The anthology horror film is back in the wake of the success of chapter-style horror films like The Theatre Bizarre (2011) and its announced follow-up, V/H/S (2012), the soon-to-be-released sequel V/H/S 2 (2013) and The ABC’s of Death (2012).
While this movement generates a good deal of conversation about the fondly remembered Amicus productions of the 1960’s and 1970’s like Dr. Terror’s House Of Horrors (Freddie Francis, 1965), Torture Garden (Freddie Francis, 1967), The House That Dripped Blood (Peter Duffell, 1971) and Asylum (Roy Ward Baker, 1972) among others, the comparison is not exactly accurate across the board.
While the segments of V/H/S are unified by shared visual style and a wraparound story, The Theatre Bizarre and The ABC’s of Death come off as collections of essentially unrelated horror short films loosely bound by a flimsy wraparound segment in the case of The Theatre Bizarre or a basic concept as...
While this movement generates a good deal of conversation about the fondly remembered Amicus productions of the 1960’s and 1970’s like Dr. Terror’s House Of Horrors (Freddie Francis, 1965), Torture Garden (Freddie Francis, 1967), The House That Dripped Blood (Peter Duffell, 1971) and Asylum (Roy Ward Baker, 1972) among others, the comparison is not exactly accurate across the board.
While the segments of V/H/S are unified by shared visual style and a wraparound story, The Theatre Bizarre and The ABC’s of Death come off as collections of essentially unrelated horror short films loosely bound by a flimsy wraparound segment in the case of The Theatre Bizarre or a basic concept as...
- 4/5/2013
- by Terek Puckett
- SoundOnSight
If you were lucky enough to see short films like Manuel Arlja De La Cuerda’s My Love Lives In The Sewer, Excision directed by Richard Bates, Jr., Else directed by Thibault Emin, or the cannibal café tale Dara from Indonesia at last year’s Fantastic Fest, then you’ll be dying to check out the 2010 short film lineup. What will be the standouts this year?
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- 9/3/2010
- by Drew Tinnin
- GordonandtheWhale
This year's festival collection of horror shorts was generally above-average mixed bag. There are four, in particular, that simply astounded me, and the seven remaining films varied from decent fun to pointless exercises in horror standards. Following are my brief takes on all the films shown. Dara: Dir. Timo Tjahjanto & Kimo Tjahjanto, Indonesia, 2009, 26 min This film, about a mysteriously quiet and adorable chef with a Saw-sized secret, does a good job of avoiding your typical torture porn route. Set up as your standard man-meets-woman, man-wakes-up-in-woman's-torture-lab scenario, Dara is pleasantly self-aware. Though the ending is far too obvious and trite (come on, she is a chef that butchers people), the bulk of the film is great at being funny while keeping a straight face. Else: Dir. Thibault Emin, France, 2009, 16 min Possibly my favorite film of the collection, Else is a beautiful piece of body horror and a surprisingly touching romance.
- 10/5/2009
- by Emmet Duff
- SoundOnSight
Raise your hand if you’ve ever been to a film festival. Remember when the movie started up and it didn’t seem at all like the one you thought you came to see, until you suddenly realized what you were watching was actually one of those annoying short films? If this is you, stop reading now. The short film is an integral part of the festival experience, especially the downright twisted ones shown at Fantastic Fest in Austin, TX.
Technically, a short film plays before each feature here, but Short Fuse combines the best of the rest of these little pieces of celluloid into two hours of head-spinning mayhem. Now, it’s not that these films weren’t worthy of being played in front of a feature; rather, they’re so damn good the programmers felt that it wasn’t worth upstaging someone else’s hard work, and Short Fuse was born.
Technically, a short film plays before each feature here, but Short Fuse combines the best of the rest of these little pieces of celluloid into two hours of head-spinning mayhem. Now, it’s not that these films weren’t worthy of being played in front of a feature; rather, they’re so damn good the programmers felt that it wasn’t worth upstaging someone else’s hard work, and Short Fuse was born.
- 9/25/2009
- by no-reply@fangoria.com (Drew Tinnin)
- Fangoria
We're just two weeks away from Fantastic Fest and the lineup looks nothing short of "fantastic".. pun intended as I'm on the Jury for this section. What's been added you ask?
The Us premier of Lars von Trier's incredible Antichrist (review)
The Us premier of Spanish zombie sequel [Rec 2]
A sneak preview of Ninja Assassin
A sneak preview of supposed realistic horror Paranormal Activity which has been finally loosed after being hidden by Hollywood for a year or so.
Full list after the break includes shorts!
Antichrist Us Premiere
(dir. Lars Von Trier, 2009, Denmark)
Lars Von Trier rocked the Croisette at Cannes this year with his latest beautiful, visceral opus with themes on depression, insanity and arrogance. It's also got talking animals and some truly inspired horror moments.
The Bare Breasted Countess
(dir. Jesus Franco, 1973, France/Belgium)
Jess Franco directs his muse Lina Romay in this surreal story of a...
The Us premier of Lars von Trier's incredible Antichrist (review)
The Us premier of Spanish zombie sequel [Rec 2]
A sneak preview of Ninja Assassin
A sneak preview of supposed realistic horror Paranormal Activity which has been finally loosed after being hidden by Hollywood for a year or so.
Full list after the break includes shorts!
Antichrist Us Premiere
(dir. Lars Von Trier, 2009, Denmark)
Lars Von Trier rocked the Croisette at Cannes this year with his latest beautiful, visceral opus with themes on depression, insanity and arrogance. It's also got talking animals and some truly inspired horror moments.
The Bare Breasted Countess
(dir. Jesus Franco, 1973, France/Belgium)
Jess Franco directs his muse Lina Romay in this surreal story of a...
- 9/7/2009
- QuietEarth.us
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