Enys Men is the latest feature film from Cornish filmmaker Mark Jenkin, and it reaffirms his penchant for crafting haunting and poetic stunners. A logical progression of his previous film, Bait, the film finds Jenkin expanding his experimentation and atmospheric dread in more elusive, eerie, and unsettling ways to create an English folk horror unlike any other.
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Everything is a family affair in the witchy coming-of-age indie horror flick Hellbender. The film is the second feature written and directed by an indie filmmaking family (specifically, husband & wife John Adams and Toby Poser, and their daughter, Zelda), who pretty much singlehandedly tackle all aspects of the production (including the score). Although it’s not a total home run, Hellbender manages to conjure up some seriously bewitching charisma, innovative genre thrills, and bitchin’ tuneage.
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Scott Cooper makes his first foray into horror with the slow-burning creature feature Antlers. It’s effectively atmospheric and delivers a few genre thrills, but it doesn’t quite connect all its pieces in a way that fully satiates.
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Valdimar Jóhannsson’s feature film debut, Lamb, recently had its U.S. premiere at Fantastic Fest, and boy, is it a beautifully strange beast! This tantalizing, slow burning, folkloric fable effortlessly blends the real with the inexplicable to create something powerful and unique. Charmingly odd, and hilariously straight-faced, Lamb oozes a compelling mystique that must be seen to be believed.
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Writer/director Ari Aster’s much anticipated follow up to last year’s phenomenally disturbed Hereditary is finally upon us. Midsommar, somewhat of a spiritual cousin to Hereditary, finds Aster probing deeper into the themes of loss, grief, and codependency, dragging the horror into the sunlight and letting the festivities run red with blood in this delightfully twisted adult fairytale.
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