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London Film Festival · 2014

London Film Festival 2014

Cult

Short film showcase Take Me To The Other Side will also screen.

Programme

15 films · 7 reviews

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Cub (Welp)

Review preview for Cub

There is no safety net for characters here.

Luke Shaw · 3 out of 5
A young boy heads to scout camp, certain he will encounter a monster - and he's right.

(Country: Belgium; Year: 2014; Director: Jonas Govaerts; Writer: Jonas Govaerts, Roel Mondelaers; Stars: Maurice Luijten, Evelien Bosmans, Titus De Voogdt, Stef Aerts, Jan Hammenecker, Gill Eeckelaert)

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story Of Cannon Films

Review preview for Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story Of Cannon Films

A breezy, captivating and balanced tale of a studio whose rise and fall is perhaps the only story actually more bizarre than the plots of the films that came out of it.

Owen Van Spall · 4 out of 5
Examination of exploitation cinema.

(Country: Australia, US, Israel, UK; Year: 2014; Director: Mark Hartley; Writer: Mark Hartley, Mark Hartley; Stars: Dolph Lundgren, Molly Ringwald, Bo Derek, Marina Sirtis, Olivia d'Abo, Robert Forster, Richard Chamberlain, Elliott Gould, Mimi Rogers, Cassandra Peterson, Catherine Mary Stewart, Alex Winter, Franco Nero, Diane Franklin, Michael Dudikoff)

It Follows

Review preview for It Follows

A simple but compelling dynamic... the execution is superb.

Owen Van Spall · 4 out of 5
A teenager finds herself having strange visions and becomes convinced that something dangerous is following her.

(Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: David Robert Mitchell; Writer: David Robert Mitchell; Stars: Maika Monroe, Keir Gilchrist, Jake Weary, Daniel Zovatto, Olivia Luccardi, Lili Sepe)

In Darkness We Fall (La Cueva)

Five friends run into trouble on holiday when they decide to explore a cave.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2014; Director: Alfredo Montero; Writer: Javier Gullón, Alfredo Montero; Stars: Marta Castellote, Xoel Fernández, Eva García-Vacas, Marcos Ortiz, Jorge Páez)

Jamie Marks Is Dead

No one seemed to care about Jamie Marks until after his death. Hoping to find the love and friendship he never had in life, Jamie’s ghost visits former classmate Adam McCormick, drawing him into the bleak world between the living and the dead.

(Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Carter Smith; Writer: Christopher Barzak, Carter Smith; Stars: Liv Tyler, Judy Greer, Morgan Saylor, Cameron Monaghan, Madisen Beaty, Erin Wilhelmi, Lizzy DeClement, Noah Silver, Nadia Alexander, Maryann Urbano, Ronen Rubinstein, Fred Tolliver Jr, Connor Antico, Andrew Polk, Ryan Munzert)

Kristy

Slasher film set in a university.

(Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Oliver Blackburn; Writer: Anthony Jaswinski; Stars: Ashley Greene, Haley Bennett, Lucas Till, James Ransone, Chris Coy, Mathew St. Patrick, Jon Arthur, Jaylen Moore, Corrina Roshea, John L. Armijo, Chelsea Bruland, Wayne Pére, James Rawlings, David Jensen, Al Vicente)

The Man In The Orange Jacket (M.O.Zh.)

A fired man sets out for vengeance.

(Country: Latvia, Estonia; Year: 2014; Director: Aik Karapetian; Writer: Aik Karapetian; Stars: Anta Aizupe, Maxim Lazarev, Aris Rozentals)

No Man's Land (Wu Ren Qu)

A lawyer finds himself on an adventure as he tries to cross the Gobi desert for a trial.

(Country: China; Year: 2013; Director: Hao Ning; Writer: Xing Aina, Hao Ning, Ping Shu; Stars: Zheng Xu, Duobujie, Nan Yu, Bo Huang, Duo Ba, Hong Guo, Hao Ning, Hong Tao, Pei Wang, Shuangbao Wang, Xinming Yang, Hu Zhao)

Shrew's Nest (Musarañas)

Post-war Spanish horror.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2014; Director: Juanfer Andrés, Esteban Roel; Writer: Juanfer Andrés, Juanfer Andrés, Sofía Cuenca; Stars: Silvia Alonso, Carolina Bang, Nadia de Santiago, Asier Etxeandia, Macarena Gomez, Macarena Gómez, Gracia Olayo, Josean Pérez, Hugo Silva, Luis Tosar)

Spring

Review preview for Spring

A film about the importance of asking for unreasonable things from other people.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
A grieving man falls for a woman with a dark secret.

(Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead; Writer: Justin Benson; Stars: Lou Taylor Pucci, Nadia Hilker, Nick Nevern, Augie Duke, Jeremy Gardner, Holly Hawkins, Vinny Curran, Kenzo Lee, Shane Brady, Chris Palko, Vanessa Bednar, Francesco Carnelutti, Jonathan Silvestri, Some Other Guy)

Tokyo Tribe

Review preview for Tokyo Tribe

Like rap without rhythm, Tokyo Tribes is missing something vital: plot and characters.

Donald Munro · 1.5 out of 5
Hybrid of Yakuza gang action and hip-hop musical.

(Country: Japan; Year: 2014; Director: Shion Sono; Writer: Santa Inoue, Shion Sono; Stars: Akihiro Kitamura, Ryôhei Suzuki, Hitomi Katayama, Hiroko Yashiki, Kokone Sasaki, Shôta Sometani, Shôko Nakagawa, Riki Takeuchi, Yôsuke Kubozuka, Denden, Haruna Yabuki, Yui Ichikawa, Shunsuke Daitô, Motoki Fukami, Takuya Ishida)

The Town That Dreaded Sundown

Review preview for The Town That Dreaded Sundown

A frequently impressive but occasionally problematic experience.

David Graham · 3 out of 5
Sixty-five years after a serial killer terrorised a small town... the murders begin again.

(Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon; Writer: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa; Stars: Addison Timlin, Gary Cole, Joshua Leonard, Spencer Treat Clark, Denis O'Hare, Veronica Cartwright, Edward Herrmann, Ed Lauter, Wes Chatham, Starlette Miariaunii, Gracie Whitton, Arabella Field, Lance E. Nichols, Morganna May, Ricky Wayne)

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre)

Review preview for The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

Hooper infects characters and viewers alike with the thrill of a madness from which there can be no real escape.

Anton Bitel · 5 out of 5
A tragedy that befalls five youths in the Texas outback takes horror to a new dimension.

(Country: US; Year: 1974; Director: Tobe Hooper; Writer: Tobe Hooper, Kim Henkel; Stars: Marilyn Burns, Gunnar Hansen, Paul A Partain, Allen Danziger, Edwin Neal, William Vail, Terri McMinn, Jim Siedow)

When Animals Dream (Når Dyrene Drømmer)

The appearance of dead bodies troubles an adolescent girl living on an island who can feel herself beginning to change.

(Country: Denmark; Year: 2014; Director: Jonas Alexander Arnby; Writer: Rasmus Birch; Stars: Lars Mikkelsen, Jakob Oftebro, Sonja Richter, Gustav Dyekjær Giese, Mads Riisom, Stig Hoffmeyer, Tina Gylling Mortensen)

The White Haired Witch Of Lunar Kingdom

A new vision of Liang Yusheng’s classic novel Baifa Monü Zhuan.

(Country: China; Year: 2014; Director: Zhang Zhiliang; Writer: Yusheng Liang; Stars: Fan Bingbing, Huang Xiaoming, Vincent Zhao)

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