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Tribeca Festival · 2013

Tribeca Festival 2013

Midnight

The Cinemania section - which was, ironically, formerly known as Midnight - is back to wearing its dead-of-night credentials on its sleeve this year, with the emphasis moving back away from the quirky mixture of recent years back into more squarely horror/sci-fi territory.

Programme

7 films · 4 reviews

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Dark Touch

Review preview for Dark Touch

De Van appears to think that throwing every horror cliche in the book at something will make for atmosphere.

Amber Wilkinson · 2 out of 5
A child is haunted by abuse.

(Country: France, Ireland, Sweden; Year: 2013; Director: Marina de Van; Writer: Marina de Van; Stars: Art Parkinson, Anabel Sweeney, Padraic Delaney, Mark Huberman, Marcella Plunkett, Olga Wehrly, Marie Missy Keating, Robert Donnelly, Ella Hayes, charlotte Flyvholm, Susie Power)

Full review

World premiere

Frankenstein's Army

Review preview for Frankenstein's Army

Raaphorst and scriptwriter Chris W Mitchell seem so proud of the look that they completely forget that a film also needs to have a decent plot and characters lying beneath the costumes.

Amber Wilkinson · 1.5 out of 5
Russian soldiers try to track down an evil scientist who is working for the Nazis.

(Country: Netherlands, US; Year: 2013; Director: Richard Raaphorst; Writer: Chris W Mitchell, Richard Raaphorst, Miguel Tejada-Flores; Stars: Karel Roden, Joshua Sasse, Robert Gwilym, Alexander Mercury, Luke Newberry, Hon Ping Tang, Andrei Zayats, Mark Stevenson, Cristina Catalina, Jan de Lukowicz, Zdenek Barinka, Linda Balabanova, Valentine Berning, Ivana Lokajová, Klaus Lucas)

Full review See: Interview with Richard Raaphorst about Frankenstein's Army

International premiere

Fresh Meat

After a poorly executed escape from the police, a gang of dysfunctional criminals flees to the suburbs and gets more than it bargained for when it crash lands in the garage of an upper-class Maori family whose refined palates have developed a taste for human flesh. This action-packed horror comedy tells a blood-spattered tale of basement butchery and shifting allegiances as these unlikely adversaries enter a deadly showdown.

(Country: New Zealand; Year: 2012; Director: Danny Mulheron; Writer: Brad Abraham, Joseph O'Brien, Briar Grace Smith; Stars: Temuera Morrison, Nicola Kawana, Hanna Tevita, Kate Elliott, Jack Sergent-Shadbolt, Leand Macadaan, Ralph Hilaga, Kahn West, Will Robertson, James Ashcroft, Richard Knowles, Andrew Foster, Phil Grieve, Thomas Rimmer, Peter Doile)

New York premiere

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)

Full review

World premiere

Mr Jones

Scott is a filmmaker in need of inspiration. He and his girlfriend Penny move into a desolate house hoping to make a breakthrough. Then they discover their neighbour, the elusive Mr Jones. Famous for his haunting sculptures, Mr. Jones has remained a mystery to the world. Scott and Penny, convinced that they have found the perfect film subject, sneak into his workshop and realize that their curiosity may have chilling consequences. Who is Mr Jones?

(Country: US; Year: 2012; Director: Karl Mueller; Writer: Karl Mueller; Stars: Rachel O'Meara, Jon Foster, Mark Steger, Jessica Dowdeswell)

World premiere

Raze

Women-in-prison tale. After Sabrina is abducted, she finds herself in an underground lair, forced to do battle with other innocent women for the amusement of unseen spectators. Each of these reluctant warriors has something to lose, but only one will remain when the game is done.

(Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Josh C Waller; Writer: Robert Beaucage, Kenny Gage, Josh C Waller; Stars: Zoe Bell, Rachel Nichols, Tracie Thoms, Sherilyn Fenn, Doug Jones, Bruce Thomas, Bailey Anne Borders, Rebecca Marshall, Adrienne Wilkinson, Allene Quincy, Kelly Thiebaud, Nicole Steinwedell, Tara Macken, Tonya Kay, Amy Johnston)

World premiere

V/H/S/2 (S-VHS)

Review preview for V/H/S/2

This is a showcase for ideas about new ways to approach the genre. In that regard, it is both entertaining and inventive.

Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
An anthology of short found footage horror films using inventive visual perspectives.

(Country: US, Canada; Year: 2013; Director: Simon Barrett, Adam Wingard, Edúardo Sanchez, Gregg Hale, Timo Tjahjanto, Gareth Huw Evans, Jason Eisener; Writer: Simon Barrett, Jamie Nash, Timo Tjahjanto & Gareth Huw Evans, John Davies; Stars: Adam Wingard, Lawrence Levine, LC Holt, Kelsy Abbott, Hannah Hughes)

Full review

New York premiere