Perfect Skin (film)

Perfect Skin
Promotional poster
Directed by	Kevin Chicken
Written by	Kevin Chicken Dusan Tolmac
Produced by	Fiona Campbell Cordelia Plunket
Starring	Richard Brake Natalia Kostrzewa Jo Woodcock
Cinematography	Jim Marks
Edited by	Emilio Rey
Music by	Dan Bewick
Release date	25 August 2018 (2018-08-25)(FrightFest London)
Running time	102 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Perfect Skin is a 2018 British horror thriller film directed by Kevin Chicken, starring Richard Brake, Natalia Kostrzewa and Jo Woodcock.

Cast

• Richard Brake as Bob Reid
• Natalia Kostrzewa as Katia Matuszczak
• Jo Woodcock as Lucy Dalton
• Kasia Kołeczek  [ pl ] as Magda
• Jemima Bennett as Daisy Reid
• Oscar Bennett as James Reid
• Cameron Jack as D.I Craig
• Sartaj Garewal as D.I Rez Kiyani
• Ben Peel as Customer in tattoo studio

Release

The film premiered at FrightFest in August 2018. ^[1]

Reception

Michelle Swope of Dread Central rated the film 4.5 stars out of 5 and wrote: "Brake’s riveting performance, the direction, and the work of cinematographer Jim Marks make Perfect Skin absolutely mesmerizing." ^[2]

Trace Thurman of Bloody Disgusting rated the film gave the film a score of 3.5/5 and wrote that Chicken "has crafted a fascinating character study of a man driven solely by his obsession." ^[3]

Anton Bitel of SciFiNow wrote that the film "shows the unhappy entrapment and transformation of a Polish migrant in London". ^[4]

Film critic Kim Newman wrote that the film "boils down to another chained-up-in-the-cellar abduction exercise." ^[5]

References

1. Barkan, Jonathan (28 June 2018). "FrightFest 2018: 19th Year's Line-Up Revealed With 20 World Premieres!". Dread Central . Archived from the original on 29 January 2024. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
2. Swope, Michelle (18 October 2018). "PERFECT SKIN Review: Hauntingly Beautiful Body Horror Guaranteed To Get Under Your Skin". Dread Central . Archived from the original on 16 July 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
3. Thurman, Trace (19 November 2018). "[Review] Richard Brake Delivers a Haunting Performance in 'Perfect Skin'". Bloody Disgusting . Archived from the original on 29 January 2024. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
4. Bitel, Anton (25 August 2018). "PERFECT SKIN FIRST LOOK REVIEW ARROW VIDEO FRIGHTFEST 2018". SciFiNow . Archived from the original on 29 January 2024. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
5. Newman, Kim (25 August 2018). "FrightFest review – Perfect Skin". The Kim Newman Web Site. Archived from the original on 29 January 2024. Retrieved 29 January 2024.

External links

• Perfect Skin at IMDb
• Perfect Skin at Rotten Tomatoes