CANDY LAND **** USA 2022 Dir: John Swab. 93 mins Writer-director John Swab’s features to date, including IDA RED, RUN WITH THE HUNTED, BODY BROKERS and LET ME MAKE YOU A MARTYR (all released within the last six years) have gamely dealt with tough subject matter: child abuse, drug addiction,…
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TERRIFIER 2 **** USA 2022 Dir: Damien Leone. 140 mins Though the first TERRIFIER arrived at the point where it looked like a possible cash-in on the success of IT CHAPTER ONE, it was the first full-length outing for Art the Clown, the antagonist of writer-director Damien Leone’s earlier short films,…
THE STRANGERS: PREY AT NIGHT **** USA 2018 Dir: Johannes Roberts. 85 mins This long-gestating sequel, although boasting the same “based on true events” tag, shuns the grimness and slow-burn terror of its predecessor in favour of briskly paced 80s slasher-style cat-and-mouse thrills. After a nicely creepy stranger-in-bed pre-titles frisson…