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Karlovy Vary International Film Festival · 2013

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2013

Midnight Screenings

Programme

7 films · 5 reviews

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100 Bloody Acres

Review preview for 100 Bloody Acres

Herriman is perfect in the lead.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
Two enterprising brothers from the Australian boondocks launch a rickety business selling organic fertiliser - with a secret ingredient.

(Country: Australia; Year: 2012; Director: Colin Cairnes, Cameron Cairnes; Writer: Cameron Cairnes, Colin Cairnes; Stars: Damon Herriman, Angus Sampson, Anna McGahan, Oliver Ackland, Paul Blackwell, Chrissie Page, John Jarrat, Reg the Dog)

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Cockneys Vs Zombies

Review preview for Cockneys Vs Zombies

The real comedic heart of the film is with the still-kicking Brit-veteran oldies.

David Graham · 3.5 out of 5
Bank robbers fight their way out of zombie-infested London.

(Country: UK; Year: 2011; Director: Matthias Hoene; Writer: James Moran, Lucas Roche; Stars: Michelle Ryan, Georgia King, Alan Ford, Lee Asquith-Coe, Harry Treadaway, Honor Blackman, Richard Briers, Rasmus Hardiker, Dudley Sutton, Dominic Burns, Tony Gardner, Tony Selby, Jack Doolan, Ashley Bashy Thomas, Lee Nicholas Harris)

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Dredd (Dredd 3D)

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Pete Travis works hard to bring John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra's apocalyptic vision to life.

David Graham · 3.5 out of 5
In the violent dystopia of Mega City One, only the judges can keep order.

(Country: US, UK, India; Year: 2012; Director: Pete Travis; Writer: Alex Garland; Stars: Karl Urban, Olivia Thirlby, Lena Headey)

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Frankenstein's Army

Review preview for Frankenstein's Army

Raaphorst and scriptwriter Chris W Mitchell seem so proud of the look that they completely forget that a film also needs to have a decent plot and characters lying beneath the costumes.

Amber Wilkinson · 1.5 out of 5
Russian soldiers try to track down an evil scientist who is working for the Nazis.

(Country: Netherlands, US; Year: 2013; Director: Richard Raaphorst; Writer: Chris W Mitchell, Richard Raaphorst, Miguel Tejada-Flores; Stars: Karel Roden, Joshua Sasse, Robert Gwilym, Alexander Mercury, Luke Newberry, Hon Ping Tang, Andrei Zayats, Mark Stevenson, Cristina Catalina, Jan de Lukowicz, Zdenek Barinka, Linda Balabanova, Valentine Berning, Ivana Lokajová, Klaus Lucas)

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Fresh Meat

After a poorly executed escape from the police, a gang of dysfunctional criminals flees to the suburbs and gets more than it bargained for when it crash lands in the garage of an upper-class Maori family whose refined palates have developed a taste for human flesh. This action-packed horror comedy tells a blood-spattered tale of basement butchery and shifting allegiances as these unlikely adversaries enter a deadly showdown.

(Country: New Zealand; Year: 2012; Director: Danny Mulheron; Writer: Brad Abraham, Joseph O'Brien, Briar Grace Smith; Stars: Temuera Morrison, Nicola Kawana, Hanna Tevita, Kate Elliott, Jack Sergent-Shadbolt, Leand Macadaan, Ralph Hilaga, Kahn West, Will Robertson, James Ashcroft, Richard Knowles, Andrew Foster, Phil Grieve, Thomas Rimmer, Peter Doile)

Milo

Sometimes it’s difficult to keep your repressed emotions in check, especially if they’ve taken on a physical form as a hideous rectal demon living in your intestinal tract. This madcap comedy with a tinge of horror offers a healthy dose of fecal humor, with the occasional gnawed-off limb as a bonus.

(Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Jacon Vaughan)

V/H/S/2 (S-VHS)

Review preview for V/H/S/2

This is a showcase for ideas about new ways to approach the genre. In that regard, it is both entertaining and inventive.

Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
An anthology of short found footage horror films using inventive visual perspectives.

(Country: US, Canada; Year: 2013; Director: Simon Barrett, Adam Wingard, Edúardo Sanchez, Gregg Hale, Timo Tjahjanto, Gareth Huw Evans, Jason Eisener; Writer: Simon Barrett, Jamie Nash, Timo Tjahjanto & Gareth Huw Evans, John Davies; Stars: Adam Wingard, Lawrence Levine, LC Holt, Kelsy Abbott, Hannah Hughes)

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