Editorials

Courtesy of AURA Entertainment Photo credit: Courtesy of AURA Entertainment For a mammal that kills more people per year than sharks, lions, tigers, and what most people would consider dangerous animals, the hippo has been a criminally under utilized antagonist in the cinematic genre of feral nature gone wrong. Here’s where James Nunn’s Hungry enters the chat. When holiday makers go on a day trip to the bayou in Louisiana to see some crocodiles, what they don’t expect is to b

Killa B (Brianna Lee) and her Troll The rapid development and ever changing landscape of social media has truly birthed some monsters, ranging from horrifically entitled social media influencers, to online faceless bullies who are relentless in attempting to tear down anyone in the public eye. These online terrors have provided the horror genre with plenty of subject fodder, producing movies such as Influencer (2022) and its sequel Influencers (2025), Sissy (2022), and Unfrie

Finn, Poppy and Hank One of the most prolific indie horror filmmakers, Alice Maio Mackay, is back, with Jane Schoenbrun (I Saw The TV Glow, Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma) in the producer chair, with Our Effed Up World. Having had its world premiere at this year’s Frameline Film Festival, Our Effed Up World is an emotive sci-fi depicting an intergalactic battle against an entity which is intent on eating earth and its resources. Sheri (Sara Thompson) is a young woman, r

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

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

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

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

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

Kimberly Cruchon Brookes as Janet Episodic thriller series Puke Bitch screened its first episode in a world premiere at this year’s Slamdance Film Festival in LA last month. Written and directed by Sam Tricomo, the series follows teenage siblings Dove and Larry and their neighbour Janet as they journey through their everyday life, each harbouring dark secrets and covert desires. Dove (played by Jaclyn Iskow) is a withdrawn teenage girl, constantly dissociating whilst dealing

Having had its world premiere at Dances With Films NY back in January, the Nicholas Pineda directed chiller Infirmary is a low-fi chiller that utilises the found footage medium in order to document the first and last night on the job for fresh-faced security guard Edward. Portrayed through personal body cams and security cameras, former marine Edward (played by Paul Syre) is a newly employed security guard on the night shift at an abandoned asylum, Wilshire Infirmary. Paired

Dina Silva as Frankie Exploring an inherently misogynistic society’s negative attitudes towards fat bodies and pretty privilege, Dina Silva and Pierre Tsigaridis’ eighties grime inspired slasher Frankie, Maniac Woman delivers its message to audiences with buckets of violence and blood. Frankie (Dina Silva) is an aspiring musician who is constantly hindered at every turn by society’s treatment of her based on her looks, to the point that she is driven mad by the impossible st

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...