hunger (Steve McQueen, 2008) The Arbor […]
In the latest of his Frightfest podcasts host Stuart Wright talks Daughter of Dismay, the first narrative short shot in 70mm IMAX format, with writer/director James Quinn. The plot of ‘Daughter of Dismay’ tells the surreal and mystical tale of a witch, an emotionally broken woman who enters the deep of the woods to fulfill […]
In the latest of his Frightfest podcasts host Stuart Wright talks The Wretched with co-writer/director Brett Pierce. The Pierce Brothers made a massive FrightFest impact in 2011 with DEADHEADS, their anarchic zombie adventure. Now the dynamic duo dive into creepy Blair Witch Land with a clever chiller about an ancient evil wood spirit who makes […]
In the latest of his Frightfest podcasts host Stuart Wright talks Daniel Isn’t Real with co-writer/director Adam Egypt Mortimer. From SOME KIND OF HATE director Adam Egypt Mortimer, an unflinching examination of what can happen when the id, the ego, and the super-ego are all at war with each other. In this MANDY-esque slice of […]
In his latest Arrow Video Frightfest preview podcasts, host Stuart Wright talks Cut Off (aka Abgeschnitten) with director Christian Alvart. A massive success at FrightFest 2005 was the serial killer thriller Antibodies which put director Christian Alvart firmly on the rising star map. Since then Alvart has become one of Germany’s most commercially viable directors […]
In the second of todays Arrow Video Frightfest preview podcasts, host Stuart Wright talks I Trapped the Devil with director Josh Lobo. Deck the halls with fire and brimstone. Christmas is supposed to be a time for peace and joyful family reunions. But when Matt (YOU’RE NEXT icon AJ Bowen) and his wife Karen (SOUTHBOUND’s […]
In his latest Arrow Viedo Frightfest preview podcast, host Stuart Wright talks animated horror To Your Last Death with Jim Cirile and Tanya C. Klein. Narrated by STAR TREK icon William Shatner, it’s the animated horror epic of the year! After emerging as the sole survivor in a deadly revenge game set up by her […]
In the latest of his Arrow Video Frightfest preview podcasts, host Stuart Wright talks Fingers with the films writer/director Juan Ortiz. Amanda has a finger-phobia and an abject loathing of all human strangeness. So she decides to read and take pointers from a recommended self-help book, Dr. Scotty’s ‘Follow Me: I Know The Way’. Meanwhile […]
In the second of today’s Arrow Video Frightfest preview podcast, host Stuart Wright talks Criminal Audition with writer/actor Luke Kaile and director Samuel Gridley. A darkly funny, claustrophobic Midnight Movie to laugh, wince and gasp at. An ex-lawyer and his crack team run an underworld service; they seek the most desperate and greedy to become […]
In today’s Arrow Video Frightfest preview podcast, host Stuart Wright talks Red Letter Day with the films writer/director Cameron MacGowan. Adjusting to a new life in suburban Aspen Ridge, a recently divorced mother receives mysterious letters instructing her and her teenage children to slaughter the people pictured in their correspondence before they can kill them. […]
In another of his Frightfest preview podcasts, host Stuart Wright talks Knives and Skin with the films writer/director Jennifer Reeder. Filtered through the DNA of HEATHERS, MEAN GIRLS and DAZED AND CONFUSED, director Jennifer Reeder’s tender, feminist teen noir fantasy redefines the High School movie with visionary élan. In rural Illinois, a drum majorette’s disappearance […]
In the first of this weeks Arrow Video Frightfest preview podcasts, host Stuart Wright talks The Magnificent Obsession of Michael Reeves with the films director Dima Ballin. The early death of director Michael Reeves at 25 from an accidental overdose robbed the cinema of a potential major talent. He only made three 1960s shockers – […]
In the last of this weeks Arrow Video Frightfest preview podcasts, host Stuart Wright discusses retro-horror Porno with co-writers Matt Black and Laurence Vannicelli – and check out review of the film from its Fantasia screening right here. Abe is a burgeoning pervert with a guilty conscience. Todd is his spaced out BFF and partner […]
In the latest edition of his Arrow Video Frightfest preview podcasts, host Stuart Wright talks A Good Woman is Hard to Find with the films director Abner Pastoll. A dynamic killer thriller with its finger firmly on the pulses of stark social commentary and shattering suspense, ROAD GAMES director Abner Pastoll crafts a dazzling, dark […]
