Category: FrightFest
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REVIEW: Pussycake a.k.a. Esemsis (2021)
dir. Pablo Parés With its crystal clear nods to 80s horror classics like The Evil Dead (1981), Argentinian schlock horror Pussycake follows an all-female rock band experiencing the struggles of tour life, completely unaware that their world is about to get a lot worse when they inadvertently encounter an inter-dimensional zombie-esque threat. As each member is…
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REVIEW: Daughter (2022)
dir. Corey Deshon A young woman runs for her life with two men – Father (Starship Troopers’ Casper Van Dien) and Brother (Ian Alexander) – in pursuit. As a soft ballad plays over the delicate title card the scene changes to reveal the men, now covered in blood. The family is only missing its fourth…
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REVIEW: The Eyes Below (2022)
dir. Alexis Bruchon A journalist (Vinicius Coelho) works during the day, seeking to uncover a political scandal before retiring for the night. But as he drifts off a malign presence creeps out the shadows and he finds himself unable to exit the bed, his dreams and reality folding in on themselves in a liminal, inescapable…
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REVIEW: The Breach (2022)
dir. Rodrigo Gudiño When a canoe washes up carrying a badly mutilated body it shocks even the town coroner of Lone Crow: if you were going to rank things you wouldn’t want to hear at an autopsy, “Where’d the bones go?” would have to score pretty high. John Hawins (Allan Hawco) is the local cop…
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REVIEW: Next Exit (2022)
dir. Mali Elfman In 2022 the ‘right to die’ remains a hot-button issue. Critics of assisted suicide purport that such programs may prey on vulnerable people rather than addressing systemic issues like access to mental health and medical care, homelessness and financial instability. In this climate then Next Exit – the directorial debut of Mali…
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REVIEW: Deep Fear (2022)
dir. Grégory Beghin Beneath the streets of Paris Sonia (Sofia Lesaffre) and her two closest friends Max (Kassim Meesters) and Henry (Victor Meutelet) embark on an expedition into the city’s infamous catacombs. As they follow their tour guide – a self confessed ‘cataphile’ – deeper underground, they soon realise the tunnels hold several layers of…
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REVIEW: Splinter (2022)
dir. Tom Ryan When Scott (Jim Thalman) inherits the house of his late, estranged mother he moves in with his wife and teenage daughter, seeing it as an opportunity to bury his troubled childhood and start afresh. However while renovating their new home a stubborn splinter embeds itself in his foot, starting a chain of…
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REVIEW: Scare Package II – Rad Chad’s Revenge (2022)
dir. Aaron B. Koontz; Alexandra Barreto (Welcome to the 90s); Anthony Cousins (The Night He Came Back Again Part VI: The Night She Came Back); Jed Shepherd (Special Edition); Rachele Wiggins (We’re So Dead) As with the original Scare Package (2019) this sequel is an anthology of horror-comedy shorts covering several sub-genres. But like the…
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REVIEW: Croc! (2022)
dir. Paul W. Franklin An idyllic country wedding. An adulterous groom. The Midland’s answer to Jason Momoa. And lots of tasty guests with one very large, very hungry crocodile. The result? The latest entry in a long line of micro budget/giant monster massacre flicks. Ever since 1975, when audiences were cancelling their seaside holidays after being…
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REVIEW: The Visitor from the Future a.k.a. Le visiteur du futur (2022)
dir. François Descraques Based on his successful web series of the same name, director Descraques makes his feature debut exploring the moral dilemma of whether the needs of the many really do outweigh the needs of the one. Alice (Enya Baroux) is an eco-conscious young woman concerned about her father’s involvement in building a nuclear…
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