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31 movies to watch in October 2019: The Furies

By Carla Davis

Photo: THE FURIES (premieres Thursday, 10/3).. Rebellious high school students Kayla and her best friend Maddie find themselves abducted by a sinister presence and stalked, along with six other women, by men in terrifying masks. Starring Airlie Dodds, Linda Ngo and Taylor Ferguson, directed by Tony D'Aquino.. Image Courtesy Shudder
Photo: THE FURIES (premieres Thursday, 10/3).. Rebellious high school students Kayla and her best friend Maddie find themselves abducted by a sinister presence and stalked, along with six other women, by men in terrifying masks. Starring Airlie Dodds, Linda Ngo and Taylor Ferguson, directed by Tony D'Aquino.. Image Courtesy Shudder /
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For day 12 of 31 movies to watch in October, I am recommending a new film that was released as a Shudder Exclusive. For those of you who are looking for something new that’s gory and fun, this should fit the bill.

The Furies was just added to Shudder in October, and the subscribers’ reviews are overwhelmingly positive, with good reason. It’s an Australian horror flick with interesting characters and lots of blood and gore, and it’s the feature film debut for director Tony D’Aquino.

Kayla and Maddie are two besties, out at night spraying graffiti around. They get into a little squabble, and Maddie stalks off; only moments later, both girls are abducted.

When Kayla comes to, she is enclosed in a box in the middle of the woods and Maddie is nowhere to be found. Luckily, the box is not locked, Kayla is able to get out, but she has no idea where she is, and the plot thickens when two other girls show up.

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Soon enough, we start to learn a little about what is going on. There are an unknown number of men stalking an unknown number of girls, and each of them is masked and/or has horrific facial deformities.

Basically, they look like the stereotypical killer in a slasher flick, and they do indeed kill some of the girls in true slasher fashion.

The gore in The Furies is up close and in your face, we have decapitations, limb hacking, skull splitting, face shearing, and worst of all, graphic eye trauma. Thankfully, none of the blood spewing is CGI, so it feels like a good old-fashioned slasher flick with a twist.

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Photo: THE FURIES (premieres Thursday, 10/3).. Rebellious high school students Kayla and her best friend Maddie find themselves abducted by a sinister presence and stalked, along with six other women, by men in terrifying masks. Starring Airlie Dodds, Linda Ngo and Taylor Ferguson, directed by Tony D’Aquino.. Image Courtesy Shudder /

It seems that each of the “beauties” has been assigned a killer and a protector (or “beast”), and failure to kill/protect results in the masked maniac’s head exploding. The Furies has a similar feel to  Joss Whedon’s Cabin in the Woods, and it’s almost as much fun as that horror/comedy masterpiece was.

There are a few creative twists in the film, which I won’t divulge, but I do recommend watching it if you enjoy bloody slasher flicks, or “lost in the woods” films. The Furies can currently only be streamed on Shudder.

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