Stars: Anton Yelchin, Joe Cole, Alia Shawkat, Callum Turner, Macon Blair, Imogen Poots, Mark Webber, Eric Edelstein, Patrick Stewart | Written and Directed by Jeremy Saulnier
I first reviewed Green Room back in 2017 for my blog Wight Blood and gave it a score of 9/10. I don’t think I have watched it since so with this Second Sight 4k/Blu-ray release, I had the opportunity to see if it was just as good on second viewing.
The movie follows a punk band as they attempt to tour and book a last-minute gig at a neo-nazi bar with the promise of some decent money. They play the gig and attempt to leave as quickly as possible but after they witness something they shouldn’t have, things turn nasty and they get stuck in the green room with nowhere to go.
Green Room is quite the movie. It’s easy to see why...
I first reviewed Green Room back in 2017 for my blog Wight Blood and gave it a score of 9/10. I don’t think I have watched it since so with this Second Sight 4k/Blu-ray release, I had the opportunity to see if it was just as good on second viewing.
The movie follows a punk band as they attempt to tour and book a last-minute gig at a neo-nazi bar with the promise of some decent money. They play the gig and attempt to leave as quickly as possible but after they witness something they shouldn’t have, things turn nasty and they get stuck in the green room with nowhere to go.
Green Room is quite the movie. It’s easy to see why...
- 3/25/2024
- by Alain Elliott
- Nerdly
‘A gruelling, gutsy suspense ride… gore cuts deep… Patrick Stewart brings an almost Shakespearean edge to the drama… drew gasps from the audience – myself included’
★★★★★
Mark Kermode, The Observer
‘Jeremy Saulnier is among the most inventive, versatile filmmakers working in low-budget, indie genre movies… a riotous, rough-hewn and rousing punk reinvention of ’70s-style grindhouse exploitation-with-a-brain-cinema’
★★★★
Empire
‘The gore is great… how can you resist a film that, metaphorically, throws Simon & Garfunkel, Fugazi and Slayer into the same moshpit? Fast and funny, the whole thing’s a bit of a scrum Dive in and feel the noise’
Evening Standard
‘The real deal: a ferocious siege movie that cuts straight to the bone…’
Total Film
‘Wound tighter than a top E string… not just a great twist on the gory survival thriller – it’s a great gory survival thriller full stop’
★★★★
NME
The brand-new Limited Edition release of Green Room will be music to your fears,...
★★★★★
Mark Kermode, The Observer
‘Jeremy Saulnier is among the most inventive, versatile filmmakers working in low-budget, indie genre movies… a riotous, rough-hewn and rousing punk reinvention of ’70s-style grindhouse exploitation-with-a-brain-cinema’
★★★★
Empire
‘The gore is great… how can you resist a film that, metaphorically, throws Simon & Garfunkel, Fugazi and Slayer into the same moshpit? Fast and funny, the whole thing’s a bit of a scrum Dive in and feel the noise’
Evening Standard
‘The real deal: a ferocious siege movie that cuts straight to the bone…’
Total Film
‘Wound tighter than a top E string… not just a great twist on the gory survival thriller – it’s a great gory survival thriller full stop’
★★★★
NME
The brand-new Limited Edition release of Green Room will be music to your fears,...
- 3/8/2024
- by Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins
- Horror Asylum
Film Festival
Zelda Adams, John Adams and Toby Poser’s Fantasia and FrightFest-winning horror film “Where the Devil Roams” will open the fourth edition of India’s Wench Film Festival (Feb. 9-March 3). The festival was founded in 2020 by filmmaker Sapna Moti Bhavnani (“Sindhustan”) to “bridge the gender gap in India by driving opportunities and conversations through the gaze of a woman inclusive of Biwoc, LGBTQ+ women and non-binary in art, fashion, and film powered by tech,” per the organizers. It specializes in the horror, sci-fi and fantasy genres.
The team, which also includes artistic director Uma da Cunha, programmers Heidi Honeycutt who is the co-founder of the women-focused Etheria Film festival, Shelagh Rowan-Legg, director of the Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies, “The Lunchbox” producer Vivek Rangachari, have curated a lineup of 29 films, including 14 India premieres and 10 Asia premieres.
Highlights include Ariane Louis-Seize’s “Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person,” Jenn Wexler’s “The Sacrifice Game,...
