Melanie Hayward

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I’m an indie filmmaker and actor based in Brisbane.

I make stuff. I watch stuff.

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  • Daniel's Gotta Die

  • Black and Blue

    ★★★½

  • Skincare

    ★★½

  • F Marry Kill

    ★★★½

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  • Daniel's Gotta Die

    Daniel's Gotta Die

    Review to come

  • Skincare

    Skincare

    ★★½

    I feel like this had a responsibility to hit a little harder than it did. To push the boundaries a little further. It’s solid and Elizabeth Banks is fucking amazing as per usual but it just didn’t land like I wanted. It felt was too similar to a Netflix limited series but that kind of content compressed into 90 mins should pack a walloping great punch.

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  • Silent Zone

    Silent Zone

    ★★★

    Is this the world’s first epic zombie adventure movie? It kinda feels like it. These aren’t your regular brain-munching, feet-dragging slow ass zombies. They actually have intelligence, hunting and plotting like they had their own survival training. This movie has some serious eye roll moments especially with its tropes, but it all just works. I wasn’t expecting the jump scares, or the big action sequences on a tiny budget, nor how the elements at the end tied in, but I…

  • Hundreds of Beavers

    Hundreds of Beavers

    ★★★★★

    Amongst the hundreds of beavers (and other woodland life…and death) are hundreds of gags that are devilishly clever. 

    It’s a surprisingly violent and dark tale of survival, love and poetic vengeance. 

    It’s incredibly fast paced and you won’t want to miss a thing. Dare to look at your phone for a second and miss a moment of unique brilliance. 

    Hundreds of Beavers is a sophisticated piece of storytelling and for all the slapstick comedy (and drama, horror and even romance)…