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Movie Review – Alice (2022)

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Alice, 2022.Written and Directed by Krystin Ver Linden. Starring Keke Palmer, Common, Jonny Lee Miller, Sinqua Walls, Alicia Witt, Gaius Charles, Jim McKeny, Madelon Curtis, Kenneth Farmer, Natasha Yvette Williams, Jaxon Goldenberg, Craig Stark, David Andrew Nash, Sharonne Lanier, and Eddie King.SYNOPSIS:A slave in the antebellum South escapes her secluded plantation only to discover a […]

Movie Review – Benedetta (2021)

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Benedetta, 2021.Directed by Paul Verhoeven. Starring Virginie Efira, Daphne Patakia, Charlotte Rampling and Lambert Wilson.SYNOPSIS:A nun at an Italian convent believes she experiences visions of Jesus Christ himself, and pursues a romantic relationship with another woman.When you watch a movie by Paul Verhoeven, you know you’re not in for an easy ride. The director’s films […]

Arrow Video FrightFest 2022 Review – Cult of VHS

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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 VHS movies is very […]

Movie Review – Official Competition (2022)

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Official Competition, 2022.Directed by Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat. Starred Penélope Cruz, Antonio Banderas, Oscar Martínez, José Luis Gómez, Manolo Solo, Nagore Aranburu, Irene Escolar, Pilar Castro, Koldo Olabarri, and Juan Grandinetti.SYNOPSIS:A wealthy businessman hires a famous filmmaker to help make a smash hit film.An 80-year-old pharmaceutical CEO is contemplating what he will leave behind […]

Arrow Video FrightFest 2022 Review – Next Exit

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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 go to end […]

Arrow Video FrightFest 2022 Review – Incredible But True

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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 industry of singularly weird […]

Arrow Video FrightFest 2022 Review – Deep Fear

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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 in the Parisian Catacombs […]

Video Game Review – Yars: Recharged

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Villordsutch reviews Yars: Recharged on the Nintendo Switch…Yars’ Revenge is a true Atari classic.  It’s up there on the honorary gaming plinths of “The Best”.  Arriving way back in 1982 from the legendary though cruelly labelled occasionally as infamous Howard Scott Warshaw.  Bringing Yar and their raison d’etre, to destroy the evil Qotile via perseverance […]

Arrow Video FrightFest 2022 Review – Midnight Peepshow

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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; even when they’re not […]

Movie Review – Out of the Blue (2022)

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Out of the Blue, 2022.Written and Directed by Neil LaBute. Starring Diane Kruger, Ray Nicholson, Hank Azaria, Chase Sui Wonders, Victor Slezak, Pamela Jayne Morgan, Marilyn Swick, and Jeff Bouffard.SYNOPSIS:After spending time in prison following an assault charge, Connor Bates now works in a library and spends his free time running, swimming, and trying to […]