[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) 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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Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Jul 313 min read
[Fantasia 2024]: Short Film Roundup
With its world premiere screening at this year’s FANTASIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Lucía Forner Segarra’s Berta seeks to explore...
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Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Jul 312 min read
[Fantasia 2024]: Cuckoo
With it’s Montreal premiere happening at this year’s FANTASIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, director Tilman Singer’s Cuckoo is a...
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Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Jul 262 min read
[Fantasia 2024]: The Soul Eater
With its North American premiere occurring at FANTASIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FEST 2024, The Soul Eater, directed by renowned filmmakers...
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Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Jul 252 min read
[Fantasia 2024]: The Beast Within
With its world premiere at this year’s FANTASIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, The Beast Within , directed by Alexander J. Farrell, is a...
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Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Jul 222 min read
[Fantasia 2024]: Dark Match
Having its world premiere at this year’s FANTASIA FILM FESTIVAL is Lowell Dean’s ringside cult horror Dark Match. Starring Ayisha Issa,...
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