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Grimmfest · 2012

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32 films · 10 reviews

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Attack Of The Werewolves (Lobos De Arga, Wolves Of Arga, Game Of Werewolves)

Review preview for Attack Of The Werewolves

In Moreno's genre comedy, not only are the horrors of a century-old Romanian vendetta exposed to the full moon's half light, but also a trail of hidden ordnance and long-buried bodies from the more recent, entirely real and utterly homegrown Spanish Civil

Anton Bitel · 3.5 out of 5
A writer returns to his Galician village expecting to receive an award, but the villagers have very different plans for him.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2012; Director: Juan Martínez Moreno; Writer: Juan Martínez Moreno; Stars: Gorka Otxoa, Carlos Areces, Secun de la Rosa, Mabel Rivera, Manuel Manquiña, Luis Zahera, Coté Soter, Marcos Ruiz, Ramses)

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American Mary

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An entertaining, intelligent film about how our choices influence our lives.

Lindis Kipp · 5 out of 5
A disenfranchised medical student goes AWOL into the lucrative underworld of unnecessary surgery.

(Country: US, Canada; Year: 2012; Director: Jen Soska, Sylvia Soska; Writer: Jen Soska, Sylvia Soska; Stars: Katharine Isabelle, Julia Maxwell, Antonio Cupo, Connor Stanhope, Paul Anthony, Sierra Pitkin, Paula Lindberg, John Emmet Tracy, Rikki Gagne, Jen Soska, David Lovgren, Twan Holliday, Sylvia Soska, Nelson Wong, Sean Amsing)

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Basket Case

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The sort of film that any aspiring director of schlocky shock should be proud of having as their debut.

Anton Bitel · 3.5 out of 5
Cult horror à la basket.

(Country: US; Year: 1982; Director: Frank Henenlotter; Writer: Frank Henenlotter; Stars: Kevin Van Henteryck, Terri Susan Smith, Beverly Bonner, Robert Vogel, Diana Browne, Lloyd Pace, Bill Freeman, Joe Clarke, Ruth Neuman, Richard Pierce, Sean McCabe, Dorothy Strongin, Ilze Balodis, Kerry Buff, Tom Robinson, Chris Babson, Maria T Newland)

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Before Dawn

Travelling to a remote cottage in an attempt to patch up their relationship, a troubled couple could have done without a zombie apocalypse.

(Year: 2012; Director: Dominic Brunt; Stars: Dominic Brunt, Joanne Mitchell, Eileen O'Brien, Nicky Evans)

Below Zero

A struggling writer resorts to desperate measures, having himself locked in a meat locker in the middle of nowhere for a week. Things do not go well.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2011; Director: Justin Thomas Ostensen; Stars: Edward Furlong, Michael Berryman, Kristin Booth)

The Cleaner

A sexual degenerate goes looking for love with a dominatrix.

(Country: UK; Year: 2012; Director: Ben Edmonton, Sam Twyman; Stars: Sam Twyman, Patricia Pendleton)

Cockneys Vs Zombies

Review preview for Cockneys Vs Zombies

The real comedic heart of the film is with the still-kicking Brit-veteran oldies.

David Graham · 3.5 out of 5
Bank robbers fight their way out of zombie-infested London.

(Country: UK; Year: 2011; Director: Matthias Hoene; Writer: James Moran, Lucas Roche; Stars: Michelle Ryan, Georgia King, Alan Ford, Lee Asquith-Coe, Harry Treadaway, Honor Blackman, Richard Briers, Rasmus Hardiker, Dudley Sutton, Dominic Burns, Tony Gardner, Tony Selby, Jack Doolan, Ashley Bashy Thomas, Lee Nicholas Harris)

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Comedown

Terror waits in an abandoned tower block for a group of teenagers who just want to get wasted and install an aeriel for their pirate radio station.

(Country: UK; Year: 2012; Director: Menhaj Huda; Stars: Jessica Barden, Adam Deacon, Sophie Stuckey)

Crawl

Review preview for Crawl

Scores high in the derivative stakes but low on satisfaction.

