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[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 252 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 122 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 301 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 232 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 222 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 121 min read
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[Review]: Séance
Scottie Thompson as Emma in Séance Set in California in the tail-end of the 1800s, Séance is a period chiller that examines grief,...

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
May 72 min read
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[FrightFest Glasgow]: House of Ashes
Fayna Sanchez as Mia from House of Ashes With its international premiere at this year’s FrightFest Glasgow, House of Ashes  is a...

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Mar 82 min read
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[Review]: The Damned
The Damned 2024 Set amongst the frozen landscape of an Arctic bay, Thordur Palsson’s The Damned is a desolate depiction of the horrors of...

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Jan 102 min read
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[Imagine Fantastic 2024]: A Mother's Embrace
Directed by Cristian Ponce, A Mother’s Embrace  is a Brazilian psychological horror that explores PTSD and the all consuming experience...

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Nov 26, 20242 min read
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[Review]: Beezel
Home is certainly where the hurt is in director Aaron Fradkin’s supernatural horror film Beezel , where the home in question is...

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Sep 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 Film Festival]: In Flames
In Flames had its world premiere at the 76th Cannes Film Festival in the Director's Fortnight Section in 2023, the first Pakistani film...

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Mar 8, 20242 min read
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