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Grimmfest · 2013

Grimmfest 2013

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Antisocial

Five friends trapped in the house where they were celebrating New Year desperately try to research the epidemic apparently unfolding outside.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2013; Director: Cody Calahan)

Big Bad Wolves

Review preview for Big Bad Wolves

Definitely one of this year’s most accomplished thrillers.

David Graham · 4 out of 5
Two vigilantes kidnap a suspected child-killer.

(Country: Israel; Year: 2013; Director: Aharon Keshales, Navot Papushado; Writer: Aharon Keshales, Navot Papushado; Stars: Lior Ashkenazi, Tzahi Grad, Rotem Keinan, Doval'e Glickman)

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The Borderlands

Vatican investigators use hidden cameras to try and discern the cause of strange happenings in a West Country church.

(Country: UK; Year: 2013; Director: Elliot Goldner; Stars: Aidan McArdle, Patrick Godfrey, Gordon Kennedy, Luke Neal, Robin Hill)

The Butterfly Room

Befriended by a deceptively sweet younger woman, a lepidopterist is drawn into a dangerous world - but she has secrets of her own.

(Country: Italy, US; Year: 2012; Director: Jonathan Zarantonello; Stars: Barbara Steele, Ray Wise, Erica Leerhsen, Heather Lagenkamp)

Hansel And Gretel: The 420 Witch (Hansel And Gretel Get Baked)

A young woman must dodge a drug turf war to take on the witch who ate her boyfriend.

(Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Duane Journey; Stars: Cary Elwes, Lara Flynn Boyle, Michael Welch, Molly C Quinn, Yancy Butler)

Hellraiser

Review preview for Hellraiser

Though it's no longer likely to shock horror audiences, Hellraiser remains highly watchable, and there is no doubting its importance in the history of cinema.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
An unfaithful wife faces demonic horrors after her dead lover escapes from Hell.

(Country: UK; Year: 1987; Director: Clive Barker; Writer: Clive Barker; Stars: Andrew Robinson, Clare Higgins, Ashley Laurence, Sean Chapman)

Full review See: Interview with Stuart Conran about Hellraiser

Home Sweet Home

A young couple return to their new home after a night out to find a psychopath lying in wait.

(Country: Canada, France; Year: 2013; Director: David Morlet; Stars: Megan Heffern, Adam MacDonald, Shane Benson)

House With 100 Eyes

A middle class couple prepare to make their latest snuff film, but this time things don't run smoothly.

(Country: US; Year: 2011; Director: Jay Lee, Jim Roof; Stars: Jim Roof, Shannon Malone, Larissa Lynch)

The Human Race

Eighty people are kidnapped and forced to race for their lives.

(Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Paul Hough; Stars: Paul McCarthy-Boyington, Eddie McGee, Trista Robinson)

John Dies At The End

Review preview for John Dies At The End

It may sound like a spurious stream-of-consciousness from someone who’s taken too many drugs in their life, but it’s not.

Sophie Monks Kaufman · 4 out of 5
Two friends use a drug that enables them to warp space time in an attempt to save the world.

(Country: US; Year: 2012; Director: Don Coscarelli; Writer: Don Coscarelli, based on the novel by David Wong; Stars: Chase Williamson, Rob Mayes, Paul Giamatti, Clancy Brown, Glynn Turman, Doug Jones, Daniel Roebuck, Fabianne Therese, Jonny Weston, Jimmy Wong, Tai Bennett, Allison Weissman, Angus Scrimm, Riley Rose Critchlow, Jerry Droz)

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Jug Face

A pregnant teenager tries to escape her backwoods community after coming to suspect that she is intended to be sacrificed to a creature in a pit.

(Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Chad Crawford Kinkle; Writer: Chad Crawford Kinkle; Stars: Sean Bridgers, Lauren Ashley Carter, Kaitlin Cullum, David Greathouse)

Kiss Of The Damned

A spiteful vampire brings chaos to the life of her mild-manered vampire sister who just wants to settle down with a still-mortal man.

