Fantasia Film Festival 2018: COLD SKIN review

Running Time: 1hr 48min

Release Date: July 15, 2018 (Fantasia Fest)

Written by: Jesus Olmo and Eron Sheean (screenplay), Albert Sanchez Pinol (novel)

Directed by: Xavier Gens

Review by: Stacey

I think what initially drew me to wanting to see Xavier Gen's adaptation of the novel, Cold Skin, was the poster art above. Check that cool shit out. Then the plot synopsis got me; if it takes place near the Arctic and involves creatures I'm immediately thrown into John Carpenter's The Thing and am all in. Cold Skin isn't as balls out and gross as the Carpenter classic and unfortunately, it's not going to be as memorable either.

The Triangle (2016)

Running Time: 1hr 34min

Release Date: June 28, 2016

Written/Directed by: David Blair, Nathaniel Peterson, Adam Pitman, Andrew Rizzo, Adam Stilwell

Review by: Stacey

A found footage movie about a "cult"?  Sign me up!  I had actually heard about The Triangle (not to be confused with '09s time-bending Triangle) a while back, but what drew me to it (ff and cults) was also what turned me off to rushing to see it.  As I've mentioned several times before, the sub-genre is a guilty pleasure of mine, but also one that is FULL of more misses than hits, so I usually go into these with some trepidation; not to mention most horror flicks about cults seem to follow the same formula.  I was sure The Triangle was going to follow in the same footsteps as movies like The Sacrament, but lemme tell ya, I was pretty surprised by this one.

Horror Huddle with Stacey-Beth & Ash: From Hell (2001)

On this episode of Horror Huddle, SB and Ash talk about The Hughes Brothers 2001 horror/mystery flick "From Hell".  Loosely based on the graphic novel of the same name that follows infamous serial killer, Jack the Ripper.
Starring Johnny Depp and Heather Graham.

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Regression (2015)

Running Time: 1 hr 46 min

Release Date: February 5, 2016 (US)

Review by: Stacey

Regression is actually less of a horror movie and more on the crime/mystery/drama side but here at To Avoid Fainting, we do whateva we want; and because it was directed by Alejandro Amenabar (if you haven't seen his Spanish thriller Tesis, drop what you're doing and go watch it now).  Coming from the same guy behind The Others and Open Your Eyes (which ultimately became Vanilla Sky) and with a cast that included Emma Watson and Ethan Hawke, I was sure this flick wouldn't let me down.  Well, readers, I'm here to tell you that, unfortunately, it did.