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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

Adrienne Barbeau as the antiques shop owner Expanding on his 2023 short is Tyler Savage’s Oddities which had its world premiere at this year’s Tubi FrightFest in London. Starring Lilimar and Lovie Simone as two roommates who go on the run after accidentally killing their drug dealer. When they seek shelter in a roadside antiques shop, they soon realise they are in a hell of a lot more trouble than they could ever imagine. Two best friends spend their days hustling to pay the

Snapshot is a bold work with an ingenious hook. It is found footage purporting to be from the 1880s, filmed on a primitive device, and presented through a pinhole view. It restricts what we can see but is all the richer visually because of it. There are no modern films quite like Joseph Archar’s directorial debut and it’s all the better for it. Written by Cathy Wippell, who also plays Minnie, Snapshot follows a band of all-female ghost-hunters (who work together at a London b

Brady Noon and Caylee Cowan as Steven and Casey Having spent several years working as a cinematographer on indie films and directing a handful of short films, director Carson McKinnon makes his feature directorial debut with the bold Mother & Me that is sure to prove as divisive as it is fascinating. Casey (Caylee Cowan) is a creative soul being forced by her abusive mother (Tara Janae Smith) to follow in her deceased father’s footsteps and write a horror novel in his style.

Dead Reset is an intriguing proposition. Daniel Thrace’s Cole finds himself awake in an unknown place, with marauding monsters and a crew around that is hostile to his presence. It all proves lethal for Cole but here’s the kicker. He’s stuck in a time loop, unable to die but cursed to endure violent end after violent end. Live, die, repeat, if you will. Stewart Sparke has proved a director to watch, thanks to the low-budget charms of the Book of Monsters (2018) and How to Kil

India de Beaufort as Joey Director Andy Chen’s latest is a fascinating mystery box of a film. A grief-stricken author, Joey, is mourning the loss of her husband, Ben. That is until his unexpected return one day– an event that leads Joey to try and understand what exactly is happening to the reality around her. All this weaves towards a final act that blends horror and science fiction as answers are revealed as to what exactly is going on. Another benefits greatly from a pair