LONGLEGS Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Osgood Perkins Stars: Maika Monroe, Nicolas Cage, Blair Underwood, Alicia Witt, Michelle Choi-Lee, Dakota Daulby, Kiernan Shipka. This disturbing thriller about a female FBI agent on the trail of a creepy serial killer has been compared by many critics to the Oscar winning classic The Silence Of The Lambs. But for me it is a little derivative and not in the …
STING
STING Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Kiah Roache-Turner Stars: Ayla Browne, Ryan Corr, Penelope Mitchell, Noni Hazlehurst, Robyn Nevin, Jermaine Fowler, Danny Kim, Sylvia Colloca, Lee Perry. Anyone afraid of snakes and creepy crawlies should probably look away now. In the vein of Arachnophobia and Eight Legged Freaks and their ilk comes yet another horror film featuring a nasty, lethal and alien spider …
MAXXXINE
MAXXXINE Reviewed by GREG KING Stars: Mia Goth, Elizabeth Debicki, Kevin Bacon, Bobby Cannavale, Michelle Monaghan, Giancarlo Esposito, Halsey, Moses Sumney, Lily Collins, Simon Prast, Chloe Farnworth, Larry Fessenden, Toby Huss. Sex, religion and violence are again the key driving forces behind the dramatic action in this final instalment in Ti West’s trilogy of slasher horror films starring Mia Goth. …
THE STRANGERS: CHAPTER 1
THE STRANGERS: CHAPTER 1 Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Renny Harlin Stars: Madelaine Petsch, Froy Guttieriez. Renny Harlin was one of the great action directors of the late 80s and early 90s, with films like Die Hard 2, Cliffhanger and The Long Kiss Goodnight to his credit. But lately he seems reduced to directing second rate and formulaic horror films like 2004’s Exorcist: The Beginning, middling …
ABIGAIL
ABIGAIL Reviewed by GREG KING Directors: Matt Bettinelli-Oplin and Tyler Gillett Stars: Dan Stevens, Melissa Barrera, Alisha Weir, William Catlett, Kathryn Newton, Kevin Durand, Angus Cloud, Giancarlo Esposito. Abigail is a gory and blood-soaked hybrid of crime drama, horror and comedy with a black streak of humour, and proves to be one of the guilty pleasures of the year. A disparate group …
LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL
LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL Reviewed by GREG KING Directors: Colin and Cameron Cairnes Stars: David Dastmalchian, Fayssal Bazzi, Ian Bliss, Ingrid Torelli, Laura Gordon, Rhys Auteri. Every year when I get my hands on the MIFF program and start selecting my films the first strand I pour through is Night Shift, which contains some bizarre horror films and cinematic oddities. And this offbeat film …
