Author Simon Fitzjohn

It cannot have been that often that Frightfest welcomes a Cannes Festival award-winner to the London genre shindig, but in the shape of Knocking director Frida Kempff they have just that. A winner for her...

A grim shocker that burns up the screen

Simon offers up his love for movies set in the Major (and Minor) Leagues

One of the things I most love about Arrow Video Frightfest is when the gang scour the globe for some fresh blood from overseas - and I'm delighted to say they've done it again this year. High on my list of...

FrightFest and FAB Press once again join forces to launch THE FRIGHTFEST GUIDE TO GRINDHOUSE MOVIES, which goes exclusively on sale during Arrow Video FrightFest 2021, Aug 26 – Aug 30. The author, Alan...

In many ways a classic snapshot of early 80s horror, Hell Night is a film that has seen its reputation climbs nicely over the years. Casually dismissed on its 1981 release and lumped in with the slasher...

It’s Full Scream ahead as Arrow Video FrightFest 2021 announces its second wave of hugely anticipated Discovery Screen and First Blood titles - a summer collection of provocative, edgy and...

This month, Fragments of Fear delves into the Crazy Desires of a Murderer with Fillipo Walter Ratti’s Gothic whodunit of the same name. Purportedly from 1977, we look at the film’s ambiguous...

Shameless is proud to present Lucio 'The Godfather of Gore' Fulci's The Psychic (aka Murder To the Tune of the Seven Black Notes) like never seen before, extensively restored from new 2K-scanned...

The legendary Simon Boswell & Claudio Simonetti’s GOBLIN join forces for special one-off concert EartH Theatre plays host for one night only as two masters of the Horror Soundtrack come together...

As Arrow Video FrightFest stalks the dark recesses of the big screen again, the search resumes for new writers in the horror genre through its New Blood initiative. New Blood reunites FrightFest with Giles...

Darkland Distribution have shared a brand new teaser trailer and poster for their upcoming British elevated horror, Shepherd. It has also been confirmed that the film will be released in UK...

It's summer break and best friends Amélie, Bintou and Morjana hang together with other neighborhood teens. Nightly, they have fun sharing scary stories and urban legends. But when Amélie is assaulted by...

Arrow Video FrightFest, the UK’s biggest horror and fantasy film festival, is back at the Cineworld Leicester Square from Thurs August 26 – Monday 30 August, 2021 for five days of the very best...

Mention the name Michael Winner and most film fans (and even the public at large) will have an immediate image of a bombastic, cigar-chomping director churning out violent exploitation and put-downs...

Barrie waxes lyrical about the Steve Martin classic

Ben Wheatley – to me anyway – really seems to be one of those ‘marmite’ directors. For everyone I meet who loves his stuff there’s someone else who hates it, mainly down to...

As an avowed fan of the Halloween franchise and all things Michael Myers, I'll happily admit I was one of those who lapped up the 2018 series restart. Sure, there were issues (some silly comedy moments...

The Clive Barker/Bernard Rose/Tony Todd Candyman team-up has always been a film I hold very dear - in fact a solid top 10 of all time for me - so ever since the news of this new version came to light I've...

Shudder, AMC Networks' premium streaming service for horror, thrillers and the supernatural, has acquired worldwide rights to V/H/S/94, the fourth instalment in the hit horror anthology franchise. The...

Carpenter, Cronenberg and Eil Roth lead a summer charge of seasonal shockers on Horror Channel this July. Considered one of David Cronenberg’s early genre classics, SCANNERS was based on...