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The UK’s favourite independent horror film festival, Soho Horror Film Festival, is back this November. One of the very few festivals to continue championing accessibility, Soho is once again spreading over two weekends and boasting distinct film lineups: the festival returns to the Coldharbour Blue Cinema, Brixton for its big screen theatrical event, followed by a 4 day long home-invasion of unique screenings online. Bursting with over 75 films from all crevices of this dark

Hannah Deale as Hannah Set amongst the frozen snowy tundra forests of Sweden is Gabrielle Christensen’s folk horror Mountain King. Following an American woman who travels to Sweden in order to make amends with her Swedish boyfriend after refusing his proposal, and learning first hand that in-laws can be hell. Hannah (played by Hannah Deale) arrives at her boyfriend Gregor’s (Carter Sirianni) family home in order to declare her love for him after turning down his proposal, but

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