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Linda (Jacki Kerin) inherits a retirement home called Montclare from her mother…now that is one hell of a thing to inherit…I mean what young woman wouldn’t want to own a mega-creepy house jam-packed with weird ass old people, and dreadful secrets (more on that in a tick)? I know for a fact that is exactly the number one wish of women ages 18 to 24…that and like Pogs or some shit… Anyway, Linda reads her mother’s diaries which detail some off-the-wall shit, like the fact someone was watching her and her tenants were dying under some fishy circumstances. Guess what? Like mother like daughter because L-dawg starts to see someone on her ass, and those geriatric jokers in her care begin dropping off…and before long, she is in a fight to keep both her sanity and well-being intact! Filled with breathtaking shot composition, a janky, off-kilter aesthetic, pitch perfect slow-burn pace, stunning location, and genuinely creepy moments, Next of Kin
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During the final days of World War II, two German soldiers traverse the frozen Norwegian countryside with their prisoner of war. These Ratzis soon realize they are lost as balls, seeing as how their compasses are acting crazier than a shit house rat (nope, nothing strange here)…but, thankfully they find an abandoned house in the middle of nowhere to hunker down in. Things seem to be going swell; they can rest, warm-up…maybe shit, shower, and shave…but of course this is a fright flick, so this is merely the calm before the supernatural storm; as this arcane abode has one of those “evil pasts” that the kids are so wild about these days, and before you can say “Haunted Hitler” our “heroes” are in over their heads in supernatural goings-on! Writer/Director Reinert Kiil (Christmas Blood) has delivered something with The House that I can truly say I have never seen in my decades in the horror biz; a “cabin in the
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Otavio (Tavinho Teixeira) is rich, bitch! My dude lives in a swank crib on a private beach, is the CEO of a private security company…and is a member in good standing in one hell of an elite club…a secret society of hoity-toity types heavily invested in making Brazil (where the film is set) a place devoid of anything other than their ilk. Oh and they eat people. Otavio takes his culinary tastes home with him as well, as he and his wife routinely murder the help…well, not until Gilda (Ana Luiza Rios) fucks them and O-dawg gets his fap on before burying an ax in anyone unfortunate enough to answer their Help Wanted ads…before cooking and eating them. Things go swimmingly until Gilda happens to peep a secret involving the club’s main man, the congressman Borges (Pedro Domingues)…a secret that if told would ruin his plans for re-election, and put the entire club in jeopardy. As you can imagine this
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Artsploitation Films has announced the release date for Norwegian director Reinert Kiil‘s (Christmas Blood) supernatural thriller The House (original language title, Huset). “Set in the frozen wilderness of Norway during WWII, two German soldiers escort a Norwegian soldier and prisoner of war but the weather is taking a toll on them. They find an empty house near the forest where they finally can get some rest. However, what seems to be a warm and welcoming shelter turns much more sinister and deadly. They begin to wonder if they have somehow have stepped into a sort of psychological hell from which there may be no escape.” Fredrik von Lüttichau, Mats Reinhardt, and Sondre Krogtoft Larsen star in this dark genre film. Artsploitation Films’ president Raymond Murray said, “It may have taken a few years for the film to get to American audiences but I am sure horror fans, as well as arthouse film-lovers, will enjoy this creepy, thought-provoking ghost story.” The
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Dylan (Whitney Duff) and Eddie (Daisy Masterman) are two young anarchists spray painting shit and runnin’ from the fuzz…not exactly the credentials that would lead you to believe they could stand up to a menace from beyond the stars. Speaking of which, when her intergalactic jailers fail to melt her with their caustic barf, the space criminal SheBorg (Emma-Louise Wilson) hightails it to Earth where she takes up residence at a puppy farm and turns the employees, and anyone stupid enough to trespass on the property into members of her canine flesh devouring, cellphone licking, cyborg army. Soon our counter-culture heroines, along with a dunce of a punk rocker named Rik ( Mark Entwistle) attempt to liberate those helpless pups and run afoul of the mechanical minions of that star-born femme fatale. Will they have the skills (or dumb…and I do mean “dumb” luck) necessary to defeat that tin-plated robo-bitch and save the planet…or a small patch of Australia anyway?
