MINORE **** Greece 2023 Dir: Konstantinos Koutsoliotas. 111 mins Konstantinos Koutsoliotas, who directed and co-wrote (with Elizabeth E. Schuch) this Athens-set mesh of Greek mythology and JAWS / John Carpenter-infused monster movie, has an extensive background in visual effects, having worked on blockbusters including GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY and Guillermo…
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TO FIRE YOU COME AT LAST **** UK / USA 2023 Dir: Sean Hogan. 45 mins Writer of (among others) the superb Midnight Movie monograph about DEATHLINE and ENGLAND’S SCREAMING and director of THE DEVIL’s BUSINESS, Sean Hogan continues his smart, imaginative revisions of vintage British horror with this highly…
HERD ** USA 2023 Dir: Steven Pierce. 97 mins Jamie (Ellen Adair) and Alex (Mitzi Akaha) decide a canoeing break in the Missouri countryside will help their marital woes: Jamie lets out her pent-up frustrations about the job she hates, the city life she resents and her dislike of having…
‘A portrait of a society at vicious odds with itself… primed to explode, as though the old west, with its territorial disputes and shootouts, had never ended. Yet in its central couple it offers an alternative model, and the possibility of healing, both personal and national’ Projected Figures ‘Proffers…
Following a successful world premiere at London’s FrightFest, Dark Sky Films today announced it has acquired North American distribution rights to HERD, an action-driven horror film and the directorial debut from Steven Pierce, co-written by Pierce and James Allerdyce. HERD stars Ellen Adair (Trick, Cryptid), Mitzi Akaha (Bashira), Jeremy Holm (The Ranger, Brooklyn 45, Black Mold), Amanda Fuller (Starry Eyes, All the Creatures Were Stirring) among others. The…