EJ Moreno looks at the horrors of teenage life… What do you remember from growing up? Were the changes to your body or navigating high school politics terrifying? Many films capture those experiences throughout other genres, but it’s rare to get a true horror film about coming of age. As a teen, a horror film […]
Movie Review – Piggy (2022)
Piggy, 2022. Written and Directed by Carlota Pereda. Starring Laura Galán. SYNOPSIS: An overweight teen is bullied by a clique of cool girls poolside while holidaying in her village. The long walk home will change the rest of her life. Adapted from writer-director Carlota Pereda’s 2018 short of the same name, Piggy certainly makes as much […]
Movie Review – Piggy (2022)
Piggy, 2022. Written and Directed by Carlota Pereda. Starring Laura Galán, Adrian Grösser, Carmen Machi, Julián Valcárcel, José Pastor, Irene Ferreiro, Camille Aguilar, Claudia Salas, Richard Holmes, Pilar Castro, Chema del Barco, Fernando Delgado-Hierro, Amets Otxoa, Mabel del Pozo, Fred Tatien, Stéphanie Magnin Vella, and Lía Lois. SYNOPSIS: An overweight teen is bullied by a […]
Is “Cinema” turning the tide against “Theme Park” blockbusters?
With 2022 particularly impressive so far, we look at whether great films which might pass the Scorsese “cinema” test might be turning the tide against formulaic blockbusters… 2022 has been pretty horrible all told. From a cost of living crisis to the war in Ukraine to skyrocketing energy bills and a farcical political landscape, real […]
Sundance horror Piggy gets a blood-splattered trailer
Carlota Pereda’s Sundance slasher Piggy has dropped a trailer to introduce you to Laura Galán’s Sara, a teenager perpetually bullied for her appearance, who’s presented with a moral dilemma rooted in revenge, and in the face of police interrogations and further antagonism from her family, must decide which path she wants to take. An adaptation […]
