Anton Bitel

All articles by Anton Bitel

Reviews

Immaculate: Rosemary’s Baby reimagined as a giallo in a convent

Sydney Sweeney stars as a devout nun who ‘miraculously’ falls pregnant in a nasty nunsploitation with a sharp political message.

By Anton Bitel

Immaculate: Rosemary’s Baby reimagined as a giallo in a convent

Reviews

Exhuma: Korean occult horror excavates multiple layers of weirdness

By Anton Bitel

Exhuma: Korean occult horror excavates multiple layers of weirdness

Festivals

The Dead Don’t Hurt: a ruminative state-of-the-nation western

By Anton Bitel

The Dead Don’t Hurt: a ruminative state-of-the-nation western

Reviews

Lisa Frankenstein: patchy zombie teen horror goes gravedigging in 1980s pop culture

By Anton Bitel

Lisa Frankenstein: patchy zombie teen horror goes gravedigging in 1980s pop culture

Reviews

Baghead: a trickster witch communes with the dead from a pub in Alberto Corredor’s assured horror

By Anton Bitel

Baghead: a trickster witch communes with the dead from a pub in Alberto Corredor’s assured horror

Festivals

Krazy House: 1990s sitcom spoof is startlingly unfunny

By Anton Bitel

Krazy House: 1990s sitcom spoof is startlingly unfunny

Reviews

Dream Scenario: Nic Cage is the man of everyone’s dreams in this surreal satire of online exposure

By Anton Bitel

Dream Scenario: Nic Cage is the man of everyone’s dreams in this surreal satire of online exposure

Festivals

Starve Acre: English folk traditions take root in this disturbing horror set in 1970s Yorkshire

By Anton Bitel

Starve Acre: English folk traditions take root in this disturbing horror set in 1970s Yorkshire

Features

LFF Cult 2023: the freaky and the wrong at this year’s festival

By Anton Bitel

LFF Cult 2023: the freaky and the wrong at this year’s festival

Festivals

Horror gets weird: 6 oddities from FrightFest 2023

By Anton Bitel

Horror gets weird: 6 oddities from FrightFest 2023

Reviews

T.I.M.: an unnerving AI thriller

By Anton Bitel

T.I.M.: an unnerving AI thriller

Reviews

Meg 2: The Trench: enjoyable, over-the-top sharky schlock

By Anton Bitel

Meg 2: The Trench: enjoyable, over-the-top sharky schlock

Reviews

Evil Dead Rise: an intensely gory instalment of the cult horror franchise

By Anton Bitel

Evil Dead Rise: an intensely gory instalment of the cult horror franchise

Reviews

The Middle Man: this morbid, mordant comedy plumbs the psychosis of the Trump era

By Anton Bitel

The Middle Man: this morbid, mordant comedy plumbs the psychosis of the Trump era

Festivals

Perpetrator: this feminist flick puts the gory in allegory

By Anton Bitel

Perpetrator: this feminist flick puts the gory in allegory

Reviews

Connect: a grisly offering from Takashi Miike that feels like the work of a modern-day media Frankenstein

By Anton Bitel

Connect: a grisly offering from Takashi Miike that feels like the work of a modern-day media Frankenstein

10 great

10 great films set outside our solar system

By Anton Bitel

10 great films set outside our solar system

Reviews

The Menu: a tense tale of slow-cooked revenge

By Anton Bitel

The Menu: a tense tale of slow-cooked revenge

Lists

A great horror film from every year, from 1922 to now

By Anton Bitel, Michael Blyth and others

A great horror film from every year, from 1922 to now

10 great

10 great zombie films

By Anton Bitel

10 great zombie films

What to watch at LFF

Primal scenes and personal perspectives: reflections on the Cult strand at LFF

By Anton Bitel

Primal scenes and personal perspectives: reflections on the Cult strand at LFF

Reviews

The Woman King: must history intrude on such heady mythmaking?

By Anton Bitel

The Woman King: must history intrude on such heady mythmaking?

Reviews

Smile: turn that frown inside-out

By Anton Bitel

Smile: turn that frown inside-out

Reviews

Bodies Bodies Bodies: a cutting dissection of Gen Z

By Anton Bitel

Bodies Bodies Bodies: a cutting dissection of Gen Z

Festivals

Preview: 10 traumatic treats from the Arrow Video FrightFest 2022

By Anton Bitel

Preview: 10 traumatic treats from the Arrow Video FrightFest 2022

Reviews

The Feast: chilling Welsh eco-horror

By Anton Bitel

The Feast: chilling Welsh eco-horror

10 great

10 great robot films

By Anton Bitel

10 great robot films

Reviews

Dashcam: a livestream of consciousness that steers right into the QAnon canon

By Anton Bitel

Dashcam: a livestream of consciousness that steers right into the QAnon canon

Reviews

The Innocents gives the moral growth of children a supernatural twist

By Anton Bitel

The Innocents gives the moral growth of children a supernatural twist