Zelda Adams, John Adams and Toby Poser’s Fantasia and FrightFest-winning horror film “Where the Devil Roams” will open the fourth edition of India’s Wench Film Festival (Feb. 9-March 3). The festival was founded in 2020 by filmmaker Sapna Moti Bhavnani (“Sindhustan”) to “bridge the gender gap in India by driving opportunities and conversations through the gaze of a woman inclusive of Biwoc, LGBTQ+ women and non-binary in art, fashion, and film powered by tech,” per the organizers. It specializes in the horror, sci-fi and fantasy genres.
The team, which also includes artistic director Uma da Cunha, programmers Heidi Honeycutt who is the co-founder of the women-focused Etheria Film festival, Shelagh Rowan-Legg, director of the Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies, “The Lunchbox” producer Vivek Rangachari, have curated a lineup of 29 films, including 14 India premieres and 10 Asia premieres.
Highlights include Ariane Louis-Seize’s “Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person,” Jenn Wexler’s “The Sacrifice Game,...
- 2/7/2024
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Black Cats and Incest.
Last week we used our discussion of Mark Pellington’s The Mothman Prophecies to recover from our month-long theme on toxic masculinity, which included episodes on Funny Games, Deadgirl, Murder by Numbers and Hard Candy.
This week we’re diving back into the world of Giallo with prolific Italian director Sergio Martino‘s Your Vice Is A Locked Room And Only I Have The Key (1972), which is truly the best title ever.
In the film, Irina (Anita Strindberg) is in an abusive marriage with Oliviero (Luigi Pistilli), her drunk womanizing writer husband. When his niece Floriana (Edwige Fenech) comes to visit, a plan is hatched to wreak revenge against the destitute author. As the film progresses, however, it’s no longer clear who is playing who.
Can Irina and Floriana trust each other? Or will the women turn on each other in madness and despair?
Be...
Last week we used our discussion of Mark Pellington’s The Mothman Prophecies to recover from our month-long theme on toxic masculinity, which included episodes on Funny Games, Deadgirl, Murder by Numbers and Hard Candy.
This week we’re diving back into the world of Giallo with prolific Italian director Sergio Martino‘s Your Vice Is A Locked Room And Only I Have The Key (1972), which is truly the best title ever.
In the film, Irina (Anita Strindberg) is in an abusive marriage with Oliviero (Luigi Pistilli), her drunk womanizing writer husband. When his niece Floriana (Edwige Fenech) comes to visit, a plan is hatched to wreak revenge against the destitute author. As the film progresses, however, it’s no longer clear who is playing who.
Can Irina and Floriana trust each other? Or will the women turn on each other in madness and despair?
Be...
- 12/11/2023
- by Joe Lipsett
- bloody-disgusting.com
*Updated 9/22/23* Our dedicated writers Shelagh Rowan-Legg, Kurt Halfyard, Andrew Mack and J Hurtado have been busy partaking of the many splendored cinematic banquet that is the Toronto International Film Festival. Now that the festival has officially closed, we wanted to remind you of all our coverage ... so far! As I write this on Monday morning, we have more reviews to come as we return to "normal life," whatever that is. We'll be updating this page with further reviews throughout this week, so we suggest that you bookmark it. For now, though, we provide a list of all our coverage to date, which you'll enjoy reading below. Reviews Fingernails by Kurt Halfyard Sleep by Shelagh Rowan-Legg Close Your Eyes by Shelagh Rowan-Legg Daddio by...
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- 9/18/2023
- Screen Anarchy
Reminiscent of the Quentin Tarantino / Robert Rodriguez collaboration Grindhouse with its throwback features and faux trailers for non-existent movies, filmmaker and artist Pat Tremblay’s new book Terror in the Ailien Realms: Transdimensional Horror Movie Posters & Their Film Reviews consists of posters for and reviews of movies that have never existed!
An explanation of what this book is all about was provided in a press release (via Variety), “Drawn by the deep nostalgia of roaming video rental stores to find cool movies to watch by judging what its VHS box’s artwork would entice or beguile, filmmaker & artist Pat Tremblay has created a series of horror movie posters with the assistance of AI. He then proposed to talented individuals within the horror movie scene to write imaginary reviews for them. The result is a captivating mixture of styles, ranging from the enigmatic and alluring to the outrageously hilarious. The dimensional...
An explanation of what this book is all about was provided in a press release (via Variety), “Drawn by the deep nostalgia of roaming video rental stores to find cool movies to watch by judging what its VHS box’s artwork would entice or beguile, filmmaker & artist Pat Tremblay has created a series of horror movie posters with the assistance of AI. He then proposed to talented individuals within the horror movie scene to write imaginary reviews for them. The result is a captivating mixture of styles, ranging from the enigmatic and alluring to the outrageously hilarious. The dimensional...
