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Carnival Row Series Premiere Review – ‘Some Dark God Wakes’

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Martin Carr reviews the series premiere of Carnival Row…With the quarrelling politicians, warring unionists and class wars raging this feels like two latter day Scorsese films melded with an Alan Moore benchmark and touches of Tolkien. Carnival Row evokes Victorian London, back street bar fights and unsavoury elements in the dark. There is world building […]

Movie Review – Rabid (2019)

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Rabid, 2019.Directed by Jen and Sylvia Soska. Starring Laura Vandervoort, Ben Hollingsworth, Hanneke Talbot, Mackenzie Gray, Ted Atherton, Phil “CM Punk” Brooks, AJ “AJ Lee” Mendez, Stephen Huszar and Stephen McHattie.SYNOPSIS:A fashion designer develops a thirst for blood when she undergoes experimental stem cell treatment to repair facial injuries sustained in a motorbike accident.There are […]

Arrow Video Frightfest 2019 Review – Stairs

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Stairs, 2019.Directed by Tom Paton Starring Samantha Schnitzler, Bentley Kalu, Shayne Ward, Simon Meacock, Toby Osmond, Phoebe Robinson-Galvin, Alana Wallace, Spencer Collings and Julia SzamalekSYNOPSIS:When a group of Special Ops soldiers nicknamed “The Hell Bastards” are compromised during an infiltration mission on the battlefield, they seek solace within the confines of a building that houses […]

Arrow Video Frightfest 2019 Review – A Good Woman Is Hard to Find

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A Good Woman Is Hard to Find, 2019.Directed by Abner Pastoll. Starring Sarah Bolger, Edward Hogg, Andrew Simpson and Jane Brennan.SYNOPSIS:A recently widowed young mother will go to any lengths to protect her children as she seeks the truth behind her husband’s murder.Director Abner Pastoll (Road Games) brings this year’s Frightfest to a close with […]

Arrow Video Frightfest 2019 Review – Daniel Isn’t Real

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Daniel Isn’t Real, 2019.Directed by Adam Egypt Mortimer. Starring Miles Robbins, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Sasha Lane and Mary Stuart Masterson.SYNOPSIS:A troubled college freshman, Luke, suffers a violent family trauma and resurrects his childhood imaginary friend Daniel to help him cope.Elijah Wood’s production company SpectreVision keeps its neon-loving proclivities firmly in check with the sophomore feature from […]

Blu-ray Review – Rabid (1977)

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Rabid, 1977.Directed by David Cronenberg. Starring Marilyn Chambers, Frank Moore, Joe Silver, Susan Roman, and Howard Ryshpan.SYNOPSIS:Reissue of David Cronenberg’s second feature from 1977 in a 2K scan and featuring new extras.A quick search through the Flickering Myth archives will reveal that David Cronenberg’s Rabid has already been reviewed, on Blu-ray, and by this writer, […]

Movie Review – Pain and Glory (2019)

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Pain and Glory, 2019.Directed by Pedro Almodovar. Starring Antonio Banderas, Asier Etxeandia, Penélope Cruz, Leonardo Sbaraglia, César Vicente, Asier Flores, Nora Navas, Julieta Serrano and Raúl Arévalo. SYNOPSIS:A legendary director, Salvador Mallo (Antonio Banderas) reflects on his distinguished life and career, taking in relationships with his mother (Penélope Cruz), problematic leading men (Asier Etxeandia), and […]

Arrow Video Frightfest 2019 Review – Darlin’

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Darlin’, 2019.Directed by Pollyanna McIntosh. Starring Lauryn Canny, Bryan Batt, Nora-Jane Noone and Cooper Andrews.SYNOPSIS:Found at a Catholic hospital filthy and ferocious, feral teenager Darlin’ is whisked off to a care home run by The Bishop and his obedient nuns, where she is to be tamed into a good girl. However, The Woman, who raised […]

Arrow Video Frightfest 2019 Review – Rabid

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Rabid, 2019.Directed by The Soska Sisters. Starring Laura Vandervoort, Greg Bryk, Stephen McHattie, Ted Atherton.SYNOPSIS:Rose is a quiet, demure, unassuming woman in her looks and actions. Her dream is to become a famous designer in the fashion world, but a terrible accident leaves Rose scarred beyond recognition. She seeks out a radical untested stem cell […]