• Horror

    Portrait of a Zombie

    by  • March 4, 2012 • Cinequest 22, Horror

    Director: Bing Bailey Cast: Geraldine Mcalinden, Rory Mullen, Todd Fletcher, Gerry Shanahan, Patrick Murphy, Steven Neeson, Sara Eavans, Sonya o Donoghue, Paul O’Bryan, Ciaran Davies Country: Ireland “Portrait of a Zombie” is one of those films that really ought to be fantastic, but doesn’t quite make it. These aren’t uncommon at Cinequest, but they’re always […]

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    Nosferatu, A Symphony Of Horror

    by  • March 7, 2011 • Cinequest 21, Horror

    3/11, 7:00PM California Theater “Nosferatu” made history when it was released in 1922 and still influences horror movies today (perhaps most notably the excellent 2000 film “Shadow of the Vampire”). Based loosely on Bram Stoker’s novel “Dracula,” it features a vampire of an entirely different breed than the ones of modern entertainment. Count Orlock is […]

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    A Kiss and A Promise

    by  • February 28, 2011 • Cinequest 21, Drama, Horror

    3/3/2011 7:15 PM, Camera 12 3/6/2011 1:15 PM, Camera 12 3/7/2011 2:00 PM, Camera 12 Even setting aside the tired “ooooh, a bisexual serial killer!” cliche it revolves around, “A Kiss and a Promise” is a disappointing film. It follows the escapades of the outwardly meek but sociopoathic David, his fiery and masochistic wife Samantha, […]

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    The Blind

    by  • February 28, 2011 • Cinequest 21, Drama, Horror

    3/5 4:30 PM, Camera 12 3/6 9:00 PM, Camera 12 3/8 4:15 PM, Camera 12 Every year there are a few Cinequest films I don’t care for, but it’s rare that I find one excruciating to sit through. “The Blind” is one of those few. It’s hard to tell if the acting is universally flat […]

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    Midnight Son

    by  • February 21, 2011 • Cinequest 21, Drama, Horror

    3/4, 9:30 PM San Jose Repertory Theatre 3/6, 6:45 PM Camera 12 3/11, 12:30 PM Camera 12 Jacob’s life is simple. He works nights as a security guard and spends days inside his lightproofed apartment painting the sun he can never see because of his skin disorder. As he nears his twenty-fifth birthday, though, things […]

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    The End

    by  • March 2, 2008 • Cinequest 18, Horror

    Screenings: March 7, 9:15pm (Cam 12); March 8, 4:30pm (Cam 12); March 9, 12:01pm (Rep) This is a peculiar film. Part existential crisis, part lighthearted horror movie, it defies a description which does justice to its story without spoiling the surprises scattered through the second half of the film. What I can tell you is […]

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