- 7/20/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
We've been madly anticipating Mad Heidi ever since our own Todd Brown reported on the film's crowdfunding campaign in 2018. Trent Haaga joined the screenwriting team in 2020, as our own Andrew Mack reported at the time. The finished film hit the festival circuit upon completion and, among other things, won the Audience Award at the Trieste Science+Fiction Festival, as our own Shelagh Rowan-Legg reported. Now, finally, we who reside in the lowly U.S. will have the glorious light of Mad Heidi shine upon us, though for one night only. (What? One night only?!) Yes, one night only means you'll possibly need to restructure your entire month around Wednesday, June 21, so that you can be in attendance for a very...
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- 5/22/2023
- Screen Anarchy
When Bhavnani first wrote a horror story ‘Bearlike Man’ that was selected at Bifan (Korea), the largest genre festival in Asia, she found herself to be the first Indian woman director to be on the platform ever.
"We were practically non-existent in that space. Over the three decades I looked at, 9.9 per cent of directors were women. Horror comes with just 5.9 per cent of directors being women and Sci-fi – 2.8 per cent. I find this statistic offensive. Wench 2022 showcased 47 horror /sci-fi/fantasy films — 43 of them directed by women," she tells Ians.
Believing that India has not really explored horror in its truest potential or form, the filmmaker feels there is no better medium to highlight social change than this genre.
"And there are so many different ways to make them instead of the cliche knee-jerk horror that we all know of," she asserts.
Talk to her about the fact that most...
"We were practically non-existent in that space. Over the three decades I looked at, 9.9 per cent of directors were women. Horror comes with just 5.9 per cent of directors being women and Sci-fi – 2.8 per cent. I find this statistic offensive. Wench 2022 showcased 47 horror /sci-fi/fantasy films — 43 of them directed by women," she tells Ians.
Believing that India has not really explored horror in its truest potential or form, the filmmaker feels there is no better medium to highlight social change than this genre.
"And there are so many different ways to make them instead of the cliche knee-jerk horror that we all know of," she asserts.
Talk to her about the fact that most...
- 3/16/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
The manticore is a creature from Persian mythology with the head of a lion and the tail of a scorpion. It is capable of shooting poisonous spines at its enemies and prey. I like this minimalist and old school poster design for Carlos Vermut's Manticore, which was brought to my attention recently by our own Shelagh Rowan-Legg, who reviewed the film when it played in Toronto in the fall. The head of the lion here is replaced by the head (and gaze) of the films protagonist. It also evokes the one-eyed Jack in a deck of cards, a symbol in itself of rebirth. The rest of the eponymous creature is folded in upon itself to conform to the shape and constraints of the key art....
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- 12/16/2022
- Screen Anarchy
The latest film by Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead prompted our own Shelagh Rowan-Legg to conclude her review thusly: "Delving once again into the metaphysical and its shadowy yet pervasive hold, Something in the Dirt takes a labyrinthian walk through the minds of two lonely and somewhat shifty men, something of a return to Benson and Moorhead's indie roots and yet an expansion on the unique world they've created in their films. Again asking questions to which they know there are no answers, and finding the weirdness on the journey." (Read her review from Sundance in its entirety here. The film is available as of today on various Video On Demand platforms, empowering you, dear reader, to watch and watch and watch again. If you...
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- 11/22/2022
- Screen Anarchy
Reviews are popping as many people return to work (?!) today, but around Screen Anarchy headquarters, we're still obsessed with the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival in Switzerland, which is at its midpoint. Before we move on to today's highlights, allow me to tout our reviews so far. Yesterday, my colleague Shelagh Rowan-Legg wrote about Youssef Chebbi's Ashkal, which she described as "a dark and subtle supernatural thriller, a deft combination of neo-noir and the fantastic. Perhaps the only effective way to relate the socio-political tension of contemporary Tunisia, its story moves like a shadow through the flames that greet the characters, its confrontation simultaneous cold and searing, right to the skin." And I wrote about Year Of The Shark (L'année du Requin), directed by...
