Prayer to a Vengeful God walked away with the jury prize for Best Feature, as well as the Audience Award at last night’s 2010 Royal Flush Festival film awards.
“Prayer to a Vengeful God is the first revenge thriller I’ve ever seen that speaks to the audience without saying any words and tells a tale so beautifully about love, loss, and redemption.” – Juror Bill Woods.
Check out a rundown of all the festival winners at The Briefing Room
“At a time when so many independent films seem like cut-and-paste ripoffs of other work, this production stands out as having the guts to do something very different.”
Read Phil Hall’s great review at Film Threat.
“…it might be best compared to a European art house interpretation of David Fincher’s Fight Club with less social commentary and more personal angst.”
Read Tim’s review on Short and Sweet NYC
TrustMovies’ James van Maanen singles out Vengeful in his great Royal Flush Festival review:
“…though the no-dialog idea sounds like simply a stunt, it is handled so well for so long a time, that if you didn’t know that this was the case, for awhile, at least, you might not even realize it… Dialog is not necessary here; the lack of it, in fact, increases our suspense while keeping us focused on what’s going on visually.”
Read his review at TrustMovies.
Gavin Schmitt of Killer Reviews gives Prayer to a Vengeful God 4/5 stars.
“…By lacking dialogue, we are sucked in more, left to analyze more deeply on visuals and actions… and the varieties of interpretation come into play. There is a set narrative, but some aspects are ambiguous — but this adds to, not takes away from, the film; you can watch it again and again.”
Read his entire review at Killer Reviews.
