FrightFest scared up a storm in London over the weekend, with the UK’s premier horror movie festival screening five days' worth of freaky film at their new Vue venue in Shepherd’s Bush.
I went along for the ride on behalf of IGN - what follows are the three best flicks I managed to catch, along with a brief mention of a film that I really didn’t like, but you’ll probably want to hear about…
Release Date - US: December 2016, UK: February 2017
This was perhaps the festival’s biggest surprise, largely because the set-up isn’t particularly appealing. Dominic Monaghan (Lost, Lord of the Rings) plays Seth, a loner who works at an animal sanctuary and starts obsessing over a girl he went to school with. He tries to flirt, with little success, then goes down the stalker route, with predictably horrible results. Finally, Seth kidnaps his beloved and locks her in a cage. And that’s all I’m going to say about this one, as the twists and turns that follow make the film’s second half as unexpected as its first half is predictable. Monaghan is terrific as the obsessed loser in love, while Ksenia Solo gives as good as she gets as the object of his affections.
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I went along for the ride on behalf of IGN - what follows are the three best flicks I managed to catch, along with a brief mention of a film that I really didn’t like, but you’ll probably want to hear about…
Release Date - US: December 2016, UK: February 2017
This was perhaps the festival’s biggest surprise, largely because the set-up isn’t particularly appealing. Dominic Monaghan (Lost, Lord of the Rings) plays Seth, a loner who works at an animal sanctuary and starts obsessing over a girl he went to school with. He tries to flirt, with little success, then goes down the stalker route, with predictably horrible results. Finally, Seth kidnaps his beloved and locks her in a cage. And that’s all I’m going to say about this one, as the twists and turns that follow make the film’s second half as unexpected as its first half is predictable. Monaghan is terrific as the obsessed loser in love, while Ksenia Solo gives as good as she gets as the object of his affections.
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