Cut Off
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Cut Off (AKA Abgeschnitten): Frightfest 2019 Film Review

Abgeschnitten (AKA Cut Off) is a brutal serial killer thriller, which follows Paul Herzfeld (Moritz Bleibtreu, Run, Lola, Run), a professor and police coroner, who…

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Freaks
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Freaks: Frightfest 2019 Film Review

I’m a bit nervous writing this one: Freaks is probably my favourite film of the year so far. I’m nervous because I have some fine…

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Dachra
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Dachra: Frightfest 2019 film review

There is at least one in every film festival it seems. A film you want to love but just can’t. For me that film in…

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Porno
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Porno: FrightFest 2019 Film Review

With titles such as Meshes of the Afternoon or Un Chien Andalou, experimental/exploitation cinema goes back nearly a century. Whether or not it’s something you…

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Rock Paper and Scissors
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Rock, Paper and Scissors (AKA Piedra, papel y tijera): Frightfest 2019 Film Review

When the father of Jesus (Pablo Sigal, Lions) and Maria José (Valeria Giorcelli, Crystal Eyes) dies, Magdalena (Agustina Cerviño), their estranged (probably half) sister comes…

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Come to Daddy
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Come to Daddy: Frightfest 2019 Film Review

Come to Daddy is one of those fabulous films that would be way too easy to spoil. I have to resist telling you much about…

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The Voices
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Film Road to Halloween: The Voices (2014)

The road to Halloween is paved with good films. Wherein we countdown to the spirited season with a hundred doses of horror. 71 days to…

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Crawl
Posted in Horror Review

Crawl – Frightfest 2019 Review

Bloody Hell, that was tense! So much nervous laughter in that screening, and people evidently relieved to find a peaceful evening when they stepped outside….

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Jennifer's Body
Posted in Horror Review

Film Road to Halloween: Jennifer’s Body (2009)

The road to Halloween is paved with good films. Wherein we countdown to the spirited season with a hundred doses of horror. 72 days to…

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Funny Games
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Film Road to Halloween: Funny Games (1997)

The road to Halloween is paved with good films. Wherein we countdown to the spirited season with a hundred doses of horror. 73 days to…

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Eyes Without a Face
Posted in Horror Review

Film Road to Halloween: Eyes Without a Face (1960)

The road to Halloween is paved with good films. Wherein we countdown to the spirited season with a hundred doses of horror. 75 days to…

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Annihilation
Posted in Horror Review

Film Road to Halloween: Annihilation (2018)

The road to Halloween is paved with good films. Wherein we countdown to the spirited season with a hundred doses of horror. 76 days to…

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It Follows
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Film Road to Halloween: It Follows (2014)

The road to Halloween is paved with good films. Wherein we countdown to the spirited season with a hundred doses of horror. 77 days to…

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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Posted in Horror Review

Film Road to Halloween: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)

The road to Halloween is paved with good films. Wherein we countdown to the spirited season with a hundred doses of horror. 78 days to…

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