fantasy Archives - Movies In Focus

Book Review: FRIGHTFEST GUIDE TO GRINDHOUSE MOVIES

FrightFest and FAB Press have published the FrightFest Guide To Grindhouse Movies, the fifth in a series of books which dive into head-first into the world of genre cinema. Following on from the success of the FrightFest Guide To Exploitation [...]

October 7, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Adam Egypt Mortimer’s DANIEL ISN’T REAL

The independent film arena is still the best place to discover stellar genre fare. These films don’t need the huge (and complex) marketing models which have all but destroyed the concept of variety and choice within mainstream cinema. Director [...]

May 29, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Rainer Sarnet’s NOVEMBER

Rainer Sarnet’s 2017 release, November is a film which feels as if it purposely goes out of its way to defy categorisation. The black and white film is a dark comedy, a fairy tale fantasy, a twisted family drama and a doomed romance about [...]

August 26, 2020

Review: DANIEL ISN’T REAL Is A Mind-Bending Horror/Fantasy With A Star-Making Turn From Patrick Schwarzenegger

December 8, 2019

DVD Review: Fantasy-Horror THE CURSE OF SLEEPING BEAUTY Looks And Sounds Great!

The Curse Of Sleeping Beauty was a pleasant surprise. Yes, Pearry Reginald Teo’s film is incredibly silly, but it’s wonderfully made and visually inventive. It plays with the Brothers Grimm Fairy tale, creating a Guillermo del Toro type [...]

October 30, 2016

DVD Review: Daniel Radcliffe’s Performance Is The Best Thing About Alexandre Aja’s HORNS

Daniel Radcliffe is an actor that you’re either onboard with or not. Movies In Focus finds his over-enthusiastic off-screen persona a little grating. However, I have to concede that the Harry Potter star is really good in Horns, a fantasy-horror [...]

April 4, 2015