What do you feel for me? Altered Innocence has debuted the US trailer for the Belgian film
Adoration, which originally premiered at the Locarno Film Festival in 2019, and also stopped by L Étrange, Sitges, and Fantastic Fest that year. This is the final film of Fabrice du Welz s Ardennes trilogy , following
Calvaire (2004) and
Alleluia (2014). The film follows shy 12-year old Paul who lives near a psychiatric institute. After an encounter with a young patient there, the troubled yet beautiful Gloria, he becomes infatuated and vows to protect her. Insisting doctors are holding her hostage for an inheritance the two escape and wreak havoc across the French countryside. Described as a potent combination of violent thriller and romantic sexual awakening, du Welz masterfully captures the teenage intensity of amour fou pairing perfectly with Manuel Dacosse s sumptuous 16mm photography. With
Review: THE UNTHINKABLE Slowly Unleashes Family Hell From Sweden
Christoffer Nordenrot, Lisa Henni and Jesper Barkselius star in a sci-fi action mystery from Sweden that builds to a wild crescendo, directed by filmmaking collective Crazy Pictures.
Family: can t live with em, can t kill em (legally).
We can definitely be tempted by murderous impulses, the kind that are born from flashpoint anger. We can question the motives of those closest to us, whether by birth or marriage. What was he/she/they
thinking?
Families, and movies about families, are anathema to some people, and with good reason. Too often, filmmakers depend heavily upon warm, nostalgic feelings about families, taking it as a given and thus allowing the indulgence of rushed narratives filled with assumptions, as though everyone in the world has a similar set of experiences, or at least experiences easily divided into broad stereotypes: I love my wonderful family; our family was incredibly dysfunctional; what fam
Fantastic Fest 2020 Interview: Amelia Moses Talks Bloodthirsty (Exclusive)
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The poster for director Amelia Moses’ werewolf horror thriller, ‘Bloodthirsty.’
Women often make the most captivating protagonists in the horror genre, as they’re not afraid to show their vulnerabilities and emotional complexities as they battle their fears. The new werewolf film, ‘Bloodthirsty,’ is a prime example of that strong drive in women to fight to survive during their darkest times.
The horror thriller powerfully creates a space for its protagonist, Grey, to explore the visceral manifestation of her internal struggles and anxieties when she discovers that she’s transitioning into a werewolf. The main character, who’s also made a name for herself as a popular singer-songwriter, is now contending with both her development into a monster, and her evolution as an artist after the release of her hit debut album. In order to discover her true self, she must survive the trials and trib
Day Five), and, under the slasher s mask, Sam Eidson (
Zero Charisma,
68 Kill). “This indie ‘let’s get together and make something special’ spirit is why I got into film in the first place.” – Ryan Spindell
Why are they there? Spindell admits, it s because he got his budget wrong. He crowdfunded the original short, and shot the main story in Los Angeles Heritage Square, an open-air architecture museum in historic Montecito Heights. However, when it came time to shoot the movie inside the movie, he realized that he d spent nearly all his budget on the rest of the short. I went, Well, there s no way I can make a fake 1970s slasher movie in Los Angeles for two thousand bucks.