London Film Festival 2015

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Green Room Green Room
Green Room and Bone Tomahawk
Bone Tomahawk (Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: S Craig Zahler; Writer: S Craig Zahler; Stars: Sean Young, Kurt Russell, Patrick Wilson, Lili Simmons, Matthew Fox, Michael Paré, David Arquette, Kathryn Morris, Sid Haig, Richard Jenkins, Jamie Hector, Geno Segers, James Tolkan, Eddie Spears, Zahn McClarnon)
Four men set out in the Wild West to rescue a group of captives from cannibalistic cave dwellers.
The Boy (Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Craig William Macneill; Writer: Craig William Macneill, Clay McLeod Chapman, Clay McLeod Chapman; Stars: David Morse, Rainn Wilson, Jared Breeze, Bill Sage, Mike Vogel, Zuleikha Robinson, Aiden Lovekamp, David Valencia, Amalia Santa Maria)
A young’s boys preoccupation with death takes a chilling turn.
The Corpse Of Anna Fritz (El cadáver de Anna Fritz) (Country: Spain; Year: 2015; Director: Hèctor Hernández Vicens; Writer: Isaac P Creus, Hèctor Hernández Vicens; Stars: Albert Carbó, Alba Ribas, Bernat Saumell, Cristian Valencia)
Three young men get up to no good in a hospital morgue.
Don't Grow Up (Country: Spain; Year: 2015; Director: Thierry Poiraud; Writer: Marie Garel Weiss; Stars: Fergus Riordan, Madeleine Kelly, McKell David, Darren Evans, Natifa Mai, Diego Méndez, Dominique Baute, Daniela Jerez, David Ojeda, Victor Solé, Angelo Olivier, Norberto Trujillo B., Guacimara Correa, Jonathan Tapia, Harrison Noble)
A mysterious epidemic sends all the adults mad.
Elstree 1976 (Country: UK; Year: 2015; Director: Jon Spira; Writer: Jon Spira; Stars: David Prowse, Jeremy Bulloch, Garrick Hagon, Angus MacInnes, Derek Lyons, Pam Rose, Paul Blake, Anthony Forrest, Laurie Goode, John Chapman)
Actors reminisce about small roles in Star Wars.
Love And Peace Love And Peace
Love And Peace and The Corpse Of Anna Fritz
Ghost Theater (Gekijô rei) (Country: Japan; Year: 2015; Director: Hideo Nakata; Writer: Jun'ya Katô, Ryûta Miyake; Stars: Rika Adachi, Keita Machida, Haruka Shimazaki, Riho Takada)
A young actress unexpectedly lands a lead role... but something wants to end the production at any cost.
Green Room (Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Jeremy Saulnier; Writer: Jeremy Saulnier; Stars: Imogen Poots, Alia Shawkat, Anton Yelchin, Patrick Stewart, Mark Webber, Joe Cole)
A young punk band is trapped in a secluded venue after stumbling on a murder committed by neo-Nazis.
The Invitation (Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Karyn Kusama; Writer: Phil Hay, Matt Manfredi, Phil Hay, Matt Manfredi, Matt Manfredi; Stars: Michiel Huisman, Logan Marshall-Green, Emayatzy Corinealdi, Mike Doyle, John Carroll Lynch, Tammy Blanchard, Lindsay Burdge, Marieh Delfino, Toby Huss, Michelle Krusiec, Karl Yune, Aiden Lovekamp, Jordi Vilasuso, Danielle Camastra, Trish Gates)
Sinister goings on at a dinner party.
Love And Peace (Rabu & Pîsu) (Country: Japan; Year: 2015; Director: Shion Sono; Writer: Shion Sono; Stars: Kumiko Asô, Suidôbashi Hakase, Hiromi Hasegawa, Gen Hoshino, Inuko Inuyama, Megumi Kagurazaka, Erina Mano, Miyuki Matsuda, Kenichirô Mogi, Ayaka Morita, Shôko Nakagawa, Toshiyuki Nishida, Ikue Ohtani, Eita Okuno, Kiyohiko Shibukawa)
Punk rock, magical turtles and underground sewer communities.
Observance (Country: Australia; Year: 2015; Director: Joseph Sims-Dennett; Writer: Joseph Sims-Dennett, Josh Zammit; Stars: Lindsay Farris, Stephanie King, Brendan Cowell, John Jarratt, Benedict Hardie, Tom O'Sullivan, Roger Ward, Gabriel Dunn, Joseph Sims-Dennett, Louisa Mignone, Ash Ricardo)
Surreal horror, sees a man in the grip of grief after the death of his son take a surveillance job that leads to trouble.
Ratter Ratter
Ratter and What We Become
Ratter (Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Branden Kramer; Writer: Branden Kramer; Stars: Ashley Benson, Matt McGorry, Kaili Vernoff, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Alex Cranmer, Michael William Freeman, John Anderson, Karl Glusman, Jeremy Fiorentino)
A young woman is cyber-stalked.
What We Become (Country: Denmark; Year: 2015; Director: Bo Mikkelsen; Writer: Bo Mikkelsen; Stars: Mille Dinesen, Ole Dupont, Mikael Birkkjær, Troels Lyby, Marie Hammer Boda, Therese Damsgaard, Benjamin Engell, Rita Angela, Diana Axelsen, Ella Solgaard, Michael Molin, Sonny Lahey)
A family is quarantine after a deadly virus hits their community.
Yakuza Apocalypse: The Great War Of The Underworld (Gokudou Daisensou) (Country: Japan; Year: 2015; Director: Takashi Miike; Writer: Yoshitaka Yamaguchi; Stars: Hayato Ichihara, Yayan Ruhian, Rirî Furankî, Denden)
The murdered vampire boss of a Yakuza clan passes on his powers to a bullied underling who develops a insatiable desire to wreak vengeance upon their mysterious foes.
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