Tag: Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
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REVIEW: Pensive a.k.a. Rupintojelis (2022)
dir. Jonas Trukanas A class of newly graduated high-schoolers let off steam at an end of year rave in this Lithuanian slasher. Among them Marius (Sarunas Rapolas Meliesius) is a quiet student who – despite having friends – feels like an outcast, certainly in contrast to peers like star athlete Rimas (Kipras Masidlauskas) who’s in…
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REVIEW: Mother Superior (2022)
dir. Marie Alice Wolfszahn Set in the seventies, Mother Superior follows young nurse Sigrun (Isabella Händler) as she takes on a patient known as Baroness Heidenreich (Inge Maux) in a rural and near-derelict country manor. With the only other inhabitant being Otto (Jochen Nickel), the strange and elusive groundskeeper, Sigrun soon begins to learn that…
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ANALYSIS: Monster Mom and Deadly Dad – Parenthood and Mental Ill-Health in Horror
Trigger warning for suicide, domestic abuse and family annihilation As part of our celebration of Andrzej Żuławski’s POSSESSION (1981) this month, Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana examines the relationship between parenthood and mental ill-health in horror cinema… Battling your demons and haunted by ghosts: both expressions that can be used to describe those dealing mental health problems. As…
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ANALYSIS: Bad Moon Rising – The Resurgence Of The Werewolf
In recent years the werewolf has made a comeback to the silver screen. But why now, and what is behind the wolf man’s return? Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana howls at the moon to find out… Vampires, ghosts, witches and zombies: classic movie monsters, depicted in countless horror films across the decades. But there’s one creature that is…
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REVIEW: Bitch Ass (2022)
dir. Bill Posley When four gang inductees – including the hesitant Q (Teon Kelley) – break into the house of an old rich woman they believe to be dead, they ransack the property room by room. Soon however they discover the truth behind the urban legend of “Bitch Ass”, and are forced to partake in…
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REVIEW: House of Darkness (2022)
dir. Neil LaBute After driving a woman (Kate Bosworth) back to her secluded countryside mansion in the hopes of getting lucky, Hap (Justin Long) soon realises his night is about to turn sour when the mysterious (and cleverly named) Mina soon becomes more than just the manic pixie dream girl he initially expected. As he…
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REVIEW: The Passenger a.k.a. La Pasajera (2021)
dir. Fernando González Gómez & Raúl Cerezo Four strangers ride-share a van towards a country village when, on a dark and misty road, the driver hits a severely injured woman. However they soon realise that everything is not as it seems, and they must put aside their grievances to fight for their lives against a…
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TOP 9: Back to School Horrors
As parents and students both steel themselves for the new school term, Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana takes a look at the Top 9 back to school horrors… People say that school days are the best of your life. They’re liars: school is actual hell. Between power tripping teachers and sadistic bullies it can be like you’re starring…
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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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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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