Reviewed by GREG KING Director: James Wan Stars: Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Frances O’Connor, Simon McBurney, Franke Potente, Madison Wolfe, Benjamin Haigh, Lauren Esposito, Patrick McAuley, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Simon Delaney, Bab Adrian. Having established himself as one of the top directors of horror films working in Hollywood at the moment, James Wan (Saw, Insidious,… Continue Reading »
BACKTRACK
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Michael Petroni Stars: Adrien Brody, Sam Neill, Robin McLeavy, George Shevtsov, Malcolm Kennard, Bruce Spence, Jennia Baird, Chloe Bayliss. Backtrack is an atmospheric Aussie psychological thriller with supernatural undertones that borrows elements from the superior The Sixth Sense and Nicolas Roeg’s Don’t Look Now, amongst others. The film explores themes… Continue Reading »
THE WAILING
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Na Hong-jin Stars: Do Won Kwak, Jun Kunimara, Kim Hwan-hee, Jeong-sun Kwang. Korean filmmakers have produced some of the tougher, more brutal horror films of recent years, from Old Boy through to Snowpiercer. One of the rising stars of Korean cinema is director Na Hong-jin, who makes tough thrillers like… Continue Reading »
THE WITCH
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Robert Eggers Stars: Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie, Anya Taylor-Joy, Harvey Scrimshaw. Set in a New England colony in the early 1700s, before the time of the Salem witch trials, this is a slow burn drama about a family torn apart by witchcraft and demonic possession. A God fearing puritanical family… Continue Reading »
INNER DEMON – interview with Ursula Dabrowsky
by GREG KING Inner Demon is the new film from South Australian filmmaker Ursula Dabrowsky. It is the second film in her so-called Demon Trilogy. Greg spoke to Ursula about her love of horror films and some of the challenges of making this low budget horror thriller, which was released on DVD by Deadhouse on… Continue Reading »
CRIMSON PEAK
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Guillermo del Toro Stars: Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston, Charlie Hunnam, Jim Beaver, Burn Gorham, Doug Jones, Leslie Hope, Jonathan Hyde, Bruce Gray. The latest film from Guillermo del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth, etc), Crimson Peak is a macabre Victorian style Gothic romance with ghosts, murder, madness and a dose… Continue Reading »