A nasty little Ozploitation flick | Penny Lane is Dead (2025)

Kat brought cupcakes.

This week on Force Five, Jason gives five reasons you might want to watch Penny Lane Is Dead, Mia’Kate Russell’s vicious Australian horror film about a beach-house celebration that turns into a blood-soaked fight for survival.

Topics include:

• The movie’s Ozploitation roots
• Sophia Wright-Mendelsohn’s chaotic performance as Kat
• Why the beach-house setting works as a horror pressure cooker
• Tahlee Fereday’s Toni as a vulnerable final girl
• Mia’Kate Russell’s decades working in special-effects makeup
• Some seriously nasty practical gore
• Two future Force Five Top 5 lists

Watch the video and read the full recommendation:
https://www.forcefivepodcast.com/episodes/penny-lane-is-dead-review-2026

Watch on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/-CxGwQ5Fzhs

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