YOUR FLESH, YOUR CURSE * Denmark 2017 Dir: Kasper Juhl. 100 mins “Where ignorance is removed, so-called evil ceases to exist…” Pseudo-philosophical quotations and pointless chapter titles (e.g. “The Existence of a Flower”) punctuate this arduous – though great-looking – exercise in nihilism. Marie-Louise Damgaard Nielsen copes well in a…
EXTRACURRICULAR **** Canada 2018 Dir: Ray Xue. 90 mins “Two does not count as a massacre…” This assured feature debut for Rax Xue opens in a familiar fashion with a savage sequence of a young couple assailed by a quartet of Day-Glo mask wearing strangers…before unravelling so we can spend…
GREMLINS ***** USA 1984 Dir: Joe Dante. 104 mins Don’t be deceived by the slushy strains of Jerry Goldsmith’s “Gizmo” music, or the cuteness of the Mogwai themselves, for this Steven Spielberg production – filtered through the warped imagination of horror loving director Joe Dante – is as dark hearted…
Some of today’s biggest names unite with a selection of today’s most visually-gifted filmmakers for a unique cinematic experience that crosses 5 GALAXIES. An assemblage of futuristic, high concept stories about artificial intelligence, 5 GALAXIES features Pom Klementieff (GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY), Eric Roberts (THE DARK KNIGHT, Suits) and Neil…
CHRISTMAS BLOOD (a.k.a. Juleblod) *** Norway 2017 Dir: Reinert Kiil. 104 mins A brutal, creepy prologue sets the scene for this festive Norwegian slasher movie: a Santa-suited killer has notched up a prodigious body count over the last couple of decades, targeting law breakers with his own “naughty list” at…