When the Screaming Starts, 2021. Co-written and directed by Conor Boru. Starring Ed Hartland, Jared Rogers, Yasen Atour, Octavia Gilmore, and Kaitlin Reynell. SYNOPSIS: When Norman Graysmith is invited into the home of an aspiring serial killer, Aidan Mendle, he believes he has the subject for the documentary that will make his career. If its […]
Movie Review – The Retaliators (2021)
The Retaliators, 2021. Directed by Samuel Gonzalez Jr. and Bridget Smith. Starring Michael Lombardi, Marc Menchaca, Joseph Gatt, Katie Kelly, and Abbey Hafer. SYNOPSIS: An upstanding pastor uncovers a dark and twisted underworld as he searches for answers surrounding his daughter’s brutal murder. The dead-ordinary revenge thriller is uneasily if entertainingly remixed in Samuel Gonzalez […]
Movie Review – The Last Thing Mary Saw (2021)
The Last Thing Mary Saw, 2020. Written and directed by Edoardo Vitaletti. Starring Rory Culkin, Isabelle Fuhrman, Stefanie Scott, Carolyn McCormick, and Judith Roberts. SYNOPSIS: Winter, 1843. A young woman is under investigation following the mysterious death of her family’s matriarch. Her recollection of the events sheds new light on the ageless forces behind the […]
Movie Review – The Found Footage Phenomenon (2021)
The Found Footage Phenomenon, 2021. Written and directed by Sarah Appleton and Phillip Escott. Featuring André Øvredal, Patrick Brice, Ruggero Deodato, Eduardo Sánchez, and Stephen Volk. SYNOPSIS: An independent documentary charting the origins of the found footage subgenre, tracking it through to the technique’s current form and asking what the future is. No subgenre has […]
Movie Review – Laguna Ave (2021)
Laguna Ave, 2021. Directed by David Buchanan. Starring Dan Crane, Stephanie Brait, Jeff Hilliard, James Markham Hall Jr., Russell Steinberg, and Sheridan Ward. SYNOPSIS: A disaffected former musician with a prosthetic hand is drawn into the mysterious and sinister world of his downstairs neighbor. Likely to be one of the more polarising films of this […]
Movie Review – Followers (2021)
Followers, 2021. Written and Directed by Marcus Harben. Starring Tanya Burr, Harry Jarvis, Nina Wadia, Loreece Harrison, and Erin Austen. SYNOPSIS: A struggling social media influencer discovers the house he shares is haunted. The ghost brings him and his friends fame and fortune, but with deadly consequences. There aren’t many riper subjects for satire these […]
Movie Review – The Changed (2021)
The Changed, 2021. Co-written and directed Michael Mongillo. Starring Tony Todd, Clare Foley, Erik Bloomquist, Nina Wisner, and Jason Alan Smith. SYNOPSIS: A group of ordinary people band together in a suburban home to battle imposters who have replaced their families, friends, and neighbours. Executing high-concept sci-fi horror on a low budget isn’t easy, and […]
Movie Review – King Knight (2021)
King Knight, 2021. Written and directed by Richard Bates Jr. Starring Matthew Gray Gubler, Angela Sarafyan, Aubrey Plaza, Barbara Crampton, and Ray Wise. SYNOPSIS: The High Priest of a modern-day coven finds his life thrown into turmoil and ventures out on a journey of self-discovery. One of the stranger entries on this year’s Frightfest docket […]
Movie Review – Brain Freeze (2021)
Brain Freeze, 2021. Written and directed by Julien Knafo. Starring Iani Bédard, Roy Dupuis, Marianne Fortier, Anne-Élisabeth Bossé, and Claudia Ferri. SYNOPSIS: A fertiliser used in a rich gated community becomes the source of a genetic mutation that transforms its residents into zombies. Can a teenager and his baby sister break free from the quarantined […]
Arrow Video FrightFest 2021 Review – Shadow of the Cat
Shadow of the Cat, 2021. Directed by José María Cical. Starring Danny Trejo, Peter O’Brien, Mónica Antonópulos, Clara Kovacic, and Guillermo Zapata. SYNOPSIS: Gato lives with his teenage daughter Emma and a small group of people on an isolated farm without phone or internet. But Emma, tempted by her curiosity, gets a mobile phone. While […]
