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Fantastic Fest 2014 Review: Strong Visuals Not Enough to Save LET US PREY

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Fantastic Fest 2014 Review: Strong Visuals Not Enough to Save LET US PREY

Fantastic Fest 2014 Review: Strong Visuals Not Enough to Save LET US PREY

Posted: 21 Sep 2014 10:15 PM PDT

Known primarily for stuffy literary films and the odd historical potboiler, or losing its talent to more attractive industries in the English diaspora, Ireland has, in recent years, become an unlikely purveyor of impressive genre fare. Though horror films are not a new phenomenon on the Irish filmmaking scene, never have there been so many, and unlike earlier efforts, the liberalisation afforded by cheaper digital filmmaking has brought about an aesthetic transformation to an industry formally unknown for its visual panache. One of the latest Irish horrors film to hit the scene is the paranoia-inducing chamber piece Let Us Prey, a co-production with Scotland. A police officer is transferred to a remote town and just as she gets to work before the sun rises, another...

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Fantastic Fest 2014 Review: THE TREATMENT Flays A Serial Killer And His Victims

Posted: 21 Sep 2014 07:00 PM PDT

A murderous meal prepared with familiar ingredients, The Treatment (originally titled De Behandeling) should, by all rights, be little more than a standard potboiler. The film follows the sensational case of a serial killer who first kidnaps mother, father, and child, then forces one of the parents to commit hideous acts, then murders them all. It's the type of crime that instantly stirs up anger among any who hear of it, but most especially the lurking volcanic fury of a police detective, who works tirelessly to solve the case and bring the killer to justice before anyone else is harmed. The detective, of course, is haunted by his own personal history, and is not inclined to temper his... So, yes, The Treatment trods a similar...

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Fantastic Fest 2014: Photos From The Fantastic Debates

Posted: 21 Sep 2014 06:47 PM PDT

Last night's Fantastic Debates were the talk of twitter (see our live tweet stream at @TwitchFilm) and all four fights were some of the best the event has seen yet. We're hoping to have some video for you in the coming days, but in the meantime, check out these awesome photos courtesy of David Hill. The order of events: 1) Josh Ethier vs. Joe Lynch - Cowboys vs. Ninjas 2) Jenny Jacobin vs. Maria Reinup - Literature adaptations 3) Matt Mason vs. Todd Brown - Bit torrent 4) Ti West vs. Tim League - Found Footage cinema...

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Fantastic Fest 2014 Review: LOST SOUL: THE DOOMED JOURNEY OF RICHARD STANLEY'S ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU Proves Far More Successful

Posted: 21 Sep 2014 02:30 PM PDT

One of the more notorious production debacles in recent memories, the maelstrom behind the scenes of New Line's The island of Dr. Moreau (1996) is the subject of this candid and entertaining documentary from David Gregory.Following the relative success of his first two films, Hardware (1990) and Dust Devil (1992), South African director Richard Stanley was primed to become one of the hottest new talents in Hollywood. Hired by New Line to adapt and direct an adaptation of H.G. Wells' The Island of Dr. Moreau, the film was set to be Stanley's breakout project, but almost from the beginning he found himself at odds with the producers, and was unceremoniously fired from the Australia-based shoot just days into production. However, this would prove to be...

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Fantastic Fest 2014 Review: FELT, Healing Through Art Gets Extremely Human

Posted: 21 Sep 2014 12:00 PM PDT

There comes a moment early in Toad Road director Jason Banker's Felt which beautifully sets the tone for what is to unfold over the next 70 or so minutes of his second narrative feature: After partying with a few young men in their hotel room, best pals Amy (Amy Everson) and Allana (Allana Reynolds) retreat to the hallway as Amy's unclear on why she even came. She's sick. She can't sleep. Her dreams and reality are one and the same. As she says it: she is a ghost. She's tried everything. Nothing helps. The two young women hold each other, laughing over the ways in which they could kill men, for a killing spree is perhaps the only thing Amy hasn't tried to relieve her...

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Fantastic Fest 2014 Review: THE MAN IN THE ORANGE JACKET Screams, Quietly

Posted: 21 Sep 2014 09:59 AM PDT

He's a rich old business executive who has just laid off one hundred workers. He's troubled as he returns home to his beautiful, isolated mansion with his lovely young wife. He needs a good night's sleep before heading to Italy for a much-needed vacation. Of course he deserves for his home to be invaded by The Man in the Orange Jacket! Beginning with an unsettling sequence that would serve nicely as the midway point in many a horror film, writer/director Aik Karapetian quickly moves on; he has other priorities in mind. His sophomore feature is not a horror movie, nor is it a character study, at least of the type that might be expected from a low-budget independent drama. Instead, it is largely an exploration...

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