And with that, another Pigeon Shrine FrightFest comes to an end. After four days of horror flicks, we reach bank holiday Monday. Still, the festival promises to go out on a bang with the most […]
Day four is upon us! And after a solid Saturday, can it keep up the standard? I have four movies to watch today at Pigeon Shrine FrightFest – I would have done the full five, […]
Day three and we’re getting into the swing of things. With the weekend beginning, many of the biggest and movies are due to screen and the buzz I’m getting suggests festival-goers are having a great […]
Day two of Pigeon Shrine FrightFest! It’s a hot sweltering day in central London and everyone is in high spirits from last night’s triple whammy. Today looks set to continue in a similar vein: we […]
The dark heart of cinema beats once more! Pigeon Shrine FrightFest 2024 is back. A quarter of a century after Alan Jones, Paul McEvoy, Ian Rattray (later joined by Greg Day) launched the festival it’s […]
You can’t say this festival is getting lazy with sequels: Pigeon Shrine FrightFest is back and bigger than ever! This year the UK’s No.1 horror & fantasy film festival, will, for the first time, present […]
Creepy horror classic THE OTHERS, starring Nicole Kidman, is one of the most successful and critically acclaimed horror films of all time – Empire called it “a haunting, imaginative shocker which is likely to rattle […]
With another FrightFest down, you read my diary and other reviews by clicking my name, so all that is left is my rankings. Please note that I am not including The Exorcist –it wouldn’t be […]
Day five, and we finish what has been yet another fun-filled FrightFest. As with other years, the range and consistency have both been considerable. Obviously, this Monday would be dominated by the special screening of […]
FrightFest 2023 continues below. It’s another fine, sunny day in central London, but there’s plenty new movies to see. Unfortunately staying up past my bedtime for Transmission meant I had to miss Liz Hurley comeback […]
Saturday at FrightFest is when a lot of the biggest and best films screen – and this year looked like no exception. Cobweb is maybe the single largest movie to screen here in 2023, though […]
Welcome to Day 2 of my FrightFest diaries. Last night was a strong mix of body-swapping mayhem and pier pressure – and today looks similarly varied. Just a little note – these are written very […]
The dark heart of cinema beats again: it’s FrightFest time! Our four horsemen (Alan Jones, Greg Day, Paul McEvoy, and Ian Rattray) have again brought us the best genre movies. This weekend, fans get 70 […]
Sci-fi thrillers that suggest tech is not to be trusted Turn on the news at the moment – or ask Alexa to turn it on – and it is nothing but scare stories about the […]
This Father’s Day, you’ll want to get your dad, or father figure, something a bit special – not just a pair of socks or a new shirt, but something really exciting like a new car. […]
Whether it is because of chemicals in the water, scientific experiments gone wrong, or mother nature taking revenge, animals running amok has provided cinema with an endlessly entertaining series of films over the years. The […]
Confrontational, provocative, outrageous, heartbreaking, hilarious – all can be applied to director Lukas Moodysson, who has been hailed internationally as one of Sweden’s greatest filmmaking talents, delighting and confounding audiences in equal measure. Drawing his […]
It’s that reflective time of year again. While 2020 and 2021 weren’t great for horror, 2022 has been phenomenal. In the list below, I mention 25 films (15 picks and 10 honourable mentions). And yet […]
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