Editorials

Aminata Thiboult as Paris Following a Parisienne musician as she struggles for stardom, I Love Paris is a vampiric mockumentary directed by Nicky Murphy and co-written and starring Aminata Thiboult as the titular Paris. After being told she needs to enhance her social media presence in order to further her music career, Ami, whose stage name is I Love Paris, finds herself performing a TikTok against the backdrop of a shadowy city tunnel. What she doesn’t realise is she’s bei

Seward's Eye Embracing the classic gothic vampire tale by Bram Stoker, director and writer Chris Schwab puts a modern spin on it with Dracula: The Night Around Us, which has its UK premiere at this year’s FrightFest. A depressed doctor, who works at an institution for the criminally insane, comes up against an ancient evil foe and must do whatever he can to protect his neighbour Mina, and her young daughter Lucy. Doctor John Seward (Eric Toms) finds his day-to-day life dismal

Helge (played by Pilou Asbæk) Set against the dark and foreboding backdrop of the Faroe Islands in the late 1800s, Kaspar Kalle’s No Rest For The Wicked is a gothically enthralling tale of lost love, and longing from the grave. Having its world premiere at this year’s Fantasia International Film Festival, No Rest For The Wicked follows a young fisherman who, after encountering a stranger at sea, finds his life turned upside down and his eyes opened to experiences behind the s

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),