F

As so many films have previously shown, schools can be sinister places at night; all silence and shadows in spaces meant for life and activity. One of the breaths of fresh air that is provided by writer/director Johannes Roberts’ F is that its prime victim of fear is not a hapless teenage…more

BURNING BRIGHT

A Bengal tiger, having been rejected by a circus, is offloaded for a small fortune by animal handler, Howie (Meat Loaf), to shifty Johnny Gavineau (Garret Dillahunt) who wants a star attraction for a planned safari park that he intends to build on the Montgomery County estate of his recently…more

MUMSY, NANNY, SONNY & GIRLY

Before Rob Zombie’s lackluster attempts to revitalize the horror film sub-genre of “killer families” with the likes of HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES (2003) and THE DEVIL’S REJECTS (2005), audiences had to go back thirty years or so in order to thrill to the exploits of murderous kin with fare such as…more

HIERRO

Marine biologist, Maria Vara (Elena Anaya), is traveling aboard a ferry to the Spanish island of El Hierro for a short holiday with her five year old son, Diego (Kaiet Rodríguez), when he mysteriously disappears. When attempts by Maria, crew, and police fail to find the child, the following…more

BLOOD RIVER

Californian, recently-wedded couple, Clark (Ian Duncan) and Summer (Tess Panzer) are driving along a long, lonely stretch of the Nevada highway to visit Summer’s parents. On the way, they pass hitchhiker, Joseph (Andrew Howard), but ignore him as they make their way to a deserted motel for an…more

EXAM

A short list of eight candidates, four men and four women, have reached the final examination stage for an unelaborated high station job at a sinister pharmaceuticals research company and enter an examination room that resembles a high-tech bunker. They are informed by the invigilator (Colin…more

THE PARTY’S OVER

Upon initial submission to the British Board of Film Censors in 1963, Guy Hamilton’s dispassionate glimpse into the mindset of a group of fictional Chelsea “rat pack” revellers caused consternation for its on-screen depiction of lesbianism, interracial kissing, violence, and crude language.…more

RESURRECTING “THE STREETWALKER”

The entertainment industry mock-documentary seems to be a new category of British low-budget horror. Writer-director Ozgur Uyanik is following Pat Higgins’ rock-and-pop Antichrist picture THE DEVIL’S MUSIC, but ahead of Ross Birkbeck’s SHOWREEL (which features one of Uyanik’s actors, Lorna…more