Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Film Vlog: Beyond Fest '14

The second ever Beyond Fest has finally come to a close! Beyond Fest is one of the best film festivals for genre and horror films in Los Angeles, hands down! Their line-up continues to amaze and bring once-in-a-lifetime events whether it was having Goblin perform the scores of Dario Argento films last year or reuniting John Carpenter and Jamie Lee Curtis for a very special Halloween screening! As a novice to the genre, it is always a pleasure to be schooled on the fundamentals on these films that I am rarely exposed to from real xxxcore fans! I had the pleasure of having the boys of Beyond Fest tell me in their own words what the festival is all about so be sure to check my recap video! I watched twelve features in total which I have all graded for you down below.

Horns (Dir. Alexandre Aja) B+

The Editor (Dir. Adam Brooks & Matthew Kennedy) B-

20,000 Days on Earth (Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard) A

Nightcrawler (Dir. Dan Gilroy) A (See Review)

V/H/S Viral (Dir. Justin Benson, Gregg Bishop, Todd Lincoln, Aaron Moorhead, Marcel Sarmiento, Nacho Vigalondo) A

Starry Eyes (Dir. Kevin Kolsch & Dennis Widmyer) A

Possession (Dir. Andrzej Zulawski) A

R100 (Dir. Hitoshi Matsumoto) C+

Halloween (Dir. John Carpenter) A

The Town that Dreaded Sundown (Dir. Alfonso Gomez-Rejon) B+

Tokyo Tribe (Dir. Sion Sono) A-