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[Review]: Our Effed Up World
Finn, Poppy and Hank One of the most prolific indie horror filmmakers, Alice Maio Mackay, is back, with Jane Schoenbrun (I Saw The TV Glow, Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma) in the producer chair, with Our Effed Up World. Having had its world premiere at this year’s Frameline Film Festival, Our Effed Up World is an emotive sci-fi depicting an intergalactic battle against an entity which is intent on eating earth and its resources. Sheri (Sara Thompson) is a young woman, r

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Jun 232 min read
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[FrightFest Glasgow 2025]: Psyche
Opening the FrightFest strand of this year’s Glasgow Film Festival is science fiction set piece Psyche directed by Stephon Stewart. Set...

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Mar 8, 20252 min read
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[[Fantastic Fest 2024]: V/H/S Beyond
Released in 2012, V/H/S was a fresh take on the horror anthology format. Utilising the subgenre of found footage, it based its set up...

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Sep 29, 20242 min read
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[Review]: Subservience
Directed by S.K Dale, Subservience is a science-fiction thriller starring Megan Fox as an artificially intelligent fembot who, after...

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Sep 13, 20242 min read
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[Frightfest 2024]: The Lonely Man with the Ghost Machine
A mainstay of the genre festival scene, Graham Skipper is a remarkable talent – an accomplished performer who left a firm impression in...

Russell Bailey
Aug 24, 20242 min read
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[review]: Tropic (2023)
Directed by Edouard Salier, sci-fi drama Tropic explores the detrimental effects of a society that places a precedence over extreme human...

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Mar 6, 20242 min read
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