Icon and FrightFest sign exclusive digital distribution deal

Icon Film Distribution (IFD) and FrightFest have entered into an exclusive partnership that will see IFD releasing FrightFest curated films on VOD.

The horror fantasy film festival, which takes over Leicester Square every August, will lend its brand to the … Read More

Screaming in your living room: How VOD is changing the horror industry

FrightFest has hit London once more this weekend – but for many around the country, it began on Monday, when the shortlist of films in the Shortcuts to Hell II contest were released on-demand, ahead of the finalists’ premiere during … Read More

FrightFest review: Shortcuts to Hell II anthology (on TheHorrorShow.tv)

Three minutes isn’t a long time. It’s barely enough time to boil an egg. But Shortcuts to Hell II gives budding filmmakers exactly that amount of time to impress their panel of judges.

So it only seems fair we … Read More

TheHorrorShow.tv teams up with FrightFest for Shortcuts to Hell 2 competition

TheHorrorShow.tv has teamed up up with FrightFest to provide an exclusive VOD platform for the Shortcuts to Hell 2 filmmaker’s competition.

Shortcuts to Hell 2 is a nationwide search for new filmmaking talent who are primed and ready to make … Read More

V/H/S 2 UK release confirmed for cinema and video on-demand

V/H/S 2 will be released in UK and cinemas and on video on-demand on MOnday 14th October.

The sequel to the uneven yet scary horror anthology follows the same formula as its predecessor, combining several short films from a variety … Read More

Review: TheHorrorShow.tv – the horror VOD service you’ve been waiting for?

When it comes to video on-demand, the key is to have a USP. Subscription. Pay-per-view. TV. No TV. New films. Old films. Whatever it is, the more unique the better. Netflix has proven itself the king of this strategy in … Read More

VOD film review: Tower Block

6

Mostly hits the target

Director: James Nunn, Ronnie Thompson Cast: Sheridan Smith, Jack O’Connell, Russell Tovoey, Ralph Brown Certificate: 15 Watch Tower Block online in the UK: iTunes / TalkTalk TV / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Google Play

Bagging the closing night slot at … Read More

Ben Wheatley: A career retrospective (and where to watch it online)

FrightFest continues in London today with the Variety Award being bestowed upon Billericay’s very own Ben Wheatley, director of A Field in England – the first British film to be simultaneously released on VOD, DVD, TV and in cinemas.

One … Read More

Up all night to get Chucky – a FrightFest VOD marathon

Call it fate. Call it luck. Call it karma. I believe everything happens for a reason. Why else would you spend an entire evening watching each and every Chucky movie back-to-back with nothing but a Netflix account and a packet … Read More