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One of the best films of the year gets one of the best trailers of the year. Harnessing an early scene in the film, before breaking into a montage of the celebration of artictectural form, A24s teaser trailer captures the energy and the epic scale of the film in a very succint 76 seconds. The trailer is also a fantastic showcase for the films superb score, and the unusual way it runs its credit sequence. When Bradey Corbet’s The Brutalist comes out in cinemas, be sure to try to get to one of the 70mm Screenings, you will not regret it.  They haven’t made films like this one in quite some time.  No plot synoposis can do this film justice, so simply watch the trailer…

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Elric Kane’s solo feature film debut The Dead Thing will have its US premiere at Brooklyn Horror Film Festival and Shudder has announced that they’ve picked up the streaming rights for it.   A young woman lost in a series of meaningless connections falls in love with a charismatic and sensitive man, who hides a dark secret that turns her affair into a dangerous obsession.   Our own Josh caught the premiere of The Dead Thing at Fantasia this Summer. Despite some small criticisms they liked it and finished off their review with this remark.   Sexy, sad, spooky, and distinctly unnerving, The Dead Thing is definitely a film for horror fans who prefer their scares to come with long lead ups and plenty of…

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Some 17 years ago, viewers were both maddened and mesmerized by the tactile fever dream that was M, a cornucopia of sound and motion that is, for the moment, Lee Myung-se’s last feature-length testament to the cinema medium he so adores. Though it doesn’t quite qualify as a full feature return, Lee is back on stage presenting the richly cinematic four-part anthology film The Killers. Lee spearheaded this project as a creative producer and directed its final segment. Also in the formidable directing roster are Kim Jong-kwan (The Table), Roh Deok (Very Ordinary Couple) and Chang Hang-joon (Forgotten). The film essentially features four adaptions of Ernest Hemingway’s famous 1927 short story of the same name, in which two hitmen enter a small town diner one…

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Where to begin on this infamous film? Shot in 1976 and released in 1980, Caligula was directed by arthouse provocateur Tinto Brass. Written by Gore Vidal and funded by Penthouse founder Bob Guccione, Caligula became one of those unfortunate films that was messed with by someone who should not have had editing or final cut privileges. But throughout film history, huge egos with money have done exactly that. In the case of Caligula, Guccione went beyond most interfering suits, if you could call him that, and secretly shot pornographic footage on the sets at night. He then had this footage cut into the film, resulting in a wild ride, to say the least. The film stars Malcolm McDowell (A Clockwork Orange) as the young man…

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We have an exclusive trailer launch from our friends at Entertainment Squad to share with you this afternoon. S.J. Creazzo’s thriller Dark Night of the Soul is coming to VOD and Cable platforms on November 12th.   The thriller stars Kristanna Loken (Terminator 3) and 80s cult figure Martin Kove (Karate Kid / Cobra Kai). Loken plays a scientist who is transporting the cure of a prehistoric bacteria when they get into an accident and are trapped under their car. It is a race against time as she tries to save her life and the lives of everyone else left alive in the world.    Check out the trailer below.    DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL Trailer Promises Gripping Tension   Entertainment Squad to release…

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A small-time wrestling company accepts a well-paying gig in a backwoods town only to learn, too late, that the community is run by a mysterious cult leader with devious plans for their match.   Lowell Dean’s wrestling horror comedy Death Match will start streaming on Shudder in the new year, on January 31st. A new poster was revealed today. Front and center is our story’s heroine Ayisha Issa as her character Miss Behave. The rest of the cast are in and around a cutout of the cult’s iconography.    Death Match had its world premiere at Fantasia this past Summer. I’m kind of surprised that we don’t have a review for it already as it’s good fun for what it is. I’m in the position…

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In the article series Sound and Vision we take a look at music videos from notable directors. This week: The Resident’s Floyd, directed by John McNaughton. John McNaughton has been working on the periphery of the mainstream with films like Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, Wild Things and Mad Dog and Glory, but I have the impression he rather would fly somewhat under the radar and be part of the counterculture. This impression harkens back partly to passion projects like the Rebel Highway-episode Girls in Prison, a deliciously raunchy romp in the exploitation-genre, like Wild Things is too. But it also is because of his film Condo Painting, a documentary about George Condo, the counterculture painter and artists whose style is immediately recognizable. Condo…

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Justin Harding’s horror comedy, Carved, premieres today on HULU. A short retro teaser was sent out the other day. No time like the present to share that with you now, ahead of the premiere.    When a heartbroken teenage playwright, her younger brother, and a disparate group of survivors become trapped in a historical reenactment village on Halloween night, they must band together to survive a relentless assault by a sentient and vengeful pumpkin.   Carved stars Peyton Elizabeth Lee, Corey Fogelmanis, Wyatt Lindner, Carla Jimenez, Sasha Mason, Jonah Lees, DJ Qualls, Marc-Sully Saint-Fleur, Elvis Nolasco, Matty Cardarople, Jackson Kelly, and Chris Elliott….

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Does anything good ever come out of vacationing in the woods? In genre cinema, going away for a weekend to a remote location is a recipe for all kinds of unpleasantness to happen. In festival dramas – eh, it usually forebodes much the same. The difference is, the horrors that await the characters in that case, are usually of the emotional variety; it’s toxicity, awkwardness, insecurities, narcissism and alternating self-hatred or lack of self-awareness. Really, from watching all the movies, the nature doesn’t seem like a therapeutic setting at all. But therapy is a process, not an immediate result, and so, having come out of the woods with not much changed but a few things learned about yourself might not be a happy ending -…

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Mia’s under house arrest for the crime of miscarriage, but must also contend with the lingering, suspicious death of her husband Adam. He was found dead in the vet clinic they once ran together.  Mia was exhonerated from any murder charges but there are still suspicious locals and shock radio podcasters looking for delicious sound bytes lurking outside her door.    Mia has reconnected with Marc, an old friend who has popped back into her life. Marc loves Mia and wants to protect her. But then suspicious things begin to happen inside her house. Marc’s things go missing and Mia’s feels like she is being attacked by an unseen force. Mia is confident that the culprit is supernatural, but Marc’s convinced that humans are the…

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