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‘Captive’ review: Dir. Savvas Christou [FrightFest]
Short film creator Savvas Christou moves into features with his debut film Captive. His film is a taut and intense psychological thriller packed full of intrigues and plot pivots, telling the disturbing story of a teen runaway who finds herself in over her head after accidentally knocking on the wrong door.
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Arrow Video FrightFest 2021: ‘Captive’ review
‘Captive’ is the feature debut of Cyprian film-maker Savvas Christou and it’s a psychological thriller with a slow build.
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Review: Captive (Katherine's Lullaby)
“Captive”, also known as “Katherine’s Lullaby”, is a psychological thriller written and directed by debuting Savvas Christou.
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Captive (2020)
“I’m not mad,” Evan (William Kircher) reassures teen Lily (Tori Kostic) near the beginning of Captive, after she's apologised for spilling water on the floor of his isolated woodland home.
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Film Review: Katherine’s Lullaby (2020)
Directed and written by Savvas Christou, Captive is this beautifully terrifying film with this profound story.
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CAPTIVE [FrightFest 2021]
Captive is a tense thriller that throws the viewer almost straight into the story.
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PANIC FEST ‘21: KATHERINE’S LULLABY
Captive is skillfully acted, shot and directed; director Savvas Christou will certainly be one to watch.
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[Panic Fest 2021 Review] KATHERINE’S LULLABY
From the beginning, one element that standouts to this reviewer are how quickly the power dynamics are established between Lily and the male figures featured in this film.
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Captive (2020)
The suspense starts nine minutes in, though, and I’m already sweating.
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[FAFF] Captive review: Great storytelling leads to shocking payoff
Making its world premiere at the Frightening Ass Film Fest, Katherine’s Lullaby is a psychological thriller that explores twisted family bonds.
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Panic Fest 2021: Captive
Captive, formerly titled Katherine’s Lullaby, is a slow-burn horror/thriller from skilled writer/director Savvas Christou.
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Captive
Hinging on a captivating performance from Tori Kostic, Captive is an interesting, if imperfect twisty thriller.
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Intense low-budget indie psychological thriller.
The Cyprus-born filmmaker, now living in L.A., Savvas Christou, after a number of shorts, is the writer-director in his debut feature film.
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Captive (2020), directed by Savvas Christou
There was something suitably unsettling about Savvas Christou feature film Captive 2020. Jam-packed with intensity, the thriller has a gripping and authentic narrative filled with enigma from the very beginning.
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It’s a riveting film that lulls you into a false sense of security, blindsiding you with its shocking third act.
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FrightFest review – Captive (2021)
This is a take on the familiar Misery/Collector sub-genre which goes off in unfamiliar ways.
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Captive (2021) – Captivating
Delusional Misidentification Syndrome is a term that covers a large list of mental illnesses that have ended up being used in media.
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Captive: Review
The film enjoys a good writing and a scenario that leaves a constant and diffuse pressure on the spectator, between the attempts to escape and the different twists, “Captive” is therefore a very good thriller.
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Review: Captive
The key element with any thriller, is holding your attention from start to finish, no matter what else it does, it has to keep you glued for its runtime and Captive achieves that.
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CAPTIVE is a psychological thriller with a kidnapping plot.
Captive’s greatest strength is the psychology of the relationship between Evan and Lily/”Katherine”.
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Captive (USA, 2021)
A woman goes to great lengths to escape from her captor in this psychological thriller from filmmaker Savvas Christou.
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[Panic Fest 2021 Review] 'Katherine’s Lullaby' Loses Itself In All Its Possibilities
Watching Katherine’s Lullaby feels a little like watching the product of one of my brain’s spider-path scenarios.
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CAPTIVE aka KATHERINE’S LULLABY (2020) Reviews and overview
Captive is a 2020 American thriller film about a teenage runaway who is trapped by a delusional man so she pretends to be his daughter.
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Frightfest 2021: Five Films From Around the World
This one definitely came at the model from a different angle, though, so I found myself paying attention after all.
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REVIEW: Captive (2020)
t’s been said that producing a satisfying conclusion to a horror film is the most challenging thing to accomplish in the genre.
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Captive (2021) by Savvas Christou
The idea of her being there trying to survive which plays a big part in the shocking nature of the finale which is quite surprising overall.
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Captive (2020) Review
A teenager is being held captive by a deranged and possibly dangerous man and needs to escape. But as the story unfolds we see things aren’t as simple as they first seem.
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#Film Review: Katherine’s Lullaby (2020) Watch Online
Directed and written by Savvas Christou, Katherine’s Lullaby is this beautifully terrifying film with this profound story.
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Captive (2020) – movie review
This film has a twist that I didn't expect and is quite different from films with a similar storyline.
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Mulder's Review
A tense psychological thriller that explores twisted family ties and the ties that truly bind. Lily runs away from her abusive father.
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Captive Movie (2021) Ending Explained and Movie Review
Although director Savvas Christou gave a different take on the thriller arena, the movie gained mixed reviews. The bonding between the two actors was thrilling.
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