Sunday, 24 March 2019

Dark Eyes Retrovision #13: Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh (US 1995: Dir Bill Condon)

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When it was originally released, I pretty much ignored Bill Condon's sequel to Bernard Rose's 1992 adaptation of the Clive Barker ...
Friday, 22 March 2019

The Haunting of Sharon Tate (USA 2019: Dir Daniel Farrands)

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Since the infamous nighttime attack at 10050 Cielo Drive, Hollywood, back in August 1969 - when followers of Charles Manson broke into the...
Thursday, 21 March 2019

Elizabeth Harvest (USA 2018: Dir Sebastian Gutierrez)

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Gutierrez's first feature since his 2012 movie Hotel Noir has its roots in a retelling of the Bluebeard myth filtered through a Neon ...
Monday, 11 March 2019

Hell Fest (USA 2018: Dir Gregory Plotkin)

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Natalie (Amy A Christmas Horror Story Forsyth) returns home from college to hook up with her bestie Brooke (Reign Edwards), who is now hou...
Saturday, 9 March 2019

Dr Balden Cross: Beyond the Void (UK 2018: Dir David Fenn and Tom Lee Rutter)

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The latest curio from Tom Lee Rutter, director of the excellent 2017 short  Bella in the Wych Elm , is an affectionate nod to mystical sci...
Friday, 8 March 2019

Girl (Belgium/Netherlands 2018: Dir Lukas Dhont)

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In Girl 's opening scene, 15 year old Lara (Viktor Posner) pierces her own ears in front of a mirror (a minor version of the pain she wi...
Thursday, 7 March 2019

Everybody Knows (Spain/France/Italy 2018: Dir Asghar Farhadi)

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When thinking about the films of Iranian director Farhadi my feelings about his work are summed up by an anecdote about a guy who many yea...