Editorials

There was a brief period during the dreaded Covid-19 worldwide lockdown where film festivals and their respective programmers seemed to understand the need for accessibility. With film festival audiences unable to attend in-person screenings and events, many festivals took to the internet, providing the cinema experience to people in their home. However, with the re-opening of the world, and social outings being allowed again, many online editions of film festivals became not

Stills from The Texas Chainsaw (1974) With a festival run kicked off with its world premiere at last year’s Venice Film Festival, Chain Reactions directed by Alexandre O. Philippe is an in-depth exploration of one of the greatest and most influential horror films of all time – Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974).  When the cult classic hit the screens, the trajectory of horror changed forever, with the revelation that monsters are not always supernatural, sometim

Adama Abramson as the Bounty Hunter Having had its world premiere at Grimmfest 2025, LandLord directed by Remington Smith is a biting commentary on poverty, peripatetic lifestyles and property ownership combined with a traditional tale of humans versus vampire. An anonymous Black bounty hunter (played by Adama Abramson) enters a poorly managed apartment complex in order to retrieve a stolen briefcase, but her mission is soon interrupted by Alex (played by Cohen James Cooper),

Dolly played by Max The Impaler Having had its world premiere at this year's Fantastic Fest, Dolly ,   directed by Rod Blackhurst is an unrelenting and violent homage to 1970s hicks-ploitation, as well as incorporating strong vibes of New French Extremity. Centering on a woman Macy (Fabianne Therese) who has been kidnapped by a masked killer, she must find a way to escape before she is forced to succumb to a twisted and bizarre fate. When Macy and her boyfriend Chase (played

Lauren Kitchen as Agnes Applewhite Having had its world premiere at this year’s Fantastic Fest, Brooke H. Cellars’ The Cramps: A Period...

Frankie Ray & Spencer H. Levin as Mick and Billy Having had its world premiere at this year’s Fantastic Fest, Bad Haircut directed by...

Tim Curry as Dr Frank-n-Furter Intimately detailing the origin story and steady rise of one of the world’s most beloved musicals, Strange...

Chasing your dreams and starting over in a brand new city can be hell, and no one knows this better than Gemma, an aspiring actress who’s...

Having had its international premiere at this year’s FrightFest, Blood Shine , directed and written by Emily Bennett and Justin Brooks,...

An eternal presence in the horror genre, one is never too far away from a killer clown. And Super Happy Fun Clown  features a doozy of a...

With a powerful combination of glam-rock ear-worm songs and b-movie science fiction aesthetic, The Rocky Horror Show  burst forth from...

A basic issue that most ghost stories must overcome is a reason why someone would stay where they are when the spooky going-ons begin....

Levi Heaton as Marie Coming from Thomas and James Pickering, He Kills at Night  is a thriller reaching for the kind-of impact that early...

A fascinating strand of horror that is emerging are the ones that explore the relationship we have with the artifice of an online life....

Certain horrors are tricksy things to approach. Marshmallow  is a mystery box, something that reveals itself to be a far more interesting...

Directed by Kevin Lewis, Pig Hill is a dark and mysterious thriller that centres itself around an urban legend of pig-like people which...

Adult animation in the West is a tricksy thing. In other parts of the world there is a rich seam of films catering to an older audience,...

Taking its title from one of the many rules that a cat sitter must abide by, Don’t Let the Cat Out  feels like the ultimate exploration...

Kicking with a vibe of Guy Ritchie does a post-apocalyptic-esque The Warriors (1979) remake, The Arbiter is a violent depiction of...

For as long as horror has been a genre, whether that be through spoken story-telling traditions, literature or through film itself, the...