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Abertoir · 2021

Abertoir 2021

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11 films · 6 reviews

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The Dick Maas Method (De Dick Maas Methode)

Dick Maas is one of the Netherlands' most successful directors. Who is the man behind Flodder, Amsterdamned, Prooi and De Lift really?

(Country: Netherlands; Year: 2020; Director: Jeffrey De Vore; Writer: Jeffrey De Vore, Martijn Smits; Stars: Barry Atsma, Pierre Bokma, Stefan de Walle)

Don't Say Its Name

Review preview for Don't Say Its Name

Director Rueben Martell also makes great use of the snowy forest setting.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
After a suspicious accident takes the life of an environmental activist, an ancient spirit is reborn outside a small northern town.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2021; Director: Rueben Martell; Writer: Rueben Martell, Gerald Wexler; Stars: Sera-Lys McArthur, Samuel Marty, Julian Black Antelope, Tom Carey, Madison Walsh, Griffin Powell-Arcand, Catherine Gell)

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The House Of Snails (La Casa Del Caracol)

A writer who moves to a secluded mountain home begins to notice peculiar things about the local community.

(Country: Spain, Mexico; Year: 2021; Director: Macarena Astorga; Stars: Javier Rey, Paz Vega, Luna Fulgencio)

Keeping Company

Two brash insurance salesmen go knocking on the wrong door and find themselves trapped inside of a serial killer's basement, putting their lives and their jobs on the line.

(Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Josh Wallace; Writer: Devin Das, Josh Wallace; Stars: Jacob Grodnik, Devin Das, Ahmed Bharoocha, Gillian Vigman, Bernard White)

The Lift (De Lift)

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There were a lot of bad horror films made in this era but The Lift is in a different class, and loveably so.

Jennie Kermode · 1 out of 5
A lift technician finds himself drawn into a web of mystery and peril as he investigates the perplexing deadly accidents occurring in the elevators of a new office building.

(Country: Netherlands; Year: 1983; Director: Dick Maas; Writer: Dick Maas; Stars: Huub Stapel, Willeke van Ammelrooy, Josine van Dalsum)

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See For Me

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A beautifully self-contained, self-sufficient little film.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
A legally blind housesitter turns to a mobile app service for help when the remote mansion she’s looking after is targeted by a gang of thieves.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2021; Director: Randall Okita; Writer: Adam Yorke, Tommy Gushue; Stars: Skyler Davenport, Kim Coates, Jessica Parker Kennedy, Laura Vandervoort, Matthew Gouveia, Keaton Kaplan, Pascal Langdale, Emily Piggford, Joe Pingue, George Tchortov, Drew Tyce)

Full review See: Interview with Skyler Davenport about See For Me

Slumber Party Massacre

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Esterhazy is showing us that she knows how to play the game by the old rules – before she subverts them.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
A reimagining of the famous slasher film.

(Country: South Africa; Year: 2021; Director: Danishka Esterhazy; Writer: Suzanne Keilly; Stars: Hannah Gonera, Frances Sholto-Douglas, Mila Rayne, Alex McGregor, Reze-Tiana Wessels, Rob van Vuuren, Jennifer Steyn)

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Straight To VHS

A documentary tracing the origins of cult Uruguayan film Act Of Violence On A Young Journalist.

(Country: Uruguay; Year: 2021; Director: Emilio Silva Torres)

Trans

A young woman who dreams of becoming transhuman plots revenge after suffering sexual assault.

(Country: South Korea; Year: 2021; Director: Naeri Do; Writer: Naeri Do; Stars: Hwang Jeong-in, Kim Taeyoung, Yoon Kyung-ho)

Woodlands Dark And Days Bewitched: A History Of Folk Horror

Review preview for Woodlands Dark And Days Bewitched: A History Of Folk Horror

Rather than trying to establish a thesis of her own, Janisse allows her interviewees to deliver contradictory viewpoints on key issues, and the film is richer for it.

Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
A documentary about the history of folk horror cinema from the 1960s to today.

(Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Kier-La Janisse; Writer: Kier-La Janisse)

Full review See: Interview with Kier-La Janisse about Woodlands Dark And Days Bewitched: A History Of Folk Horror