Written by Sandro Klopfstein, Johannes Hartmann, Gregory D. Widmer
Directed by Johannes Hartman and Sandro Klopfstein (co-director)
Swiss mountain girl Heidi is abducted by brutal government troops and must defend herself and fight a war against a cheese-fuelled machinery of hate. (IMDB)
…ultimately, Mad Heidi is a crazy, daft, and fun way to spend 90 minutes, it’s the Kill Bill of cheesploitation.
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Written and Directed by Mali Elfman
Two unhappy strangers find themselves on a road trip across the U.S. to partake in a scientist’s radical experiment with the afterlife in Mali Elfman’s poignant sci-fi debut. (IMDB)
The story works on a level that doesn’t need to be too deep, but acts as a catalyst for the discussions you are likely to have with friends and family after you watch it.
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Written and Directed by David Marantz
Helen navigates a ravaged world with her boyfriend Kevin and her little brother Barney. Desperate to find help after Barney’s infection slowly turns him into a zombie, they come upon a house where lives Dan, a man harboring a heavy secret. (IMDB)
ALIVE is a decent, low-budget Zombie horror that might be a bit rough around edges, but which showcases the talents of those involved and I look forward to what Marantz and the team come up with next.
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Written and directed by Marc Fouchard
A shy man who works as a taxi driver because he can’t afford to live as a musician, meets a deaf girl dancer who is attracted to him despite his trouble communicating. (IMDB)
If slow burn, psychological thrillers are your thing, give it a whirl, there is a lot on offer in Out of this World, even if it didn’t push all my buttons.
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Written by Lizzie Fry
Cat Crawford is not especially good at her job.
Erin Goodman is the woman Cat wants to be when she’s older – smart, successful, and the best part? She’s earned it – nothing was ever handed to Erin on a plate, or to Cat.
But Erin doesn’t notice Cat. Not until something awful happens and Cat, finding herself in the right place at the right time, writes the article that goes viral. Now she’s got Erin’s attention.
The difference is, Cat knows Erin is onto her. And Cat is more than happy to toy with her colleague, especially if it gets her an even bigger story to report on.
In the game of cat and mouse, there can be only one winner.
Kill for It is a tight thriller that will keep you second-guessing Cat’s next move and, ultimately, ready for more from Lizzie.
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Written by Dasha Nekrasova and Madeline Quinn
Directed by Dasha Nekrasova
Two roommates’ lives are upended after finding out that their new Manhattan apartment harbors a dark secret. Two roommates’ lives are upended after finding out that their new Manhattan apartment harbors a dark secret.
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Written by Kevin Lucia
Two Kevin Ellison Stories in One!
Mystery Road
Choices are like roads, taking us to destinations both planned and unexpected, but lofty thoughts like that are of no concern to young Kevin Ellison, who only cares about his dreams of basketball glory.
One day, however, while riding his bicycle to shoot baskets with his best friend, he comes across a side-road he doesn’t recognize, curving away into the woods. Intrigued, he rides down this unmarked road and encounters something both wonderful and quietly terrible, something that forever changes his understanding of the world…
A Night at Old Webb
Old Webb, an abandoned grammar school just outside Clifton Heights, is the place to be late summer nights in Webb County. A gathering place for friends to be themselves, away from grownups who have forgotten what it means to be young and free.
The summer of 1992, Kevin Ellison spent his Saturday nights there like everyone else. Everything was running according to plan: a college basketball scholarship, school, all the things everyone expected of him.
Then he met a girl named Michelle Titchner, and everything changed…
There is raw emotion at work here and both stories, despite their brevity, encompass feelings of wonder, confusion, love, and sadness all beautifully portrayed on the page. I can’t help but feel that Kevin Lucia has drawn heavily from his own past, and that lends credence and heft to the impact of these tales.
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Written by David Coggeshall (screenplay by), David Leslie Johnson McGoldrick (story by), Alex Mace (story by)
Directed by William Brent Bell
After orchestrating a brilliant escape from an Estonian psychiatric facility, Esther travels to America by impersonating the missing daughter of a wealthy family. (IMDB)
In a weird way, and I suspect the director is just messing with your head, you may end up rooting for Esther.
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Darling has its demons. Cherry LaRouche escaped the claws of Darling, Louisiana at sixteen. When she is forced to return after her mother’s death, Cherry and her children move back into her childhood home where the walls whisper and something sinister skitters across the roof at night. While Cherry tries to settle back into a town where evil spreads like infection, the bodies of several murdered children turn up. When Cherry’s own daughter goes missing, she is forced to confront the true monsters of Darling.
Mercedes skilfully fleshes out all her characters and the backstories that have shaped their lives, slowly filling in the gaps and presenting each as distinct and unique.
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Directed by Vincent Grashaw
Written by Robert Alan Dilts
A family with buried secrets reunite at a farmhouse after two decades to pay for their past sins.
Josiah is a well-made film. The direction and cinematography are suitably dark and oppressive, and I would definitely be up for more written by Dilts or directed by Grashaw.
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