4.5 Arrow Video Frightfest Review: Greywood’s Plot Simon Fitzjohn August 30, 2021 Film4 Frightfest, London, London Reviews I am not sure I have ever written this in a review before, but I strongly urge you to stop reading right now – unless you’ve already watched Greywood’s Plot that is. It is nothing to...
3.0 Arrow Video Frightfest Review: Killer Concept Simon Fitzjohn August 30, 2021 Editor's Choice, Film4 Frightfest, London, London Reviews Taking the fascination with serial killers – and serial killer films – and then shaking things up somewhat, Killer Concept gives us something a bit different – offbeat even – to...
3.0 Arrow Video Frightfest Review: Antidote David Watson August 30, 2021 Film4 Frightfest, London, London Reviews Rushed to hospital with appendicitis, Sharyn (Ashlynn Yennie) wakes up after surgery not in a hospital but chained to a bed in a dank underground medical facility presided over by the sinister Dr Hellenbach...
3.5 Arrow Video Frightfest Review: The Retaliators Simon Fitzjohn August 30, 2021 Editor's Choice, Film4 Frightfest, London, London Reviews A brutal, bloody rampage of revenge, The Retaliators is one of those films that knows exactly what the audience wants – and delivers in spades. It’s as if directors Samuel Gonzalez Jr and...
2.0 Arrow Video Frightfest Review: Isolation Guest Writer August 30, 2021 Film4 Frightfest, London, London Reviews By Alan Graham “Isolation†is an anthology film shot during the pandemic’s first lockdown, telling nine different stories in nine different locations. The stories take place in a...
3.0 Arrow Video Frightfest Review: No Man Of God Simon Fitzjohn August 29, 2021 Editor's Choice, Film4 Frightfest, London, London Reviews Yet another movie to focus on the exploits of the notorious Ted Bundy, No Man Of God adopts a different tack by zeroing in on the serial killer’s final years on Death Row. Using the real-life...
2.0 Arrow Video Frightfest Review: Forgiveness Simon Fitzjohn August 29, 2021 Film4 Frightfest, London, London Reviews OK, I’ll level with you – when you watch as many films as I do, and then go on to review some of them, occasionally you come up against a very peculiar problem. The problem? Well, in very...
4.0 Arrow Video Frightfest Review: As In Heaven, So On Earth David Watson August 29, 2021 Film4 Frightfest, London, London Reviews 1275. A young girl is imprisoned in the dungeons of an abbey where an alchemist and his secret order use her for their strange experiments, repeatedly raping her and stealing the offspring she bears. But a...
2.0 Arrow Video Frightfest Review: Bring Out The Fear Simon Fitzjohn August 28, 2021 Film4 Frightfest, London, London Reviews Offering up an Irish take on the ‘folk horror’ genre that seems to be having something of a revival, Bring Out The Fear sees Frightfest fan (and New Blood alumni) Richard Waters bring his latest...
4.5 Arrow Video Frightfest Review: Offseason Simon Fitzjohn August 28, 2021 Editor's Choice, Film4 Frightfest, London, London Reviews “At some point you just have to accept your nightmares – they are part of you, family – like an old friend.†Haunting, creepy as hell, atmospheric and oh-so effective, Offseason...
2.0 Arrow Video Frightfest Review: The Last Rite Simon Fitzjohn August 28, 2021 Film4 Frightfest, London, London Reviews First time writer/director Leroy Kincaide opts for demonic possession for his debut feature, throwing in some night terrors and a shadowy (potential) demon for good measure. Bethan Waller takes lead duties...
4.0 Arrow Video Frightfest Review: Sweetie, You Won’t Believe It Matthew Hammond August 28, 2021 Film4 Frightfest, London, London Reviews Life can be hard. The bank calling you to chase up payments. Your wife claiming you hate her mother. The reality of becoming a father for the first time and the inevitable battles over baby...
5.0 Arrow Video Frightfest Review: Dawn Breaks Behind The Eyes David Watson August 28, 2021 Editor's Choice, Film4 Frightfest, London, London Reviews Woozy. Dreamlike. Hallucinatory. Psychedelic. Phantasmagoria. Fever dream. These are all words you can expect to find peppering reviews of Kevin Kopacka’s lush, ravishing Dawn Breaks Behind The Eyes...
3.0 Arrow Video Frightfest Review: The Exorcism Of Carmen Farias Simon Fitzjohn August 27, 2021 Film4 Frightfest, London, London Reviews Offering up some Mexican chills for the Frightfest genre smorgasbord, The Exorcism Of Carmen Farias is one of those films to sit firmly in the ‘good but not great’ category. There is nothing...
2.5 Arrow Video Frightfest Review: Crabs! Simon Fitzjohn August 26, 2021 Editor's Choice, Film4 Frightfest, London, London Reviews Frightfest has always liked to roll out a comedic creature feature for the late night audience – Zombeavers anyone? So it makes perfect sense that writer/director Pierce Berolzheimer’s Crabs! is...
2.0 Arrow Video Frightfest Review: Red Snow Guest Writer August 26, 2021 Film4 Frightfest, London, London Reviews By Alan Graham This doesn’t feel like a film made in 2021. Not really. Instead it feels like a TV pilot from 1990 has somehow been flung forward to modern times, an attempt by some coked-up...
3.5 Arrow Video Frightfest Review: Night Drive Simon Fitzjohn August 26, 2021 Film4 Frightfest, London, London Reviews A fast-paced thriller that throws up more than its fair share of surprises, Night Drive is another of those Frightfest offerings this year that, arguably, the less you know going in the better. Part...
3.0 Arrow Video Frightfest Review: Motherly Simon Fitzjohn August 26, 2021 Film4 Frightfest, London, London Reviews Throwing up something of a new slant on the home invasion chiller, Motherly actually appears to be being dubbed an ‘isolation thriller’. And it’s easy to see why, as the Canadian...
Arrow Video Frightfest Interview: Director Leroy Kincaide Simon Fitzjohn August 21, 2021 Editor's Choice, Film4 Frightfest, Interviews, London, London Interviews Ahead of the World premiere screening of his debut feature film THE LAST RITE, writer / director Leroy Kincaide talks about his new movie, the enlightenment of being an undertaker, his personal experiences...
Frightfest 2021 Preview: Coming Home In The Dark Simon Fitzjohn August 21, 2021 Film4 Frightfest, London, London Previews I'll be honest, any film billed as 'unbearably tense and ruthlessly bleak' automatically gets my attention, which is why New Zealand offering Coming Home In The Dark has been on my radar since being announced...
Frightfest 2021 Preview: Killer Concept Simon Fitzjohn August 19, 2021 Film4 Frightfest, London, London Previews We found ourselves quite enjoying Driven at last year's Frightfest, which came courtesy of director and writer team Glenn Payne and Casey Dillard. Well, the good news is the duo are back with their latest...