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Glasgow Film Festival · 2017

Glasgow Film Festival 2017

Frightfest

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14 films · 7 reviews

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Bloodlands

A struggling family in Albania, wrestling with tradition, must unite against a mysterious clan's aggressions, leading to a 'blood feud' that is all too familiar in the Balkans.

(Country: Australia, Albania; Year: 2016; Director: Steven Kastrissios; Writer: Steven Kastrissios; Stars: Gëzim Rudi, Emiljano Palali, Suela Bako)

Cage Dive

After their tour boat capsizes, three cage diving holidaymakers are trapped at the bottom of the sea with great white sharks circling overhead.

(Country: Australia; Year: 2017; Director: Gerald Rascionato; Writer: Gerald Rascionato; Stars: Megan Peta Hill, Suzanne Dervish-Ali, Joel Hogan)

A Cure For Wellness

An ambitious young executive is sent to retrieve his company's CEO from an idyllic but mysterious "wellness centre" at a remote location in the Swiss Alps but soon suspects that the spa's miraculous treatments are not what they seem.

(Country: Germany, US; Year: 2017; Director: Gore Verbinski; Writer: Justin Haythe; Stars: Jason Isaacs, Mia Goth, Dane DeHaan, Celia Imrie)

Detour

After his mother ends up in a coma under suspicious circumstances, a law student decides to drown his sorrows at a seedy bar. The next morning, he wakes up to the realisation that he may have hired a hitman.

(Country: UK, South Africa; Year: 2016; Director: Christopher Smith; Writer: Christopher Smith; Stars: Emory Cohen, Bel Powley, Tye Sheridan, Stephen Moyer, Gbenga Akinnagbe, John Lynch, Sibo Mlambo, Jenna Saras, Nick Boraine, Jared Abrahamson, Francis Chouler, Dylan Edy, Joe Vaz, Daniel Fox, Reine Swart)

Fashionista

Review preview for Fashionista

Fuller is absorbing in the central role, really giving it her all.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
A woman who uses clothes as an emotional crutch discovers her life isn't as ideal as she thought.

(Country: US; Year: 2016; Director: Simon Rumley; Writer: Simon Rumley; Stars: Amanda Fuller, Ethan Embry, Eric Balfour, Alex Assoe, Alexandria DeBerry)

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Happy Hunting

Review preview for Happy Hunting

Happy Hunting makes stunning use of the natural landscape and is delivered with a style that maximises the impact of its slender plot.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
An alcoholic drifter must battle withdrawal and psychotic rednecks after he becomes the target of a deranged sporting event.

(Country: US; Year: 2016; Director: Joe Dietsch, Louie Gibson; Writer: Louie Gibson, Joe Dietsch; Stars: Martin Dingle Wall, Ken Lally, Kenny Wormald, Connor Williams, Gary Sturm)

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Hounds Of Love

When a young woman is abducted by a disturbed couple, she quickly realises she must drive a wedge between them if she is to survive.

(Country: Australia; Year: 2016; Director: Ben Young; Writer: Ben Young; Stars: Emma Booth, Ashleigh Cummings, Stephen Curry)

It Stains The Sand Red

In the throes of a zombie apocalypse, A troubled woman from Las Vegas finds herself stranded in the desert with a lone and ravenous zombie on her tail.

(Country: US; Year: 2016; Director: Colin Minihan; Writer: Colin Minihan, Stuart Ortiz; Stars: Brittany Allen, Juan Riedinger, Merwin Mondesir)

The Night Of The Virgin (La Noche Del Virgen)

Review preview for The Night Of The Virgin

The strongest scene is the first one, where Sebastián shows us what he can do as a filmmaker when not distracted by a commitment to going over the top.

Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5
One New Year's Eve party, Nico, a naive 20-year-old, sets out ready to lose his virginity at all costs. In the middle of the party, his gaze crosses Medea, a cunning and attractive mature woman.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2016; Director: Roberto San Sebastián; Writer: Guillermo Guerrero; Stars: Javier Bódalo, Miriam Martín, Víctor Amilibia, Ignatius Farray, Rocío Suárez, Javi Alaiza)

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Phantasm

Review preview for Phantasm

You can turn it upside down, inside out and back-to-front and you might be able to work most of it out, but there will always be one thing that doesn't fit.

Gator MacReady · 4 out of 5
Baffling Seventies horror flick about a scary tall mortician, killer dwarfs and sci-fi spheres

(Country: US; Year: 1979; Director: Don Coscarelli; Writer: Don Coscarelli; Stars: Reggie Bannister, Angus Scrimm, A Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury, Kathy Lester)

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Raw (Grave)

A girl from a family of vegetarians decides to eat raw meat for the first time with unexpected consequences.

(Country: France, Belgium; Year: 2016; Director: Julia Ducournau; Writer: Julia Ducournau; Stars: Garance Marillier, Ella Rumpf, Rabah Nait Oufella, Laurent Lucas, Bouli Lanners, Joana Preiss, Marion Vernoux, )

Shin Godzilla (Shin Gojira)

Review preview for Shin Godzilla

There's certainly a giant monster, there's definitely some degree of rampaging.

Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
Japan is plunged into chaos upon the appearance of a giant monster.

(Country: Japan; Year: 2016; Director: Hideaki Anno, Shinji Higuchi; Writer: Hideaki Anno; Stars: Hiroki Hasegawa, Yutaka Takenouchi, Satomi Ishihara)

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The Transfiguration

Review preview for The Transfiguration

Don't be suckered in by the promises of bloodsucking.

Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
Tale of love, loss and vampires.

(Country: US; Year: 2016; Director: Michael O'Shea; Writer: Michael O'Shea; Stars: Eric Ruffin, Chloe Levine, Larry Fessenden, Aaron Moten, Danny Flaherty)

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The Warrior's Gate (Enter The Warriors' Gate)

Review preview for The Warrior's Gate

The film benefits from not taking itself too seriously.

Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
A US teenager is magically transported to ancient China and learns to convert his video game skills into those of a Kung Fu warrior.

(Country: France, China; Year: 2016; Director: Matthias Hoene; Writer: Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen; Stars: Mark Chao, Ni Ni, Dave Bautista, Sienna Guillory)

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