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Our dude Ronnie (Jaz Deol) is well and truly in the soup my creeps! You see, he has to journey from foggy ol’ London Towne to India due to his mother, Suleka (Seema Biswas), going missing before ending up in a Kolkata hospital. To make matters even worse, Suleka gets herself murderized by an apparent kill kult leaving R-dawg with a big ass mystery on his hands as he tries to piece together why his mother returned to her homeland in the first place…speaking of which, signs begin to point heavily to some dodgy murders that just so happened to stop 28 years in the past…you know, when Suleka and bouncin’ baby Ronnie decided to head dear ol’ Blighty way…and now the murders begin again, Ronnie starts to go off the rails on a crazy train…and there just may be a witch involved; because fuck yeah witches! Darkness Visible, while dealing in familiar horror biz tropes, put’s a unique and
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Jane (Edwige Fenech) is plagued by nightmares. I mean, lose one unborn baby in a horrific car crash and lose your shit why dontcha? Anyway, Jane’s boy toy Richard (George Hilton) is sympathetic, but always away on business so he’s as useless as an asshole with tastebuds, as is her psychiatrist, so she does hwat any sane, rational person would do…she joins a black magic cult at the behest of her new gal pal Mary (Marina Malfatti). Surprisingly group sex and blood consumption lead to a rather shitty path for our heroine, and soon she is at the mercy of the wackiest weirdo in that creepy cult ((Ivan Rassimov); he of the trenchcoat and icy blue eyes…and predilection for murder! Directed by Sergio Martino (The Suspicious Death of a Minor, Screamers, Slave of the Cannibal God…and roughly 4,000 more), All the Colors of the Dark is absolutely packed with suspense and a sense of unease. The viewer is never sure
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Giallo; the word conjures images of black gloved killers who’s identity is revealed late in the ghoulish game, POV murder shots, and stylish direction with aesthetic splendor to spare! For those not in the know, a giallo is an Italian mystery/thriller film, oft times heavy on the ol’ stalk n’ slay…not to mention female flesh…and usually featuring elements of psychological horror and the aforementioned artistic flourishes. Speaking of not in the know, you’ll be a god-damned giallo expert after you check out the subject of this revoltin’ review: Severin’s release of All the Colors of Giallo! Comprised of three discs, All the Colors of Giallo is one hell of a deep dive into the fright flicks so near and dear to the hearts of many a horror hound worldwide. First up we get the eponymous doc, Federico Caddeo’s All the Colors of Giallo that covers the complete history of the giallo; from it’s origins in German krimi (crime) books (and
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Widely regarded as one of the goriest films in years, Brazilian horror hit Cannibal Club, written and directed by Guto Parente, premieres in North America this March from Uncork’d Entertainment. “Otavio and Gilda are a very wealthy couple of the Brazilian elite who have the habit of eating their employees. Otavio owns a private security company and is a notable member of The Cannibal Club. When Gilda accidentally discovers a secret from Borges, a powerful congressman and the Club’s leader, her and her husband’s lives are in grave danger.” Tavinho Teixeira, Ana Luiza Rios, Pedro Domingues, Zé Maria, Breno Beptista, Rodrigo Capistrano, and Juliana Carvalho star. The smartly satirical and undeniably stomach turning Cannibal Club premieres in theaters March 1, 2019, followed by its arrival On Demand March 5th.
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From producer Jaume Collet-Serra (Orphan, The Shallows) comes Feedback, directed by Pedro C. Alonso. Today we have the new trailer for the film set in an all-night radio station. In the film, “Jarvis Dolan (Eddie Marsan) is the star journalist of the successful London radio nightclub The Grim Reality. At the beginning of his program, some hooded macabre burst into the studio, taking control at gunpoint. They are there to bring to light a scandal that could be the end of Jarvis. Obliged to continue with the program, live, following the script of the assailants, the night will become a nightmare.” Paul Anderson, Ivana Baquero, and Richard Brake also star in the film co-written by Alonso and Alberto Marini. Feedback opens in theaters on March 1, 2019, in Spain with a U.S. release to follow.
