Christopher Lee as Dracula Grimmfest, Manchester’s International Festival of Fantastic Film, returns in 2026 to its usual setting of Manchester’s Odeon Great Northern for 4 days from the 8th of October to the 11th October, and brings with it a plethora of cinematic delights and the best in genre cinema. Following the recent announcement of the feature line-up, the Grimmfest team have revealed the opening and closing films. This year’s festival will open with a special advanced screening of...

Adrienne Barbeau as the antiques shop owner Expanding on his 2023 short is Tyler Savage’s Oddities which had its world premiere at this year’s Tubi FrightFest in London. Starring Lilimar and Lovie Simone as two roommates who go on the run after accidentally killing their drug dealer. When they seek shelter in a roadside antiques shop, they soon realise they are in a hell of a lot more trouble than they could ever imagine. Two best friends spend their days hustling to pay their rent and their...

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, coping with his...