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Set against the latter years of the Paraguayan War, which ravaged through South America during the 19th Century, Ian SBF’s The Flesh Itself is a claustrophobic edge-of-your-seat psychological horror having its UK premiere at this year’s FrightFest. Following three deserters who seek haven at the home of an old man and a young woman, they soon find themselves in a hellish nightmare that threatens their lives and their souls. Three deserter soldiers struggle to make their way a

Proving that once again, Indonesia is setting the stage for incredible genre releases is Joko Anwar’s Ghost In The Cell. The comedy-horror sets itself in a high-security prison where inmates are being viciously murdered and their bodies put on display in bizarre manners. In one of Jakarta’s most violent prisons, separate inmate factions are continuously at war, with shankings between inhabitants a regular occurrence, as well as the prison being overseen by a sadistic head-gua

Going deep into the forest and exploring the human condition is Conscian Morgan’s Binding Eva which has its world premiere in the First Blood strand at this year’s FrightFest. The film follows a small-time criminal as he learns just what it means to put others first before his own selfish needs. Ryan Ralph Gerrard stars as Felix, a low level criminal who is on the run. After kidnapping Katarina (Catherine Deevy) and her daughter Eva (Darcey Wood) and forcing them to drive, th

Paulina played by Luna Martínez Following on from 2023’s Black Metal horror Invoking Yell and having its world premiere at this year’s FrightFest, is Patricio Valladare’s sequel Invoking Scream which picks up after the events of the previous film, as the cousin of the band’s lead singer seeks to investigate what happened in the lead up to Andrea Fernandez’s mysterious disappearance. A group of three metalheads consisting of Paulina (Luna Martínez), Camila (Teresita Rìos) and

Big Baby Killer Blurring the lines between fiction and reality is director Spider One’s Big Baby, having its UK premiere at this year’s FrightFest. An homage to all those who work in the arts, the film follows a troubled screenwriter as his newest idea for a horror film seems to have physically sprang forth from his dreams and into his everyday waking life. Big Baby stars Brandon Scott as Adam Lewis, a horror movie screenwriter whose latest film bombs with critics and leads

Benjamin Damini as Genesis Fantasia International Film Festival goes to the toilets with the Brazilian gross-out horror Bowels of Hell directed by Gurcius Gewdner and Gustavo Vinagre. A São Paolo apartment complex experiences serious plumbing issues as toilets seem to be violently sucking residents into the pipes. Malu (played by Martha Nowill) is a party event planner who is not only struggling from the toilet-caused death of her son from years back, but is also attempting t