Neil Mitchell · 2 out of 5
When a garage owner hires a mysterious hitman to dispose of his business rival, things go from bad to worse.

(Country: Australia; Year: 2011; Director: Paul China; Writer: Paul China; Stars: George Shevtsov, Georgina Haig, Paul Holmes, Andy Barclay, Lynda Stoner)

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Crawlspace

A special forces unit is sent in to shut down a secret underground military base, but there's something nasty waiting in the dark.

(Country: Australia; Year: 2012; Director: Justin Dix; Stars: Amber Clayton, David Whiteley, Nicholas Bell, Peta Sergeant)

Cursed Bastards (Malditos Sean)

A series of sinister stories about those foolish enough to cross a spiritual healer.

(Country: Argentina; Year: 2011; Director: Fabian Forte, Demian Rugna; Stars: Victoria Almeida, Paula Bouquet Roldan, Victor Cura)

The Devil Rides Out (The Devil's Bride)

Review preview for The Devil Rides Out

Still has the power to send shivers down the spine.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
When two friends discover a third has become caught up in a Satanist cult, the race is on to save his soul and that of a beautiful stranger.

(Country: UK; Year: 1968; Director: Terence Fisher; Writer: Richard Matheson (based on the book by Dennis Wheatley); Stars: Christopher Lee, Charles Gray, Nike Arrighi, Leon Greene, Patrick Mower, Gwen Ffrangcon Davies, Sarah Lawson, Paul Eddington, Rosalyn Landor) , Trailer

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Devoured

A young woman working in a restaurant to try and fund an operation for her son starts to have disturbing visions.

(Country: US; Year: 2012; Director: Greg Oliver; Stars: Marta Milans, Kara Jackson, Bruno Gunn, Tyler Hollinger)

The Eschatrilogy

In a post-apocalyptic world where the undead walk, a stranger is writing the history of the fall of civilisation.

(Country: UK; Year: 2012; Director: Damien Morter; Stars: Stuart Wolfenden, Damien Morter, Sarah Jane Honeywell, Clay Whitter)

Gallowwalker

A mysterious gunslinger is hunted by the undead corpses of those he has slain.

(Country: UK/US; Year: 2012; Director: Andrew Goth; Stars: Wesley Snipes, Riley Smith, Tanit Phoenix, Patrick Bergin, Kevin Howarth)

Grabbers

Review preview for Grabbers

Grabbers is a thoroughly charming and welcome blend of terror and blarney.

Scott Macdonald · 4 out of 5
A small island community is terrorised by monsters from the sea.

(Country: Ireland, UK; Year: 2012; Director: Jon Wright; Writer: Kevin Lehane; Stars: Richard Coyle, Ruth Bradley, Russell Tovey, Lalor Roddy, David Pearse, Bronagh Gallagher, Pascal Scott, Clelia Murphy, Louis Dempsey, Micheál O'Gruagain, Ned Dennehy, Stuart Graham, Killian Coyle, Michael Hough, Jonathan Ryan) , Official site

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Hate Crime

Meth-head neo-Nazis invade a Jewish family's home during their young son's birthday party.

(Country: US; Year: 2012; Director: James Cullen Bressack; Stars: Maggie Wagner, Jody Barton, Greg DePetro, Tim Moran, Debbie Diesel)

Him Indoors

An agoraphobic serial killer arranges for his victims to come to his house, but things go awry when one gets the date wrong.

(Country: UK; Year: 2012; Director: Paul Davis; Stars: Reece Sheersmith, Pollyanna McIntosh)

Nightbreed: The Cabal Cut

Restored version of Clive Barker's controversial 1990 film.

(Year: 2012; Director: Russell Cherrington; Writer: Clive Barker; Stars: Craig Sheffer, Anne Bobby, Doug Bradley, Simon Bamford, Oliver Parker, Nick Vince, Hugh Ross, David Cronenberg)

The Other Side

A babysitter makes her way to a remote farm, with a sinister pursuer.

(Country: UK; Year: 2012; Director: Alex Santoro, Oli Santoro; Stars: Nick Moran, Amelia Warner, Jennie Jacques)

The Raven

An abused woman finds inspiration in Edgar Allen Poe's famous poem.

