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/slash 2014 – Day 3: Afflicted
Afflicted Canada/USA 2013 Written by Derek Lee & Clif Prowse Directed by Derek Lee & Clif Prowse After “What We Do in the Shadows” confirmed my believe that mockumentary/found footage can work quite well if done correctly (another recent example … Continue reading
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Tagged Afflicted, Cliff Prowse, Derek Lee, found footage, horror, mockumentary
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/slash 2014 – Day 3: Ich seh ich seh (Goodnight Mommy)
Ich seh ich seh Austria 2014 Written by Veronika Franz & Severin Fiala Directed by Veronika Franz & Severin Fiala So, turns out I was wrong with my guess for the first surprise movie. I actually already learned what it … Continue reading
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Tagged austria, Goodnight Mummy, horror, Ich seh Ich seh
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/slash 2014 – Day 2: Housebound
Housebound New Zealand 2014 Written by Gerard Johnstone Directed by Gerard Johnstone THAT’S how you make a great horror comedy! “Housebound” is a highly entertaining flick, that perfectly (and frequently) shifts between very funny and truly scary. It has a … Continue reading
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Tagged comedy, Gerard Johnstone, horror, Housebound, new zealand
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/slash 2014 – Day 2: Knights of Badassdom
Knights of Badassdom USA 2013 Written by Kevin Dreyfuss & Matt Wall Directed by Joe Lynch “Knights of Badassdom” starts out pretty strong, with two friends carrying off Winston, who just got dumped by his girlfriend, to a huge LARP-event. … Continue reading
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Tagged comedy, fantasy, horror, Knights of Badassdom, LARP, Peter Dinklage, slash 2014, Summer Glau
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/slash 2014 – Day 1: Im Keller (In the Basement)
Im Keller Austria 2014 Written by Veronika Franz & Ulrich Seidl Directed by Ulrich Seidl “Im Keller” very much felt like a special made-for-the-cinema episode of Elizabeth T. Spira’s “Alltagsgeschichten”, an Austrian show from the ORF that ran a while … Continue reading
Prelude to /slash #10: See No Evil
See No Evil USA 2006 Written by Dan Madigan Directed by Gregory Dark In previous years, the surprise movies at the /slash Filmfestival really were surprises. They may have dropped some hints here and there, and last year I actually … Continue reading
Prelude to /slash #9: Wolf Creek
Wolf Creek Australia 2005 Written by Greg Mclean Directed by Greg Mclean First of all: I’m not a huge fan of the “based on true events”-trend in horror movies. There are very few that really benefit from this label, and … Continue reading
Prelude to /slash #8: The ABCs of Death
The ABCs of Death USA/NZ 2012 Written by a whole bunch of people Directed by even more people While I have nothing against anthology-films in general, I was very sceptic about this one. 26 short films about death, each 4 … Continue reading
Prelude to /slash #6: God Told Me To
Gold Told Me To USA 1976 Written by Larry Cohen Directed by Larry Cohen It’s now been more than 24 hours since I’ve seen it, and I’m still not sure what to make of it – which makes writing a … Continue reading
Prelude to /slash #5: Near Dark
Near Dark USA 1987 Written by Kathryn Bigelow & Eric Red Directed by Kathryn Bigelow “Near Dark” is as 80s as 80s-movies get. The blueish color palette, the synthesizer-soundtrack, the costumes, the atmosphere… it lives and breathes the 80s. As … Continue reading
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Tagged 80s, filmmuseum, first viewing, horror, Kathryn Bigelow
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