

[Review]: The Voices of Our Mother
Family can be pure hell, and no one knows this better than the estranged children of Harriet Scaflan, who have been brought together by the death of their grandmother in Mark O’Brien’s demonic horror The Voices of Our Mother. Starring Sheila McCarthy, Georgina Reilly, and the writer and director himself, The Voices of Our Mother seeks to explore familial trauma through the lens of a family curse of biblical proportions. When family matriarch Johanna (Anna Ferguson) falls ill

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
8 minutes ago2 min read


[Review]: Mutter: The Diary of A Mother
Gül (Hazar Ergüçlü) All aspects of motherhood are a play-by-play real life enactment of a body horror, and from its explosively bloody opening sequence, Mutter: The Diary of a Mother goes forth with the intention of showing just how horrific an affair being a mother can be. Written and directed by Alphan Eşeli, Mutter: The Diary of a Mother centres itself on a single mother living desperately on the bread line as she attempts to keep the birth of her alien baby hidden. The f

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
7 days ago2 min read


[Review]: Passenger
Andre Øvredal burst onto the horror directorial scene with his dark fantasy found footage Trollhunter (2010) and then continued to scare audiences cold with the haunting The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016), followed by the luke warmly received Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019) and The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2026). Three years on from his last release, he’s moved on from vampires hunting on the high seas, and turned his attention to ghostly hauntings on the highways wit

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
May 242 min read


Soho Horror Pride 2026
Returning for it's 7th year is June's SOHO HORROR PRIDE, the world's biggest LGBTQ+ genre film festival. Not only is it beaming itself as per usual into the comfort of audience's homes via its online edition, but this year, for the first time ever, Soho Horror Pride will also be hosting a live in person special event for one day only at London's only LGBTQ+ cinema, The Arzner. So get ready for glitter, gore, queerness and fear, and dive into the 50+ films making up this year'

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
May 213 min read


[Review]: Diabolic
With the constant renewal of interest in the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) largely in part to investigative documentaries such as Netflix’s Trust Me: The False Prophet (2026), it was only a matter of time until the historic traumas of past members of this religious sect was used as fodder for a horror film. This is where Daniel J. Phillip’s Diabolic takes centre stage. The film centres around a young woman who, after suffering devastating blackouts, decide

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
May 193 min read


[FrightFest Glasgow 2026]: Jailbroken
Bryan Larkin as Joe Having had its world premiere at this year’s FrightFest Glasgow, The Vasily Chuprina directed chamber piece Jailbroken explores the criminal justice system, racial tensions, and abuse of power all from the tiny confines of a British prison cell. Bryan Larkin stars as Joe, a violent incarcerated criminal who, as he prepares for his final three days in prison, discovers that his ex-wife and child have been kidnapped. With only a prohibited mobile phone at hi

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Mar 102 min read

