BLOOD HUNTERS is the terrifying new horror film from director Tricia Lee and Film Monkey Productions. Lee, one of the very few successful female directors in the genre, made a splash on the scene with her first feature CLEAN BREAK and her second feature SILENT RETREAT. Since the long-time team…
Browsing: Frightfest 2016
Artsploitation Films has acquired the U.S. rights from international sales agent Devilworks for the Australian horror film RED CHRISTMAS directed by veteran television director/producer Craig Anderson. The dark,violent and sickly twisted tale had its World Premiere at the Sydney Film Festival, its North American Premiere at Fantasia Festival and its…
THE CHAMBER **** U.K. 2016 Dir: Ben Parker. 88 mins An intense feature debut from Ben Parker, in which veteran Captain Johannes Kuhnke leads his ageing submarine “The Aurora” on a secretive retrieval mission at the bottom of the Yellow Sea. As the nature of their mission becomes clear, a…
FRIGHTFEST 2016: DAY FIVE MONOLITH **** USA / Italy 2016 Dir: Ivan Silvestrini. 83 mins This high-concept survivalist thriller has a tour-de-force from occasional genre sex symbol Katrina Bowden, test-driving a revolutionary new car across the desert with her two year old son in tow. The car is bullet proof,…
FRIGHTFEST 2016: DAY FOUR JOHNNY FRANK GARRETT’S LAST WORD **** USA 2016 Dir: Simon Rumley. 95 mins British filmmaker Simon Rumley, influenced by WEST OF MEMPHIS and Netflix’s popular “Making A Murderer”, here offers a compelling hybrid of American true crime drama and commercial horror film. Before his execution, the…