A celebratory girls’ night at the family beach house devolves into a night of unrelenting, brutal terror in Penny Lane is Dead, the debut feature from Australian filmmaker Mia’Kate Russell. A blood-soaked throwback to the wild days of ‘80s Ozploitation, this Adelaide set revenge thriller pulls no punches in delivering one of the meanest, grimiest, most nihilistic entries in the rape-revenge canon in recent years. Prepare yourselves for this one, it’s not for the weak of heart. Penny Lane (Bailey Spalding) just got into university and she has convinced her mother to let her and her friends, the Joan Jett-coded rough and tumble, Toni (Tahlee Fereday) and big softie Amy (Alexandra Jensen), use the family cottage for an evening of low-key fun. Unfortunately, they won’t...
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