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- 7/5/2022
- Screen Anarchy
On its fourth day, the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival in Switzerland continues debuting new genre films -- notably the world premiere of French thriller Year of the Shark, which is very good, and which I'll detail in my review, publishing later today, and the international premiere of supernatural crime thriller Ashkal, which my colleague Shelagh Rowan-Legg will be reviewing later today -- alongside second screenings of titles that debuted during the first three days, including "magical realist eco-fable" The Cow Who Sang a Song into the Future, "morbid weight watching" in Family Dinner and queer body horror in Hypochondriac, which are all recommended by our reviewers. So, it's probably a manic Monday for our friends in Europe, and will call for some judicious schedule...
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- 7/4/2022
- Screen Anarchy
Opening today in North American movie theaters, Crimes of the Future is a new film by David "Mr. Canada" Cronenberg. In celebration, we've been looking back at his distinguished career this week. Shelagh Rowan-Legg reviewed the film last week, in connection with its worldwide debut at the Cannes Film Festival: "There's a reason why Cronenberg is the first name in body horror - his, ahem, body of work, spanning several decades, has evolved from arguably the more exploitative, to the more Romantic and deeply rich psychological/body horror of the late 80s and 90s, he's been a (mostly) consistent force, with certain themes developed over his oeuvre. With his latest film, he returns somewhat to what I would call his middle period, which...
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- 6/3/2022
- Screen Anarchy
Chad Crawford Kinkle's horror flick Dementer, starring Katie Groshong and Larry Fessenden, will be available on digital platforms March 2nd from Dark Star Pictures. The official trailer was released today. Check it out below. Our own, Dr. Shelagh Rowan-Legg, caught Dementer when it played at the Nashville Film Festival back in 2019. Here are a couple excerpts from her review, followed by the press release. The result is what you might call an analog portrayal of cult and ritual, of belief and trauma, one that relies on its actors and post-production sound editing to convey its story; I write this as a complement, as the films relies on its wits and an audience that is keen to follow where the literal and metaphorical...
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- 2/8/2021
- Screen Anarchy
I absolutely love the fact that The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies exists and that it is now announcing its plans for Spring 2021. Cheap jokes by know-nothings about the relative intellectual capacity of horror fans aside, my own personal experience is that people who are steadfast viewers of horror films tend to be very deeply involved with what they are watching or reading. The surface visceral thrills pass very quickly upon multiple viewings of such fare, but there is something more profound afoot that certain individuals choose to engage with on a cultural level and from a distinctly personal perspective. All that being said, we here at ScreenAnarchy are very proud that our own Dr. Shelagh Rowan-Legg will begin serving as Executive Director as...
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- 12/18/2020
- Screen Anarchy
Horror never dies. If you need a reminder, first, check around your viewing area for mirrors and, second, watch a new teaser for Candyman. Our own Shelagh Rowan-Legg provided a very good overview of the upcoming film when the trailer debuted in February, and also updated us when a shadow puppet animated short dropped last month. The brief teaser includes a few moments from that short, and reminds me to maintain social distancing, especially where bees and urban legends are concerned. Candyman is now slated to open on September 25, assuming we all live that long....
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- 6/29/2020
- Screen Anarchy
A teenager disappears and no one knows what happened, except that it must be a living nightmare. Jennifer Reeder's moody noir Knives and Skin might draw comparisons to other modern noirs, such as Blue Velvet or Brick, but it walks its own path, according to our own Shelagh Rowan-Legg: "This is a film entirely of its own kind, one steeped in knowledge of the oddities of family life, the love of 80s music, and teenage girls' experiences, fraught with known and unknown dangers." (Read the entire review here.) Shelagh's review is great, and makes me want to see the movie. I also like this official description: "What happened to Carolyn Harper? Part suburban nightmare, part neon-soaked teenage fever dream, this tantalizing mystery traces the wave...
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- 11/8/2019
- Screen Anarchy
Lucas Heyne's Sundance selection Mope has been picked up for international sales by L.A. based Vanishing Angle. Mope just had its European premiere at the Sitges Film Festival yesterday. Our own Shelagh Rowan-Legg reviewed Mope when it played at the Boston Underground Film Festival. From her review. ... it tells the story not only of one of the darker corners of a strange industry, but about self-awareness, acceptance, the refusal to give up or give in, and how more often than not we are the demons that live inside us. ...this incredibly strange but impossibly true story, giving us a deeply uncomfortable but absolutely compelling story, never holding back from the discomfort, and giving his lead actors the room to be...
