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Bradford International Film Festival · 2013

Bradford International Film Festival 2013

After Dark

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5 films · 4 reviews

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The ABCs Of Death

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With each director having only four minutes there is really little time for the viewer to get engrossed in the material, barring some kind of sharp shock, superb central twist, gag or sharp social commentary, and some of writers and directors struggle wit

Owen Van Spall · 2.5 out of 5
An alphabet of short films focusing on different ways to die.

(Country: US, New Zealand; Year: 2012; Director: Nacho Vigalondo, Adrián García Bogliano, Ernesto Díaz Espinoza, Marcel Sarmiento, Angela Bettis, Noboru Iguchi, Andrew Traucki, Thomas Cappelen Mallin, Jorge Michel Grau, Yudai Yamaguchi, Anders Morgenthaler, Timo Tjahjanto, Ti West, Banjong Pisanthanakun, Bruno Forzani, Simon Rumley, Adam Wingard, Srdjan Spasojevic, Jake West, Lee Hardcastle, Ben Wheatley, Kaare Andrews, Jon Schnepp, Xavier Gens, Jason Eisener, Yoshihiro Nishimura; Writer: Kaare Andrews, Simon Barrett, Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani, Adrián García Bogliano, Lee Hardcastle, Noboru Iguchi, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Simon Rumley, Jon Schnepp, Srdjan Spasojevic, Nacho Vigalondo, Dimitrije Vojnov, Ti West, Yudai Yamaguchi; Stars: Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Iván González, Kyra Zagorsky, Arisa Nakamura, Tsuyoshi Kazuno, Martine Årnes Sørensen, Seminosuke Murasugi, Manon Beuchot, Lucy Clements)

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Lords Of Salem (The Lords Of Salem)

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Lords Of Salem is probably the director's most (ahem) 'mature' work yet - that being said, maybe next time he should give someone else's script a chance.

David Graham · 2.5 out of 5
Three radio DJ are drawn into danger after listening to a mysterious record.

(Country: US, UK, Canada; Year: 2012; Director: Rob Zombie; Writer: Rob Zombie; Stars: Sheri Moon Zombie, Bruce Davison, Jeff Daniel Phillips, Ken Foree, Dee Wallace, Meg Foster, Patricia Quinn)

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Memory Of The Dead

Grieving widow Alicia gathers their circle of close friends to her home for the reading of a letter written by her deceased husband. Unbeknownst to the group, Alicia has an altogether different motive for bringing them together.

(Country: Argentina; Year: 2011; Director: Valentín Javier Diment; Writer: Martín Blousson, Valentín Javier Diment, Nicanor Loreti, Germán Val; Stars: Horacio Acosta, Raquel Albéniz, Jimena Anganuzzi, Lola Berthet, Belén Brito, Ana Celentano, Rafael Ferro, Gabriel Goity, Flora Gró, Muriel Lescano, Matías Marmorato, Pamela Rementería, Gabriela Violeta Rubinstein, Lorena Vega, Luis Ziembrowski)

UK premiere

The Rambler

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Its intended jokes are mostly unfunny but as it develops, The Rambler contains enough hallucinatory imagery, lifted straight from low-budget sci-fi horror, to boil over with a certain nightmarish feel.

Michael Pattison · 2.5 out of 5
An ex-con's impulsive cross country journey leads to the unravelling of strange mysteries.

(Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Calvin Lee Reeder; Writer: Calvin Lee Reeder; Stars: Dermot Mulroney, Lindsay Pulsipher, Natasha Lyonne, James Cady, Scott Sharot)

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UK premiere

Resolution

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Resolution is an excellent amalgamation of horror traits that also stands on its own two feet.

Michael Pattison · 4 out of 5
An attempted intervention at the remote woodland home of a troubled addict reveals unexpected dangers.

(Country: US; Year: 2012; Director: Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead; Writer: Justin Benson; Stars: Peter Cilella, Vinny Curran, Zahn McClarnon, Bill Oberst Jr., Kurt David Anderson, Emily Montague, Skyler Meacham, Carmel Benson, Justin Benson, Catherine Burns, Michael Felker, Josh Higgins, David Clarke Lawson Jr., Bob Low, Melissa E. Low)

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