FrightFest
FrightFest announces 2020 short film line-up
August 6, 2020 | David FarnorFrightFest may be going online this year, but that doesn’t mean it’s about to shortchange horror fans, with a short film showcase included in the streaming line-up.
The festival, sponsored by Arrow Video, will highlight the best new genre … Read More
FrightFest 2020: The digital line-up
July 28, 2020 | David FarnorFor the October 2020 Halloween event, click here.
FrightFest officially goes online this August, taking the UK’s biggest horror and fantasy film festival into cyberspace. The 21st edition of the festival, which joins other film events in going online during … Read More
Shudder UK film review: A Bluebird in My Heart
November 15, 2019 | Martyn ConterioJérémie Guez’s noir thriller is derivative but stylish.Read More
VOD film review: Feedback
August 26, 2019 | Matthew TurnerEddie Marsan plays a radio host whose show is taken hostage in this tense single-location thriller.Read More
VOD film review: The Banana Splits Movie
August 26, 2019 | Anton BitelThis high-concept horror crazily converts a beloved 60s kids’ show into gory mayhem on endless repeat.Read More
FrightFest VOD film review: The Dark Red
August 24, 2019 | Anton BitelDan Bush’s The Dark Red is a tale of maternity and madness, vampiric predation and class exploitation.Read More
VOD film review: Dachra: Curse of the Witch
August 24, 2019 | Anton BitelFirst-time director Abdelhamid Bouchnak assimilates western tropes into a local horror story of a nation haunted by its past.Read More
VOD film review: The Wind
August 24, 2019 | Anton BitelDemons and delusion come to an isolated frontier homestead in Emma Tammi’s bleak, pioneering debut.Read More
VOD film review: FrightFest: Beneath The Dark Heart Of Cinema
July 9, 2019 | David FarnorThis portrait of the UK horror festival is a slight but sincere tribute to a warm, welcoming community.Read More
FrightFest Presents announces second wave of horror releases
December 21, 2018 | David FarnorFrightFest Presents has announced its second wave of horror titles set for release in the coming year. The horror film festival has long been the go-to destination for UK genre fans to see the latest terrors from up-and-coming filmmakers, and … Read More