TERRIFIER 3 Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Damien Leone Stars: Lauren La Vera, David Howard Thornton, Antonella Rose, Samantha Scaffidi, Elliott Fullam, Mason Mecartea, Alexa Blair Robertson, Margaret Anne Florence, Bryce Johnson, Tom Savini, Daniel Roebuck, Clint Howard, Jason Patric. I must confess that I haven’t seen the first two films in the Terrifier series. But I was drawn to check out the …
THE SUBSTANCE
THE SUBSTANCE Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Coralie Fargeat Stars: Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, Dennis Quaid, Yann Bean, Tom Morton, Hugo Diego Garcia, Robin Greer. This is sure to be one of the most heavily discussed films of 2024. It doesn’t just dip its toe into the murky world of the body horror subgenre that is the preserve of filmmakers like David Cronenberg, but it dives right in head first. The …
SPEAK NO EVIL
SPEAK NO EVIL Reviewed by GREG KING Director: James Watkins Stars: James McAvoy, Scoot McNairy, Mackenzie Davis, Aisling Franciosi, Alix West Lefler, Dan Hough, Kris Hitchen, Motaz Malhees, Jakob Hojlev Jorgensen. Speak No Evil serves up an interesting twist on the home invasion thriller. This creepy psychological thriller is a remake of a little seen sinister 2022 Danish horror film that briefly screened …
THE CROW
THE CROW Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Rupert Sanders Stars: Bill Skarsgard, FKA Twigs, Danny Huston, Sami Bouajila, Laura Birn, Isabella Wei, Josette Simon. An ugly mix of gothic superhero movie, love story and revenge drama with supernatural undertones, this is a pointless, unnecessary, dark and gratuitously violent reboot of Alex Proyas’ 1994 film The Crow. That film was, unfortunately, most notable …
ALIEN ROMULUS
ALIEN ROMULUS Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Fede Alvarez Stars: Cailee Spaeny, David Jonsson, Archie Renaux, Aileen Wu, Isabele Merced, Spike Fearn, Ian Holm. Alien Romulus is the seventh film in the Alien franchise that began way back in 1979 with Ridley Scott’s superb fusion of sci-fi and horror. It is a legacy sequel that pays lip service to the original films. The film is set in the year …
MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2024 – REVIEWS
ALL FILM FESTIVAL 2024 REVIEWS WRITTEN BY GREG KING CUCKOO. A German/US co-production, this offbeat and strange drama is the sophomore feature for German born filmmaker Tilman Singer and follows his striking 2018 debut Luz. The film is vaguely disorienting. We meet Gretchen (played by Hunter Schafer, from the tv series Euphoria, etc), a surly 17-year-old American who reluctantly heads off to the Bavarian …
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