Raúl Cerezo, and Fernando González Gómez’s horror thriller may not be the most entertaining genre film, but it certainly is one of the most depressing movies about aging I’ve ever seen. With movies like “The Elderly,” although there is almost certainly another horror element waiting around the corner, the pair of directors are keen on depicting aging and being elderly as perhaps the most horrific circumstance to ever find ones self in. “The Elderly” is a lot about this inexplicable series of events involving the local elderly population, many of whom are becoming violent toward their family and toward themselves.
Tag Archives: Foreign
An Taibhse (The Ghost) (2024) [FrightFest 2024]
A father and daughter move into a mansion for the winter months to maintain and keep it ready for its owners. Soon after their arrival, something odd starts to happen and each of them is affected differently.
Tokijiro: Lone Yakuza (aka Kutsukake Tokijiro – yukyo ippiki) (1966) [Radiance Films Limited Edition]
Out on Blu-ray and 4K UHD August 27, 2024
A gambler, Tokijiro, is given a place to stay in town. Soon, he finds himself involved with the local criminals to repay his debt.
Viva La Muerte (1971) [Radiance Films Limited Edition]
Out on Blu-ray and 4K UHD August 27, 2024
After his father’s arrest during the Spanish Civil War, a young boy must learn a new life and decide where he stands between his parents’ clashing ideologies.
American Daydream (2024)
Where is the American dream bred? In the heart or in the head? Director-Writer Ziyu Luo’s “American Daydream” is a classic ode to the idea of the American dream and our pursuit of it. Is the “American Dream” an unreachable goal, or something that we each have within us, personally? Recently having its world premiere at the HollyShorts Film Festival, “American Daydream” is a brilliant beautiful short drama comedy that explores ideas about immigration, assimilation and Americanization.
Brave Citizen (2024) [Fantasia Film Festival 2024]
Deep down there’s a great movie within “Brave Citizen.” The South Korean film by Park jin-pyo has a great premise, and a great cause to fight for that could serve as a catalyst for an interesting superhero tale. Instead “Brave Citizen” is bogged down in so much exposition and sub-plots and commentary that is loses sight of its original intent. There’s no reason a movie like “Brave Citizen” should be so long, and I say that as someone that almost never cares about run time.
But Park jin-pyo and the writers take so long to get to the actual point that by the time we do get an idea what they’re aiming in the realm of superheroes meets bringing down the affluent, the movie has already worn out its welcome.
Infinite Summer (2024) [Fantasia Film Festival 2024]
Going off on vacation to a cabin, three young women meet new people, party, and end up trying out a new device that sends them on a whole other kind of trip.