James Turner gives a quick roundup of Frightfest 2018… The Ranger Okay slasher/comedy film. Had the potential to be wonderfully bizarre but held back. Not a bad watch, but nothing special. Flickering Myth Rating – Film: ★ ★ / Movie: ★ ★ ★ Summer of 84 A definite product of 80’s nostalgia. Clearly rips off […]
Arrow Video FrightFest Review – The Golem (2018)
The Golem, 2018. Directed by Doron and Yoav Paz. Starring Hani Furstenberg, Ishai Golan, Lenny Ravich, Brynie Furstenberg, and Alexey Tritenko. SYNOPSIS: A woman creates a golem to defend her town but when her attachment to it grows, so does her unwillingness to destroy it. Every golem story needs a character who thinks they can evade […]
Arrow Video Frightfest Review – Terrified (2017)
Terrified, 2017. Directed by Demian Rugna. Starring Agustín Rittano, Elvira Onetto, George Lewis, Julieta Vallina, and Maxi Ghione. SYNOPSIS: A husband returns home to find his wife terrified to enter the bathroom because there are voices coming from the pipes. Voices promising to kill her. As she turns into a bloody human pinball, their entire […]
Arrow Video FrightFest Review – Perfect Skin (2018)
Perfect Skin, 2018. Directed by Kevin Chicken. Starring Richard Brake, Jo Woodcock, Natalia Kostrzewa, and Tom Ashley. SYNOPSIS: A young Polish girl Katia (Natalia Kostrzewa) meets American tattoo artist Bob Reid (Richard Brake) while traveling in London. While Katia is enamored by his mysterious aura and insane body modifications, Bob hides some dark and twisted secrets. […]
Arrow Video FrightFest Review – Climax (2018)
Climax, 2018. Directed by Gaspar Noé. Starring Sofia Boutella, Romain Guillermic, Souheila Yacoub, Kiddy Smile, Claude Gajan Maull, Giselle Palmer, and Taylor Kastle. SYNOPSIS: When a contemporary dance troupe have wrapped rehearsal for their 90s infused choreographed set-piece, they decide to throw a party to celebrate. What they don’t know is that someone has spiked the […]
Arrow Video Frightfest Review – He’s Out There (2018)
He’s Out There, 2018. Directed by Quinn Lasher. Starring Yvonne Strahovski, Justin Bruening, Abigail Pniowsky, Anna Pniowsky, and Julian Bailey. SYNOPSIS: On holiday at a remote Canadian lake house, a mother and her two young daughters must fight for survival after falling into a terrifying and bizarre nightmare conceived by a psychopath. For ‘John’ has […]
Arrow Video Frightfest Review – What Keeps You Alive (2018)
What Keeps You Alive, 2018. Directed by Colin Minihan. Starring Brittany Allen, Hannah Emily Anderson, Martha MacIsaac, Joey Klein, and Charlotte Lindsay Marron. SYNOPSIS: On the eve of their one-year wedding anniversary, Jules and Jackie become embroiled in a merciless fight for their lives when they find themselves pitted against the most unexpected of adversaries. […]
Arrow Video Frightfest Review – Upgrade (2018)
Upgrade, 2018. Written and Directed by Leigh Whannell. Starring Logan Marshall-Green, Simon Maiden, Richard Cawthorne, Betty Gabriel, Michael M. Foster, Harrison Gilbertson, and Benedict Hardie. SYNOPSIS: Set in the near-future, technology controls nearly all aspects of life. But when Grey, a self-identified technophobe, has his world turned upside down, his only hope for revenge is […]
Arrow Video Frightfest Review – Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires (2018)
Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires, 2018. Directed by Michael Mort. Featuring the voice talents of Paul Whitehouse, Samantha Coughlan, Lauren Harris, Michael Mort, and Sam Roe. SYNOPSIS: It’s not 1985 anymore… it’s 1986! And Chuck Steel is the maverick, lone wolf cop on the edge, who doesn’t play by the rules and must prevent […]
Arrow Video Frightfest Review – Boar (2018)
Boar, 2018 Directed by Chris Sun. Starring Chris Haywood, Bill Moseley, Steve Bisley, John Jarratt, and Simone Buchanan. SYNOPSIS: In the harsh, yet beautiful Australian outback lives a beast, an animal of staggering size, with a ruthless, driving need for blood and destruction. It cares for none, defends its territory with brutal force, and kills […]