Dawn Breaks Behind The Eyes (Hinter den Augen die Dämmerung) first published by VODzilla.co in a much shorter version. The second half of this review contains a spoiler (about the second half of the film), which is revealable with a click for those who wish to read it. * * * Despite its relatively short…
Playhouse first published by VODzilla.co Playhouse is quick to declare exactly what kind of film it is likely to be. For this feature debut from writing/directing brothers Fionn and Toby Watts opens with establishing shots of dark kelp-filled waters and, overlooking them, an isolated imposing castle and its outbuildings under grey stormy skies. We are…
The Laplace’s Demon first published by SciFiNow The Laplace’s Demon begins in a manner not unlike the Creation of the Universe according to Gnosticism and the Lurianic Kabbalah: with a breaking of the vessels. A group of seven scientists are developing a computer programme to predict precisely how many shards will be created when a drinking…
The Dark New House: Rebuilding the Gothic Castle first published in the Crimson Peak issue of Little White Lies, no. 61 Gothic begins with a castle. Or more specifically, with The Castle of Otranto (1764), subtitled (in its second edition) “A Gothic Story”, and set during the medieval era amongst the already crumbling stones of an…