Happy Face - FrightFest 2019 Movie Review

The Movie: Happy Face

The Director: Alexandre Franchi

The Cast: E.R. Ruiz, Cindy Nicholsen, David Roche, Dawn Shaw

The Story: Desperate to become less shallow, a handsome teenage boy deforms his face with bandages and attends a support group for disfigured people.

Freaks - FrightFest 2019 Movie Review

The Movie: Freaks

The Directors: Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein

The Cast: Emile Hirsch, Bruce Dern, Lexy Kolker, Amanda Crew, Grace Park

The Story: A bold girl discovers a bizarre, threatening, and mysterious new world beyond her front door after she escapes her father's protective and paranoid control.

To Your Last Death - FrightFest 2019 Movie Review

The Movie: To Your Last Death

The Director: Jason Axinn

The Cast: Morena Baccarin, Ray Wise, Bill Moseley, William Shatner

The Story: In order to save her siblings, a young woman takes on her father and the powerful entity known as Gamemaster, who ensnares humans into diabolical plots while her species gambles on the outcome.

TwoOhSix Picks - 2019 Frightfest

The Arrow Video FrightFest Film Festival is one of the premiere horror festivals in the entire world and I am here to cover as many of the films as I can. Now when I saw I am here I mean I am at home tapping away at my laptop and not actually in the UK where the festival is taking place, but thanks to the wonders of the internet and social media, I am able to provide you with my TwoOhSix Picks, the absolute must watch films of the entire festival.

Ready or Not - Movie Review

The Movie: Ready or Not

The Directors: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett

The Cast: Samara Weaving, Adam Brody, Mark O’Brien, Henry Czerny, Andie MacDowell

The Story: A bride's wedding night takes a sinister turn when her eccentric new in-laws force her to take part in a terrifying game.

Bliss - 2019 NBFF Movie Review

The Movie: Bliss

The Director: Joe Begos

The Cast: Dora Madison, Tru Collins, Rhys Wakefield, Jeremy Gardner, Graham Skipper, Chris McKenna, Rachel Avery, George Wendt

The Story: A brilliant painter facing the worst creative block of her life turns to anything she can to complete her masterpiece, spiraling into a hallucinatory hellscape of drugs, sex, and murder in the sleazy underbelly of Los Angeles.

Knives and Skin - 2019 NBFF Movie Review

The Movie: Knives and Skin

The Director: Jennifer Reeder

The Cast: Kate Arrington; Marika Engelhardt; Tim Hopper; Tony Fitzpatrick; James Vincent Meredith

The Story: A mystical teen noir that follows a young girl's disappearance in the rural Midwest and its effect on teens and parents.

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark - Movie Review

The Movie: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

The Director: André Øvredal

The Cast: Zoe Margaret Colletti, Michael Garza, Gabriel Rush, Dean Norris, Gil Bellows, Lorraine Toussaint, Austin Zajur, Natalie Ganzhorn, Austin Abrams, Kathleen Pollard

The Story: A group of teens face their fears in order to save their lives.

Depraved - Fantasia 2019 Capsule Review

The Movie: Depraved

The Director: Larry Fessenden

The Cast: Alex Breaux, David Call, Joshua Leonard, Ana Kayne, Maria Dizzia, Chloë Levine

The Story: A disillusioned field surgeon suffering from PTSD makes a man out of body parts and brings him to life in a Brooklyn loft.

The Capsule Review:

I want to say a lot about this movie, but I can't just yet. Horror fans are going to freak out over this modern day take on the classic story of Frankenstein's monster. Great performances from everyone involved and Fessenden's story telling style is captivatingly scary. Watch it as soon as you can. We'll talk more later.

Depraved is an official selection of the 2019 Fantasia International Film Festival.

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Harpoon - Fantasia 2019 Movie Review

The Movie: Harpoon

The Director: Rob Grant

The Cast: Munro Chambers, Christopher Gray, Emily Tyra

The Story: Rivalries, dark secrets, and sexual tension emerge when three best friends find themselves stranded on a yacht in the middle of the ocean under suspicious circumstances.

Crawl - Movie Review

The Movie: Crawl

The Director: Alexandre Aja

The Cast: Kaya Scodelario, Barry Pepper, Morfydd Clark, Ross Anderson, Jose Palma, George Somner, Anson Boon, Ami Metcalf

The Story: A young woman, while attempting to save her father during a Category 5 hurricane, finds herself trapped in a flooding house and must fight for her life against alligators.

Porno - Fantasia 2019 Movie Review

The Movie: Porno

The Director: Keola Racela

The Cast: Evan Daves, Jillian Mueller, Katelyn Pearce, Peter Reznikoff, Larry Saperstein, Glenn Stott, Robbie Tann

The Story: When five teen employees at the local movie theater in a small Christian town discover a mysterious old film hidden in it's basement, they unleash an alluring succubus who gives them a sex education...written in blood.

The Deeper You Dig - Fantasia 2019 Movie Review

The Movie: The Deeper You Dig

The Directors: John Adams, Toby Poser

The Cast: John Adams, Toby Poser, Zelda Adams, Izzy Figueredo

The Story: In the aftermath of a roadside accident, the line between the living and the dead collapses for a mother, a daughter and a stranger.

The Legend of the Stardust Brothers - SIFF 2019 Movie Review

The Movie: Hoshikuzu kyôdai no densetsu aka The Legend of the Stardust Brothers

The Director: Makoto Teduka

The Cast: Shingo Kubota, Kan Takagi, Kyoko Togawa, Kiyohiko Ozaki, Issay

The Story: In 1985, Makoto Tezuka, the son of manga genius Osamu Tezuka, was still a film student with a few experimental shorts to his credit and who was entrusted with the mission to turn an album by Haruo Chikada into a musical film.

Here Comes Hell - SIFF 2019 Movie Review

The Movie: Here Comes Hell

The Director: Jack McHenry

The Cast: Jessica Webber, Margaret Clunie, Charlie Robb, Tim Renouf, Tom Bailey

The Story: A 1930's dinner party descends into carnage, gore and demonic possession in Here Comes Hell, a genre-clashing horror comedy.

I Trapped the Devil - Movie Review

The Movie: I Trapped the Devil

The Director: Josh Lobo

The Cast: AJ Bowen, Susan Burke, Scott Poythress

The Story: A man descends into paranoia after trapping what he believes to be the devil in his basement, but things take a dark turn when his family unexpectedly arrive for Christmas.

The Wind (2019) - Movie Review

The Movie: The Wind

The Director: Emma Tammi

The Cast: Miles Anderson, Caitlin Gerard, Julia Goldani Telles, Dylan McTee, Martin C Patterson, Ashley Zukerman

The Story: A plains-woman faces the harshness and isolation of the untamed land in the Western frontier of the late 1800s.

The Drone - Movie Review

The Movie: The Drone

The Director: Jordan Rubin

The Cast: John Brotherton, Alex Essoe, Anita Briem, Neil Sandilands, Simon Rex.

The Story: A newlywed couple is terrorized by a consumer drone that has become sentient with the consciousness of a deranged serial killer.