It was always going to be strange seeing FrightFest go digital. Not that I socialise much normally, but without the big screen, the between-film chatter and rushed pints with festival friends it surely couldn’t be […]
The last day of the first-ever digital FrightFest is upon us. I spend my morning catching the last of the Short Film Showcases, also included. They’ve been a decent bunch, with the highlight being Jeff […]
Day four, and I wake with fond memories of Dark Place – the first to really wow me this year. Still, I’m optimistic about today. Clapboard Jungle looks fascinating, Hall looks menacing, and Two Heads […]
Day three, and I’m looking forward to an afternoon and evening in the living room with the television and my Roku stick. It looks like FrightFesters are in high spirits following the duo of 12 […]
Hall is a small-scale film about a virus, and how it infects the guests at a hotel. The story follows Japanese runaway wife Naomi, who we meet crawling her way through a corridor of people […]
It’s a home invasion! For the first time in its 21-year history, the Summer leg of FrightFest has left its natural home of London to take over living rooms around the UK. Across all four […]
USA IN CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME: 150 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera A CIA agent awakes from a botched operation and is recruited into a secret organisation, given only the word “tenet” and a […]
YOUR HEART OUT by Ian Sheltain Available from Amazon on ebook and paperback Working during the Christmas holiday period as a receptionist at the Belvoir and Lodge hotels isn’t exactly a thrill for young student […]
USA AVAILABLE ON DVD AND AMAZON PRIME: NOW, from DAZZLER MEDIA RUNNING TIME: 81 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Sisters Juliet, Lisa, and Wendy and their parents Thomas and Bernice are moving into a […]
UK/AUSTRALIA AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: 31ST AUGUST, from SECOND SIGHT RUNNING TIME: 100 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera A man drives his teenage daughter and younger son into the Australian outback, ostensibly for a picnic. However, […]
Every year, FrightFest gives us some great documentaries on top of the latest slashers, stalkers and monster movies. This year, one of them is The Horror Crowd: an affectionate documentary that gives an intimate glimpse […]
So it might not be due out for another 14 months at least, but we’ve been treated to a DC Fandome teaser trailer of the currently-in-production, THE BATMAN, directed by Matt Reeves (Cloverfield). Robert Pattinson […]
‘Arrow in the Head’ have brought to our attention that a new issue of Total Film magazine, out tomorrow, includes a “massive horror preview” – with the cover story going to director Nia DaCosta’s […]
Here;s some good Matrix-related news, following on from the disappointing revelation the other day from Laurence Fishbourne saying that he’s not been asked to come back for the new film. Like many other projects, filming […]
The big movie news today – well, as long as you haven’t had enough of superheroes by now of course – is that Ben Affleck will reprise his role as Batman for DC’s upcoming The […]
So, as mentioned in our last news post, a TV series based on David Cronenberg’s Dead Ringers, a film which for me ties with Videodrome as his finest, is coming Morgan Creek Entertainment. The news […]
Morgan Creek once said that they were never going to remake The Exorcist. However, seeing as we now seem to be living in the laziest, most creatively barren movie climate since – whenever – they’ve […]
Ahead of the UK premiere of TRIGGERED, his cat-and-mouse slasher, Alastair Orr talks about being inspired by old console games and why he loves working in South Africa. We last saw you at FrightFest with FROM […]
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