(Country: UK; Year: 2012; Director: Jenny Longworth; Stars: Jenny Longworth, Joe Stacey)

Rites Of Spring

A group of criminals planning a kidnap inadvertently discover the terrifying secret behind annual disappearances of young women.

(Country: US; Year: 2011; Director: Padraig Reynolds; Stars: Rachel Adams, Ben Geringer, Paul Nolan, The Stranger, The Creature)

Some Guy Who Kills People

Review preview for Some Guy Who Kills People

Kevin Corrigan holds it all together with a brooding, anxious performance.

James Benefield · 3 out of 5
Released from an asylum, a young man struggles to rebuild his life, but he's still threatened by the high school bullies who caused his breakdown. It's time to make them pay.

(Country: US; Year: 2011; Director: Jack Perez; Writer: Ryan A Levin; Stars: Kevin Corrigan, Karen Black, Barry Bostwick, Lucy Davis)

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Sinister

Review preview for Sinister

You could be forgiven for wondering if Sinister is based on a true story.

Chris · 3.5 out of 5
A ghost story and found footage meet a hackneyed true-crime novelist.

(Country: US; Year: 2012; Director: Scott Derrickson; Writer: C Robert Cargill, Scott Derrickson; Stars: Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio, James Ransone, Clare Foley, Fred Dalton Thompson, Michael Hall D'Addario, Juliet Rylance, Danielle Kotch, Nicholas King, Victoria Leigh, Cameron Ocasio, Blake Mizrahi, Rachel Konstantin, Ethan Haberfield)

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Stitches

A clown comes back from the dead to wreak vengeance on those responsible for his death.

(Country: Ireland; Year: 2012; Director: Conor McMahon; Writer: Conor McMahon, David O'Brien; Stars: Ross Noble, Tommy Knight, Gemma-Leah Devereux, John McDonnell, Lorna Dempsey, Eoghan McQuinn, Callum Maloney, Laila Stack, Harry Behan)

Sunday Best

A serial killer looking for somewhere to clean himself up stops at the wrong house.

(Country: UK; Year: 2011; Director: Clive Tonge; Stars: Andrew Squires, Bill Fellows, Valerie Shields)

Twisted

Six people's lives intertwine in unexpected ways as they find themselves in danger.

(Country: Singapore; Year: 2012; Director: Chai Yee Wai; Stars: Mark Lee, Zhu Mi Mi, Alvin Wong)

Wake Up And Die (Wake Up & Die)

A young woman wakes up in bed with a stranger and grows increasingly disturbed as she tries to remember how she got there.

(Country: Columbia; Year: 2011; Director: Miguel Urrutia; Stars: Andrea Montenegro, Luis Fernando Bohorquez)

Welcome To Leathermill

When a stranger causes a car accident, villagers decide to punish him in the traditional way.

(Country: UK; Year: 2012; Director: Russell England; Stars: Adam Leese, Bill Fellows, Patricia Leach)

Wrong House

Two troubled families fall out at a property viewing but find themselves in much deeper trouble when they encounter a girl whose tongue has been cut out.

(Country: US; Year: 2012; Director: Eric Hurt; Stars: Marc Singer, Art LaFleur, Hayley DuMond)

Yellow

Review preview for Yellow

An astonishing and compelling assemblage of contradictions: it is messy yet controlled; enigmatic and elliptical yet clean and crystal-clear; and it casts a modern eye back on the old school.

Anton Bitel · 4.5 out of 5
A serial killer makes taunting phone calls.

(Country: UK; Year: 2012; Director: Ryan Haysom; Writer: Ryan Hansom, Jon Britt; Stars: Stephen M. Gilbert, Hester Arden, Rocco Menzel) , Official site , Trailer

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Zombies, Run!

Two workmates find themselves trapped in their office with flesh-eating workmates at the dawn of a zombie Apocalypse.

(Country: France; Year: 2012; Director: Emily Tibbatts; Stars: Renelle Wagret, Kamel Zidouri)