FANGORIA X MONSTER FEST 2019 PROGRAM LAUNCH (full article at Screen Realm)

Friday 13th September saw the full Program Launch for Monster Fest 2019. Monster Fest is entering its eighth year and the second year back at Cinema Nova in Carlton.  It is also the second successive year the festival has been sponsored by beloved horror magazine Fangoria. The festival is similar in both scope and programming to London’s long running Fright Fest and this year they both share screenings of, amongst others, Bliss, Satanic Panic, Daniel Isn’t Real and the Rabid remake.

Normally spread over the course of one weekend, the first bit of news is that Monster Fest has expanded and the Melbourne program will be taking place over the course of a full week from Thursday 10 October until Friday 18th October. For horror fiends outside of Victoria, the festival also has selected screenings interstate over the weekend of 31 October to 3 November 2019 and hits up Sydney, Canberra, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth.

Read the full article at Screen Realm:
https://screenrealm.com/???https://screenrealm.com/fangoria-x-monster-fest-2019-australias-horror-fiends-are-in-for-creepy-treats/

Monster Fest 2019
http://www.monsterfest.com.au/australia/

MIDSOMMAR (full review at Screen Realm)

Midsommar is the second film from director Ari Aster and the follow up to his highly regarded debut Hereditary. 

After experiencing a tragedy, Dani (Florence Pugh) is invited on a trip to Sweden by her insensitive and toxic boyfriend Christian (Jack Reynor). Christian and his friends Josh (Wiliam Jackson Harper) and Mark (Will Poulter) are anthropology students, invited by fellow student Pelle (Vilhelm Blomgren) to visit the commune in Hälsingland, where he grew up, and to witness a once-every-ninety-years summer festival.

It doesn’t take long for the visitors to warm up to the Hårga and their idyllic, welcoming, psychotropic drug friendly commune. But gradually, slowly, almost imperceptibly, things start to feel off. As the festival continues and events become stranger, the relationships between the visitors become more fraught and before long the situation goes awry.

Read the full review at Screen Realm:
https://screenrealm.com/midsommar-movie-review/

IMDB: Midsommar