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- 10/4/2019
- Screen Anarchy
From unseen forces to dangerous desires, from the remorseful living to the remorseless dead, from under the earth to creepy closed doors, Arrow Video FrightFest 2019 continues the festival’s fine tradition of showcasing the best in global genre short filmmaking. This year’s five continent selection unleashes the newest creations from both upcoming and established filmmakers and embraces a record fifteen UK films, seven spotlighted selections from Canada and a breakthrough entry from The United Arab Emirates.
Homegrown talent continues to energise the UK film industry, as reflected in this year’s entries. There’s Folk Horror and Body Horror, whilst lethal women lurk around every corner in Sleep Tight, Under The Parasol and Dog Skin. Katie Bonham returns with ticking terror thriller Midnight and Josefa Celestin is back with the darkly apocalyptic Tomorrow Might Be The Day. Another fearsome futuristic tale is Old Beginnings, while unseen danger lurks in...
Homegrown talent continues to energise the UK film industry, as reflected in this year’s entries. There’s Folk Horror and Body Horror, whilst lethal women lurk around every corner in Sleep Tight, Under The Parasol and Dog Skin. Katie Bonham returns with ticking terror thriller Midnight and Josefa Celestin is back with the darkly apocalyptic Tomorrow Might Be The Day. Another fearsome futuristic tale is Old Beginnings, while unseen danger lurks in...
- 8/9/2019
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Ever since it debuted, Tigers Are Not Afraid has been "blowing minds all over the world," according to our own J Hurtado, and now a new trailer gives us all a lovely visual peek at what to expect. Issa López's film earned raves when it was first seen, including from our own Shelagh Rowan-Legg: "A cautionary fable, an unflinching look at the damages of drug culture, and a ray of hope to the end of that culture, Tigers Are Not Afraid is a work of immense beauty, pain, fear and joy. Encompassing a vast thematic structure in an incredible effective and affective story, López puts herself firmly on the map of the current new wave of Mexican cinema." Tigers Are Not Afraid will be released...
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- 7/29/2019
- Screen Anarchy
After over a year on the festival circuit and months of speculation, it was finally confirmed today that Issa López's Tigers Are Not Afraid has been acquired by AMC-owned horror-centric streaming service, Shudder for a release in late 2019. The film had its world premiere at 2017's Fantastic Fest, where López won an award for best director, and has been blowing minds all over the world in the eighteen months since, leading many of us - myself included - to wonder where it would eventually end up. Today Shudder announced the acquisition of all rights to the film in all Shudder territories, with a late 2019 launch date. Our Shelagh Rowan-Legg reviewed the film in...
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- 4/18/2019
- Screen Anarchy
A24 have released a haunting new trailer for Claire Denis' upcoming science fiction film High Life, starring Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche, André Benjamin and Mia Goth. In the French auteur's English-language debut, Denis depicts hopeless death-row inmates who have been chosen as scientific guinea pigs for scientist Juliette Binoche. And as they hurtle toward oblivion, Pattinson plays a father struggling to keep his daughter safe. No stranger to critical division, High Life was met with an equal share of praise and criticism upon its premier at the Toronto International Film Festival last year. ScreenAnarchy's Shelagh Rowan-Legg reviewed the film favorably from Tiff, which gives me hope it will be as thought provoking and challenging as some other foreign art house space station thrillers like Marc...
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- 1/16/2019
- Screen Anarchy
Don't touch the cube! Things are long done at Tiff but we wanted to round up all our reviews and coverage in one place for easy access. We hope you enjoyed the fest, whether on the streets of Toronto, or reading from afar. Preview 10 Hot Titles to Watch from TIFF18 by Ryland Aldrich Reviews The Accused by Kwenton Bellette American Dharma by Kurt Halfyard Climax by Kwenton Bellette Diamantino by J Hurtado Duelles (Mothers' Instinct) by Tristan Zinampan El Angel by Jaime Grijalba Gomez Ever After by Shelagh Rowan-Legg High Life by Shelagh Rowan-Legg If Beale Street Could Talk by Shelagh Rowan-Legg In Fabric by Kurt Halfyard Kingsway by Teresa Nieman Let Me Fall by Kwenton Bellette The Man Who Feels No Pain by...
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- 9/26/2018
- Screen Anarchy
If you've been digging the weirder, bolder side of American Indies circa 2018ish, namely Josepheine Decker's stupendously stirring Madeline's Madeline, than you may want to keep your eye out for Christina Kallas' The Rainbow Experiment. Preposed as a jarring 21st century Rashomon, and set in a high school, Kallas' film is a dark and playful ensemble piece that looks to skew the depths of the soul for those cracks of truth. Following an La premiere with the Slamdance Cinema Club on October 28th, Gravitas Ventures will release Kallas' second feature on DVD/Blu-ray, and on demand in the U.S., on December 7th. At the time of its Slamdance premiere Screen Anarchy's own Dr. Shelagh Rowan-Legg had this to say about Kallas' work: "The Rainbow Experiment gives us a...
