KILLER SOFA *** New Zealand 2019 Dir: Bernie Rao. 81 mins Pedants of the world unite: it’s not a killer sofa, it’s a homicidal, insanely jealous reclining chair. Writer-director Bernie Rao had his original, wittier titles (MY LOVER, MY LAZY BOY and the wonderful THE FURNISHING) nixed and had to…
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RED ROOM * Ireland 2017 Dir: Stephen Gaffney. 95 mins Red Room — uncompromising, uncomfortable and brutal, but is it worth it? Red Room is the directorial debut of Stephen Gaffney, it tells the story of Kyra (Amy Kelly), a young woman snatched from the streets during a night-out and introduced to…
THE FINAL WISH ** USA 2018 Dir: Timothy Woodward Jr. 96 mins Well, this film from Cinedigm productions starts off spookily and horrifically with a gruesome and mysterious murder and then somehow never really found the right flightpath to whisk me away into what could have been a decent horror…
THE CLEANSING HOUR **** USA 2019 Dir: Damien LeVeck. 94 mins Although some of its noisier overt demon stuff gets a bit listless, here’s a genuinely fun, witty take on the familiar 21st century horror trope of the doomed documentary crew venturing into territory best left unexploited. Ryan Guzman is…
BLOOD QUANTUM **** Canada 2019 Dir: Jeff Barnaby. 96 mins Set in the early 80’s the indigenous people of the Red Crow tribe situated in the Mi’gMaq reserve begin to notice that animals such as dogs and fish that have recently died are coming back from the dead. It is…