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![[FrightFest 2024]: Never Have I Ever](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/faea52_a1f8170dd5dd4d7d906e835456d4c608~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_avif,quality_auto/faea52_a1f8170dd5dd4d7d906e835456d4c608~mv2.webp)
[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...

Russell Bailey
Aug 28, 20242 min read
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[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...

Russell Bailey
Aug 28, 20242 min read
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[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...

Russell Bailey
Aug 28, 20242 min read
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![[FrightFest 2024]: So Unreal](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/faea52_a2549e8f08ce40c888bdcacc939ce89c~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_333,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_35,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/faea52_a2549e8f08ce40c888bdcacc939ce89c~mv2.webp)
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[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...

Russell Bailey
Aug 28, 20242 min read
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[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...

Russell Bailey
Aug 28, 20242 min read
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![[FrightFest 2024]: The Monster BeneATH US](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/faea52_977c155a5e174c4ca0e8b42c6a4208fe~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_333,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_35,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/faea52_977c155a5e174c4ca0e8b42c6a4208fe~mv2.webp)
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[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...

Russell Bailey
Aug 28, 20242 min read
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![[FrightFest 2024]: Saint Clare](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/faea52_9cc7b897f5a7480d8c94b5b43cc8cecd~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_333,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_35,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/faea52_9cc7b897f5a7480d8c94b5b43cc8cecd~mv2.webp)
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[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...

Russell Bailey
Aug 26, 20242 min read
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![[FrightFest 2024]: Traumatika](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/faea52_7513f66c8d0c467183f9a3ab2058188b~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/faea52_7513f66c8d0c467183f9a3ab2058188b~mv2.webp)
[FrightFest 2024]: Traumatika
With its world premiere occurring at this year’s FrightFest, the Pierre Tsigaridis directed Traumatika is a fusion of horror subgenres...

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Aug 25, 20242 min read
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[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...

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Aug 24, 20242 min read
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[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...

Russell Bailey
Aug 24, 20242 min read
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[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...

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Aug 24, 20242 min read
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[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...

Russell Bailey
Aug 24, 20242 min read
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[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...

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Aug 24, 20242 min read
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[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...

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Aug 23, 20242 min read
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7 Films We're Dying To See at Fright Fest 2024
FrightFest 2024, the UK’s leading horror, fantasy, and thriller film festival, will take place from August 22nd to 26th at the ODEON Luxe...

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Jul 17, 20243 min read
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[Glasgow FrightFest]: All You Need Is Death
Very much cemented in the folk culture of Ireland is director Paul Duane’s All You Need Is Death which follows a couple, Anna (Simone...

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Apr 2, 20242 min read
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![[Glasgow FrightFest]: The Funeral](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/faea52_542e1b10c8324d52ab7fbe7dc0c5714f~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_avif,quality_auto/faea52_542e1b10c8324d52ab7fbe7dc0c5714f~mv2.webp)
[Glasgow FrightFest]: The Funeral
From the director of The Antenna (2019), Orçun Behram, comes The Funeral (2024), a bloody road trip movie that takes the tired horror...

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Mar 29, 20242 min read
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[Glasgow FrightFest]: Mom
Featuring an incredibly poignant and powerful performance from Emily Hampshire, Mom, the feature length debut of director Adam O’Brien,...

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Mar 20, 20242 min read
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![[Glasgow FrightFest]: Kill Your Lover](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/faea52_aee797d2d41c4df3b0315c3f6468437c~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/faea52_aee797d2d41c4df3b0315c3f6468437c~mv2.webp)
[Glasgow FrightFest]: Kill Your Lover
Directed by duo Alix Austin and Keir Siewert, Kill Your Lover is a triggering body horror depicting the breakdown and final moments of a...

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Mar 12, 20242 min read
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![[Glasgow FrightFest]: Wake Up](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/faea52_3fb89d5f9af54a6792561b2513e05c8a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/faea52_3fb89d5f9af54a6792561b2513e05c8a~mv2.webp)
[Glasgow FrightFest]: Wake Up
Home store invasion horror Wake Up from directorial team ‘Roadkill Superstars’, made up of filmmakers François Dimard and Anouk and...

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Mar 11, 20243 min read
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