Contributions from Anton Bitel | Little White Lies

Contributor Anton Bitel

A person asleep on a red and orange bed in a dimly lit room.
Home Ents

Discover the stomach-turning horrors of this Anne Hathaway baiting thriller

by Anton Bitel

Adrian Tofei goes full psycho-stalker in Be My Cat: A Film for Anne.
A person with curly, dishevelled hair, illuminated by a red light, set against a textured red background.
Home Ents

The unbearable intensity of Abel Ferrara’s The Driller Killer

by Anton Bitel

A troubled man cracks under immense pressure in the director’s cult 1976 thriller.
Two men in casual clothing sitting together outdoors at night, with one wearing an orange jacket.
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Discover the meta genius of this rough-cut cinematic gem

by Anton Bitel

Japanese director Eiji Uchida’s Lowlife Love is now available to own on DVD and Blu-ray.
A young woman in a white dress, crouching in a forest with trees and foliage surrounding her.
Review

The Wailing

by Anton Bitel

An outbreak of madness and murder takes hold of a small South Korean town in this superlative thriller.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Collage of newspaper clippings in black and white, overlapping and creating an abstract, chaotic visual composition.
Home Ents

Discover the next door terror of this socially-conscious horror

by Anton Bitel

Law abiding becomes a matter of life and death in Marcus Dunstan’s The Neighbour.
A person holding a strange, large-eyed mask in front of their face, obscuring their identity.
Review

Ouija: Origin of Evil

by Anton Bitel

Director Mike Flanagan dramatically improves the fortunes of this would-be franchise with a smart, scary-as-hell horror.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Colourful, unsettling close-up of a red-nosed, toothy clown face with vibrant pink fur and bulging eyes.

How genre cinema fuelled our collective fear of killer clowns

by Anton Bitel

These funny-faced pranksters continue to inspire a special blend of amusement and unease – and movies are partly to blame.
Distressed man with head in hands, grimacing in anguish.
Home Ents

Discover the hallucinatory horrors of one man’s mental collapse

by Anton Bitel

Joseph Sims-Dennett’s taut psychological thriller Observance is out now on DVD.
Two women standing close together, one with dark hair and the other with red hair, against a backdrop of a lake and trees.
Festivals

Programmers Picks from the 2016 BFI London Film Festival

by Anton Bitel

Need help navigating the massive LFF line-up? Here are 10 more left-field gems for you to seek out.
A person wearing a black leather jacket, a cow-patterned mask, and standing in a grassy field.
Home Ents

Discover the freewheelin’ madness of this exploitation-era biker movie

by Anton Bitel

Don Sharp’s Psychomania is now available on DVD and Blu-ray.