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Aminata Thiboult as Paris Following a Parisienne musician as she struggles for stardom, I Love Paris is a vampiric mockumentary directed by Nicky Murphy and co-written and starring Aminata Thiboult as the titular Paris. After being told she needs to enhance her social media presence in order to further her music career, Ami, whose stage name is I Love Paris, finds herself performing a TikTok against the backdrop of a shadowy city tunnel. What she doesn’t realise is she’s bei

Barbara Crampton and Rob Huebel in Grind Approaching the anthology horror similar to the Amicus productions of the late 20th Century, Grind is a scathing, yet highly polished depiction of the horrors of late-stage capitalism and the degradation of worker welfare within large corporations directed by Brea Grant, Ed Dougherty, and Chelsea Stardust. The first segment is Lala Leggings which stars Barbara Crampton as the founder of an MLM scheme which forces their ambassadors to s

Having had its Northern UK premiere at this year’s Grimmfest, Sicko is a black comedy directed by Aitore Zholdaskali. Hailing from Kazakhstan, the film depicts the depths of desperation a couple sink to as they commit medical fraud in order to pay back loans. Azamat (Ayan Utepbergen) and his partner Tansholpan (Dilnaz Kurmangali) are living on the edge financially, despite their daily affirmation of “New Day! New opportunity!”. Deep in debt, and constantly being threatened wi

Set in a society collapsing both economically and morally, director Christopher Cartagena’s Disforia is a home invasion horror, that meets the subgenre’s expectations of terrifying misanthropy and combines it with a cutting commentary on modern society’s obsession with social media and the abhorrent anonymity it affords monsters. Couple Esther (Fariba Sheikhan) and Tomás (Eloy Azorín) take the opportunity to escape their city which is being ravaged by looting and the effects

Having had its world premiere at this year’s Raindance Film Festival in London, the psychological horror Child directed by Cyrus Neshvad explores the themes of grief through a bizarre and fantastical lens. Set in rural Luxembourg, parents Anne (Brigitte Urhausen) and Gregg (Malik Zidi) are desperate to help their ailing child whatever way they can, even if that means seeking help from the black market organ trade. The former couple attempt to put aside their problems and argu

Christopher Lee as Dracula Grimmfest, Manchester’s International Festival of Fantastic Film, returns in 2026 to its usual setting of Manchester’s Odeon Great Northern for 4 days from the 8th of October to the 11th October, and brings with it a plethora of cinematic delights and the best in genre cinema. Following the recent announcement of the feature line-up, the Grimmfest team have revealed the opening and closing films. This year’s festival will open with a special advanc