Venice film festival: This brilliant prequel to Goth and West’s previous collaboration, X, is a cine-fever dream set in the dying days of Spanish flu
The Venice film festival is springing some surprises on us, and one of the biggest and nicest has been the news that Mia Goth is an actual superstar: she is fiendishly good in this outrageous shocker from director Ti West, an origin-myth prequel to his previous film X, shot back-to-back on the same location. Goth starred in that one too, of course, but is now a co-writer on the followup; she takes her performance to the next level: Goth is now the Judy Garland of horror. Her work on the closing credits sequence alone deserves some kind of Golden Lion.
The film itself is terrifically accomplished and horribly gripping, with golden-age movie pastiche and dashes of Psycho and The Wizard of Oz. And anyone...
The Venice film festival is springing some surprises on us, and one of the biggest and nicest has been the news that Mia Goth is an actual superstar: she is fiendishly good in this outrageous shocker from director Ti West, an origin-myth prequel to his previous film X, shot back-to-back on the same location. Goth starred in that one too, of course, but is now a co-writer on the followup; she takes her performance to the next level: Goth is now the Judy Garland of horror. Her work on the closing credits sequence alone deserves some kind of Golden Lion.
The film itself is terrifically accomplished and horribly gripping, with golden-age movie pastiche and dashes of Psycho and The Wizard of Oz. And anyone...
- 9/3/2022
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
In today's packed edition of Horror Highlights, watch the trailer for Bloody Hell, learn more about Panic Fest Presents: Tricks And Treats and the Mile High Horror Film Festival, read about the Boobs & Blood charity issue, and find out about how you can join the Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies' virtual semester:
Watch the Trailer for Bloody Hell: "A man with a mysterious past flees the country to escape his own personal hell - only to arrive somewhere much, much, much worse."
Festival Schedule
- World Premiere at Fantasy Filmfest / September 13
- Australian Premiere at Brisbane International Film Festival / October 3
- Spanish Premiere at Molins Film Festival / November 6
- North American Festival Premiere to be announced soon
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Director: Alister Grierson
Cast: Ben O’Toole, Caroline Craig, Matthew Sutherland, Travis Jeffery, Jack Finsterer, Meg Fraser, Ashlee Lollback
Writer: Robert Benjamin
Producers: Brett Thornquest,...
Watch the Trailer for Bloody Hell: "A man with a mysterious past flees the country to escape his own personal hell - only to arrive somewhere much, much, much worse."
Festival Schedule
- World Premiere at Fantasy Filmfest / September 13
- Australian Premiere at Brisbane International Film Festival / October 3
- Spanish Premiere at Molins Film Festival / November 6
- North American Festival Premiere to be announced soon
Instagram: @BloodyHellTheFilm
Facebook: @BloodyHellTheFilm
Twitter: @BloodyHellFilm
#BloodyHellTheFilm
Director: Alister Grierson
Cast: Ben O’Toole, Caroline Craig, Matthew Sutherland, Travis Jeffery, Jack Finsterer, Meg Fraser, Ashlee Lollback
Writer: Robert Benjamin
Producers: Brett Thornquest,...
- 9/9/2020
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
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