- AMER (2009)
- ANGST (1983)
- ANIMAL KINGDOM (2010)
- APARECIDOS (2007)
- AUGUST UNDERGROUND: MORDUM (2003)
- BLACK SWAN (2010)
- BUG (2006)
- CALVAIRE (2004)
- COLD FISH (2010)
- CONFESSIONS (2010)
- DARK WATERS (1993)
- DAY OF THE DEAD (1985)
- GUILTY OF ROMANCE (2011)
- IVANSXTC (2000)
- JULIA (2008)
- JULIA'S EYES (2010)
- KABOOM (2010)
- LA VIE NOUVELLE (2002)
- LEVRES DU SANG (1975)
- LITTLE DEATHS (2010)
- THE MANITOU (1978)
- THE MARK (2008)
- MARWENCOL (2010)
- NIGHTMARES IN RED,WHITE & BLUE (2010)
- THE NINE LIVES OF TOMAS KATZ (2008)
- NO MORIRE SOLA (2008)
- PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 2 (2010)
- PINK FLAMINGOS (1972)
- [REC] (2007)
- [REC]2 (2009)
- RED, WHITE AND BLUE (2010)
- THE REEF (2010)
- RESURRECTING THE STREET WALKER (2009)
- RETROACTIVE (1997)
- SPLICE (2009)
- STAKE LAND (2010)
- SURVIVE STYLE 5+ (2004)
- TARGETS (1968)
- TAXIDERMIA (2006)
- THIS IS ENGLAND '86 (2010)
- TROLLHUNTER (2010)
- TROUBLE EVERY DAY (2001)
- WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN (2011)
FEATURES:
- A BRIEF INTERLUDE OF SICKNESS & 'EXODUS' (a short by Chuck Palahniuk)
- AMERICAN NIGHTMARES: THE CINEMA OF BUDDY GIOVINAZZO
- FILMS OF THE YEAR (2009)
- FILMS OF THE YEAR (2010)
- THE LAUGHING SHADOW: a very short story
- WHERE THERE IS NO IMAGINATION, THERE IS NO HORROR: A personal selection of cinematic scares
LINKS:
- SexGoreMutants - The Independent Home of Horror
- FAB Press Online: Quality Cinema Merchandise
- Midnight Eye: Visions of Japanese Cinema
- Mondo Macabro: The Wildside of World Cinema
- Andrzej-Zulawski.com
- Strange Things Are Happening: Excess All Areas
- Fascination: The Jean Rollin Experience
- Blue Underground: DVD & Blu-ray cult classics
- Shameless Screen Entertainment
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ANIMAL KINGDOM (dir. David Michod, 2010)
All the praise that has been heaped on this Australian crime drama is justly deserved.
Beginning in a slow, somber style with introspective 17-year old Josh Cody reporting the death - heroin overdose - of his mother, forcing him to live with his 3 uncles and grandmother who are heavily involved in crime. The Cody family’s criminality comes back to haunt them and others around them, as violence takes its toll.
Excellent performances by all involved here, particularly from James Frecheville, who plays Josh. Even more so, Ben Mendelsohn as the elder brother ‘Pope’, full of repression, instability, and menace. Guy Pearce brings even further conviction to the film as the lead Detective on the trail of Pope, empathetically using Josh as his pawn. The outstanding score further conveying the intensity and emotions of the characters throughout, with the threat of danger and corruption never far away.
Loosely based on a real-life Australian crime family, the gritty, character-driven approach works perfectly. If you are tired of substandard crime dramas regurgitated by the American market and want more substance, then take sanctuary in this solid study of family loyalty and the devastating effects of violence.
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