‘The Swallow’ Review – A Gruesome Blob Movie That Sinks [Fantastic Fest]

Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer’s Starry Eyes tore me apart when it was released in 2014. The film announced the pair as filmmakers who preferred to look under the veil at the darkest parts of ourselves. That trend has continued with their work: grim, nihilistic horror pictures that eviscerate the viewer. Their latest, The Swallow, aims for the same, but...