Nice lay in on a day off. Breakfast sorted, Coffee brought then up to the screen for day 2.
The day started with now a regular feature of mayhem showing something obscure and usually slightly out there. Today was no different with 60s Russian film VIY. It was an old folklore tale of a young monk summoned to oversee the funeral arrangements of a young girl who’s passed away. Seems pretty straight forward but far from it. The visuals for a 60s movie were brilliant very much Jack the giant killer or some of the old Yokai Monster movies. The acting was bonkers as was the drinking vodka whilst chomping on a bunch of spring onions(That was in the film not me!) One part when they stopped on the way at an inn they all drank copious amounts of vodka and started a sing song, I though to myself “Bloody hell its IDLES band!!”
The young monk has to spend 3 nights in a Chapel with the deceased girl. Each night gets crazier and the third night is truly bonkers and nightmarish and reminded me a lot of Encounters of a spooky kind,Apparently it has been picked up finally for distribution and its one I definitely will be adding to my collection and so should you!
Next up was a UK premier of Sword Of God. Aka The Mute. The story told of 2 missionaries washed up on a remote island who try to convince the local village that their God is wrong and the is only 1 God. It was very heavy but beautifully shot and brutal. The scenery was stunning as we’re the performances from the lead 2 missionary’s. It’s one I did like but not sure I’d watch again. But well worth seeing once even if its just to see how beautifully shot it is.
Up next was Girl in the 3rd floor. A tale of a house renovation that disturbs the spirits that formally occupied the house. It was pretty much a one man (and dog) movie that at points was totally Evil Dead Ash level. It was dark, Funny and extremely gory in places! The story slowly unravels to reveal the reasons behind the haunting and its bleak! The main guy i thought was a bit of a dick from the beginning and this is proven later on, Oh and more goo from this one! White weird stuff coming from the plug sockets,Yuk! It was a nice easy watch after Sword Of God one you should look out for.
Sadly we couldn’t make it for te last two movies Color out of space but it seemed it was this years equivalent of last years MANDY, The Marmite movie of MAYHEM, Some loved it some hated it, I must say i am intrigued to see it, Also we Missed the 80’s cheese fest The Hidden but i have seen that and apparently it was great fun on the big screen.
So after we had left i looked on the ever awesome flyer and looked through the line up for tommorow, It looked solid, One film i was really looking forward to since the announcement was The Pool and this opened the festival bright and early on the Saturday at 12pm and i was not disappointed.