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Linda (Jacki Kerin) inherits a retirement home called Montclare from her mother…now that is one hell of a thing to inherit…I mean what young woman wouldn’t want to own a mega-creepy house jam-packed with weird ass old people, and dreadful secrets (more on that in a tick)? I know for a fact that is exactly the number one wish of women ages 18 to 24…that and like Pogs or some shit… Anyway, Linda reads her mother’s diaries which detail some off-the-wall shit, like the fact someone was watching her and her tenants were dying under some fishy circumstances. Guess what? Like mother like daughter because L-dawg starts to see someone on her ass, and those geriatric jokers in her care begin dropping off…and before long, she is in a fight to keep both her sanity and well-being intact! Filled with breathtaking shot composition, a janky, off-kilter aesthetic, pitch perfect slow-burn pace, stunning location, and genuinely creepy moments, Next of Kin
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During the final days of World War II, two German soldiers traverse the frozen Norwegian countryside with their prisoner of war. These Ratzis soon realize they are lost as balls, seeing as how their compasses are acting crazier than a shit house rat (nope, nothing strange here)…but, thankfully they find an abandoned house in the middle of nowhere to hunker down in. Things seem to be going swell; they can rest, warm-up…maybe shit, shower, and shave…but of course this is a fright flick, so this is merely the calm before the supernatural storm; as this arcane abode has one of those “evil pasts” that the kids are so wild about these days, and before you can say “Haunted Hitler” our “heroes” are in over their heads in supernatural goings-on! Writer/Director Reinert Kiil (Christmas Blood) has delivered something with The House that I can truly say I have never seen in my decades in the horror biz; a “cabin in the
Continue reading →
ForeignMoviesReviews
Otavio (Tavinho Teixeira) is rich, bitch! My dude lives in a swank crib on a private beach, is the CEO of a private security company…and is a member in good standing in one hell of an elite club…a secret society of hoity-toity types heavily invested in making Brazil (where the film is set) a place devoid of anything other than their ilk. Oh and they eat people. Otavio takes his culinary tastes home with him as well, as he and his wife routinely murder the help…well, not until Gilda (Ana Luiza Rios) fucks them and O-dawg gets his fap on before burying an ax in anyone unfortunate enough to answer their Help Wanted ads…before cooking and eating them. Things go swimmingly until Gilda happens to peep a secret involving the club’s main man, the congressman Borges (Pedro Domingues)…a secret that if told would ruin his plans for re-election, and put the entire club in jeopardy. As you can imagine this
Continue reading →
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Artsploitation Films has announced the release date for Norwegian director Reinert Kiil‘s (Christmas Blood) supernatural thriller The House (original language title, Huset). “Set in the frozen wilderness of Norway during WWII, two German soldiers escort a Norwegian soldier and prisoner of war but the weather is taking a toll on them. They find an empty house near the forest where they finally can get some rest. However, what seems to be a warm and welcoming shelter turns much more sinister and deadly. They begin to wonder if they have somehow have stepped into a sort of psychological hell from which there may be no escape.” Fredrik von Lüttichau, Mats Reinhardt, and Sondre Krogtoft Larsen star in this dark genre film. Artsploitation Films’ president Raymond Murray said, “It may have taken a few years for the film to get to American audiences but I am sure horror fans, as well as arthouse film-lovers, will enjoy this creepy, thought-provoking ghost story.” The
Continue reading →
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Dylan (Whitney Duff) and Eddie (Daisy Masterman) are two young anarchists spray painting shit and runnin’ from the fuzz…not exactly the credentials that would lead you to believe they could stand up to a menace from beyond the stars. Speaking of which, when her intergalactic jailers fail to melt her with their caustic barf, the space criminal SheBorg (Emma-Louise Wilson) hightails it to Earth where she takes up residence at a puppy farm and turns the employees, and anyone stupid enough to trespass on the property into members of her canine flesh devouring, cellphone licking, cyborg army. Soon our counter-culture heroines, along with a dunce of a punk rocker named Rik ( Mark Entwistle) attempt to liberate those helpless pups and run afoul of the mechanical minions of that star-born femme fatale. Will they have the skills (or dumb…and I do mean “dumb” luck) necessary to defeat that tin-plated robo-bitch and save the planet…or a small patch of Australia anyway?
