Category: FrightFest
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REVIEW: Wolfkin a.k.a. Kommunioun (2022)
dir. Jacques Molitor The horror genre has long provided a framework for the exploration of social issues. In the case of Kommunioun (also known somewhat spoilery as Wolfkin) director Jacques Molitor interweaves various themes including puberty, privilege and parenting. These are explored to different extents in a precise and even delicate way that ensures no point is over-emphasised,…
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REVIEW: Night Sky (2022)
dir. Jacob Gentry One night Oren (A J Bowen) crawls into a storage container, bloodied and dying. He’s met by Annie (Brea Grant), who – after apparently healing him – insists he transport her to the middle of nowhere. Meanwhile on their tail is a mysterious figure (Scott Poythress) who is possibly an agent, a…
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REVIEW: Who Invited Them (2022)
dir. Duncan Birmingham When married couple Adam (Ryan Hansen) and Margo (Melissa Tang) move into their new house in the Beverley Hills they throw an extravagant housewarming party. However from the get-go it’s clear they’re on different wavelengths: Adam is proud to the point of being obnoxious, desperate to impress his boss with their new…
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REVIEW: The Once and Future Smash + End Zone 2 (2022)
dir. Sophia Cacciola & Michael J. Epstein The Once And Future Smash is a mockumentary that surrounds cult film End Zone 2. Interspersed with interviews from horror celebrities such as Mark Patton (A Nightmare On Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge) and Victor Miller (the screenwriter for the original Friday the 13th) the doc follows the…
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FRIGHTFEST 2022: Fall (2022)
dir. Scott Mann Following a freak climbing accident that claims the life of her husband, traumatised Becky (Grace Fulton) tumbles into a free fall of booze and late night calls to her dead partner’s answer machine whilst her dad (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) struggles to comfort her. So when estranged friend Hunter (Virginia Gardner) invites Becky…
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REVIEW: Powertool Cheerleaders vs the Boyband of the Screeching Dead (2022)
dir. Pat Higgins Horror typically works well when it’s mixed with other genres and Powertool Cheerleaders vs the Boyband of the Screeching Dead (2022) attempts to give us a horror/comedy/musical all rolled into one. Wasting no time in getting stuck in the first 15 minutes is an intense plot package involving Emily (Charlie Bond) forming…
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REVIEW: Everybody Dies By The End (2022)
dir. Ian Tripp & Ryan Schafer Horror is awash with provocative auteurs, figures who take a certain glee at testing the boundaries of taste. Such directors are playfully sent up in Ian Tripp and Ryan Schafer’s Everybody Dies by the End, a terrifically titled horror comedy packed with ideas that unfortunately don’t quite come together. The…
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REVIEW: Burial (2022)
dir. Ben Parker London, 1992. A woman (Harriet Walter) spends Christmas watching a news report about the Soviet Union’s dissolution, only for the quiet night to change when a wolf-masked figure breaks into the house. The tables are quickly turned however, and the intruder reveals his arrival is linked to the woman’s past as a…
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REVIEW: Sorry About The Demon (2022)
dir. Emily Hagins It has been said that fear and humour are related, two ends of the same strand that coexist like distant relatives. Still, every so often the lines blur and elements from each flavour the other – complimenting without diluting either genre. Sorry About the Demon manages this, coalescing both in near harmony…
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REVIEW: New Religion (2022)
dir. Keishi Kondo Newly divorced call girl Miyabi (Kaho Seto) navigates her life following the sudden death of her young daughter. When meeting a client, she is persuaded to allow him to photograph certain areas of her body, which she then discovers can experience her daughter’s spirit. As Miyabi’s obsession with contacting her child becomes…
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