Stars: Richard Harmon, Echo Andersson, Sara Thompson, Marina Stephenson Kerr, Erik Athavale, Gwendolyn Collins, Zoe Fish, Kristen Sawatzky, Adam Brooks | Written by Bj Verot, Ken Janssens | Directed by Bj Verot
Don’t Return focuses on a college student who, after the death of his father, returns to his family home (the opposite of the UK retitling of this film!) along with his best friend and girlfriend, only to uncover some bad memories from his childhood that he didn’t even realise were there.
Much of Don’t Return feels as formulaic and uninspiring as the title but the are glimmers of what could have been. Its shining light might just be its two leads. Richard Harmon plays Rodger, the brilliant mathematical college student returning home. It’s a fairly understated performance, the character isn’t very flash and Harmon is, like his co-lead Echo Andersson, best when the scenes are at their most emotional.
Don’t Return focuses on a college student who, after the death of his father, returns to his family home (the opposite of the UK retitling of this film!) along with his best friend and girlfriend, only to uncover some bad memories from his childhood that he didn’t even realise were there.
Much of Don’t Return feels as formulaic and uninspiring as the title but the are glimmers of what could have been. Its shining light might just be its two leads. Richard Harmon plays Rodger, the brilliant mathematical college student returning home. It’s a fairly understated performance, the character isn’t very flash and Harmon is, like his co-lead Echo Andersson, best when the scenes are at their most emotional.
- 5/11/2022
- by Alain Elliott
- Nerdly
Stars: Richard Harmon, Echo Andersson, Sara Thompson, Marina Stephenson Kerr, Erik Athavale, Gwendolyn Collins, Zoe Fish, Kristen Sawatzky, Adam Brooks | Written by Bj Verot, Ken Janssens | Directed by Bj Verot
No, not that 15 year old (alright but instantly forgettable) horror starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, this is an all new horror movie with the same (also instantly forgettable) name.
This one focuses on a college student who, after the death of his father, returns to his family home along with his best friend and girlfriend, only to uncover some bad memories from his childhood that he didn’t even realise were there.
Much of The Return feels as formulaic and uninspiring as the title but the are glimmers of what could have been. It’s shinning light might just be its two leads. Richard Harmon plays Rodger, the brilliant mathematical college student returning home. It’s a fairly understated performance, the...
No, not that 15 year old (alright but instantly forgettable) horror starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, this is an all new horror movie with the same (also instantly forgettable) name.
This one focuses on a college student who, after the death of his father, returns to his family home along with his best friend and girlfriend, only to uncover some bad memories from his childhood that he didn’t even realise were there.
Much of The Return feels as formulaic and uninspiring as the title but the are glimmers of what could have been. It’s shinning light might just be its two leads. Richard Harmon plays Rodger, the brilliant mathematical college student returning home. It’s a fairly understated performance, the...
- 11/26/2021
- by Alain Elliott
- Nerdly
"Roge – I think there's a naked murder ghost in your house." Uncork'd Ent. has released the official US trailer for a Canadian horror thriller titled The Return, the feature debut of Canadian filmmaker Bj Verot. This first premiered at festivals last year, and won Best Feature at the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival, and Best Actor (for Harmon) at the NYC Horror Film Festival. After the death of his father, a brilliant college student returns to his family home where he learns that the horrors from his childhood aren't as dead and gone as he once thought. These memories boil over into reality culminating in an intense showdown with the terror that has come back. Richard Harmon and Sara Thompson, both from The CW's series "The 100", co-star in the film along with Echo Andersson, Marina Stephenson Kerr, Zoe Fish, Erik Athavale, and Gwendolyn Collins. The FX look a bit cheap,...
- 8/9/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Watch the Short Film Sleep Tight: "Josh is a young gamer confined to a wheelchair. He is also a teenager craving a bit more independence and wants to assert himself, especially with his father Frank, who is having a bit of a mid-life crisis himself.
One night Josh asks to keep the light on as his father helps him get to bed. Josh hopes to exercise a little autonomy in his life, but Frank resists, seeing the request as proof that Josh is still a young child in need. But as it turns out, when the lights go out, Josh discovers he's not alone -- and needs his dad more than ever.
Written and directed by Lewis Taylor, this horror-comedy is as much about a transition in a father-son relationship as it is about things that go bump in the night. But these weighty themes are offset by a stream of cheeky British wit,...
One night Josh asks to keep the light on as his father helps him get to bed. Josh hopes to exercise a little autonomy in his life, but Frank resists, seeing the request as proof that Josh is still a young child in need. But as it turns out, when the lights go out, Josh discovers he's not alone -- and needs his dad more than ever.
