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Glasgow Film Festival · 2015

Glasgow Film Festival 2015

Frightfest

Programme

12 films · 6 reviews

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A woman seeks revenge after the death of her lover.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2015; Director: April Mullen; Stars: Katharine Isabelle, Christopher Lloyd, Michael Ironside)

The Asylum (Backmask, Exeter)

Review preview for The Asylum

The teenagers really feel like teenagers, even when spouting leaden lines.

Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
Six teenagers partying in an abandoned building find themselves in trouble after experimenting with the supernatural.

(Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Marcus Nispel; Stars: Stephen Lang, Brett Dier, Brittany Curran, Kelly Blatz, Michael Ormsby, Gage Golightly)

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The Atticus Institute

A look at the secret behind the sudden closure of a secret ESP research station.

(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Chris Sparling; Stars: William Mapother, Rya Kihlstedt, Rob Kerkovich)

Blood And Black Lace (Sei Donne Per L'Assassino)

Review preview for Blood And Black Lace

One of the most startlingly erotic mass market films of its era.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
Six models are stalked by a psychopath.

(Country: Italy; Year: 1964; Director: Mario Bava; Writer: Marcello Fondato, Giuseppe Barilla, Mario Bava; Stars: Cameron Mitchell, Eva Bartok, Lea Lander)

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Clown

Review preview for Clown

The problem with Clown is that, beyond that premise, there really isn't very much of substance.

Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
A father puts on a clown costume for his son's birthday but then discovers he can't take it off - and worse, it's possessed by a demon.

(Country: US, Canada; Year: 2014; Director: Jon Watts; Writer: Christopher D Ford, Jon Watts; Stars: Andy Powers, Laura Allen, Peter Stormare, Eli Roth, Christian Distefano)

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The Hoarder

Suspecting he's unfaithful, a young woman breaks into her rich boyfriend's secret storage unit, only to discover unexpected horrors.

(Country: UK; Year: 2015; Director: Matt Win; Stars: Mischa Barton, Robert Knepper, Charlotte Salt)

[REC] 4: Apocalypse

The series' original reporter is rescued from the cursed apartment building and taken to an oil tanker where a scientist is trying to cure the zombie plague.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2014; Director: Jaume Balagueró; Writer: Jaume Balagueró, Manu Díez; Stars: Manuela Velasco, Paco Manzanedo, Héctor Colomé, Ismael Fritschi, Críspulo Cabezas, Mariano Venancio, María Alfonsa Rosso, Carlos Zabala, Cristian Aquino, Emilio Buale, Paco Obregón, Javier Laorden, Javier Botet)

Stonehearst Asylum (Eliza Graves)

Review preview for Stonehearst Asylum

The pitting of Kingsley against Caine in this context is delightful.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
A medical school graduate gets more than he bargained for at a mental institution.

(Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Brad Anderson; Writer: Joe Gangemi, based on the story by Edgar Allan Poe; Stars: Kate Beckinsale, Jim Sturgess, David Thewlis, Brendan Gleeson, Ben Kingsley, Michael Caine, Jason Flemyng, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Sinéad Cusack, Edmund Kingsley, Robert Hands, Ciara Flynn, Christopher Fulford, Andrew Dallmeyer, Guillaume Delaunay)

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There Are Monsters

There's a strange little girl standing in the front garden…

(Country: Canada ; Year: 2008; Director: Jay Dahl)

The Woods

A behind the scenes look at the making of The Blair Witch Project.

(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Russell Gomm; Stars: Edward Sanchez, Daniel Myrick, Gregg Hale)

Wyrmwood: Road Of The Dead (Wyrmwood)

Review preview for Wyrmwood: Road Of The Dead

Utterly lacking in decorum or shame, this is a film that reeks of self-indulgence but gets away with it completely.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
During a post- apocalyptic zombie crisis, a mechanic sets out to rescue his sister from the clutches of a mad scientist.

(Country: Australia; Year: 2014; Director: Kiah Roache-Turner; Writer: Kiah Roache-Turner; Stars: Jay Gallagher, Bianca Bradey, Leon Burchill)

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