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 Hour Shift) returns with […]
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 VHS movies is very […]
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 go to end […]
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 industry of singularly weird […]
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 in the Parisian Catacombs […]
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; even when they’re not […]
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 Get Out and Ready […]