Written and directed by Lewis Taylor, this horror-comedy is as much about a transition in a father-son relationship as it is about things that go bump in the night. But these weighty themes are offset by a stream of cheeky British wit,...
- 7/22/2021
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
There's a moment early on in Clark Johnson's politically-tinged drama when Percy Schmeiser (Christopher Walken) is out in the fields with his granddaughter Mary (Zoe Fish) and tells her a story she has heard many times before: about how the seeds they use were smuggled over from the old World in the seams of a dress. It's a story that goes right to the heart of debates over the difference between traditionally guided evolution and direct genetic modification. Although arguments for the latter never really get their due here, what is illustrated very clearly is the futility of trying to keep any form of genetic change entirely under human control.
The story depicted here is a real one, and Walken is a fascinating choice for the central role. The real Percy, who died in 2020, was a quiet man who hated publicity but did it anyway, first because it seemed to.
The story depicted here is a real one, and Walken is a fascinating choice for the central role. The real Percy, who died in 2020, was a quiet man who hated publicity but did it anyway, first because it seemed to.
- 4/29/2021
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Percy vs Goliath Trailer 2 — Saban Films has released the second movie trailer for Percy vs Goliath (2020). Percy vs Goliath trailer 2 stars Christopher Walken, Christina Ricci, Zach Braff, Luke Kirby, and Roberta Maxwell, Adam Beach, Martin Donovan, Peter Stebbings, Andrea del Campo, Zoe Fish, Melissa Hood, Jason Wishnowski, [...]
Continue reading: Percy Vs Goliath Trailer 2: Small-town farmer Christopher Walken goes up against a powerful Agricultural Corporation...
Continue reading: Percy Vs Goliath Trailer 2: Small-town farmer Christopher Walken goes up against a powerful Agricultural Corporation...
- 4/3/2021
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
Stars: Kyana Teresa, Georgia Waters, Verity Marks, Dayo Ade, Saul Elias, Zoe Fish, Muriel Hogue, Lauren Marshall, Max Nelson, Ernie Pitts | Written by Dana Gould | Directed by Nicholas Verso
Dana Gould, stand-up comedian, writer on The Simpsons, and creator of the awesome Stan Against Evil, pens this Christmas-set killer doll film produced by Blue Ribbon Content, the company behind the Banana Splits horror film and Critters Attack!
Toys of Terror sees Zoe, her brother Franklin and their family move into a secluded mansion just before Christmas. While the adults focus on renovating the place, the bored kids find a toy chest hidden in the attic, and are delighted when the toys inside magically come to life. But bizarre events soon begin to take place – events that threaten the family’s lives. As the special day dawns with gifts piled under the tree, the body count rises and the blood starts to flow.
Dana Gould, stand-up comedian, writer on The Simpsons, and creator of the awesome Stan Against Evil, pens this Christmas-set killer doll film produced by Blue Ribbon Content, the company behind the Banana Splits horror film and Critters Attack!
Toys of Terror sees Zoe, her brother Franklin and their family move into a secluded mansion just before Christmas. While the adults focus on renovating the place, the bored kids find a toy chest hidden in the attic, and are delighted when the toys inside magically come to life. But bizarre events soon begin to take place – events that threaten the family’s lives. As the special day dawns with gifts piled under the tree, the body count rises and the blood starts to flow.
- 11/19/2020
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
"We're going to get you." Warner Bros has released the official trailer for a Christmas horror movie titled Toys of Terror, being released direct-to-vod at the end of this month (just in time for Halloween). A big family moves into a dusty old house in the snowy woods of Washington with hopes of it being a nice holiday escape. But the kids soon discover a stash of old toys that just so happen to belong to a creepy ghost boy. As stranger and stranger things start to happen, some of the kids begin to sense that something in the house is not quite right... Starring Kyana Teresa, Georgia Waters, Verity Marks, Dayo Ade, Saul Elias, and Zoe Fish. This looks super creepy, especially the helmet and the monkey toy (ahhh), and I love mixing in Christmas with horror because that doesn't happen often. Yet another scary horror movie to keep an eye on.
- 10/21/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Released in 2000 and celebrated by international-horror nerds via videotapes passed around like viruses, Takashi Shimizu’s Ju-on helped usher in a wave of modern Japanese creepfests that slowly made their way west. The title translated as something like “The Curse”; it would eventually be better known as The Grudge. Along with 1998’s The Ring, the film (and the numerous related series, sequels, quasi-remakes, and brand-name bastardizations) was the most recognizable ambassador for a genre folks dubbed J-Horror. By the time Sam Raimi and producer Roy Lee enlisted Shimizu and noted...
- 1/3/2020
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
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