‘One of the greatest films ever made, horror or otherwise’ Rob Savage ‘A classic supernatural enigma, once seen never forgotten’ Projected Figures Following the release of Lake Mungo in the acclaimed Limited Edition version, Second Sight Films now bring this horror classic to Standard Edition Blu-ray. Seminal Australian horror Lake Mungo from director Joel Anderson was originally…
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‘One of the strongest, most effective horror films of recent years… awards-quality lead work from Essie Davis’ Empire ‘How terrific to find a crowd-pleasing chiller that wants to do more than make you jump – to move your heart and your head, rather than just your body’ Mark Kermode, The…
SESSION 9 ***** USA 2001 Dir: Brad Anderson. 100 mins Co-writer / director Brad Anderson, who later made the THE MACHINIST, wanted to make a grown-up horror film with serious intent at a time when the genre had run the smug, self-conscious post-SCREAM teen horrors into the ground and, in…
‘This thrilling, dizzying debut… is a nostalgic treat for anyone old enough to remember the infamous “video nasties” scare of the early 80s’ Mark Kermode ‘Ambiguous, introspective, thoughtful. As weirdly uncomfortable as horror should be, and rarely is… Niamh Algar is terrific, and deeply empathetic’ Flick Philosopher ‘Bailey-Bond displays…
SWALLOW ***** USA / France 2019 Dir: Carlo Mirabella-Davis. 94 mins There are echoes of Todd Haynes’ [SAFE] in this haunting psychological horror piece about an alienated woman’s desperate retreat into a condition that provides her with the comfort and fulfillment lacking elsewhere – though Carlo Mirabella-Davis’ feature debut is…