Category: Foreign Films

COLD PREY II Gives Homage & Stays Brutal

On By C.H. NewellIn 2008, Anchor Bay, Blogs, Blood, Cinematography, Cold Prey, Cold Prey 2, Cold Prey II, Drama, DVD, Film, Foreign Films, Fritt Vilt, Fritt Vilt 2, Fritt Vilt II, Gore, Horror, Movies, Mystery, Norway, Norwegian Horror, Reviews, Sequel, Slasher, Slasher Film, ThrillerLeave a comment

This sequel to COLD PREY homages HALLOWEEN 2, though stays fresh in its own right.

Cold Prey is a Vicious Modern Slasher

On By C.H. NewellIn 2006, Anchor Bay, Backwoods Horror, Blogs, Blood, Cinematography, Cold Prey, Drama, DVD, Film, Filmmakers, Filmmaking, Foreign Films, Fritt Vilt, Horror, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Movies, Mystery, Norway, Norwegian Horror, Reviews, Roar Uthaug, Rolf Kristian Larsen, Slasher, SnowboardingLeave a comment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FkzjOcEjoY Fritt Vilt (English title: Cold Prey). 2006. Dir. Roar Uthaug. Screenplay by Thomas Moldestad, Martin Sundland & Roar Uthaug; story by Jan Eirik Langoen & Magne Lyngner. Starring Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Rolf Kristian Larsen, Tomas Alf Larsen, Endre Martin Midtstigen, and Viktoria Winge. Anchor Bay Entertainment. Not Rated. 97 minutes. Drama/Horror/Mystery ★★★★ (Film) ★★★★★ (DVD release) I don't …

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Fulci’s Zombie: Because a Zombie Had to Fight a Shark Someday

On By C.H. NewellIn 1979, B-Movie, Blogs, Blood, Blu ray, Blue Underground, Bluray, Cinematography, Classic Horror, Directors, Effects, Film, Filmmakers, Filmmaking, Foreign Films, Gore, Horror, Lucio Fulci, Movies, Reviews, Sequel, Special Features, Zombi 2, Zombie, Zombie Flesh EatersLeave a comment

A classic zombie flick if there ever were one! All hail Fulci!

Refn Looks Back on the Criminal Life in PUSHER III: I’M THE ANGEL OF DEATH

On By C.H. NewellIn 2005, Blogs, Cinematography, Cooking, Copenhagen, Crime, Criminals, Directors, Drama, Drugs, DVD, Film, Filmmakers, Filmmaking, Foreign Films, Independent Film, Indie Film, Kim Bodnia, Movies, Nicolas Winding Refn, Pusher, Pusher II: With Blood On My Hands, Pusher III: I Am the Angel of Death, Reviews, Sequel, Thriller, Zlatko BuricLeave a comment

The second sequel to Refn's groundbreaking PUSHER is a bleak look at the end of the road for one Copenhagen druglord, as he juggles recovery, family, and business on a very special day for his daughter.

Pusher II: With Blood On My Hands – One Criminal & a Baby

On By C.H. NewellIn Action, Blogs, Cinematography, Copenhagen, Crime, Criminals, Directors, Drama, Drugs, DVD, Film, Filmmakers, Filmmaking, Foreign Films, Independent Film, Indie Film, Mads Mikkelsen, Movies, Nicolas Winding Refn, Prison, Pusher, Pusher II: With Blood On My Hands, Reviews, Sequel, ThrillerLeave a comment

Refn's sequel to his 1st PUSHER film is another bleak trip to Copenhagen's underworld.

Trollhunter: Found Footage Fairy Tales

On By C.H. NewellIn Blogs, Blu ray, Bluray, Comedy, Dark Fantasy, Film, Filmmaking, Foreign Films, Found Footage, Horror, Movies, Reviews, Trollhunter, TrollsLeave a comment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvwEyHeRSvE Trollhunter. 2010. Directed & Written by André Øvredal. Starring Otto Jespersen, Hans Morten Hansen, Tomas Alf Larsen, Johanna Mørck, Knut Naerum, Robert Stoltenberg, and Glenn Erland Tosterud. Momentum Pictures. Rated PG-13. 103 minutes. Dark Fantasy/Comedy ★★★★ (Film) ★★★★★ (Blu ray release) When you hear the title Trollhunter it isn't easy to imagine what the plot and …

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Music Heals All in Metalhead

On By C.H. NewellIn Drama, Film, Foreign Films, Heavy Metal, Iceland, Málmhaus, Metalhead, Movies, ReviewsLeave a comment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyxhcNsjWKI Málmhaus (English title: Metalhead). 2013. Directed & Written by Ragnar Bragason. Starring Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson, Thora Bjorg Helga, Sveinn Olafur Gunnarsson, and Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson. Unrated. 97 minutes. Drama ★★★★1/2 Hera, as a young girl on her family's farm, witnesses her older brother Baldur die in a freak accident while riding a tractor. Later, as …

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Claire Denis Proves They’re All Bastards

On By C.H. NewellIn Bastards, Beatrice Dalle, Claire Denis, Female Filmmakers, Film, Foreign Films, Les Salauds, Movies, Reviews, Thriller, Trouble Every Day, Vincent Gallo, Vincent LindonLeave a comment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McGhcrmn86E Les Salauds (English title: Bastards). 2013. Dir. Claire Denis. Screenplay by Denis & Jean-Pol Fargeau. Starring Vincent Lindon and Chiara Mastroianni. Wild Bunch. Unrated. 100 minutes. Drama ★★★★1/2 Marco (Lindon) is a sailor. A well-known one at that. He's long cut off any ties with his family. After his brother-in-law commits suicide, Marco's sister …

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