There is nothing wrong with sticking with what you know. Eli Roth does what he does best. He sticks to the genre of horror like flies stick to shit (Ed note: is this a telling sign of the film?). The man is the king of directing disgust, gore and torture like no other, proving that The Human Centipede director, Tom Six is the prince that wants to assume Roth’s throne. Here Roth isn’t going anywhere as he maintains his legacy to shock and disturb with his cannibal killer of a film. And if he wants to be like Stanley Kubrick, whose films were also long awaited, ( in this case seven years since his Hostel Part 2,) it better be worth the wait. The good news is The Green Inferno impresses with a great premise, an arc that builds to extreme tension and captivating colourful cinematography of the green Amazon.
by Aly Lalji
There is nothing wrong with sticking with what you know. Eli Roth does what he does best. He sticks to the genre of horror like flies stick to shit (Ed note: is this a telling sign of the film?). The man is the king of directing disgust, gore and torture like no other, proving that The Human Centipede director, Tom Six is the prince that wants to assume Roth’s throne. Here Roth isn’t going anywhere as he maintains his legacy to shock and disturb with his cannibal killer of a film. And if he wants to be like Stanley Kubrick, whose films were also long awaited, ( in this case seven years since his Hostel Part 2,) it better be worth the wait. The good news is The Green Inferno impresses with a great premise, an arc that builds to extreme tension and captivating colourful cinematography of the green Amazon. by Alli Kett "Film your murders like love scenes and film your love scenes like murders" Mum hates horror film, scary movies, or anything with dark themes, she’s a rom-com laugh-out-loud kinda gal. And what does this have to do with the master of suspense, Mr Alfred Hitchcock? Turns out amongst the musicals and assorted kids flicks, she also raised me on Hitchcock. It’s never seemed strange that The Birds was my favourite film growing up, until now. by Aly Lalji Since 2000, I have been lucky enough to attended FrightFest ever since it has opened its doors to horror fans nationwide. There are so many stories and anecdotes plus countless of movies that have stood out to me, making it a visceral and unique cinema experience. FrightFest is now in it’s fourteenth year, stronger than ever. With high profile horror film-makers, a diverse range of films and countless horror fans heading to Vue Cinema in Leicester Square this August Bank Holiday, the weekend is shaping up to be a horrific delight. by Paul Costello For the latest wander into the Horror Vault, we’ll be taking a look at what it means to be haunted. Whether the subject is a person or place, that which is haunted is possessed by something inescapable, an echo of the past that refuses to leave, marking that person or place until the cause is either exorcised or it consumes them entirely. The idea of being haunted needn’t have anything to any kind of literal spiritual inhabitant or ghost, but simply the unshakable feeling that something inside is amiss, a metaphorical shadow that has a literal effect on the person that carries it. Sometimes this effect can be frightening, even dangerous. Sometimes the haunting can move from a grim psychological shadow and become a terrifying supernatural presence. And here we find one such haunted individual in Lovely Molly. |
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