— — Ravage (2019) Film Review, a movie directed by Teddy Grennan, and starring Annabelle Dexter-Jones, Robert Longstreet, Bruce Dern, Michael Weaver, Ross Partridge, Chris Pinkalla, Eric Nelsen, Drake Shannon, Joshua Brady, and Bennett Krishock. It’s not uncommon for survivalist revenge thrillers to peddle depictions of sadistic violence [...]
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- 1/14/2021
- by Jacob Mouradian
- Film-Book
Grindhouse type fare is a lost art. Whether it’s a horror effort or a thriller, being grim, gritty, and even gross is something that small scale filmmakers used to pursue to a far greater extent. Obviously, Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino tried to recapture the glory with the literal titled Grindhouse, but there hasn’t been a real resurgence. To be sure, it’s hard to do this well, as multiple attempts to remake something like I Spit On Your Grave has proven. Ravage, however, manages to do more right than it does wrong. Unyieldingly intense, it somehow also reminds one of something like Kevin Smith’s Tusk (you’ll understand if/when you see it), which is a rare achievement. This won’t be for most, but if you go in for this kind of genre fare, it’s an interesting new offering. The film is a thriller,...
- 8/21/2020
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
"They're watiing for you." Brainstorm Media has debuted the first trailer for an indie horror titled Ravage, which seems to be inspired by The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. This first premiered at the GenreBlast Film Festival last year and hit a number of other genre festivals including Screamfest, Horrible Imaginings, and Dead by Dawn. The last old growth forest on the Eastern Seaboard - a place far removed from civilization. Harper Sykes finds herself a witness to something she doesn't understand. Now they want to kill her. Will she become like them in order to survive? Or become something even worse? Starring Annabelle Dexter-Jones as a nature photographer who fights her way out of the woods when strange culprits capture her. The cast includes Bruce Dern, Eric Nelsen, Joshua Brady, and Robert Longstreet. This looks terrifying. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Teddy Grennan's Ravage, direct from B-d's YouTube: In the film,...
- 7/9/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
"You can't bring me here and expect me to just hate her like you do." FilmRise has debuted the first official trailer for an indie family drama titled Mountain Rest, which is the feature directorial debut of a music video director named Alex O Eaton. The film is about an aging actress named Ethel, played by Frances Conroy, who has sequestered herself in a cabin in a small mountain town for years. She calls her estranged daughter and granddaughter home for reconciliation and one final celebration, resulting in a strange and surprising weekend. The cast includes Natalia Dyer (from "Stranger Things") and Kate Lyn Sheil (from "House of Cards"), plus Shawn Hatosy, Joshua Brady, Karson Kern, Alphie Hyorth, and Audrey Turner. This looks like a very intimate and emotional "art house" drama mainly for the film festival crowd. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Alex O Eaton's Mountain Rest,...
- 11/25/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
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