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Movie Review – The New Mutants (2020)

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The New Mutants, 2020. Directed by Josh Boone. Starring Blu Hunt, Maisie Williams, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Heaton, Henry Zaga and Alice Braga. SYNOPSIS: A group of teenage mutants are housed and observed within a purpose-built hospital as they learn to control their dangerous powers. Moreso than Tenet or Bill and Ted or any of the […]

Arrow Video Frightfest 2020 Review – The Swerve

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The Swerve, 2018. Written and directed by Dean Kapsalis. Starring Azura Skye, Bryce Pinkham, Ashley Bell, and Zach Rand. SYNOPSIS: The dark secrets of Holly’s seemingly perfect life are exposed when an unwanted intruder spins her life out of control forever. Dean Kapsalis’ shattering debut scarcely qualifies as horror in the traditional sense, tackling instead […]

Movie Review – Savage (2019)

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Savage, 2019. Directed by Sam Kelly. Starring Jake Ryan, John Tui, Chelsie Preston Crayford, James Matamua, Jack William Parker, Haanz Fa’avae-Jackson, and Seth Flynn. SYNOPSIS: As his gang starts to fracture into factions, the gang’s violent second-in-command questions his loyalty and friendship to his leader. Much can be told about a director from their debut […]

Arrow Video FrightFest 2020 Review – Dark Stories

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Dark Stories, 2020. Directed by François Descraques and Guillaume Lubrano. Starring Kristanna Loken, Michelle Ryan, Dominique Pinon, Delphine Chaneac, John Robinson,Tiphaine Daviot, Sebastien Lalanne, Dorylia Calmel, Slimane Baptiste Berhoun, Loup Denis Elion, Julien Pestel, Florent Dorin, and Thierry Fremont. SYNOPSIS: Five short horror films about ghouls, E.T., haunted dolls, zombies and more. True consistency is […]

Arrow Video FrightFest 2020 Review – Av: The Hunt

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Av: The Hunt, 2020. Directed by Emre Akay. Starring Ahmet Rifat Sungar, Baki Kaymaz, Yagizcan Konyah, and Billur Melis Koç. SYNOPSIS: After being caught with her lover, a woman becomes hunted by her own relatives who want to kill her for their family’s honour. As modern Hollywood seems insistent on shoving Hallmark truisms about the […]

Arrow Video FrightFest 2020 Review – Blinders

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Blinders, 2020. Directed by Tyler Savage. Starring Christine Ko, Vincent Van Horn, Michael Lee Joplin, and Dusty Sorg. SYNOPSIS: A young man’s budding romance is threatened when he befriends an unstable ride-share driver. The Cable Guy gets a grisly millennial update in Tyler Savage’s (Inheritance) sophomore feature Blinders, fleshing out a potentially over-familiar stalker thriller with […]

Movie Review – Measure for Measure (2019)

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Measure for Measure, 2019. Directed by Paul Ireland. Starring Hugo Weaving, Harrison Gilbertson, Megan Smart, Mark Leonard Winter, Daniel Henshall, Fayssal Bazzi, Doris Younane, Josh McConville, Christine Whelan Browne, Malcolm Kennard, Luke Lennox, John Brumpton, and Finn Ireland. SYNOPSIS: The lives of inhabitants of a housing commission tower whose paths cross after a shocking event […]

Arrow Video FrightFest 2020 Review – Enhanced

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Enhanced, 2020. Co-written and directed by James Mark. Starring George Tchortov, Alanna Bale, Adrian Holmes, and Chris Mark. SYNOPSIS: A young woman with enhanced abilities finds herself hunted down by a sinister government organisation. But when an even stronger enhanced serial killer emerges on the scene, agents and mutants are forced to question their allegiances. […]

Movie Review – The Owners (2020)

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The Owners, 2020. Directed by Julius Berg. Starring Maisie Williams, Sylvester McCoy, Rita Tushingham, Ian Kenny, Stacha Hicks, Jake Curran, and Andrew Ellis. SYNOPSIS: A group of friends think they find an easy score at an empty house with a safe full of cash. But when the owners, an elderly couple, come home early, the […]

Arrow Video FrightFest 2020 Review – Hail to the Deadites

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Hail to the Deadites, 2020. Directed by Steve Villeneuve. Starring Patricia Tallman, Ellen Sandweiss, Kassie Wesley DePaiva, and John Fallon. SYNOPSIS: A documentary about the fans of the Evil Dead films, exploring the classic franchise’s undying and ever-growing popularity. “Everything you see in the next 80 minutes was created by Evil Dead fans,” promises the opening […]