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  • British Psychological Chiller Remembrance Gets UK Digital Release This October

    British Psychological Chiller Remembrance Gets UK Digital Release This October

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    Anyone who caught Feed Me or Hosts knows co-director Richard Oakes doesn’t bother with polite, cozy British drama. He makes nasty, uncomfortable genre flicks. His latest, Remembrance, co-directed with writer-star James Matthew Denton, heads straight to UK digital platforms on 19 October via Reel2Reel Films. Things kick off in a hospital bed where Grace (Alyssa…

  • Simon Rumley’s Bleak Thriller Crushed Drops on UK Digital This October

    Simon Rumley’s Bleak Thriller Crushed Drops on UK Digital This October

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    If you’ve seen Red White & Blue or The Living and the Dead, you already know Simon Rumley doesn’t do light entertainment. He makes films that leave you wanting to scrub yourself down with wire wool, and his latest feature isn’t breaking that streak. Crushed lands on UK digital platforms on 5 October via GrimmVision,…

  • Ignition (Review)

    Ignition (Review)

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    Ignition is a psychological thriller about a bomber and a bomb disposal expert that is entirely contained in one room, and… well… that is about all I can tell you about it, because if I tell you any more then I’ll ruin the film for you and, trust me, you don’t want me doing that.…

  • “We’ve Met Before, Haven’t We?”: Lost Highway and the Language of Lynch

    “We’ve Met Before, Haven’t We?”: Lost Highway and the Language of Lynch

    David Lynch’s 1997 noir film, Lost Highway, featuring an embarrassing amount of Marylin Manson, is at least Wikipedially about jazz musician Fred Madison (Bill Pullman), who murders his wife Renee (Patricia Arquette), whom he suspects of having an affair with porn facilitator and pimp Andy (Michael Massee). While awaiting execution, Fred falls into a psychogenic…