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![[FrightFest 2024]: An Taibhse](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/faea52_f08c7cd2509f47f0a2288bd1440889a5~mv2.webp/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,al_c,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/faea52_f08c7cd2509f47f0a2288bd1440889a5~mv2.webp)
[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](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/faea52_82aed0cab85b4f7f82e8fec30186dee2~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_avif,quality_auto/faea52_82aed0cab85b4f7f82e8fec30186dee2~mv2.webp)
[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](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/faea52_93d53dc68f074ecab3a92efe49cb1c9d~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_avif,quality_auto/faea52_93d53dc68f074ecab3a92efe49cb1c9d~mv2.webp)
[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](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/faea52_49df89eb86c64da7ab43e02a85aa13ec~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_avif,quality_auto/faea52_49df89eb86c64da7ab43e02a85aa13ec~mv2.webp)
[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](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/faea52_8d3ea03f01a84bdaa8a48627e5147772~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/faea52_8d3ea03f01a84bdaa8a48627e5147772~mv2.webp)
[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](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/faea52_5d0f53ddf07e426f9490a180092ad866~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/faea52_5d0f53ddf07e426f9490a180092ad866~mv2.webp)
[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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![[Fantasia 2024]: Short Film Roundup](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/faea52_ba570ad1f744473692025f051c8d2c65~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/faea52_ba570ad1f744473692025f051c8d2c65~mv2.webp)
[Fantasia 2024]: Short Film Roundup
With its world premiere screening at this year’s FANTASIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, LucÃa Forner Segarra’s Berta seeks to explore...
Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Jul 31, 20243 min read
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![[Fantasia 2024]: Cuckoo](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/faea52_59d32f88f3344cf699c18ad3685f1eac~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_avif,quality_auto/faea52_59d32f88f3344cf699c18ad3685f1eac~mv2.webp)
[Fantasia 2024]: Cuckoo
With it’s Montreal premiere happening at this year’s FANTASIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, director Tilman Singer’s Cuckoo is a...
Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Jul 31, 20242 min read
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![[Fantasia 2024]: The Soul Eater](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/faea52_eb93814a0d6b4362a6e9df4fdafafd68~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_avif,quality_auto/faea52_eb93814a0d6b4362a6e9df4fdafafd68~mv2.webp)
[Fantasia 2024]: The Soul Eater
With its North American premiere occurring at FANTASIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FEST 2024, The Soul Eater, directed by renowned filmmakers...
Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Jul 26, 20242 min read
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![[Fantasia 2024]: The Beast Within](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/faea52_3104b6d410734111a3935628cbdb602d~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/faea52_3104b6d410734111a3935628cbdb602d~mv2.webp)
[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...
Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Jul 25, 20242 min read
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![[Fantasia 2024]: Dark Match](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/faea52_a09ae438a48c4e758bb19eb6327f8afb~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_avif,quality_auto/faea52_a09ae438a48c4e758bb19eb6327f8afb~mv2.webp)
[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,...
Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Jul 22, 20242 min read
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![[Fantasia 2024]: Carnage For Christmas](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/faea52_18af675db20b44adb0eb572c0ed78adf~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/faea52_18af675db20b44adb0eb572c0ed78adf~mv2.webp)
[Fantasia 2024]: Carnage For Christmas
Having its Montreal premiere at FANTASIA 2024 is Alice Maio Mackay’s Carnage For Christmas , a festive slasher whodunnit and a spirited...
Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Jul 20, 20242 min read
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[Sohome Horror Pride 2024: The Piper]
The opening gala film of the SOHOME HORROR PRIDE 2024 film festival, The Piper  is an aurally intense fairytale horror that holds true to...
Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Jul 19, 20242 min read
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![[Review]: Confessions Of A Serial Killer](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/faea52_e23dc9ee07ea4bf5a5bf7b8c4f6f29fd~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_avif,quality_auto/faea52_e23dc9ee07ea4bf5a5bf7b8c4f6f29fd~mv2.webp)
[Review]: Confessions Of A Serial Killer
Released a full year before Henry: Portrait of A Serial Killer (1986), Confessions of a Serial Killer (1985) directed and written by Mark...
Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Jul 18, 20242 min read
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![[Review]: Blackwater Lane](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/faea52_3da8dc4253fc4c1bad229f638f87803e~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_avif,quality_auto/faea52_3da8dc4253fc4c1bad229f638f87803e~mv2.webp)
[Review]: Blackwater Lane
Horror/thriller Blackwater Lane directed by Jeff Celentano and written by Elizabeth Fowler is a crime-mystery-by-numbers exploring the...
Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Jul 7, 20242 min read
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![[Review]: The Exorcism](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/faea52_2c4a1a3cc73948aa90e0fda2aef080fd~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/faea52_2c4a1a3cc73948aa90e0fda2aef080fd~mv2.webp)
[Review]: The Exorcism
Another day, another Russell Crowe exorcism movie. It’s an oddly specific category of movie, but one that in its initial outing of last...
Sarah M
Jun 24, 20243 min read
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![[Review]: New Life](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/faea52_d6a7c7240edb4cac987b11c7d0713176~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/faea52_d6a7c7240edb4cac987b11c7d0713176~mv2.webp)
[Review]: New Life
Writer-director John Rosman’s feature New Life is a fresh and emotive spin on a often-times stale horror sub-genre. The film plays out a...
Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Jun 14, 20242 min read
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![[Review]: The Moor](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/faea52_9d5d00b2b9994c129172ab566719255d~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_avif,quality_auto/faea52_9d5d00b2b9994c129172ab566719255d~mv2.webp)
[Review]: The Moor
Between the years of 1963 and 1965, a crime of such abhorrence was carried out in the north of England that the entire country was shaken...
Amber T
Jun 14, 20243 min read
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[Review]: Nightwatch:Demons Are Forever
Thirty years since the release of one of the most influential Danish horror films of all time, comes the sequel to Ole Bornedal’s...
Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
May 30, 20242 min read
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![[Review]: Nightwatch (1994)](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/faea52_0c0cd40afa7340cd911c57bf23ee768f~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/faea52_0c0cd40afa7340cd911c57bf23ee768f~mv2.webp)
[Review]: Nightwatch (1994)
Celebrating thirty years since its initial release in 1994, the Danish language film Nightwatch (1994), directed by Danish filmmaker Ole...
Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
May 23, 20242 min read
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