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Six Horror Movies We Can’t Wait to See at Panic Fest 2022!
The tenth edition of Panic Fest kicks off today both in Kansas City, MO, and virtually, and it brings the largest selection of feature and short films ever to play the fest.
In addition to programming horror premieres, fest favorites, special guests, and screenings, Panic Fest has ensured the fest experience extends to all attendees, whether in-person or in their virtual space. Their online Gather space recreates the fest’s theater, Screenland Armor, and offers virtual attendees a place to socialize and explore hidden rooms.
As for what to watch, we can’t wait to check out these titles:
The Innocents
Director: Eskil Vogt
During the bright Nordic summer, a group of children reveals their dark and mysterious powers when the adults aren’t looking. In this original and gripping supernatural thriller, playtime takes a dangerous turn.
Note: This selection screens in-person only.
Dawning
Director: Young Min Kim
In his feature debut film, Young Min Kim delivers a chilling psychological thriller that explores the vital topic of mental health. The past is never left in the past. When Haejin Park, a trauma therapist, travels back to her hometown to comfort her younger sister Soojin, all the memories she tried so hard to forget come hauntingly rushing back.
The Outwaters
Director: Robbie Banfitch
Four travelers encounter menacing phenomena while camping in a remote stretch of the Mojave Desert.
Presence
Director: Christian Schultz
Two young business partners, Jennifer and Samantha, are invited to a week-long yachting voyage with David, a potential investor. Jennifer’s dreams begin to bleed into reality at night as the others realize that Jennifer may have unknowingly brought something onto the vessel.
When the Screaming Starts
Director: Conor Boru
When Norman Graysmith is invited into the home of an aspiring serial killer, Aidan Mendle, he believes he has the subject for the documentary that will make his career.
Woodland Grey
Director: Adam Reider
When a man living alone in the woods saves the life of a young woman, they are forced to coexist. Chaos ensues when the woman makes a terrifying discovery in the woods behind the man’s home and unleashes something truly haunting.
After pulling in $28 million at the worldwide box office this month, director (and star) Dev Patel’s critically acclaimed action-thriller Monkey Man is now available to watch at home.
You can rent Monkey Man for $19.99 or digitally purchase the film for $24.99!
Monkey Man is currently 88% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, with Bloody Disgusting’s head critic Meagan Navarro awarding the film 4.5/5 stars in her review out of SXSW back in March.
Meagan raves, “While the violence onscreen is palpable and painful, it’s not just the exquisite fight choreography and thrilling action set pieces that set Monkey Man apart but also its political consciousness, unique narrative structure, and myth-making scale.”
“While Monkey Man pays tribute to all of the action genre’s greats, from the Indonesian action classics to Korean revenge cinema and even a John Wick joke or two, Dev Patel’s cultural spin and unique narrative structure leave behind all influences in the dust for new terrain,” Meagan’s review continues.
She adds, “Monkey Man presents Dev Patel as a new action hero, a tenacious underdog with a penetrating stare who bites, bludgeons, and stabs his way through bodies to gloriously bloody excess. More excitingly, the film introduces Patel as a strong visionary right out of the gate.”
Inspired by the legend of Hanuman, Monkey Man stars Patel as Kid, an anonymous young man who ekes out a meager living in an underground fight club where, night after night, wearing a gorilla mask, he is beaten bloody by more popular fighters for cash. After years of suppressed rage, Kid discovers a way to infiltrate the enclave of the city’s sinister elite. As his childhood trauma boils over, his mysteriously scarred hands unleash an explosive campaign of retribution to settle the score with the men who took everything from him.
Monkey Man is produced by Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions.
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