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FrightFest (2021): Films ranked
Well, it’s time to return to normal life – you can have too much of a good thing, and any more of this I’d be horrored out. But for folks wanting a very quick summary, […]
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Digital FrightFest (2021) Day 5: Found footage of a killer at a hotel
It’s my fifth and final day of FrightFest – for others who did the physical event, too, this will mark their tenth within two weeks. Frankly, it’s been a fantastic few days of beheadings, stabbings […]
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Digital FrightFest (2021) Day 4: A great night in the woodlands
Day four of FrightFest at home – and what a festival it’s been already. Easily better than last year, and an encouraging display that horror is in safe hands. And today has a couple of […]
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Digital FrightFest (2021) Day 3: Dawn Breaks Behind The Eyes, Bad Candy, Sweetie You Won’t Believe It
Day three is upon us, and the festival is in full swing. As per last year, it’s a testement to the online community, and the efforts of the organisers, that they can replicate the feel […]
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Digital FrightFest (2021) Day 2: Broadcast Signal Intrusion and Coming Home In The Dark
Day 2, and what an attractive double bill we have in store. Unlike some other online film festivals, FrightFest has synchronous screenings meaning movies will go up against each other and you won’t see everything. […]
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Digital FrightFest (2021) Day 1: The Show and The Brilliant Terror
The dark heart of cinema beats again. Last week FrightFest took place in London’s Leicester Square – by the looks of it, a joyous celebration of all things horror. This week, there’s a second dose: […]
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FrightFest (2020) days 1 & 2: sharks, wolves and other things to trigger you
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 […]
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Arrow FrightFest announces line-up for digital event in August
The dark heart of cinema will beat again! Not letting little things like a global pandemic prevent them from sharing the newest movies, this year the Arrow FrightFest team are bringing horror to your home. […]
HCF Reviews
Death of a Vlogger (2019)
This review contains mild spoilers. Not another ruddy found footage! It’s easy to be put off by the thought of another shaky cam, more vague snippets of spectres and people recording long after they should […]
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Glasgow FrightFest (2020): films ranked
What a weekend! There were veterans shooting punks, Zombies devouring cabbages, something I won’t spoil bursting out a pee-hole and various things going up someone’s jacksie. And people say horror films are all the same! […]
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Glasgow FrightFest (2020) day 2: buttholy water
After a late-night, made even later by the loud sounds of next door’s TV through the paper-thin walls, I awoke to a Scottish breakfast and day 2 of FrightFest Glasgow. The first was varied enough, […]
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Glasgow FrightFest (2020) day 1: six feet under water, ground and rocks
If FrightFest is the movie festival version of the punk kid, that sits in the corner, then FrightFest Glasgow is that kid’s even punkier little brother. Now in its fifteenth year, the Scottish leg continues […]
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Interview with Brian Hanson and Richard Handley on The Black String
Of the many oddities that I saw at FrightFest this year, including Stiffler being a killer, maybe the weirdest was watching Agent Cody Banks grown up and calling a sex-line. This is how The Black […]
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FrightFest (2019): Films ranked
Well, that’s another FrightFest down. The twentieth anniversary made for a bloody wonderful long weekend spent with some of the most exciting voices in contemporary horror and fantasy cinema. Still, you can have too much […]
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Frightfest (2019) day 2: Harpoons pierce the skin
Day 2! Social media is buzzing with good thoughts on last night’s triple threat, and it looks like there are some prime cuts of horror in-store today. A quick shower and breakfast, then I head […]