Horror in the House: FrightFest 2015 Preview
First published by Little White Lies, in anticipation both of the Film4 FrightFest 2015, and of the focus on domestic dread in the (then) forthcoming Crimson Tide issue of LWLies. … Continue reading
Night of the Living Deb (2015)
First published by TwitchFilm “It seems sort of like a zombie apocalypse!”, observes Deb Clarington (Maria Thayer), quickly assessing the situation around her and unhesitantly taking appropriate action where so … Continue reading
Estranged (2015)
First published by Little White Lies When we first encounter January (Amy Manson) – named for the Roman god of doors, beginnings and transitions – she is on a Brazilian … Continue reading
AfterDeath (2015)
First published by Little White Lies Like After Life (1998) or Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006), Gez Medinger and Robin Schmidt’s directorial debut AfterDeath makes no bones about the fact that it … Continue reading
The Sand (2015)
First published by TwitchFilm The morning after a night of hardy partying on a secluded beach, several co-eds awaken not just to the usual hangovers, erotic regrets, post-prank headaches and … Continue reading
Some Kind Of Hate (2015)
First published by TwitchFilm After finally standing up for himself against a vicious bully, troubled teen Lincoln (Ronen Rubinstein) is sent to a New Age reform school in the Californian … Continue reading
The Diabolical (2015)
First published by Little White Lies “Not again.” This opening line – coming after the camera has reeled unnaturally (POV-style) through a darkened house, after electrical devices have started and … Continue reading
FrightFest: Critics’ roundtable post-mortem
Final girls revisited, maternity messed up, madness mediated, misogynies exploded, confinement framed and social realism genre-fied: Virginie Sélavy, Kim Newman and I face the horror and cast pod on FrightFest … Continue reading
Night Fare (2015)
First published by TheHorrorShow “There are no deadlines that never come due, no debts never paid.” This motto is displayed in the rear of a Parisian black cab for its … Continue reading
Last Girl Standing (2015)
First published by TheHorrorShow With an opening sequence in which Camryn (Akasha Villalobos) turns the tables on deer-masked ritual killer ‘the Hunter’ and survives a woodlands killing spree that has … Continue reading
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