Posts By Anton Bitel
Shudder UK film review: Strange Behavior (1981)
March 10, 2017 | Anton BitelA genuinely eccentric sort-of slasher, sort-of smalltown sci-fi from the early 80s.Read More
Shudder UK film review: Sun Choke (2015)
March 9, 2017 | Anton BitelMadness and motherlessness rule and unravel in Ben Cresciman’s beautifully disturbing study of dissociation.Read More
Shudder UK film review: Lost Things (2004)
February 17, 2017 | Anton BitelCarnival Of Souls reconfigured as an Ozploitation enigma of adolescence.Read More
Netflix UK film review: Trash Fire
February 16, 2017 | Anton BitelThis dark comedy of manners turns to horror in Richard Bates Jr’s tale of repressed family values.Read More
Shudder UK film review: Blind Sun
February 9, 2017 | Anton BitelJoyce A. Nashawati’s heatstruck dystopia is an elegantly shot, elliptical slow burn that leaves its allegorical enigmas unanswered.Read More
VOD film review: The Burning (1981)
February 3, 2017 | Anton BitelThis derivative slasher launched many a filmmaking career.Read More
Shudder UK film review: Sadako vs Kayako
January 26, 2017 | Anton BitelSadako and Kayako may be turning in their graves, but who wouldn’t want ring-side seats to this hilariously unhinged grudge match?Read More
VOD film review: Ginger Snaps (2000)
January 20, 2017 | Anton BitelThis small-town coming-of-ager regenders the werewolf myth as a hilariously icky exploration of the monstrous feminine.Read More
VOD film review: Lair of the White Worm (1988)
January 6, 2017 | Anton BitelMore pantomime than horror, Ken Russell’s unsurprisingly outrageous romp exposes conflicting substrates of British identity.Read More
Shudder UK film review: May (2003)
December 23, 2016 | Anton BitelLucky McKee’s pansexual patchwork carves up perfection to celebrate flaws.Read More