(Country: US; Year: 2011; Director: Xan Cassavetes; Writer: Xan Cassavetes; Stars: Josephine de la Baume, Roxane Mesquida, Milo Ventimiglia)

The Machine

Review preview for The Machine

What James has tried to do is film a Hollywood Blockbuster on an independent British budget, and it shows.

Neil Mitchell · 2 out of 5
A cybernetics expert tries to create an android super-soldier.

(Country: UK; Year: 2013; Director: Caradog W James; Writer: Caradog W James; Stars: Toby Stephens, Sam Hazeldine, Caity Lotz, Denis Lawson, Lee Nicholas Harris, Ben McGregor, Stuart Matthews, Helen Griffin, Sule Rimi, Alan Low, Pooneh Hajimohammadi, Clark Fisher, James Burn)

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Modus Anomali

A father struggles to recover his two children after they go missing in the woods.

(Country: Indonesia; Year: 2012; Director: Joko Anwar; Writer: Joko Anwar; Stars: Rio Dewanto, Hannah Al Rashid, Aridh Tritama, Izzi Isman)

My Amityville Horror

Review preview for My Amityville Horror

This documentary offers a uniquely personal account of events in the house from an eyewitness who has never really been heard before.

Anton Bitel · 3.5 out of 5
A documentary about the famous Amityville 'haunting' case focusing on Daniel, who was ten at the time and remembers something very different.

(Country: US; Year: 2012; Director: Eric Walter; Stars: Daniel Lutz)

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On Air

A shock radio host is challenged by a serial killer, with a woman's life at stake.

(Country: Germany; Year: 2013; Director: Marco J. Riedl, Carsten Vauth; Stars: Markus Knüffken, Charles Rettinghaus, Ronald Nitschke, Jasmin Lord)

Smiley

A university fresher is drawn into the legend of a supernatural serial killer connected to a social networking site.

(Country: US; Year: 2012; Director: Michael J. Gallagher; Stars: Caitlin Gerard, Melanie Papalia, Shane Dawson, Roger Bart, Keith David)

Stalled

Review preview for Stalled

These two British upstarts show just how much can be done when you're brave enough to keep things intimate.

David Graham · 4 out of 5
A janitor is trapped in the toilets when a zombie outbreak strikes the office party.

(Country: UK; Year: 2013; Director: Christian James; Stars: Dan Palmer, Antonia Bernath, Tamaryn Payne, Mark Holden, Giles Alderson)

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Thanatamorphose

Moving to a new apartment, a troubled sculptress finds her body beginning to decay.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2012; Director: Éric Falardeau; Stars: Émile Beaundry, Eryka Cantieri, Roch-Denis Gagnon)

To Jennifer

A geek takes his best friend with him on a drive across country to confront the girlfriend he suspects of cheating on him.

(Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: James Cullen Bressack; Stars: Chuck Pappas, Jessica Cameron, Jody Barton, James Cullen Bressack)

Wither

A small group of friends accidentally unleashes an ancient horror from beneath the floorboards of a remote woodland cabin.

(Country: Sweden; Year: 2012; Director: Sonny Laguna, Tommy Wiklund; Stars: Patrik Almqvist, Lisa Henni, Amanda Renberg, Patrick Saxe, Ralf Beck)

The Wicker Man

Review preview for The Wicker Man

Truly a milestone in British cinema.

Max Blinkhorn · 5 out of 5
A policeman gets more than he bargained for on a remote Scottish isle.

(Country: UK; Year: 1973; Director: Robin Hardy; Writer: Anthony Shaffer; Stars: Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, Diane Cilento, Britt Ekland, Ingrid Pitt, Lindsay Kemp, Russell Waters, Aubrey Morris, Irene Sunters, Walter Carr, Ian Campbell, Leslie Blackater, Roy Boyd, Peter Brewis, Barbara Rafferty)

Full review See: Interview with Robin Hardy and Keith Easdale about The Wicker Tree