FrightFest
FrightFest 2021 film review: Dawn Breaks Behind the Eyes
August 28, 2021 | Anton BitelKevin Kopacka’s 60s-style gothic freakout stages and restages a treacherous trap of patriarchy in a retro-furnished castle.
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FrightFest 2021 film review: Shadow of the Cat
August 27, 2021 | Anton BitelIn José María Cicala’s tale of two families, an adolescent girl returns to her long lost mother’s clan, only to find cult and confusion.Read More
FrightFest 2021 film review Crabs! (2021)
August 27, 2021 | Anton BitelPierce Berolzheimer’s knowing feature debut is a mad, monstrous B-movie throwback pitting man (and mecha) against a marine menace.Read More
FrightFest 2021 film review: The Parker Sessions
August 27, 2021 | Anton BitelIn Stephen Simmon’s monochrome psychodrama, a counsellor and his insomniac client shadow-box over her ever-present past.Read More
Grimmfest 2021 film review: Motherly
August 26, 2021 | Anton BitelCraig David Wallace’s farmhouse survival thriller uses twisty cat-and-mouse plotting to test the outer limits of maternal love.Read More
FrightFest 2021 film review: The Brilliant Terror
August 26, 2021 | Anton BitelPaul Hunt and Julia Kauffman’s affectionate documentary celebrates grassroots horror filmmaking at the margins of the indie scene.Read More
Shudder snaps up FrightFest duo
August 26, 2021 | David FarnorShudder has snapped up the rights to two films playing at this year’s FrightFest.
The annual August festival, which will also be going online in September, is one of the UK’s main showcases for new horror films from around the … Read More
FrightFest 2021: The online line-up and how it works
August 13, 2021 | David FarnorAfter 2020’s success with several streaming editions, Arrow Video FrightFest will return for a second time this year for a digital event. The online five-day edition will follow August’s in-person event at Cineworld Leicester Square, running from 1st to 5th … Read More
FrightFest 2021 announces in-person and digital event
July 10, 2021 | David FarnorFrightFest will officially return this summer for both an in-person and digital event.
The UK’s biggest horror festival heavily embraced streaming last year after the coronavirus outbreak, hosting multiple digital events in place of its traditional August Bank Holiday weekend. … Read More
VOD film review: Vicious Fun
June 29, 2021 | David FarnorThis twisting meta-serial killer thriller is a darkly entertaining ride.Read More