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- 9/6/2018
- Screen Anarchy
Nosipho Dumisa wins best director award for Number 37.
The 22nd Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal has announced its juried award winners, including Daniel Roby’s best film award recipient and opening night sci-fi thriller Dans La Brume starring Romain Duris and Olga Kurylenko.
Nosipho Dumisa won the best director award for Number 37, while Isa Mazzei’s Cam received the best screenplay award. Joshua Burge won best actor for his role in Relaxer, and Kim Da-mi won best actress for The Witch Part 1: The Subversion.
Each of these awards was decided by the Cheval Noir Jury, which was led...
The 22nd Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal has announced its juried award winners, including Daniel Roby’s best film award recipient and opening night sci-fi thriller Dans La Brume starring Romain Duris and Olga Kurylenko.
Nosipho Dumisa won the best director award for Number 37, while Isa Mazzei’s Cam received the best screenplay award. Joshua Burge won best actor for his role in Relaxer, and Kim Da-mi won best actress for The Witch Part 1: The Subversion.
Each of these awards was decided by the Cheval Noir Jury, which was led...
- 7/24/2018
- by Jenn Sherman
- ScreenDaily
Last week I wrote a column praising [Rec], the seminal Spanish horror film, and one that I believe kickstarted the entire found footage sub-genre as we know it today. Well, now [Rec] is back in the news, this time as it relates to Netflix's latest surprise debut in Paco Plaza's latest Ouija shocker, Veronica, which dropped on the streaming service today. Thanks to Bloody Disgusting for alerting us to this. Veronica is about a young woman (Sandra Escacena) who must protect her younger brother and sister after she attempts to bring back the spirit of their dead father through an Ouija ritual. Our own Shelagh Rowan-Legg saw the film last fall at the Toronto Film Festival. She expressed her reservations, though she also acknowledged several...
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- 2/26/2018
- Screen Anarchy
Last weekend, Ryan Coogler's Black Panther slashed box office records left and right around the world, answering the question of whether or not we are tired of superhero films with a resounding "No". It's a huge financial and critical success, and our Shelagh Rowan-Legg loved it, stating in her review that the film is "...a feast for the eyes, the ears, the heart and the mind...". Wowzers! That marks three excellent Ryan Coogler films in a flawless row... The film's success also answers a few other questions, like "will audiences flock to see a black superhero?" or maybe even just "will audiences flock to see a really good film if all the main characters in it are black?", and this time the answer is a...
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- 2/20/2018
- Screen Anarchy
Coralie Fargeat's intense thriller Revenge will open in its home France on February 6th. A poster was just released along with a bloody fresh trailer for us to look at. Never take your mistress on an annual guys' getaway, especially one devoted to hunting - a violent lesson for three wealthy married men. Our own Shelagh Rowan-Legg caught Revenge in Austin last September. You can read her full review (link below) but here is an excerpt from that review. There is one inviolable rule of the rape-revenge genre: the revenge must be complete. Other than that, all bets are off. French director Coralie Fargeat takes this to heart in her feature debut, Revenge, and she does not disappoint her audience. Bloody, cruel,...
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- 1/11/2018
- Screen Anarchy
Water increases its volume when it gets close to freezing or close to boiling, and indeed Guillermo Del Toro's The Shape of Water keeps expanding nicely, now that it's gaining some box office heat. The film is currently the number 13 film in the United States with just over a million dollars earned this week, which sounds underwhelming until you see the film plays in only 41 venues. To put this in context: the number 12 has 2,124 venues and the number 14 has 1,453 venues. Critics are generally raving about it (our Shelagh Rowan-Legg says it's Del Toro at his best), and this is in no small part due to the cast, which includes Sally Hawkins and Michael Shannon, both fantastic. So let's make...
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- 12/11/2017
- Screen Anarchy
Featured in Heather Wixson's holiday gift guide, the new book Yuletide Terror: Christmas Horror on Film and Television could be the perfect stocking stuffer for the horror fan in your life this holiday season, but Spectacular Optical is giving you the chance to take your gift one step further with their interactive book tour this December that includes screenings, lectures, and other live celebrations tied to the book's seasonal themes:
Press Release: For many, Christmas is an annual celebration of goodwill and joy, but for others, it’s a time to curl up on the couch in the dead of winter for a good old-fashioned fright. The festive holiday season has always included a more somber side, and scary tales of child-stealing demons to ghost stories told ‘round the fireplace go back to pre-Christian celebrations. These long-standing traditions have found modern expression in the Christmas horror film, a unique...
