DEMONIC * Canada 2021 Dir: Neill Blomkamp. 104 mins Writer-director Neill Blomkamp’s feature debut DISTRICT 9 (2009) showed immense promise unfulfilled by his bigger-budgeted (though not uninteresting) Hollywood follow-ups ELYSIUM and CHAPPIE. This oddly uncinematic, tedious venture into possession horror manages at least one remarkable achievement: it’s far worse than…
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KNOCKING **** Sweden 2021 Dir: Frida Kempff. 78 mins Shot in a suitably confined screen ratio (1.66:1) for maximum claustrophobia, this is an inventively executed, intense entry in the “is-she-or-isn’t-she-going-mental” sub-genre. Molly (a superb, empathetic performance by Cecilia Milocco) feels the time is right to return to “normality” after a…
BLOODTHIRSTY *** Canada 2020 Dir: Amelia Moses. 84 mins Singer songwriter and co-screenwriter Lowell was inspired by her own (presumably non-lycanthropic) experiences to write this Alberta-shot character-driven horror picture for BLEED WITH ME director Amelia Moses. A vegan since childhood, singer-songwriter Grey (Lauren Beatty) is struggling for inspiration as she…
Ahead of the premiere of Knocking at this years FrightFest in London, Leicester Square, Signature Entertainment are happy to present the new teaser trailer for the acclaimed chilling thriller from director Frida Kempff. Synopsis: Knocking is a twisty, claustrophobic and gut-wrenching thriller streaked with horror, from director and Cannes Palme…
The Toll is a hugely entertaining, irresistibly clever and darkly-comic crime caper, reminiscent of the Coen brothers’ finest work and starring Michael Smiley (Kill List, Luther), Annes Elwy (Little Women), Iwan Rheon (Game Of Thrones) and Paul Kaye (The Ghoul). On the Pembrokeshire border, a man (Smiley) working solo shifts…