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Grimmfest — A–Z of films

2020

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  • 12 Hour Shift
    Review preview for 12 Hour Shift

    A splatter-happy romp through one night in the organ trade.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    Nurse Mandy is just trying to make it through her double shift alive, but her nasty drug addiction, annoying coworkers, needy patients, and devious cousin are making it pretty tough, not to mention organ-stealing criminals and an injured convict.

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  • Death Ranch
    Review preview for Death Ranch

    On days when watching Nazis get punched on YouTube isn't enough, this hits the spot.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    Three African American siblings on the run from the police take refuge at an abandoned Tennessee Ranch, unaware their hideout is on the hunting grounds of a cannibalistic Ku Klux Klan cult
  • Fried Barry
    Review preview for Fried Barry

    Achieves remarkable poignancy for something so irreverent.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    Barry is a drug-addled, abusive bastard who - after yet another bender - is abducted by aliens. Barry takes a backseat as an alien visitor assumes control of his body and takes it for a joyride through Cape Town.
  • The Horror Crowd
    Review preview for The Horror Crowd

    The film is beautifully edited, at times coming across like one long conversation between people in different places.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A documentary about the Hollywood horror community.

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  • The Oak Room
    Review preview for The Oak Room

    Few films have ever depicted the art of storytelling as brilliantly as this.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    During a raging snowstorm, a drifter returns home to the blue-collar bar located in the remote Canadian town where he was born. When he offers to settle an old debt with a grizzled bartender by telling him a story, the night's events quickly spin into a dark tale of mistaken identities, double-crosses and shocking violence.

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  • Rent-A-Pal
    Review preview for Rent-A-Pal

    Wheaton is excellent as the twee yet sinister Andy.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A lonely carer looking for love becomes obsessed by a videotape featuring a man who offers to be his friend.
  • Revenge Ride
    Review preview for Revenge Ride

    Revenge Ride has a kind of rough-hewn grace, a purity that's rare in today's cinema.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    After a young woman is drugged at a party, her cousin's all-female biker gang rides out for revenge.
  • Ropes
    Review preview for Ropes

    Elena is not initially an easy character to like, but her courage and ingenuity is handling the crisis she finds herself in gradually wins viewers over.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A young quadriplegic woman who has lost her sister moves to a country house with her father. A trained dog helps her, but then becomes her worst enemy.
  • Ten Minutes To Midnight
    Review preview for Ten Minutes To Midnight

    Williams is fantastic in the central role.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A late night radio host is trapped inside the station by a violent storm after being bitten by a rabid bat.
  • Triggered
    Review preview for Triggered

    Shot at night with scenes designed to look as if they're lit by torchlight, this is no small technical achievement.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    Nine friends, each harbouring a dark secret, go camping in the woods. When they wake up with bombs strapped to their chests, they find themselves caught up in a deadly game.
  • Unearth
    Review preview for Unearth

    Overall, the story is slight, but Lee Eun-ah's atmospheric cinematography enables Unearth to punch above its weight.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    The relationship between two neighbouring farm families is strained when one of them chooses to lease land to an oil and gas company - and something long dormant and terrifying, deep beneath the earth's surface, is released.