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  • Broken Bird (2024)
    Review preview for Broken Bird

    Broken Bird is primarily a character study, and Calder is its greatest asset.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A lonely mortician who has spent her whole life looking for love finds her reason slipping away from her, her dark desires becoming more insatiable and progressively more out of control.
  • Donkey Punch (2008)
    Review preview for Donkey Punch

    As paper-thin friendships tear apart and allegiances ebb and flow, the body count climbs in a spirited and inventive fashion.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    Seven go mad on a yacht. Plus read our with the director and stars of the film. The film is out to own on November 10.
  • Wolf Manor (2022)
    Review preview for Wolf Manor

    The wolf cam POV shots are a charming if somewhat over-familiar device, accompanied by growling, and this helps to alleviate what is always the biggest difficulty for werewolf films: showing too much of the monster.

    Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5
    Shooting a vampire movie in an old abandoned house should have worked like a dream. However, with the full moon, the nightmare begins. The body count rises as the cast and crew encounter the mansion's resident werewolf.

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