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Glasgow Film Festival · 2014

Glasgow Film Festival 2014

Frightfest

Programme

11 films · 7 reviews

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Afflicted

Two friends are undertaking a journey together when one of them becomes infected with something that starts to change him.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2013; Director: Derek Lee, Clif Prowse; Writer: Derek Lee, Clif Prowse; Stars: Baya Rehaz, Clif Prowse, Derek Lee)

Almost Human

Two years after Mark's disappearance, a string of grisly murders occurs and his best friend comes to believe that Mark is involved.

(Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Joe Begos; Writer: Joe Begos; Stars: Graham Skipper, Josh Ethier, Vanessa Leigh)

Anna (Mindscape)

Review preview for Anna

With strong performances all round and gorgeous cinematography by Óscar Faura, it's a powerful piece of work.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
A forensic psychologist is faced with a young woman who may be a victim or a psychopath.

(Country: US, Spain; Year: 2013; Director: Jorge Dorado; Writer: Guy Holmes; Stars: Mark Strong, Taissa Farmiga, Brian Cox)

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Killers

Review preview for Killers

Its shock tactics never feel cheap and its cerebral bent should see it transcend the torture porn ghetto.

David Graham · 4 out of 5
An accomplished but bored serial killer takes a journalist who is drawn to murder under his wing.

(Country: Indonesia, Japan; Year: 2014; Director: Mo Brothers, Kimo Stamboel, Timo Tjahjanto; Writer: Takuji Ushiyama, Timo Tjahjanto; Stars: Rin Takanashi, Luna Maya, Ray Sahetapy, Kazuki Kitamura, Epy Kusnandar, Oka Antara, Mei Kurokawa, Tara Basro)

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Proxy

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Director Parker excels at misdirection but risks losing audience interest in the process.

Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
A pregnant woman meets a bereaved mother in a support group for survivors of violence, but nothing is as it seems.

(Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Zack Parker; Writer: Kevin Donner, Zack Parker; Stars: Joe Swanberg, Alexa Havins, Kristina Klebe, Alexia Rasmussen, Brittany Wagner, Mark A. Nash, Erika Hoveland, Kitsie Duncan, Jim Dougherty, Shayla Hardy, Adam Stephenson, Phyllis Munro, Jason Dixie, Faust Checho, Adam King) , Trailer

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The Sacrament

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Gene Jones makes one of the most enigmatic and appalling cult leaders you'll ever see.

David Graham · 3 out of 5
Two young reporters visit a secretive religious group.

(Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Ti West; Writer: Ti West; Stars: Joe Swanberg, AJ Bowen, Amy Seimetz)

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Savaged

Witnessing a crime, a deaf mute young woman is attacked and left for dead, but revived by an Apache shaman whose magic may keep her intact just long enough to get revenge.

(Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Michael S Ojeda; Stars: Amanda Adrienne, Tom Ardavany, Ronnie Gene Blevins)

The Scribbler

Review preview for The Scribbler

Shaffer has adapted the story from his own comic book and tends towards self-indulgence.

Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
A woman with multiple personality disorder undergoes a strange new procedure.

(Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: John Suits; Stars: Katie Cassidy, Michelle Trachtenberg, Eliza Dushku)

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Torment

A family returns home from holiday to find that a family of killers has moved into their house.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2013; Director: Jordan Barker; Stars: Peter DaCunha, Katharine Isabelle, Stephen McHattie)

Video Nasties: Draconian Days

Review preview for Video Nasties: Draconian Days

The sense of a community growing up in defiance of such nonsensical conservatism makes the second half hugely rousing.

David Graham · 4.5 out of 5
The story of censorship in the British home video industry.

(Country: UK; Year: 2014; Director: Jake West; Stars: James Ferman, Christopher Smith, Kim Newman)

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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