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Having been released in 2013 in its home country of Venezuela, supernatural thriller La Casa del Fin del Los Tiempos (aka 'The House at The End of Time') has already seen major success there as being the highest grossing thriller that they've had. 

Now that it's overseas and on most VOD platforms, La Casa seems to be marketed as a horror film, which it really isn't, but the film's ability to make you think you're going one way until it takes a sharp left into crazytown is what makes this film outstanding.

After serving 30 years in prison for the alleged murder of her husband, Juan Jose (Gonzalo Cubero) and son, Leopoldo (Rosmel Bustamante), Dulce (Ruddy Rodriguez) is released to spend the rest of her sentence in her home where these supposed crimes took place.  Through a series of (well-done and well-paced) flashbacks and with the...

Stars: Rosmel Bustamante, Adriana Calzadilla, Simona Chirinos, Gonzalo Cubero, Alexander Da Silva, Miguel Flores, Guillermo García, Amanda Key, José León, Guillermo Londoño, Héctor Mercado, Yucemar Morales, Ruddy Rodríguez, Efraín Romero | Written and Directed by Alejandro Hidalgo

The House at the End of Time is a rare cultural beast – a Venezuelan chiller. Consequently, it’s far from a traditional genre flick, whereby it’s a mesmerising feat of time shifts melded with the supernatural to work towards developing the real human themes of regret and hope. Despite this, writer and director Alejandro Hidalgo is intelligent enough to still throw you off the main story scent with a very scary and atmospheric opening. A terrified mother wakes to find a mysterious scar down her cheek, discovers the dead body of her husband lying in her basement and is helpless to stop her son disappear into the darkness – snatched into the never, never by an unseen hand.

Title: The House at the End of Time (La casa del fin de los tiempos) Dark Sky Films Director: Alejandro Hidalgo Writer: Alejandro Hidalgo Cast: Ruddy Rodríguez, Rosmel Bustamante, Héctor Mercado, Gonzalo Cubero, Guillermo García, Adriana Calzadilla, Simona Chirinos Running time: 101 minutes, Not Rated, Special Features: Trailer and Subtitles Available November 11 Thirty years ago, Dulce (Ruddy Rodríguez) was accused of murdering her husband Juan José (Gonzalo Cubero)and her son Leopoldo (Rosmel Bustamante)in her home, however her son’s body was never recovered. She claimed it was evil spirits in the house, but her fingerprints were on the murder weapon. She was given the maximum sentence of imprisonment. Now an elderly [ Read More ]

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*full disclosure: a DVD copy of this films was provided IFC Films Director/ writer: Alejandro Hidalgo. Cast: Rosmel Bustamante, Adriana Calzadilla, Simona Chirinos and Gonzalo Cubero. The House at the End of Time is a future IFC Films release, involving time shifting sequences. Somewhat like 2005's Memento (2000), time is used in a very unusual way. Characters can be in different timelines, at the same time as one house acts as some sort of ghostly conduit. Very complex in the writing department and somewhat slow in pacing, The House at the End of Time is a cinephile's dream. The film beings with a small family. It is a loveless marriage, until two young boys enter the picture. Dulce feels obligated to them and she offers them shelter. But, Dulce's husband is less welcoming. Later, time begins to change as the past looks almost dreamlike, in quality. A haunted house is a hub of supernatural excitements.

The line-up for this year's Film4 FrightFest in London has just been announced – and boy, is it a doozy! Sporting a record-breaking 38 UK/European premieres and 11 world premieres, this August is going to be an exciting time in the genre calendar.

Check it all out right here, including lots of new images!

This year Film4 FrightFest will be moving from its previous home at Leicester Square's Empire Cinema to the nearby Vue Cinema (also on Leicester Square), prompting an ingenious reshuffle of the screening arrangements.

All main screen films will be presented at different times across three different screens, with two extra screens reserved for single-slot screenings of the various films hitting this year's Discovery Screens.

Here's the full list of goodies:

Main Screens (5, 6, 7)

Thursday Aug 21

Opening Night Film - The Guest (UK Premiere)

Director: Adam Wingard. Cast: Dan Stevens, Maika Monroe, Brendan Meyer, Sheila Kelley, Leland Orser. USA 2014. 99 mins.

Film4 FrightFest 2014, returning for its 15th year, unveils its biggest line-up ever. From Thurs 21 August to Monday 25 August, the UK’s leading event for genre fans will be at the Vue West End, Leicester Square, to present sixty-four films plus twenty shorts across five screens. There are sixteen countries representing five continents with a record-breaking thirty-eight UK or European premieres and eleven world premieres.

Are you ready for a monstrous and memorable mayhem of killer claws, cannibalism, cult classics, murderous musicals, chiller thrillers, graphic novel action and sick celluloid masterpieces? Then prepare yourself for the biggest, strongest and most eclectic must-see programme in Film4 FrightFest’s history.

From the opening night turbo-driven thrill-ride The Guest to the UK premiere of the closing night mesmeric sci-fi fantasy The Signal, FrightFest has netted the latest works from genre big-hitters such as Eli Roth (The Green Inferno), Alan Moore and Mitch Jenkins (Show...

Music Box Films has picked up U.S. rights to "Hermano," a Venezuelan sports and crime drama. Distributor plans to release Venezuela's foreign-language Oscar hopeful in late spring. The film, helmed by Marcel Rasquin, focuses on two young men who are raised as brothers in a Caracas slum and must overcome the violent law of the streets in order to become professional soccer players. Starring are Eliú Armas, Beto Benites, Gonzalo Cubero, Marcela Girón, Fernando Moreno and Alí Rondon. "Hermano" made its premiere at the Moscow Film Festival in June, taking home the top jury prize and the audience award...

Music Box Films has picked up U.S. rights to "Hermano," a Venezuelan sports and crime drama. Distributor plans to release Venezuela's foreign-language Oscar hopeful in late spring. The film, helmed by Marcel Rasquin, focuses on two young men who are raised as brothers in a Caracas slum and must overcome the violent law of the streets in order to become professional soccer players. Starring are Eliú Armas, Beto Benites, Gonzalo Cubero, Marcela Girón, Fernando Moreno and Alí Rondon. "Hermano" made its premiere at the Moscow Film Festival in June, taking home the top jury prize and the audience award...