REPLACE (full review at The Reel Word)

Replace, from writer-director Norbert Keil and co-writer Richard Stanley (Hardware), is a decent attempt at body horror/sci-fi cross-pollination, with a surprising reveal and a strange, almost ethereal style to it.

After a night out, Kira (Rebecca Forsythe) starts to suffer confusion and memory loss. At the same time she notices a patch of dry, eczema-like skin on her finger. In the hallway of her building she meets her neighbour, Sophia (Lucie Aron), and the two begin a relationship. After suffering a blackout, and with her hand getting worse, Kira visits Dr. Crober (Barbara Crampton) for treatment. Crober prescribes medication, but as Kira soon discovers: her skin can improve if she replaces it with fresh tissue from a living person. In desperation, Kira’s need for transplant flesh pushes her to murder and Replace starts to go a bit Frankenstein, as new parts replace old. Except here, it’s more a case of pre-emptive graverobbing.

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IMDB: Replace

DOWNSIZING (full review at The Reel Word)

Downsizing is the seventh feature film from American writer / director Alexander Payne. It takes an irresistible sci-fi notion, populates it with typically rich characters, and to top it all off, decides to say a thing or two in the process. In other words, it’s absolute magic.

Norwegian scientist, Dr Jorgen Asbjørnsen (Rolf Lassgård), makes a historic scientific breakthrough. He discovers a way to shrink organic matter down to a fraction of its original size. This irreversible shrinking process, or ‘downsizing’, is used in a bid to combat overpopulation. Participants who downsize are given incentives. Not only are they helping the planet, but their quality of life increases exponentially, their smaller footprint means they can live in far greater luxury.

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IMDB: Downsizing

THE MARSHES (full review at The Reel Word)

The Marshes is a slasher/survival horror picture from writer/director Roger Scott.

Pria (Dafna Kronental), Ben (Mathew Cooper) and Will (Sam Delich) are three university researchers, who set out on a trip to collect field samples from a remote, unnamed section of Marshland. They arrive at their campsite, having encountered an aggressive local en-route, and Ben regales the party with a ghost story concerning the ‘Jolly Swagman’ in the erstwhile Aussie classic Waltzing Matilda. Turns out, he’s not as ‘jolly’ as you might think.


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IMDB: The Marshes

BODIES (full review at The Reel Word)

Rosie (Lisa Ronaghan) and Ben (Joseph Baker) Whittaker are a young, financially challenged, married couple. On the verge of losing their house, they agree to participate in a week long scientific experiment in the country. The aim of the experiment is to study and test the human survival instinct. The financial reward for successful completion of the week would solve their money problems.

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IMDB: Bodies