FrightFest
The big stream: The rise of virtual film festivals
March 14, 2021 | David FarnorWith cinemas across the UK and Ireland looking to open once more in a couple of months, the film industry is readying for some kind of return to normality. But the entertainment landscape around the world has changed dramatically in … Read More
VOD film review: Concrete Plans
November 23, 2020 | Anton BitelWill Jewell’s tense worksite tale is a dog-eat-dog state-of-the-nation thriller.Read More
FrightFest Halloween film review: Tailgate (Bumperkleef)
October 23, 2020 | Anton BitelLodewijk Crijns’ psycho-thriller is a moral fable of traffic transgressions and unforgiving divine punishment.Read More
FrightFest Halloween 2020: 12 films to stream
October 21, 2020 | David FarnorFrightFest is back for a second bite this week, with another online showcase of the latest and greatest horrors from the UK and around the world. The Halloween event, which has gone online after original plans to screen the films … Read More
FrightFest Halloween 2020: The online line-up and how it works
October 1, 2020 | David FarnorArrow Video FrightFest will go virtual for the second time in 2020, having taken the decision to cancel its planned physical event at Cineworld Leicester Square, due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Running from 21st to 25th October, the event … Read More
FrightFest unveils Halloween 2020 line-up
September 17, 2020 | Anton BitelNote: This planned event has now been replaced with a digital weekender. For more information, click here.
Halloween is like Christmas for horror freaks. It’s that time of the year when long shadows and winter chills close in, and the … Read More
Interview: Brea Grant talks 12 Hour Shift
August 25, 2020 | David FarnorAhead of the FrightFest UK premiere of 12 Hour Shift, director Brea Grant talks about the heroism of nurses and being a child of the 1990s.
12 Hour Shift is a valentine to East Texas and the hospital staff … Read More
Interview: Greg Day on taking FrightFest online for the first time
August 24, 2020 | David FarnorThis week sees FrightFest go online for the first time in its history, taking one of the UK’s biggest horror cinema events into the digital ether in the middle of a global pandemic. (You can see our guide to the … Read More
FrightFest 2020: 10 films to stream
August 23, 2020 | David FarnorThis week sees FrightFest go online for the first time, as one of the UK’s biggest horror film festivals takes to the web for a digital edition. From 27th to 31st August, the festival will stream 25 films – including … Read More
Host and Saint Maud directors join FrightFest line-up
August 21, 2020 | David FarnorFrightFest officially goes online this August Bank Holiday weekend, and it’s bringing some of the most buzzed-about filmmakers from the genre with it.
The five-day event, kicking off on Thursday 27th August, will stream 25 feature films from 10 countries, … Read More