Pet, 2016 Directed by Carles Torrens Starring Dominic Monaghan, Ksenia Solo, Jennette McCurdy, Nathan Parsons, Janet Song SYNOPSIS: A psychological thriller about a man who bumps into an old flame and subsequently becomes obsessed with her, leading him to hold her captive underneath the animal shelter where he works. But what will the victim have in […]
FrightFest 2016 – Preview of Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires
Back at FrightFest 2013, writer and director Michael Mort premiered his short stop-motion animation Chuck Steel: Raging Balls of Steel Justice, which was met with rapturous applause (you can watch it online here). The short, a tribute to action cop movies of the 1980s, was a pure delight with over the top violence, excellent parodies of […]
Horror Channel FrightFest 2016 Review – My Father Die (2016)
My Father Die, 2016 Written and directed by Sean Brosnan Starring Joe Anderson, Gary Stretch, Candace Smith, John Schneider, Kevin Gage SYNOPSIS: Deaf and mute since having his hearing knocked out at the age of 12, Asher has been training for almost two decades to avenge himself on Ivan, the man that killed his older brother, […]
Horror Channel FrightFest 2016 Review – The Chamber (2016)
The Chamber, 2016 Written and directed by Ben Parker Starring Johannes Kuhnke, Charlotte Salt, Elliot Levey, Christian Hillborg SYNOPSIS: A claustrophobic survival thriller set beneath the Yellow Sea off the coast of North Korea where the pilot of a small submersible craft and a three man Special Ops team on a secret recovery mission become trapped […]
Horror Channel FrightFest 2016 Review – The ReZort (2015)
The ReZort, 2015 Directed by Steve Barker Starring Dougray Scott, Jessica De Gouw, Martin McCann, Jassa Ahulwalia, Claire Goose, Shane Zaza, Elen Rhys, Lawrence Walker SYNOPSIS: The ReZort, a post apocalyptic safari, offers paying guests the opportunity to kill zombies in the wake of an outbreak. Jurassic World meets Dawn of the Dead in Steve Barker’s […]
Who is Squirrel Girl?
Luke Owen delves into the history of Squirrel Girl… With comic book movies on the mind of every executive in the Hollywood system, it’s become standard practice for interviewers to ask actors if they’d like to star in a Marvel or DC film. It’s just a thing now. We at Flickering Myth have been guilty […]
Horror Channel FrightFest 2016 Review – Cell (2016)
Cell, 2016 Directed by Tod Williams Starring John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, Isabelle Fuhrman, Clark Sarullo, Ethan Andrew Casto, Owen Teague, Stacy Keach SYNOPSIS: When a mysterious cell phone signal causes apocalyptic chaos, an artist is determined to reunite with his young son in New England. Although Steven King is often hailed as the greatest horror […]
Horror Channel FrightFest 2016 Review – Beyond the Gates (2016)
Beyond the Gates, 2016 Directed by Jackson Stewart Starring Brea Grant, Chase Williamson, Graham Skipper, Jesse Merlin and Barbara Crampton SYNOPSIS: Two estranged brothers reunite at their missing father’s video store to liquidate the property and sell off his assets. As they dig through the store, they find a VCR board game dubbed ‘Beyond The Gates’ […]
Horror Channel FrightFest 2016 Review – Knucklebones (2016)
Knucklebones, 2016 Written and directed by Mitch Wilson Starring Julin, Justin Arnold, Cameron Deane Stewart, Todd Jenkins, Summer Moore and Tom Zembrod SYNOPSIS: A group of bored college students unleash a murderous demon while playing a dice game made from human knucklebones. Everyone remembers those halcyon days of walking through the video stores and renting the […]
Horror Channel FrightFest 2016 Review – 31 (2016)
31, 2016 Written and directed by Rob Zombie Starring Sheri Moon Zombie, Elizabeth Daily, Meg Foster, Richard Brake, Torsten Voges, Lew Temple, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Jeff Daniel Phillips, David Ury, Pancho Moler and Malcolm McDowell SYNOPSIS: Five carnival workers are kidnapped and held hostage in an abandoned, Hell-like compound where they are forced to participate in a […]
