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Karlovy Vary International Film Festival · 2016

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2016

Midnight Screenings

Programme

6 films · 2 reviews

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Bone Tomahawk

Review preview for Bone Tomahawk

Brutally effective in what it does overall, which is fuse western and horror tropes to create a slow-burning, visceral experience that, although not flawless, should ensure fans of both genres are satisfied.

Owen Van Spall · 4 out of 5
Four men set out in the Wild West to rescue a group of captives from cannibalistic cave dwellers.

(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: S Craig Zahler; Writer: S Craig Zahler; Stars: Sean Young, Kurt Russell, Patrick Wilson, Lili Simmons, Matthew Fox, Michael Paré, David Arquette, Kathryn Morris, Sid Haig, Richard Jenkins, Jamie Hector, Geno Segers, James Tolkan, Eddie Spears, Zahn McClarnon)

Blood Father

An ex-gang member tries to save his teenage daugher from drug dealers out to kill her.

(Country: France; Year: 2016; Director: Jean-François Richet; Writer: Peter Craig, Andrea Berloff, Peter Craig; Stars: Elisabeth Röhm, Mel Gibson, Erin Moriarty, William H. Macy, Diego Luna, Thomas Mann, Dale Dickey, Ryan Dorsey, Michael Parks, Raoul Max Trujillo, Tait Fletcher, Katalina Parrish, Richard Cabral, Daniel Moncada, Luce Rains)

Der Nachtmahr

Review preview for Der Nachtmahr

Akiz has crafted a film which may fall down a little when it comes to special effects but which soars in its depiction of life on the brink.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
When she finds herself ostracised because of her visions of a strange creature, a lonely teenager decides to befriend it.

(Country: Germany; Year: 2015; Director: Akiz; Writer: Akiz; Stars: Carolyn Genzkow, Sina Tkotsch, Wilson Gonzalez Ochsenknecht, Arnd Klawitter, Julika Jenkins)

The Greasy Strangler

When Big Ronnie and his son Brayden meet lone female tourist Janet on Big Ronnie’s Disco Walking Tour - the best and only disco walking tour in the city - a fight for Janet's heart erupts between father and son, and the infamous Greasy Strangler is unleashed.

(Country: US; Year: 2016; Director: Jim Hosking; Writer: Toby Harvard, Jim Hosking; Stars: Michael St Michaels, Sky Elobar, Elizabeth De Razzo, Gil Gex, Abdoulaye NGom, Holland MacFallister, Sam Dissanayake, Jesse Keen, Joe David Walters, John Yuan, Matt Yuan, Mel Kohl, Sal Koussa, Carl Solomon, Dana Haas)

I Am A Hero

A manga artist turns hero after his city is beset by zombies.

(Country: Japan; Year: 2015; Director: Shinsuke Sato; Writer: Kengo Hanazawa, Akiko Nogi; Stars: Masami Nagasawa, Kasumi Arimura, Miho Suzuki, Yô Ôizumi, Nana Katase, Makita Sports, Hisashi Yoshizawa, Yoshinori Okada, Yu Tokui, Toshifumi Muramatsu, Muga Tsukaji, Jin Katagiri, Natsu Andô, Kazunori Kaneko)

The Laundryman (Qing Tian Jie Yi Hao)

A contract killer who operates as part of a gang under the cover of a laundry service turns to a psychic for help in driving away the ghosts who haunt him.

(Country: Taiwan; Year: 2015; Director: Lee Chung; Stars: Hsiao-chuan Chang, Qian Wan, Tang Sui)