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FrightFest · 2014

FrightFest 2014

Discovery Screen 2

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17 films · 5 reviews

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Another

A teenager discovers a terrible family secret.

(Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Jason Bognacki; Stars: Ana Paula Redding, David Landry, Lillian Pennypacker, Michael St. Michaels, Nancy Wolfe)

Bad Milo

A man with puzzling stomach problems discovers he has a demon living in his intestine.

(Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Jacob Vaughan; Writer: Benjamin Hayes, Jacob Vaughan; Stars: Ken Marino, Gillian Jacobs, Patrick Warburton, Claudia Choi, Toby Huss)

Blood Moon

Review preview for Blood Moon

The film is rarely actually scary but it contains enough gore to please the average genre fan.

Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
A group of travellers captured by outlaws face a bigger threat - a creature known by natives as a skinwalker.

(Country: UK; Year: 2014; Director: Jeremy Wooding; Stars: Shaun Dooley, George Bludgeon, Corey Johnson, Anna Skeleton, Ian White)

Full review

Deadly Virtues

A violent home invasion develops in ways the attacker could not have anticipated.

(Country: UK, Netherlands; Year: 2014; Director: Ate De Jong; Stars: Edward Akrout, Matt Barber, Megan Maczko, Helen Bradbury, Sadie Frost)

The Den

An academic finds herself being stalked after discovering what may be a snuff film in an internet chat room.

(Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Zachary Donohue; Stars: Melanie Papalia, David Schlachtenhaufen, Matt Riedy, Adam Shapiro, Lily Holleman)

The Drownsman

A young woman stalked by something supernatural goes to dangerous lengths to overcome her fear of drowning.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2014; Director: Chad Archibald; Stars: Michelle Mylett, Caroline Korycki, Gemma Bird Matheson, Sydney Kondruss, Clare Bastable)

Extraterrestrial (Extraterrestre)

Review preview for Extraterrestrial

Alien invasion aficionados would do well to avoid but if you're a fan of the comedy of discomfort with a slacker vibe and a hint of romance, Extraterrestrial certainly has charms.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
A love triangle simmers under the threat of an alien invasion.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2011; Director: Nacho Vigalondo; Writer: Nacho Vigalondo; Stars: Michelle Jenner, Carlos Areces, Julián Villagrán, Raúl Cimas, Miguel Noguera)

Full review See: Interview with Nacho Vigalondo about Extraterrestrial and Windows , San Sebastian Film Festival: Wild Bill, Le Havre, Los Marziano, Rampart, Extraterrestrial

Exists

Five friends visiting a cabin in the woods have a run-in with a sasquatch.

(Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Eduardo Sánchez; Stars: Dora Madison Burge, Brian Steele, Denise Williamson, Samuel Davis, Roger Edwards)

The Mirror

Three flatmates investigate the secrets of a supposedly supernatural antique mirror.

(Country: UK; Year: 2014; Director: Edward Boase; Stars: Jemma Dallender, Joshua Dickinson, Nate Fallows)

Nekromantik

A young couple explore their necrophiliac desires in this once-banned film.

(Country: Germany; Year: 1988; Director: Jorg Buttgereit; Stars: Daktari Lorenz, Beatrice Manowski, Harald Lundt, Suza Kohlstedt, Heike Surban)

A Nightmare On Elm Street

Review preview for A Nightmare On Elm Street

A Nightmare On Elm Street remains an atmospheric and genuinely unsettling film with a chilling, universally relatable central motif: sleep gets everyone in the end.

James Gracey · 5 out of 5
A child molester killed by vigilantes seeks revenge on their children through their dreams.

(Country: US; Year: 1984; Director: Wes Craven; Stars: Robert Englund, Heather Langenkamp, John Saxon, Ronee Blakley, Johnny Depp)

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R100

A mild-mannered family man with a secret taste for S&M finds himself pursued by a gang of ruthless dominatrices - each with a unique talent.

(Country: Japan; Year: 2013; Director: Hitoshi Matsumoto; Writer: Hitoshi Matsumoto, Mitsuyoshi Takasu, Tomoji Hasegawa, Kôji Ema, Mitsuru Kuramoto; Stars: Mao Daichi, Lindsay Kay Hayward, Hairi Katagiri, Gin Maeda, Hitoshi Matsumoto, Suzuki Matsuo, Michié, Haruki Nishimoto, Eriko Satô, Shinobu Terajima, Ai Tominaga, Atsurô Watabe, Naomi Watanabe, You, Nao Ômori)

The Sleeping Room

A call girl and her client discover terrifying supernatural secrets in an old Victorian brothel.

(Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: John Shackleton; Stars: Leila Mimmack, Joseph Beattie, David Sibley, Julie Graham, Christopher Adamson)

The Shining

Review preview for The Shining

A masterpiece of horror cinema, it features a bleak atmosphere, striking visuals, frenzied performances, and an utterly unshakable, creeping sense of dread.

James Gracey · 5 out of 5
After moving his family to a remote hotel with a troubled past, a writer gradually loses his mind.

(Country: US, UK; Year: 1980; Director: Stanley Kubrick; Writer: Stanley Kubrick, Diane Johnson, based on the novel by Stephen King; Stars: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Scatman Crothers, Danny Lloyd, Joe Turkel)

Full review

The Visitor

An intergalactic warrior helps Jesus Christ battle a demonically possessed eight year old and her pet hawk.

(Country: US, Italy; Year: 1979; Director: Giulio Paradisi; Stars: Mel Ferrer, Shelley Winters, Glenn Ford, John Huston, Sam Peckinpah, Franco Nero)

Wolf Creek 2

Review preview for Wolf Creek 2

John Jarrett dominates every scene in which he appears and quite a few in which he doesn't.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
Cops and tourists fall foul of an outback serial killer.

(Country: Australia; Year: 2013; Director: Greg McLean; Writer: Greg McLean, Aaron Sterns; Stars: John Jarratt, Ryan Corr, Shannon Ashlyn, Philippe Klaus, Shane Connor, Ben Gerrard, Gerard Kennedy, Annie Byron, Lucy Bayet, Chloé Boreham, Sebastian Freeman, Ryan Clarke, Thomas Green, Maria Levskaia, Sarah Roberts)

Full review See: Interview with John Jarrett about Wolf Creek 2

Wrong Turn 6

When a young man inherits a house in the backwoods, he is forced to choose between his civilised values and a hideous family secret.

(Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Valeri Milev; Stars: Anthony Ilott, Aqueela Zoll, Rollo Skinner, Sadie Katz, Roxanne Pallett)