Film Reviews

SYNOPSIS: A butcher in Paris takes his revenge after his daughter is brutally attacked. REVIEW: “Carne” (1991) is a short film by shock director Gaspar Noé. The film begins on the tempo of educating us into France’s fascination with eating horse meat of which they call “Carne”. The name is derived due to its price and color. Our story begins …

SYNOPSIS: none given REVIEW: As a distorted celebratory score blares over this rough looking footage, a young man undresses in front of a recently murdered corpse, that lay waiting inside his bathtub. This curious short by Petter Baiestorf methodically focuses in as our machete wielding subject slowly cuts directly into the bodies stomach layer by layer. Then revealing what looks …

SYNOPSIS: No synopsis can do this movie justice, but it basically boils down to a bunch of ‘radical’ students misbehaving on camera, with the the end result being passed off as an experimental art piece. It’s a psycho-sexual ‘comedy’ that wallows in shattered taboos, and absurdist, free-form vignettes. REVIEW: Directed by: Dusan Makevejev Starring: Carole Laure; John Vernon The film …

SYNOPSIS: In the 17th Century, encouraged by a naive and sadistic prince, a play is performed about a miraculous child exploited by both his sister and the church. Soon enough, the play becomes all too real, and rape, death and dismemberment follows as the events take on the appearance of an actual religious ritual. REVIEW: Directed by Peter Greenaway Starring: …

SYNOPSIS: At his 60th birthday Harry Doright is visited by a demon who claims his soul and the souls of his loved ones.

SYNOPSIS: A man searches an alternate universe for a long-lost love from his youth. REVIEW: You haven’t seen a movie like this before! It was a trailer that caught my eye in this bizarre science fiction drama/romance tale that out the box feels alot like a future cult film in the making. The idea of a world that butts up …

SYNOPSIS: One of the 12 idents created for Film4 Frightfest 2012, which played before the feature films to remind people to switch their phones off! REVIEW: This “really” short film was used as a impact commercial in response to the idea of “turning off one’s cell phone” during a film presentation. In fact it only runs about 33 seconds, though …

SYNOPSIS: A group of filmmakers sit around watching their latest film epic, a black and white lesbian bondage movie. They’re bored, and one of them suggests they try something new. After toying with various perverted ideas, including being shat on by a “300-pound sweata with a gassy box”, they are eventually forced into making a snuff movie. The filmmakers soon …

SYNOPSIS: Innerdepravity  perpertratres the terrible mindset of a serial killer. A tattooed masked man  performs many of his killings in many different settings, and every killing is  accompanied with a photographic journal of his deviances. REVIEW: From Morgue 666 comes the infamous “Inner Depravity” short film by Rémy Couture. Clearly rooted in crime scene exploitation, a young man is seen …

SYNOPSIS: A mysterious, worldwide phenomenon is afoot that is causing teenage girls to inexplicably drop dead and, almost instantly, reanimate as zombies with a hunger for human flesh. These zombies are known as ‘Stacies’. REVIEW: It’s amazing no one thought of it before. Here we have two of the more ubiquitous features of modern popular culture—zombies and Japanese schoolgirls—together in …

SYNOPSIS: Freakish blitzkrieg that opens with a young boy terrorizing villagers with a mysterious chest and closes with one of the most spectacularly outlandish set pieces you’ll see anywhere this year!” REVIEW: Sandik (translated as “The Chest) is a nasty 6 minute short film by Can Evrenol which breaks the mold for bad taste. While seeing a gory short or …

SYNOPSIS: An unscrupulous boy lures a girl into the woods. Where’s Arnold Schwarzenegger when you need him the most? REVIEW: Old flames, A young girl from a boarding school background and a boy who professes being the top salesperson at his telemarketing company go for a stroll in the woods. As a charming conversation ensues, the girl is knocked out …

SYNOPSIS: A dual between man and clown. REVIEW: “A Winner is You” is another clever gory creation from the minds at RKSS.tv. François Simard who created the film “Bagman Professional Murder” is seen playing the role of the shooter with Jonathan Prévost (also Bagman creator) as the clown. This gory extreme short accomplishes a few items of horror. Namely, the …

SYNOPSIS: One of the “Vienna Actionists” art films by creator Otto Muehl REVIEW: Otto Muehl was known as one of the most extreme “Vienna Actionists” of his time using the foundation of extremes within film. In 1969, he created a short film by the name of “Sodoma”. Registering in at about 16 minutes, this old projector-styled film complete with bleached …

SYNOPSIS: Fictional drama based on actual events, about 2 teen-age girls who encounter an internet predator. REVIEW: Director – Michael Goi Starring – Amber Perkins, Rachel Quinn, Dean Waite In October of 1993 twelve year old Polly Hannah Klaas was kidnapped and later found to have been murdered. The following year her father, Marc Klaas, started the KlaasKids Foundation to …