Press Release: For many, Christmas is an annual celebration of goodwill and joy, but for others, it’s a time to curl up on the couch in the dead of winter for a good old-fashioned fright. The festive holiday season has always included a more somber side, and scary tales of child-stealing demons to ghost stories told ‘round the fireplace go back to pre-Christian celebrations. These long-standing traditions have found modern expression in the Christmas horror film, a unique...
- 12/4/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Yesterday our friends at Morbido announced the lineup of films for this year's festival. Not included was the bounty of short films that will also be playing. That will be rectified today as we can announce all 109 short films, from 17 countries, that will play in 14 fourteen programs during the festivities. We already knew that Screen Anarchy's Izzy Lee (For a Good time Call and Rites of Vengance) and Shelagh Rowan-Legg (Flow) had their short films in the fest and soon we noticed that some of our friends were also touting laurels after the lineup was announced. Apart from the short films our fam have at the fest we also see that a handful of our other friends have their short...
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- 10/11/2017
- Screen Anarchy
In 2017, Fantastic Fest runs from September 21-28. Here are links to reviews and interviews by our contributing editors and writers, all listed alphabetically by the film's English-language title. This will be updated throughout the festival. Last update: 09/28/17, 12:01. Bad Genius: review by Peter Martin Darkland: review by Peter Martin Firstborn: review by Peter Martin Gemini: review by Michele 'Izzy' Galgana Generation B: review by Peter Martin Gerald's Game: review by Michele 'Izzy' Galgana Good Manners: review by Shelagh Rowan-Legg Hagazussa: The Heathen's Curse: review by Michele 'Izzy' Galgana King Cohen: interview by Michele 'Izzy' Galgana (Fantasia 2017) Let the Corpses Tan: review by Shelagh Rowan-Legg Pin Cushion: review by Shelagh Rowan-Legg Professor Marston and the Wonder Women: review by Shelagh Rowan-Legg Revenge: review...
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- 9/23/2017
- Screen Anarchy
For many, Christmas is an annual celebration of goodwill and joy, but for others, it’s a time to curl up on the couch in the dead of winter for a good old fashioned fright. The festive holiday season has always included a more somber side, and scary tales of child-stealing demons to ghost stories told ‘round the fireplace go back to pre-Christian celebrations. These long-standing traditions have found modern expression in Christmas horror film and television shows, a unique and sometimes controversial subgenre that cheerfully drives a stake of holly through the heart of cherished Christmas customs.
Yuletide Terror: Christmas Horror on Film and Television, the latest book by Canadian micro-publisher Spectacular Optical, offers a definitive, in-depth exploration of the history of these subversive film and television presentations that allow viewers to engage in different ways with the complicated cultural history of the Christmas season.
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Yuletide Terror: Christmas Horror on Film and Television, the latest book by Canadian micro-publisher Spectacular Optical, offers a definitive, in-depth exploration of the history of these subversive film and television presentations that allow viewers to engage in different ways with the complicated cultural history of the Christmas season.
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- 9/7/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Simon Brew Aug 10, 2017
26 short genre films are heading to London at the end of the month - and we've got the full list here...
One of the many treats – well, 26 of the many treats – awaiting attendees of Horror Channel FrightFest in London at the end of the month is the short film showcase, that’s just been announced.
Across three days, 26 short genre movies will be screened, including 12 from the UK. Den Of Geek alumnus James Moran’s Blood Shed, starring Shaun Dooley, Sally Phillips and a garden shed, is screening. As is Katie Bonham’s Mab, Sean Healy’s Judgement and Stefano Nurro’s Hum.
The full line up is at the bottom of this post. Meanwhile, if you’re after tickets, Horror Channel FrightFest runs from 24th to the 28th of August in London. You can buy single tickets and passes here: http://www.frightfest.co.uk/tickets.
26 short genre films are heading to London at the end of the month - and we've got the full list here...
One of the many treats – well, 26 of the many treats – awaiting attendees of Horror Channel FrightFest in London at the end of the month is the short film showcase, that’s just been announced.
