[Review]: La Perdicion
Directed by prolific Italian filmmaker Domiziano Cristopharo, La Perdici òn is an exploration into the depths of hell and ruin...
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Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Sep 22 min read
[Book Review]: Millennial Nasties – Analyzing A Decade of Brutal Horror Film Violence by Ariel Powers-Schaub
Once the 20th century ended and the world was ushered into the new millennium, a new era of horror was born. Nastier, meaner and grimmer,...
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Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Aug 302 min read
[FrightFest 2024]: Generation Terror
Having its world premiere at this year’s FrightFest was Generation Terror , a documentary directed by horror doc maestro Sarah Appleton (...
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Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Aug 282 min read
[FrightFest]: Members Club
Having had its world premiere at this years FRIGHTFEST, Marc Coleman's Members Club is a wildly ridiculous horror comedy centred around a...
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Russell Bailey
Aug 282 min read
[FrightFest 2024]: Cold Wallet
The latest directorial effort from Cutter Hodierne is an odd beast – a cold, crisp tech thriller that finds its focus on a trio of...
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Russell Bailey
Aug 282 min read
[FrightFest 2024]: A Desert
There are moments when a film can turn, develop unexpectedly from one thing into another. This is the case with A Desert . To go into...
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Russell Bailey
Aug 282 min read
[FrightFest 2024]: Never Have I Ever
Occasionally a film comes along and morphs in front of your eyes, becoming something unexpected. And this is the case with Damon...
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Russell Bailey
Aug 282 min read
[FrightFest]: Things Will Be Different
Michael Felker’s Things Will Be Different  is a fascinatingly engaging take-on the time travel movie. Siblings on the run, having...
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Russell Bailey
Aug 282 min read
[FrightFest 2024]: Test Screening
Movie fans are always seeking it out - the new dizzying cinematic high. Even better if we can get it before everything else. This desire...
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Russell Bailey
Aug 282 min read
[FrightFest 2024]: So Unreal
Cinema is capable of crafting beautiful, compelling visions of possible futures. Many of these don’t become our reality but they can...
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Russell Bailey
Aug 282 min read
[FrightFest 2024]: From Darkness
Swedish horror From Darkness, which had its UK premiere at this year's FrightFest, is a dread-laced folk horror that can feel as lost in...
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Russell Bailey
Aug 282 min read
[FrightFest 2024]: The Monster BeneATH US
Locale can help horror a great deal – giving it a sense of scale, an atmosphere, a vibe. The Monster Beneath Us benefits greatly from...
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Russell Bailey
Aug 262 min read
[FrightFest 2024]: Saint Clare
The serial killer with a moral compass trope is one familiar to culture. And it feels wrong to argue that one representation holds any...
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Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Aug 252 min read
[FrightFest 2024]: Traumatika
With its world premiere occurring at this year’s FrightFest, the Pierre Tsigaridis directed Traumatika is a fusion of horror subgenres...
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Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Aug 242 min read
[FrightFest 2024]: An Taibhse
With the recent international interest in Irish horror on the rise, An Taibhse joins other Irish horrors such as short film Changeling...
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Russell Bailey
Aug 242 min read
[Frightfest 2024]: The Lonely Man with the Ghost Machine
A mainstay of the genre festival scene, Graham Skipper is a remarkable talent – an accomplished performer who left a firm impression in...
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Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Aug 242 min read
[FrightFest 2024]: Drive Back
Having had its UK premiere on the Friday of this year’s FrightFest, Drive Back directed by Cody Ashford, is the road trip from hell as a...
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Russell Bailey
Aug 242 min read
[FrightFest 2024]: Children of the Wicker Man
Just over fifty years ago The Wicker Man (1973)Â was released. Now widely seen as one of the great horrors of its era, its release was a...
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Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Aug 242 min read
[Frightfest 2024]: Scarlet Blue
Having had it’s UK premiere at this year’s FrightFest, Aurélia Mengin’s Scarlet Blue is a surrealist portrayal of mental health, the...
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Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Aug 232 min read
[FrightFest 2024]: Broken Bird
Opening this year’s FRIGHTFEST is the gothic shocker Broken Bird , the directorial feature debut of actress Joanne Mitchell, adapted from...
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