Scream of the Banshee (2011)
I'm sure one day they'll make a film about
Banshee Vs Siren.
>>: D+
Slaughter Hotel aka Asylum Erotica aka The Cold-Blooded Beast (1971)
OMG! This is a 2.75X Giallo film!
>>: C
Darbareye Elly aka About Elly (2009)
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A group of 3 married couples (Sepideh-Amir, Shohreh-Peyman, Nazi-Manoochehr), some with children, visits to a seaside town & stays in a seaside villa for a short break. The only single people in the group are Ahmad who has recently separated from his German wife and Elly who is a nursery teacher to Sepideh's child. Sepideh (who brought Elly in the trip) has organized the whole trip, as well as playing matchmaker for Ahmad and Elly.
After the very first night, in next morning Elly wants to go back home because of her worried mother but Sepideh doesn't let her. Sepideh and Shohreh went shopping, men were playing volleyball and little girls were playing at the beach with Elly while the other kid (Arash) was swimming. After a while, the girls came and reported to their fathers that Arash was missing. The film really takes off just at that point when, in an apparent attempt to rescue the 'missing' kid, Arash from drowning, Elly disappears. Was she drowned too or did she just leave...but why would she do that?...whatever actually happened to Elly?
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Iran's official submission to 82nd Academy Award's Foreign Language category in 2010 (though didn't get the final nomination) is a very nicely crafted suspense-drama that interestingly play with its characters, somewhat in a
12 Angry Men fashion where lies, suspicion & speculation slowly starts to digs off some dark sides of each others very human nature.
Highly recommended.
>>: A-
11-11-11 (2011)
A "good-looking" film with a ridiculously funny concept & predictable twist.
>>: C-