53rd San Francisco International Film Festival 22 April - 6 May 2010
FILMS
- All About Evil
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A meek librarian turns sanguinary filmmaker after inheriting an old movie palace in this hilarious tribute to ’80s slasher films by Bay Area impresario Joshua Grannell—aka Peaches Christ—who’ll be on hand with special guests for a live prescreening spectacular.
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- Joshua Grannell
- The Late Show
- USA
- 2009
- Cargo
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A doctor signs on to a cargo freighter, little knowing what the ship is actually carrying in this suspenseful, stylish and atmospheric science fiction dazzler that potently combines environmental concerns with outer space chills.
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- Ivan Engler, Ralph Etter
- The Late Show
- Switzerland
- 2009
- The Loved Ones
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As if the death of his father and subsequent catatonia of his mother weren’t enough, a grieving teen is pursued by the ugly duckling from hell in this gripping shocker employing claustrophobic interiors and a variety of inspired torture instruments.
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- Sean Byrne
- The Late Show
- Australia
- 2009
- Splice
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Superstar genetic engineers Clive (Adrien Brody) and Elsa (Sarah Polley) want to use human DNA in a hybrid that could revolutionize science and medicine. The result is an amazing, strangely beautiful creature that exhibits an array of unexpected physical developments . . . and a taste for mayhem.
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- Vincenzo Natali
- The Late Show
- USA
- 2009
- The Violent Kind
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On the hottest day of the year, a quartet of friends heads up to a rural cabin for a birthday party, little knowing what horrific circumstances await them there. The imaginatively macabre Butcher Brothers have produced a work with numerous thrills of a very original kind.
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- Butcher Brothers
- The Late Show
- USA
- 2009
