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Raging Grace

2023

Paris Zarcilla

David Hayman, Leanne Best, Oliver Wellington, Caleb Johnston-Miller ...

5.7

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Horror An undocumented Filipina immigrant lands a job as a care-worker for a terminal old man, securing a better life for her and her daughter. But a dark discovery threatens to destroy everything she's strived for and holds dear.

	Media	Author	Review
		Nikki Baughan Screendaily	"'Raging Grace' effectively draws on the systemic horrors of a traditionally white power structure which purports to help 'outsiders' while keeping them firmly underfoot (...) Careful screenplay"
		J Hurtado Screen Anarchy	"Paris Zarcilla delivers a fiery first feature"
		Jordan Mintzer The Hollywood Reporter	"There's a powerful social commentary running through 'Raging Grace' that's not always served by the film itself (...) More dark social satire than scary movie"
		Joe Leydon Variety	"A first-rate suspenser with a sociopolitical soul (...) Zarcilla shrewdly employs and subverts scary movie conventions while teasingly suggesting supernatural influences."
		Andrew Parker The Gate	"The horror films that hold the biggest, lasting cultural impact hold a mirror up to society, and 'Raging Grace' does it better than most"
		Richard Whittaker Austin Chronicle	"'Raging Grace' is too gleefully ridiculous to live up to its didactic ambitions, and too on-the-nose to let its wings of crushed velvet madness truly spread"
		Wendy Ide The Guardian	"Familiar horror tropes meet biting social commentary in British Filipino Paris Zarcilla’s intriguing debut feature (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Monica Castillo rogerebert.com	"In his feature debut, writer and director Paris Zarcilla proves he is a master storyteller. He carefully builds his suspenseful tale with a horror twist layer-by-layer (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"
		Trevor Johnston Empire	"As micro-budget British debuts go, forgivable flaws notwithstanding, it’s mostly disarmingly effective (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Matthew Jackson Paste Magazine	"An exciting, compelling debut (...) Thanks to a persistently effective sense of atmosphere and a great cast, these elements coalesce into a compelling, often unpredictable horror story"
		John Fink The Film Stage	"An atmospheric dark comedy with a sharp commentary on colonization that is often both innovative and creepy"
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"Brit-horror has a bad habit sometimes of simply placing the action in a big old house with creepy portraits on the walls and hoping that the location is going to supply all the atmosphere (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Karina Adelgaard Heaven of Horror	"This is something we’ve seen a lot more of in the past decade or so (...) As it should be. I mean, it has been part of horror and genre movies forever, but now it’s told in more direct ways (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Meagan Navarro Bloody Disgusting	"[It] is carried by the strength of its cultural specificity, perspective, and lead performers (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Mary Beth McAndrews Dread Central	"Despite pacing issues and a lack of clarity around certain plot points, 'Raging Grace' is a deeply human horror story that ends on an incredibly bittersweet note (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Tom Shone The Sunday Times	"Grace is the film's hidden ace —almost its mascot, playful and mischievous, with more to her than meets the eye (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		John Serba Decider	"'Raging Grace' is a gem. More from Zarcilla, please"
		Kevin Maher The Times	"Zarcilla strains so hard to match the politics of the premise with the parameters of horror that he ends up diluting both (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"

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