Perfect Skin (film)

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Perfect Skin
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Directed byKevin Chicken
Written byKevin Chicken
Dusan Tolmac
Produced byFiona Campbell
Cordelia Plunket
Starring
CinematographyJim Marks
Edited byEmilio Rey
Music byDan Bewick
Release date
  • 25 August 2018 (2018-08-25)(FrightFest London)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

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

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Cast

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]

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References

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  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.