‘River’ Review: Joshua Giuliano Makes Directorial Debut With Tragic Family Drama Wrapped In Atmospheric Slasher — Toronto Film Festival

Writer-director Joshua Giuliano‘s feature debut River works equally well as a brutal atmospheric horror as it does a heavy family drama.

In River, three siblings reunite to scatter their late father’s ashes on the river where he spent most of his free time, only for their boat to get stuck under a bridge, with two masked killers stalking them from both sides.

Scream queens Jessica Rothe and Jane Levy nail the sisterly bickering as Carla and Lucy, as the former returns to their small-town home from the big city. Their estranged bond is further put through the wringer

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