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Scream (2022) – Review

Dead Northern reviews the greatly anticipated fifth instalment in the slasher film series below. There are SPOILERS AHEAD, you have been warned! One fateful night Tara Carpenter (Jenny Ortega) is all alone at home texting her friend Amber (Mikey Madison), convincing her to come over. But all of a sudden the landline starts ringing, at ...
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Dead Northern’s top films of the year 2021

In no particular order here is our favourite films of 2021, from film festival premieres to big screen releases its been a great year for independent releases! 1- Psycho Goreman (Directed by Steven Kostanski)  Siblings Mimi (Nita-Josee Hanna) and Luke (Owen Myre) discover a glowing crystal whilst digging in their garden, in doing so they ...
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Classic to modern: 10 Giallo films you need to see

1- The Girl Who Knew Too Much (Directed by Mario Bava, 1963) Nora Davis (Letícia Román), an American tourist visiting Rome is viciously mugged and knocked unconscious, upon awakening she witnesses a brutal murder. Nora reports this to the local authorities, but no one believes her. After a cryptic phone call she fears she’ll be ...
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Ten 1980’s horror films you’re missing out on

1- Spookies (Directed by Brendan Faulkner, Thomas Doran & Eugenie Joseph, 1986)  An evil warlock traps an unknowing group of teenagers in an abandoned manor in order to fulfil a sacrifice that will keep his wife alive.  1980s horror can be so frenzied at times, creating an illogical story path that does not entirely glue ...
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10 brutal body horror films you need to see

1- Tusk (Directed by Kevin Smith, 2014) Wallace Bryton (Justin Long), a conceited podcast host travels to Canada to interview a viral celebrity, but when plans change he ends up interviewing a peculiar man with an odd obsession for walruses.  Although body horror relishes in the display of the absurd, at times what is actually ...
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Review – Last Night in Soho

The whimsical Ellie (Thomasin McKenzie), heads to the bright city of London to attend a prestigious fashion college, but her doe-eyed innocence is soon interrupted when she discovers an ability to slip back in time to the swinging sixties where she witnesses the life of wannabe starlet Sandie (Anya Taylor-Joy), who dangerously falls under club ...
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2021 Festival Review –Supernatural shorts

An insight in to this years selection of Supernatural short films, showing at this years festival 25th September 2021. Bee-El (Directed by CJ Vecchio)   The film follows Sabrina (Cate Rio), an ‘innocent young girl’ who befriends a malicious entity that inhabits her closet, bringing out a whole new evil side to Sabrina. Bee-El confronts ...
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2021 Festival Review –Student shorts part II

An insight in to this years selection of dystopian short films, showing at this years festival 25th September 2021. Let’s All Go to the Lobby! (Directed by Nolan Barth) Nolan Barth’s Let’s All Go to the Lobby is a freaky, bizarre, and imaginative short horror that follows Alex (Kelley Pereira), a theater employee, and her ...
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2021 Festival Review –Dystopian shorts

An insight in to this years selection of dystopian short films, showing at this years festival 26th September 2021. Eject (Directed by David Yorke, 2019)  Eject takes us on a dystopian journey that mirrors societal fears of unknown technology and the threat of personal discovery. We follow Kate (Elena Saurel), as she discovers that the ...
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2021 Festival Review –Student shorts Part I

An insight in to this years selection of student short films, showing at this years festival 24th September 2021. Chateau Sauvignon: terroir (Directed by David E. Munz-Marie) The cleverly named Chateau Sauvignon: terroir follows Nicolas (Michael Lorz), who comes from a vintner family. He lives on the wine farm with his ailing mother and coarse ...
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