Across three days, 26 short genre movies will be screened, including 12 from the UK. Den Of Geek alumnus James Moran’s Blood Shed, starring Shaun Dooley, Sally Phillips and a garden shed, is screening. As is Katie Bonham’s Mab, Sean Healy’s Judgement and Stefano Nurro’s Hum.
The full line up is at the bottom of this post. Meanwhile, if you’re after tickets, Horror Channel FrightFest runs from 24th to the 28th of August in London. You can buy single tickets and passes here: http://www.frightfest.co.uk/tickets.
- 8/10/2017
- Den of Geek
The UK's premiere genre film festival is, without a doubt, Horror Channel FrightFest. A year round series of events that spread the love and passion for horror, FrightFest is the place to be for film fans across the United Kingdom. FrightFest has always been notable for the wildly creative new talents it has introduced to the genre film world, and with the recent announcement of this year's shorts film program - curated by our own mistress of the macabre, Shelagh Rowan-Legg - a familiar name among genre film fans takes his first baby steps into filmmaking. You might know Tom Hodge better as "The Dude", as in The Dude Designs, one of the foremost artistic talents in the world of custom film artwork. He's been...
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- 8/3/2017
- Screen Anarchy
It all came to an end last night in Montreal as the Fantasia International Film Festival came to a close with the closing film A Taxi Driver. After three long weeks the festival has wrapped up and notions like a good night's sleep and nutritional meals will slowly come back to the staff and volunteers who took care of attendees and guests during that long haul. Screen Anarchy was out in full force with what was likely our biggest group yet. Even better, other than just mooching off the grub at various cocktails and functions throughout the festival two of our family members, Izzy Lee and Shelagh Rowan-Legg also had short films in the festival. Shelagh and Jason Gorber were also on jury duty....
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- 8/3/2017
- Screen Anarchy
With twenty-six films over three days, including ten World, four European and seven UK premieres, Horror Channel FrightFest’s short film showcase unleashes this year’s eclectic mix of the bold, brave, bloody and barmy with films programmed to entertain, frighten, enlighten and simply amaze.
From the press release:
There are twelve films from the United Kingdom, forming the centerpiece of this year’s line-up. These include James Moran’s Blood Shed, starring Shaun Dooley and Sally Phillips, where a man’s love of his garden shed takes a rather murderous turn. In Judgement, Neil Maskell stars as a single man looking for love in all the wrong places and Laurence R. Harvey shines as a mutated children’s’ toy in Teddy Bear’S Picnic. Then there’s Katie Bonham’s Mab, about a girl who turns to witchcraft to teach someone a lesson.
The other home-grown offerings see people...
From the press release:
There are twelve films from the United Kingdom, forming the centerpiece of this year’s line-up. These include James Moran’s Blood Shed, starring Shaun Dooley and Sally Phillips, where a man’s love of his garden shed takes a rather murderous turn. In Judgement, Neil Maskell stars as a single man looking for love in all the wrong places and Laurence R. Harvey shines as a mutated children’s’ toy in Teddy Bear’S Picnic. Then there’s Katie Bonham’s Mab, about a girl who turns to witchcraft to teach someone a lesson.
The other home-grown offerings see people...
- 8/3/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Just before Sofia Coppola's The Beguiled debuted at the Cannes Film Festival, I revisited Don Siegel's 1971 version, starring Clint Eastwood. As I noted, Siegel's film "is more layered, even more problematic -- and open to interpretation and later repudiation -- than I had anticipated, so I am very much looking forward to Sofia Coppola's reading and presentation of the material." Our own Shelagh Rowan-Legg saw the film at Cannes and filed a a very fine review, writing in part: "While not without some problems of gender representation, the film is a gorgeous and campy romp, disguising itself as a period piece with just the right touch of horror." She also noted: "This adherence to stereotypical gender roles, and the idea that all women are...
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- 7/3/2017
- Screen Anarchy
North American fans of period horror thrillers can look forward to Juan Carlos Medina's The Limehouse Golem this September. Rlj Entertainment has acquired the U.S. right for the film that premiered at Tiff last year. Our own Shelagh Rowan-Legg caught the film at its World Premiere here in Toronto last September. You will find the link to her full review below, but here is an excerpt, This is no quaint and respectful BBC costume drama. Medina seamlessly mixes this Victorian-era tale with an eye for the properly gruesome normally found in Giallo-style film, while at the same time finding the style of the theatre of the era, in which exaggeration and pantomime were the norm. For this is not the city of Charles...
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- 6/1/2017
- Screen Anarchy
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