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Glasgow Film Festival · 2016

Glasgow Film Festival 2016

Frightfest

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13 films · 5 reviews

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Anguish

A girl is suffering from an identity disorder, but is it caused by a dead spirit channelling itself through her?

(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Sonny Mallhi; Writer: Sonny Mallhi; Stars: Ryan Simpkins, Annika Marks, Karina Logue, Annika Marks)

Baskin

Review preview for Baskin

Its plot is more cleverly structured than is at first apparent, and although it seems to lose its way part way through, there's always something going on upstairs.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
A squad of unsuspecting cops goes through a trapdoor to Hell after stumbling upon a Black Mass in an abandoned building.

(Country: Turkey, US; Year: 2015; Director: Can Evrenol; Writer: Ogulcan Eren Akay, Can Evrenol; Stars: Muharrem Bayrak, Mehmet Akif Budak, Fadik Bülbül, Derin Cankaya, Mehmet Cerrahoglu)

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The Devil's Candy

After moving to a new house an artist finds his work mysteriously getting darker, while the arrival of the son of the previous owner may present a threat to his family. Is there a Satanic influence at work?

(Year: 2015; Director: Sean Byrne; Writer: Sean Byrne; Stars: Ethan Embry, Shiri Appleby, Kiara Glasco, Pruitt Taylor Vince)

The Forest

A young woman searches for her missing sister in Japan's famously haunted Sea of Trees.

(Country: US; Year: 2016; Director: Jason Zada; Writer: Nick Antosca, Sarah Cornwell; Stars: Natalie Dormer, Eoin Macken, Stephanie Vogt )

The Hexecutioners

Two disparate young women working for a company that conducts euthanasia are dispatched to a remote estate to perform a custom assisted-suicide ritual, but unwittingly summon the wraiths of a Death Cult that once inhabited the property.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2015; Director: Jesse Thomas Cook; Writer: Tony Burgess; Stars: Liv Collins, Sarah Power, Timothy Burd)

Martyrs

A woman and her childhood friend seek out revenge on those who victimized and abused them in this remake of the 2008 hit.

(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Kevin Goetz, Michael Goetz; Writer: Pascal Laugier, Mark L Smith; Stars: Troian Bellisario, Caitlin Carmichael, Kate Burton, Toby Huss, Bailey Noble)

The Mind's Eye

Review preview for The Mind's Eye

The latex and practical effects, the lighting dominated by primary red and blues, and the synth-heavy score by Steve Moore, all contribute to the strong Eighties vibe.

Anton Bitel · 3.5 out of 5
A drifter with telekinetic powers sets out for revenge.

(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Joe Begos; Writer: Joe Begos; Stars: Graham Skipper, Lauren Ashley Carter, John Speredakos, Larry Fessenden, Noah Segan, Matt Mercer)

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The Other Side Of The Door

A family lives an idyllic existence abroad until a tragic accident takes the life of their young son. The inconsolable mother learns of an ancient ritual that will bring him back to say a final goodbye. She travels to an ancient temple, where a door serves as a mysterious portal between two worlds. But when she disobeys a sacred warning to never open that door, she upsets the balance between life and death.

(Country: India, UK; Year: 2016; Director: Johannes Roberts; Writer: Johannes Roberts, Ernest Riera; Stars: Sarah Wayne Callies, Jeremy Sisto, Javier Botet)

Pandemic

A fist person journey through Los Angles, fighting off the infected.

(Country: US; Year: 2016; Director: John Suits; Writer: Dustin T Benson; Stars: Rachel Nichols, Missi Pyle, Alfie Allen, Mekhi Phifer)

Patchwork

Review preview for Patchwork

An always engaging, often intriguing and highly comical story of the monstrous feminine.

Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
Waking to find themselves Frankensteined together in one body after a night out, three young women set aside their differences to seek revenge.

(Country: Canada, US; Year: 2015; Director: Tyler MacIntyre; Writer: Chris Lee Hill, Tyler MacIntyre; Stars: Tory Stolper, Tracey Fairaway, Maria Blasucci, James Phelps)

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SPL 2: A Time For Consequences

Prison guards fight over the fate of a prisoner on whom their relatives may depend for life saving organ transplants, with only one of them aware that he became a junkie due to his work as an undercover cop.

(Country: China, Hong Kong; Year: 2015; Director: Pou-Soi Cheang; Writer: Lai-yin Leung, Ying Wong; Stars: Tony Jaa, Jing Wu, Simon Yam, Jin Zhang, Louis Koo, Ken Lo)

Southbound

Review preview for Southbound

Unusually coherent for a film of this type and well structured so that the different directors' styles complement one another rather than clashing.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
Five interlocking tales of terror follow the fates of a group of weary travellers who confront their worst nightmares - and darkest secrets - over one long night on a desolate stretch of desert highway.

(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Roxanne Benjamin, David Bruckner, Patrick Horvath, Radio Silence; Writer: Roxanne Benjamin, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, David Bruckner, Susan Burke, Dallas Richard Hallam, Patrick Horvath; Stars: Larry Fessenden, Hassie Harrison)

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The Wave (Bølgen)

Review preview for The Wave

This is a film that should be watched on as big a screen as possible, but even on a smaller one, the tsunami is stunning.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
Seismic rumblings in the Norwegian fjords threaten to start a chain reaction that will destroy the local area.

(Country: Norway; Year: 2015; Director: Roar Uthaug; Writer: John Kåre Raake, Harald Rosenløw-Eeg; Stars: Kristoffer Joner, Thomas Bo Larsen, Fridtjov Såheim, Ane Dahl Torp, Jonas Hoff Oftebro, Arthur Berning, Edith Haagenrud-Sande, Laila Goody, Lado Hadzic, Eili Harboe, Herman Bernhoft, Tom Larsen, Mette Agnete Horn, Silje Breivik, Tyra Holmen)

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