THE LAKE *** Thailand 2022 Dir: Lee Thongkham & Aqing Xu. 120 mins A superb finale to Grimmfest 2022, THE LAKE is a Thai homage to Japanese giant monster horror where a young girl finds a large egg by the river and takes it back to her village. Unfortunately, it’s…
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MONSTER **** USA 2003 Dir: Patty Jenkins. 109 mins The title itself is subjective: writer-director Patty Jenkins doesn’t dilute the crimes of executed “white trash” Florida murderer Aileen Wuornos (who, at the time, had recently been the subject of Nick Broomfield’s widely admired documentaries), nor does she mute her abrasive…
Charlize Theron gives a tour-de-force performance as America’s first female serial killer Aileen Wuornos in Monster (2003), from director Patty Jenkins (Wonder Woman), that earned her accolades galore, including the prestigious best actress Oscar® in 2004. Now almost 20 years on from its original, lauded theatrical release, the film has…
HOUSE MONSTER **** USA 2020 Dir: David Axe. 70 mins Co-writer (with Bradley J. Petit) / director / editor / cinematographer David Axe is building a filmography of technically modest but thematically rich and timely horror films. HOUSE MONSTER follows THE THETA GIRL, SHED and LECTION and, like a handful…
MONSTROUS ** USA 2020 Dir: Bruce Wemple. 86 mins Despite the impressive, looming Sasquatch of this film’s poster – and a 2017-set prologue featuring an unambiguous assault on two female motorists – the “monstrous” in Bruce Wemple’s indie drama turns out to be something quite different. Written by its star,…