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Simon Barrett (2013)

91min

18 Certificate

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by Jeremy Aspinall

More tales of terror are unearthed from another pile of dusty old videos in this slick sequel to the 2012 horror anthology. Like the original, the top-and-tail story takes place in an "abandoned" house where, on this occasion, it's two private investigators on a missing-persons case who come across the cassettes. But whereas the first film's quintet of stories were of varying quality, the calibre of the four shorts here is consistently higher. Adam Wingard (You're Next) directs and stars as the owner of a prosthetic eye that reveals more than it should, producing some heart-jolting moments in the process; there's a day-in-the-life-of-a-zombie story from Blair Witch co-director Edúardo Sanchez that's akin to Ben Wheatley's POV vampire yarn from The ABCs of Death); and it all ends in disorientating style with a slumber-party/alien-invasion mash-up. But the pick of the bunch is Safe Haven, co-directed by Timo Tjahjanto and The Raid's Gareth Huw Evans, in which a film crew's visit to the compound of an Indonesian cult turns demonically nasty. The deceptively sedate beginning soon gives way to a cornucopia of artery-rupturing gruesomeness, which will assuredly have some viewers all a-splutter. Terrifyingly terrific stuff.

Summary

Two private investigators searching for a missing student break into his house and discover a vast collection of video tapes. Sifting through the recordings for evidence, they discover disturbing documents of horrific incidents. Anthology of five horror stories, with Lawrence Michael Levine and Kelsy Abbott. Featuring films by the directors of The Blair Witch Project, You're Next and Hobo with a Shotgun.

Cast & Crew

Larry Lawrence Michael Levine

Ayesha Kelsy Abbott

Steve Simon Barrett

Tabitha Mindy Robinson

Herman Adam Wingard

Clarissa Hannah Hughes

Dr Fleischer John T Woods

Biker Jay Saunders

Screaming girl Bette Cassatt

Adam Fachry Albar

Lena Hannah Al-Raschid

Tank Riley Eisener

Mom Rebecca Babcock

Director Simon Barrett

Director Adam Wingard

Director Gregg Hale

Director Eduardo Sanchez

Director Timo Tjahjanto

Director Gareth Evans

Director Jason Eisener

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Language: EnglishColourTheatrical distributor: Jade FilmsGuidance: Contains violence, swearing, sex scenes and nudity. Available on: DVDReleased on: 11 Oct 2013

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