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[Review]: Somnium
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...

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Sep 12, 20252 min read


[FrightFest 2025]: Blood Shine
Having had its international premiere at this year’s FrightFest, Blood Shine , directed and written by Emily Bennett and Justin Brooks,...

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Sep 2, 20252 min read


[FrightFest 2025]: Super Happy Fun Clown
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...

Russell Bailey
Sep 1, 20252 min read


[FrightFest 2025]: Sane Inside Sanity: The Phenomenon of Rocky Horror
With a powerful combination of glam-rock ear-worm songs and b-movie science fiction aesthetic, The Rocky Horror Show burst forth from...

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Aug 25, 20251 min read


[FrightFest 2025]: Tomb Watcher
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....

Russell Bailey
Aug 25, 20252 min read


[FrightFest 2025]: He Kills At Night
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...

Russell Bailey
Aug 24, 20252 min read


[FrightFest 2025]: The Haunting At Jack The Ripper's House
A fascinating strand of horror that is emerging are the ones that explore the relationship we have with the artifice of an online life....

Russell Bailey
Aug 24, 20252 min read


[FrightFest 2025]: Marshmallow
Certain horrors are tricksy things to approach. Marshmallow is a mystery box, something that reveals itself to be a far more interesting...

Russell Bailey
Aug 24, 20252 min read
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[FrightFest 2025]: Pig Hill
Directed by Kevin Lewis, Pig Hill is a dark and mysterious thriller that centres itself around an urban legend of pig-like people which...

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Aug 24, 20252 min read


[FrightFest 2025]: Dog Of God
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,...

Russell Bailey
Aug 23, 20252 min read


[FrightFest 2025]: Don't Let The Cat Out
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...

Russell Bailey
Aug 23, 20252 min read


[FrightFest 2025]: The Arbiter
Kicking with a vibe of Guy Ritchie does a post-apocalyptic-esque The Warriors (1979) remake, The Arbiter is a violent depiction of...

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Aug 22, 20252 min read


[Book Review]: That Very Witch: Fear, Feminism, and the American Witch Film by Payton McCarty-Simas
For as long as horror has been a genre, whether that be through spoken story-telling traditions, literature or through film itself, the...

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Aug 20, 20252 min read
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[Fantasia International Film Festival]: Burning
Aysanat Edigeeva as Asel Having had its North American premiere at this year’s Fantasia International Film Festival, the Kyrgyzstanian...

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Aug 12, 20252 min read
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[Fantasia International Film Festival Review]: Dui Shaw
Waqt Having had its Canadian premiere at this year’s Fantasia International Film Festival, the Bengali language anthology film Dui Shaw...

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Aug 6, 20252 min read
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[Fantasia International Film Festival Review]: Haunted Mountains: The Yellow Taboo
Having had its international premiere at this year’s Fantasia International Film Festival, Haunted Mountains: The Yellow Taboo is the...

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Jul 30, 20251 min read
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[Fantasia International Film Festival Review]: Noise
Having had its North American premiere at this year’s Fantasia International Film Festival, the feature directorial debut of Kim Soo-jin...

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Jul 23, 20252 min read
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[Fantasia International Film Festival 2025]: Hold The Fort
Ever wondered what would happen if Sam Raimi’s The Evil Dead (1981) left the isolated crumbling cabin in the woods and entered a new...

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Jul 22, 20252 min read
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[Raindance Review]: Our Happy Place
Raya Miles as Raya Having had its international premiere at June’s Raindance Film Festival 2025 held in London, Our Happy Place is a...

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Jul 9, 20252 min read
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[Review]: Pabrik Gula
Indonesian supernatural chiller Pabrik Gula directed by Awi Suryadi, portrays the haunting outcome of when traditional values are at odds...

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
May 12, 20251 min read
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