Terrifier 2

Horror

Available on VOD: 19 januari 2023

Director: Damien Leone

Cast: Lauren LaVera (Iron Fist, Terrifier 2), David Howard Thornton, Kailey Hyman (A Man Called Ottto), Elliott Fullam

One year after the now infamous Miles County Massacre,serial killer Art the Clown returns to wreak havoc on abereaved family.Guided by a demonic apparition, Art targetsa teenage girl and her younger brother. As the lines betweennightmare and reality intersect and the body count rises,the siblings discover a dark family secret which may lead totheir salvation and put an end to Art's reign of terror.

• AD: Vergeleken met de sadistische seriemoordenaar Art de Clown uit de Terrifier-films, is de geschminkte griezel uit Stephen King’s It een onschuldige Sesamstraatbewoner. Lees de hele review én een interview met de regisseur hier.
• Het Parool: Grensoverschrijdende enverboden gruwel die de absolute antithese is van beschaving. Lees de hele review hier.
• De Volkskrant: Het los te bekijken, superieure vervolg op Terrifier. Steunend op de even akelige als komische expressiviteit van clown-vertolker David Howard Thornton, verheft regisseur Damien Leone de slachtpartijen tot kunstwerken van een haast droomachtige wanstaltigheid. 4/5 sterren! Lees de hele review hier.
• NRC.nl: Sinds de martelporno-rage in de jaren nul zag je zoveel bloedvergieten nog maar zelden in de bioscoop. Monster van dienst is Art the Clown, een bovennatuurlijke, sadistische horrorclown met een smaakvol zwart-witkostuum en dito gebit die zijn slachtoffers tot gehakt rult. Hoewel verbaal minder begaafd dan clown Pennywise uit It, herinnert zijn modus operandi aan hem en Freddy Krueger. Gescalpeerd, geamputeerd, zonder ogen en in repen gesneden blijven de slachtoffers wriemelen en gillen. Lees de hele review hier.
• Nachtvlinders.nl: Terrifier 2 is een fantastische slasher. Lees de hele review hier.
• Stephen King: Grossin’ you out old-school.
• Cinemagazine.nl: Kotsende bioscoopbezoekers, flauwvallende mensen en een discussie over de grenzen van fatsoen. Yep, Terrifier 2 heeft een hoop losgemaakt! De slachtpartijen zijn creatief en snoeihard. Zuur, afgerukte huid en bijtplekken: dit is geen kinderachtige film. Geweldig spel van de schurk en een mooi ingevulde rol van LaVera. Lees de hele review hier.
• Filmthreat.com: We haven’t had a movie this dangerous in the theaters in a long time, and its presence is both important and historical in the history of extreme cinema. This movie will bite your face off.
• IGN.com: Rips, tears, hacks, shreds, butchers, disembowels, decapitates, devours, pulverizes, tenderizes, slices, dices, skewers — I'm missing plenty — and knock-em-out-dead eviscerates the current competition.
• Bloodgutsuk.com: a milestone in horror and proves that there's plenty more to give and that Art the Clown is the most terrifying icon the genre has to offer.
• Backseatmafia.com: Terrifier 2 is bloody and brutal. It takes no prisoners and spares no victims. It’s also brilliant.
• Kibsreviews.blogspot.com: As grimy, gnarly video nasties go, Terrifier 2 is the stuff. It has no more substance than it needs. It’s very successful at what it wants to be.
• Elementsofmadness.com: It is so rare for a sequel to, dare I say it, be superior to the original movie, but Damien Leone manages to pull that off. There is so much to enjoy and indulge in as this sequel fires on all cylinders.
• Joshatthemovies.com: Bigger, nastier, and more fun, each creative death sequence goes preposterously over-the-top. There were times when I could barely believe what I was seeing.
• Liveforfilm.com: Damien Leone’s Art the Clown epic is a splatter slasher full of absolutely insane levels of butchery realised with incredible practical effects. Over the top, out of control and off the rails, Terrifier 2 is totally wild!

Influencer

Thriller

Available on VOD: 25 mei 2023

Director: Kurtis David Harder

Cast: Emily Tennant (Juno, Jennifer's Body, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants), Cassandra Naud (Snowpiercer), Sara Canning (The Vampire Diaries)

Popular social media influencer Madison, is having a lonely and uneventful trip in Thailand despite what she tells her followers on Instagram. While reflecting on her boyfriend canceling the trip, she meets CW, a fearless and enigmatic traveler who offers to take her to some of the most Instagram-worthy locations. Together they share authentic meals and drinks with locals, discussing the differences between Madison’s online presence and CW’s lack of one. After showing Madison all of the amazing sights, things take a different turn when CW brings her to a surprise location - a deserted island that is completely off the grid.

• Cinedump.com: What a ride! Influencer is special, and if I didn't know any better, I'd say Adrian Lyne was involved. Takes all of the beats from your favorite 90s thriller and executes them with ease!
• Joshatthemovies.com: I was surprised by many of the film’s twists and turns.  Just when I thought I had it all figured out, there would be another titanic shift in the structure.
• Wickedhorror.com: This is a brutal and incisive look at social media addiction but the scariest thing about Influencer might just be how it reflects our own online obsession back at us.
• Nightmarishconjurings.com: Cassandra Naud gives a hypnotic performance and, combined with the rest of the cast and unexpected turns, makes Influencer an entertaining cautionary tale.
• Thehollywoodnews.com: This is a zippy sun-soaked thriller that rewards the viewer with its spellbinding blend of glitz, glamour, and mystery.
• Filmfreakcentral.net: The cast is exceptional. And there are plots galore: crosses and double-crosses; heists and murders most foul; and at the end of all that, one of those little movie smiles where an antagonist recognizes the brilliance of a mortal enemy and steels themselves for another round of chicanery. Influencers is strong stuff and a calling card.
• Projectedfigures.com: a deft merger of George Sluizer’s The Vanishing and Danny Boyle’s The Beach, Influencer follows the anxiety, emptiness and increasing isolation of online celebrity.