Piggy, 2022. Written and Directed by Carlota Pereda. Starring Laura Galán. SYNOPSIS: An overweight teen is bullied by a clique of cool girls poolside while holidaying in her village. The long walk home will change the rest of her life. Adapted from writer-director Carlota Pereda’s 2018 short of the same name, Piggy certainly makes as much […]
Movie Review – Swallowed (2022)
Swallowed, 2022. Written and directed by Carter Smith. Starring Jena Malone, Cooper Koch, Mark Patton, and Jose Colon. SYNOPSIS: Follows two best friends on their final night together, with a nightmare of drugs, bugs, and horrific intimacy. Carter Smith’s (The Ruins, Jamie Marks Is Dead) third film Swallowed is difficult-to-categorise in a most exciting way […]
Movie Review – Dark Glasses (2022)
Dark Glasses, 2022. Co-written and directed by Dario Argento. Starring Ilenia Pastorelli, Asia Argento, Andrea Gherpelli, and Mario Pirrello. SYNOPSIS: Diana, a young woman who lost her sight, finds a guide in a Chinese boy named Chin. Together they will track down a dangerous killer through the darkness of Italy. You’d be forgiven for assuming […]
Movie Review – Torn Hearts (2022)
Torn Hearts, 2022. Directed by Brea Grant. Starring Katey Sagal, Abby Quinn, Alexxis Lemire, and Joshua Leonard. SYNOPSIS: A country music duo seek out the private mansion of their idol and end up in a twisted series of horrors that force them to confront the limits they’ll go for their dreams. Director Brea Grant (12 […]
Arrow Video FrightFest 2022 Review – Cult of VHS
Cult of VHS, 2022. Directed by Rob Preciado. SYNOPSIS: A feature-length documentary featuring interviews with collectors, film directors, and VHS enthusiasts as they take a trip down memory lane and take us through their first experiences with the medium and what it means to them. If this documentary about the continued, even resurging popularity of […]
Arrow Video FrightFest 2022 Review – Next Exit
Next Exit, 2022. Written and directed by Mali Elfman. Starring Katie Parker, Rahul Kohli, Karen Gillan, and Rose McIver. SYNOPSIS: After humanity confirms the existence of an afterlife, a research scientist launches a study in which volunteers commit painless suicide. Traveling from New York to San Francisco, two strangers share a rental car as they […]
Arrow Video FrightFest 2022 Review – Incredible But True
Incredible but True, 2022. Written and directed by Quentin Dupieux. Starring Alain Chabat, Léa Drucker, Benoît Magimel, and Anaïs Demoustier. SYNOPSIS: Alain and Marie moved to the suburb house of their dreams. But the real estate agent warned them: what is in the basement may well change their lives forever. French filmmaker Quentin Dupieux’s one-man […]
Arrow Video FrightFest 2022 Review – Deep Fear
Deep Fear, 2022. Directed by Grégory Beghin. Starring Victor Meutelet, Sofia Lesaffre, Joseph Olivennes, and Kassim Meesters. SYNOPSIS: Paris, the eighties. Three students decide to celebrate their graduation with a visit to the Paris Catacombs when they discover the legendary 717 Bunker. As Above, So Below proved the dramatic potential of staging a horror film […]
Arrow Video FrightFest 2022 Review – Midnight Peepshow
Midnight Peepshow, 2022. Directed by Andy Edwards, Airell Anthony Hayles, Ludovica Musumeci, and Jake West. Starring Chiara D’Anna, Richard Cotton, Sarah Diamond, and Roisin Browne. SYNOPSIS: A madame owns a Soho peepshow with a difference – the sights on offer are tailor-made to its customers’ deepest sinful fears. Horror anthologies are a bit like pizza; […]
Arrow Video FrightFest 2022 Review – The Summoned
The Summoned, 2022. Directed by Mark Meir. Starring Emma Fitzpatrick, J. Quinton Johnson, Salvador Chacon, and Angela Gulner. SYNOPSIS: Two high-profile couples are forced to examine the cost of success when they’re invited to an exclusive self-help retreat with a sinister side. Mark Meir’s directorial debut The Summoned is sure to be compared to both […]
