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FrightFest · 2014

FrightFest 2014

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19 films · 5 reviews

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Altergeist

Paranormal investigator explore a haunted winery.

(Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Tedi Sarafian; Stars: Kristina Anapau, Mark Hapka, David Weidoff, Linsey Godfrey, Brendan Fletcher)

The Canal

Film archivist David and his wife are perfectly happy—or so he believes. When a looming secret shatters their marriage at the same time as a turn-of-the-century film reel he is studying reveals their house to be the site of a 1902 multiple-murder, David begins to unravel, and the house’s eerie history threatens to repeat itself.

(Country: Ireland; Year: 2014; Director: Ivan Kavanagh; Writer: Ivan Kavanagh; Stars: Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Rupert Evans, Steve Oram, Hannah Hoekstra, Calum Heath, Anneke Blok, Serena Brabazon, Maura Foley, Anthony Murphy, Kelly Byrne, Sinead Watters, Carl Shaaban, Alicja Ayres)

Creep

A filmmaker is persuaded to film an ordinary day in the life of a man with cancer who wants his unborn son to see it - but this is a man with some very sinister secrets.

(Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Patrick Brice; Stars: Patrick Brice, Mark Duplass)

Dead Within

A couple staying in a remote cabin survive a pandemic but have to deal with the monsters it has made out of other people.

(Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Ben Wagner; Stars: Amy Cale Petersen, Dean Chekvala)

Digging Up The Marrow

Review preview for Digging Up The Marrow

Smart, witty and genuinely scary in places, Digging Up The Marrow delivers much more than you'd expect.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
Documentarians exploring monster art meet a man who claims the monsters are real - and that he knows where to find them.

(Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Adam Green; Stars: Ray Wise, Adam Green, Tom Holland, Kane Hodder, Mick Garris)

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Doc Of The Dead

Review preview for Doc Of The Dead

It's not quite as comprehensive as might have been hoped, but it still has a lot to say and a lot of fun doing it.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
A documentary exploring the zombie genre.

(Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Alexandre O Philippe; Writer: Chad Herschberger, Alexandre O Philippe; Stars: George Romero, Simon Pegg, Charlie Adlard, Steven Barton, Arnold T Blumberg, Max Brooks, S.G. Browne, Bruce Campbell, Alex Cox, Danny Epperson, Charles Fultz, Stuart Gordon, John Harrison, Traycee King, Robert Kirkman, Fran Kranz, Jonathan London)

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Drew: The Man Behind The Poster

A documentary about the film poster artist Drew Struzan.

(Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Erik P Sharkey; Stars: Drew Struzan, Harrison Ford, Michael J Fox)

Expedition

Terror in the jungle in a found footage film.

(Country: UK; Year: 2014; Director: Adam Spinks; Stars: Sarah MacDonnell, Ben Loyd-Holmes, Daniel Caren, Neil Newbon, Simon Burbage)

The Forgotten

A teenager living in a council flat after his parents' break-up comes to suspect that he has a supernatural neighbour.

(Country: UK; Year: 2014; Director: Oliver Frampton; Stars: Shaun Dingwall, Clem Tibber, Elarica Gallacher, Lyndsey Marshal, James Doherty)

Honeymoon

Review preview for Honeymoon

Shows how tension can be mounted on a budget.

Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
Two newlyweds find their relationship tested in a house by the lake.

(Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Leigh Janiak; Writer: Phil Graziadei, Leigh Janiak; Stars: Rose Leslie, Harry Treadaway, Ben Huber, Hanna Brown, Henry Lawrence)

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House At The End Of Time

A woman released from a lengthy prison term for killing her family returns to the scene of the crime to reckon with the curse that could spell a wider doom.

(Country: Venezuela; Year: 2013; Director: Alejandro Hidalgo; Stars: Ruddy Rodriguez, Rosmel Bustamante, Adriana Calzadilla, Gonzalo Cubero. Guillermo Garcia)

Julia

A victim of gang rape undergoes restorative surgery which gives her the power to undertake a terrible vengeance.

(Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Matthew A Brown; Stars: Ashley C. Williams, Jack Noseworthy, Tahyna Tozzi-MacManus, Brad Koed, Joel de la Fuente)

The Passage (Lemon Tree Passage)

Review preview for The Passage

Pretentious? Maybe. Confusion? Certainly.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
Young Australians setting out to disprove an urban legend find themselves caught up in a different supernatural horror.

(Country: Australia; Year: 2014; Director: David Campbell; Writer: David Campbell; Stars: Jessica Tovey, Nicholas Gunn, Pippa Black )

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Preservation

Three family members head deep into the woods for a hunting trip that doubles as a distraction from their troubles at home. When all of their gear is stolen, they turn on each other, but soon realise there are much more treacherous forces at work.

(Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Christopher Denham; Writer: Christopher Denham; Stars: Pablo Schreiber, Aaron Staton, Wrenn Schmidt, Nick Saso, Cody Saintgnue, Michael Chacon)

The Remaining

A religious horror film in which a group of friends tries to survive the Biblical Day of Judgement.

(Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Casey La Scala; Stars: Alexa Vega, Shaun Sipos, Italia Ricci, Johnny Pacar, Bryan Dechart)

Show Pieces

A triptych of macabre tales.

(Country: UK; Year: 2014; Director: Mitch Jenkins; Writer: Alan Moore; Stars: Darrell D'Silva, Siobhan Hewlett, Robert Goodman, Andrew Buckley, Alan Moore)

Truth Or Dare

Internet film hoaxers fall foul of a crazed fan determined to make them play a deadly game of truth or dare for real.

(Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Jessica Cameron; Stars: Jessica Cameron, Ryan Kiser, Heather Dorff, Shelby Stehlin, Devanny Pinn)

White Settlers

A couple saying in a remote farmhouse face off against intruders.

(Country: UK; Year: 2014; Director: Simeon Halligan; Stars: Pollyanna Mcintosh, Lee Williams, Joanne Mitchell, James McCreadie, Dominic Kay)

WolfCop

Review preview for WolfCop

It takes real skill to make a film this stupid this effectively.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
A lazy small town policeman becomes a lycanthropic crime fighting hero when the moon is full.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2014; Director: Lowell Dean; Writer: Bannister Bergen, Lowell Dean; Stars: Leo Fafard, Amy Matysio, Jonathan Cherry, Sarah Lind, Aidan Devine, Jesse Moss, Corinne Conley, James Whittingham, Ryland Alexander, Laura Abramsen, Graham Bell, Victor Lam, Glenn LaPointe, Cheryl Mazil, Rob Hoskins)

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