Horror Movie Campout
The scares began before we even arrived at Point Cook Homestead for the Horror Movie Campout, with Leatherface jumping out from the side of the road wielding a chainsaw near the entrance. This single moment set the mood for an…
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Underground Cinema presents: ‘DREAM’
Expect the unexpected from Underground Cinema. Run by Secret Squirrel Productions, the team specialise in immersive, experiential movie events. The actual film is kept a secret until the opening credits, but attendees receive basic information such as dress code and…
Monster Fest Review: ‘The Autopsy of Jane Doe’
Too many horror movies collapse under the weight of their own strong premises. They start out confidently with an intriguing idea and a good set up, only to veer off somewhere in the middle, leaving you to wonder what went…
Monster Fest Review: ‘Raw’
In a Q&A session after the screening at Monster Fest 2016 ended, director Julia Ducournau explained that Raw was a film about becoming human. Horror films, she said, often allow us to express taboo desires and hidden fears, whether it…
Monster Fest Review: ‘Free Fire’
British director Ben Wheatley’s last film High Rise, adapted from J.G. Ballard’s last novel with his screenwriting partner Amy Jump, divided fans and critics alike. Some saw it as a pretentious, pseudo-profound mess while others lauded it for its originality….
Monster Fest 2016 – The Plus Ones’ Guide to the best horror films
2016’s Monster Fest is for the real horror film fanatics. Instead of lukewarm poltergeist flicks where furniture moves around on its own, every scare is a jump scare (I’m looking at you, Conjuring series). This is a festival full of…
Film Review: ‘Nocturnal Animals’
It should be enough of a recommendation to say that before I saw the premiere of the film Nocturnal Animals at Backlot Studios, I’d worked a nine-hour shift and been up since 5am, yet I couldn’t have dozed off if I’d…
Jewish International Film Festival reviews: ‘Leslie’s Journey’ and ‘Eyeless in Gaza’
Leslie’s Journey Marcos Nine’s film is a peculiar kind of experiment. Neither a film nor a documentary, Leslie’s Journey is a meditation on a person’s life. Depending on the periods of history through which they lived, the film shows how…
Film Review: ‘Ouija – Origins of Evil’
The ouija board, pronounced ‘wee-ji’, is often mistakenly thought of as a mystic and mysterious was of talking to spirits. In reality the board was manufactured by the children’s games and toy brand Hasbro. Yes the same people who brought…
Russian Resurrection Film Festival: The Plus Ones’ guide
The Russian Resurrection Film Festival returns to Melbourne from 10 November for its 13th year, presenting a diverse selection of old and new films. Horror thrillers, action-adventure, romantic comedies, and retrospectives on Russian leaders — there is something here to suit…