Continue reading →
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Our dude Ronnie (Jaz Deol) is well and truly in the soup my creeps! You see, he has to journey from foggy ol’ London Towne to India due to his mother, Suleka (Seema Biswas), going missing before ending up in a Kolkata hospital. To make matters even worse, Suleka gets herself murderized by an apparent kill kult leaving R-dawg with a big ass mystery on his hands as he tries to piece together why his mother returned to her homeland in the first place…speaking of which, signs begin to point heavily to some dodgy murders that just so happened to stop 28 years in the past…you know, when Suleka and bouncin’ baby Ronnie decided to head dear ol’ Blighty way…and now the murders begin again, Ronnie starts to go off the rails on a crazy train…and there just may be a witch involved; because fuck yeah witches! Darkness Visible, while dealing in familiar horror biz tropes, put’s a unique and
Continue reading →
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Jane (Edwige Fenech) is plagued by nightmares. I mean, lose one unborn baby in a horrific car crash and lose your shit why dontcha? Anyway, Jane’s boy toy Richard (George Hilton) is sympathetic, but always away on business so he’s as useless as an asshole with tastebuds, as is her psychiatrist, so she does hwat any sane, rational person would do…she joins a black magic cult at the behest of her new gal pal Mary (Marina Malfatti). Surprisingly group sex and blood consumption lead to a rather shitty path for our heroine, and soon she is at the mercy of the wackiest weirdo in that creepy cult ((Ivan Rassimov); he of the trenchcoat and icy blue eyes…and predilection for murder! Directed by Sergio Martino (The Suspicious Death of a Minor, Screamers, Slave of the Cannibal God…and roughly 4,000 more), All the Colors of the Dark is absolutely packed with suspense and a sense of unease. The viewer is never sure
Continue reading →
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Giallo; the word conjures images of black gloved killers who’s identity is revealed late in the ghoulish game, POV murder shots, and stylish direction with aesthetic splendor to spare! For those not in the know, a giallo is an Italian mystery/thriller film, oft times heavy on the ol’ stalk n’ slay…not to mention female flesh…and usually featuring elements of psychological horror and the aforementioned artistic flourishes. Speaking of not in the know, you’ll be a god-damned giallo expert after you check out the subject of this revoltin’ review: Severin’s release of All the Colors of Giallo! Comprised of three discs, All the Colors of Giallo is one hell of a deep dive into the fright flicks so near and dear to the hearts of many a horror hound worldwide. First up we get the eponymous doc, Federico Caddeo’s All the Colors of Giallo that covers the complete history of the giallo; from it’s origins in German krimi (crime) books (and
Continue reading →
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Widely regarded as one of the goriest films in years, Brazilian horror hit Cannibal Club, written and directed by Guto Parente, premieres in North America this March from Uncork’d Entertainment. “Otavio and Gilda are a very wealthy couple of the Brazilian elite who have the habit of eating their employees. Otavio owns a private security company and is a notable member of The Cannibal Club. When Gilda accidentally discovers a secret from Borges, a powerful congressman and the Club’s leader, her and her husband’s lives are in grave danger.” Tavinho Teixeira, Ana Luiza Rios, Pedro Domingues, Zé Maria, Breno Beptista, Rodrigo Capistrano, and Juliana Carvalho star. The smartly satirical and undeniably stomach turning Cannibal Club premieres in theaters March 1, 2019, followed by its arrival On Demand March 5th.
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From producer Jaume Collet-Serra (Orphan, The Shallows) comes Feedback, directed by Pedro C. Alonso. Today we have the new trailer for the film set in an all-night radio station. In the film, “Jarvis Dolan (Eddie Marsan) is the star journalist of the successful London radio nightclub The Grim Reality. At the beginning of his program, some hooded macabre burst into the studio, taking control at gunpoint. They are there to bring to light a scandal that could be the end of Jarvis. Obliged to continue with the program, live, following the script of the assailants, the night will become a nightmare.” Paul Anderson, Ivana Baquero, and Richard Brake also star in the film co-written by Alonso and Alberto Marini. Feedback opens in theaters on March 1, 2019, in Spain with a U.S. release to follow.
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