Posts By Anton Bitel
Shudder UK film review: Mirror Mirror (1990)
June 8, 2018 | Anton BitelPutting the entity in adolescent identity, arina Sargenti’s horror film holds a postmodern mirror to teen empowerment, narcissism and sociopathy.Read More
Shudder UK film review: Father’s Day (2011)
May 11, 2018 | Anton BitelAstron-6’s retro 80s pastiche layers one lo-fi trashy absurdity upon another.Read More
Shudder UK film review: Patrick (1978)
April 6, 2018 | Anton BitelRichard Franklin’s thriller injects medical ethics with a psychosexual cocktail.Read More
Shudder UK film review: Arachnid (2001)
March 23, 2018 | Anton BitelTurn-of the-Millennium giant spider flicks don’t come bigger, or dumber, than this big bug-gy B-movie.Read More
Annihilation: Dizzying, shimmering, extraordinary sci-fi
March 10, 2018 | Anton BitelThis strange, beautiful, cerebral sci-fi cements Alex Garland as one of genre cinema’s finest living practitioners.Read More
VOD film review: Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
March 9, 2018 | Anton BitelThis inspiring documentary sees past Hedy Lamarr’s cinematic glamour to her hidden invention.Read More
Netflix UK film review: Mute
February 23, 2018 | Anton BitelThematically rich but muted, Jones’ dystopian sci-fi sinks as much as it swims. Read More
VOD film review: Stake Land
February 23, 2018 | Anton BitelJim Mickle’s apocalyptic vampire coming-of-ager takes us on a defamiliarising trip though a polarised America.Read More
Shudder UK film review: Grave Encounters 2 (2012)
February 9, 2018 | Anton BitelA postmodern ghost movie and meta found footage horror, where the ghosts are also the filmmakers.Read More
VOD film review: Cronos (1993)
February 4, 2018 | Anton BitelGuillermo del Toro’s feature debut transmutes the vampire mythos into a Biblical fable of temptation and self-sacrifice.Read More