Tag: Grimmfest
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REVIEW: Tarumama a.k.a. Llanto Maldito (2021)
dir. Andres Beltran Director Beltran’s sophomore feature follows a couple whose marriage is on rocky ground. Their solution? A family holiday with their two children to a cabin in the woods. Any horror fan can judge this to be a poor idea, and soon things are going bump in the night as they start to […]
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REVIEW: Shot in the Dark a.k.a. Moon Lane (2021)
dir. Keene McRae That sound you can hear is the audience catching their breath after an hour and a half in the company of this taut, chilling, purposefully unpleasant watch. Landing us in an American town gripped by fear and paranoia as a serial killer prowls the streets, Shot in the Dark focuses on a […]
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REVIEW: Happy Times (2019)
dir. Michael Mayer Michael Mayer’s second feature comes from the robust subgenre of a dinner party gone wrong. A group of ‘friends’ join together for a meal in a swanky house in the middle of LA, where long standing resentments and simmering tension give way to explosive outbursts of violence. The roster of characters are […]
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REVIEW: The Night Belongs To Monsters a.k.a. Las noches son de los monstruos (2021)
dir. Sebastien Perillo As the metaphor goes, when one is experiencing a sense of despair it feels like you are being followed around by a big black dog. Well, what if this theory was turned on its head, and during times of misery it was in fact a big white dog that came after you? […]
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REVIEW: The Deep House (2021)
dir. Alexandre Bustillo & Julien Maury A couple of social media influencers (Camille Rowe and James Jagger) travel to abandoned buildings to film content in their never-ending pursuit of clicks and subscribers. As an early sequence shows – where they explore an old sanitorium – their footage verges on the macabre, catering to an audience […]
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REVIEW: The Pizzagate Massacre (2020)
dir. John Valley Karen (Alexandria Payne) is a tenacious reporter intent on exposing a conspiracy theory that’s being pushed by a sensationalist news outlet. Having recruited a militia man named Duncan (Tinus Seaux) for security, together they fall deeper down a conspiracist rabbit hole with disastrous and violent consequences. Due to rapidly developing online technology, […]
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REVIEW: The Spore (2021)
dir. D.M. Cunningham D.M. Cunningham’s feature debut is certainly timely, chronicling the devastating impact of a respiratory illness on an initially disconnected group of strangers. As these individuals go about their day-to-day lives we see more and more signs of a virus taking hold as the narrative aims to show the sprawling nature of an […]
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REVIEW: Seagull (2019)
dir. Peter Blach Secrets, lies and familial trauma are at the centre of this horror-adjacent drama debut from Peter Blach. Focusing on a family in a seaside town whose past is defined by tragedy, the narrative is kick-started by a returning daughter who’s spent nearly a decade living as a recluse on a near-by beach. […]
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REVIEW: Two Witches (2021)
dir. Pierre Tsigaridis Matriarchal power and ancestral inheritance drive the titular Two Witches in this violent and often hilarious feature debut from Pierre Tsigaridis. Told in several chapters and an epilogue, the lore here is captivating, with imagery that delights and a story that, whilst at times a bit disjointed, ultimately pleases with its boundary […]
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REVIEW: Night at the Eagle Inn (2021)
dir. Erik Bloomquist At a slight 70 minutes Night at the Eagle Inn is a wonderfully lean affair, managing to craft a compelling story with a fabulous roster of characters. Following twins as they visit the hotel where their father disappeared, they discover the location has a friendly, if run-down demeanour: however what starts off […]
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