Set some time after the rapture, where speech is considered a sin, Azrael (Samara Weaving) is captured by a devout cult who want to sacrifice her to the evil lurking in the wilderness in exchange for their salvation. When Azrael escapes—as she often does—the cult, led by pregnant priestess Miriam (Vic Carmen Sonne), will stop…
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Review: Hell Hole
Opening in 19th century Serbia during the Napoleonic wars, a platoon of lost and starving soldiers wander around looking for food when they stumble upon a lone woman with a horse. With a cunning smile, she lets them take the horse: A Trojan horse! In present day Serbia, an American fracking crew led by John…
Review: ‘Night’s End’ is Saved by An Entertaining Final Act
Night’s End, the latest from Jennifer Reeder (Knives and Skin), written by American playwright Brett Neveu, follows Ken Barber (Geno Walker), a divorced dad suffering from anxiety and agoraphobia, who finds himself in a haunted apartment. The first act builds a picture of Ken’s life, including his daily routine: he wakes up counting backwards from 10…
Film Review: Shrew’s Nest (2014)
While browsing on Shudder, I came across Shrew’s Nest (2014); a Spanish horror and thriller set sometime in the 1950s. It revolves around Montse (Macarena Gómez), a highly religious and agoraphobic woman who spent her youth raising her younger sister, who is simply referred to as “the girl” (Nadia de Santiago), as their mother died during her birth…