Film Review

GNoH Review: Place of Bones (2023)

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Written by Richard Taylor
Directed by Audrey Cummings

1876. A mother and daughter, alone on a remote ranch, fight for survival against a gang of ruthless outlaws. (IMDB)

If there is any reason for Place of Bones to fail with audiences it is likely because it is not original enough as a western and not horrific enough for a horror, so doesn’t quite deliver on either of its premises. I’d give it an extra point or two for being a Western and having a fun cast, but your mileage very well may vary! 

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GNoH Review: Who Saw Her Die? (1972)

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Written by Francesco Barilli, Massimo D’Avak, Aldo Lado
Directed by Aldo Lado

Between a four-year gap in the murder of a young girl, the daughter of a well-known sculptor is discovered dead, and her parents conduct an investigation, only to discover they are much out of their depth. (IMDB)

I suspect WSHD isn’t going to surprise many die-hard Giallo fans. It has all the necessary hallmarks of the genre but much of it felt familiar even for someone who doesn’t know the style well, but it is still a fun slasher and worth a watch, even if just to compare to Don’t Look Now.

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GNoH Review: Schlitter: Evil in the Woods (2024)

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Written by Pierre Mouchet and Nicholas Robin
Directed by Pierre Mouchet

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Overall, Schlitter – Evil in the Woods is easily worth the score it gets on IMDB, it’s lean and mean at just 70 minutes, so hard to justify NOT watching it to be honest. While it doesn’t add any major updates to the genre, it is well directed and acted and is worth it just for the basement contraption designed to illicit revenge.

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GNoH Review: Hostile Dimensions (2023)

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 Written and Directed by Graham Hughes

Two documentary filmmakers travel through alternate dimensions to uncover the truth about a graffiti artist who has vanished. (IMDB)

Hostile Dimensions is a great found footage horror with an interesting take on the multiverse that is a lot of fun to watch. It crams a lot of ideas into 80 minutes and is easily worth the 6.5 it is currently sitting at on IMDB. Will look forward to checking out some more work from Hughes in the future.

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GNoH Review: The Beast Within (2024)

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Written by Greer Ellison and Alexander J. Farrell
Directed by Alexander J. Farrell

After a series of strange events leads her to question her family’s isolated life on a fortified compound deep in the English wilds, 10-year-old Willow follows her parents on one of their secret late-night treks to the heart of the forest. (IMDB)

A domestic drama with a horror sub-text and extra James Cosmo

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GNoH Review: Boy Kills World (2023)

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Written by Tyler Burton Smith, Arend Remmers and Moritz Mohr
Directed by Moritz Mohr

A fever dream action film that follows Boy, a deaf person with a vibrant imagination. When his family is murdered, he is trained by a mysterious shaman to repress his childish imagination and become an instrument of death.(IMDB)

…strap yourself in, sit back and just let 111 minutes of wacky fun wash over you, all narrated by Bob (H. Jon Benjamin) from Bob’s Burgers.

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GNoH Review: Arcadian (2024)

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Written by Mike Nilon
Directed by Benjamin Brewer

A father and his twin teenage sons fight to survive in a remote farmhouse at the end of the end of the world. (IMDB)

Without the monsters, I feel Arcadian could easily be lost amongst all the other post-disaster movies that have done similar things. Which is a shame as there is a decent movie here that. While it won’t set your Letterboxd scores alight, is an interesting enough diversion and a welcome dose of Cage.

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GNoH Review: The Last Breath (2024)

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Written by Andrew Prendergast and Nick Saltrese 
Directed by Joachim Hedén

A group of old college friends reunite on a Caribbean scuba diving trip exploring the wreckage of a WWII battleship and find themselves trapped inside the underwater labyrinth of rusted metal surrounded by great white sharks. (IMDB)

The Last Breath isn’t going to make a massive splash, but it does bring sharks and I am always here for that. 

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GNoH Review: What Remains (2022)

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Written by Megan Everett-Skarsgård and Ran Huang
Directed by Ran Huang

At a Scandinavian psychiatric hospital, an uneasy triumvirate of multiple murderer Mads, therapist Anna, and policeman Soren, all have a vested interest in unearthing the truth, and a deepening co-dependency threatens to consume them all. (IMDB)

If you are in the mood for a (very) slow burning character study of a serial killer, then What Remains is a good option. But, at 2 hours and 11 minutes, I think you need to be in the right mood for the movie. 

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GNoH Review: Insane Like Me (2022)

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Written by Britt Bankhead and Chip Joslin
Directed by Chip Joslin

A supernatural thriller about a combat veteran, who returns home after a tour of duty overseas. He becomes the lead suspect in his girlfriend’s disappearance and is subsequently wrongly convicted and incarcerated. Nine years later he is released from the mental asylum, he returns home to find the truth and settle the score. (IMDB)

You might not get the polished sheen of larger budget, studio productions, but it’s a pretty good indication of what might be to come from Bankhead and Joslin.

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