Film4 Frightfest

Thirty-something Lou Farnt (Katie Brayben), is a self-help addict floating through life in the stale seaside town in which she grew up. Controlled by her overbearing mother and stuck in a dead-end corner shop...

When notoriously reclusive composer Richard Marlowe (Rutger Hauer) commits operatic suicide, dousing himself in petrol and burning himself alive, his estranged daughter Rose (Freya Tingley) inherits his...

Arguably one of the sickest, most depraved, downright disturbing and, crucially, truly feminist horror movies of recent years, Lucky McKee’s 2011 Jack Ketchum-authored The Woman saw Pollyanna McIntosh’s...

The Magnificent Obsession Of Michael Reeves as titles go is somewhat misleading. A far better title would have been The Magnificent Obsession Of Dima Ballin. Perhaps better known as the founder and...

In Greek mythology, the Furies were three goddesses of vengeance and retribution who punished men for their crimes. In Australia, not so much, as leaving aside the film’s epilogue, the most feminist thing...

There are certain genre films that you just know, before a frame has even flickered onto the screen, have a very strong chance of being crap. And, I’ll be brutally honest, when you sit down to watch...

Brutal, full of twists and turns and, at times, suffocatingly tense, Feedback is one of those little gems that Frightfest throw up every year that take us pleasantly by surprise. Okay, it stars Eddie...

Some films just strike the right note. Like a tuning fork, Fingers masterfully resonates and shifts the audience into it’s own bizarre reality with a deft balance of dark comedy and an...

An elegant, laconic modern noir where the mystery of a young girl’s disappearance is lost within the mystery of the teenage experience itself, Knives and Skin plays like an eerie fusion of Brick, Twin Peaks...

Inventive, gory and a lot of fun (for the most part), Red Letter Day is one of those disposable horror flicks that merely sets out to give you a good time – and delivers. With more than a whiff of The...

Paranoia, isolation and ancient evil stalks the wilderness of the plains in debut feature director Emma Tammi’s atmospheric homesteader horror The Wind.   Living alone in the middle of nowhere,...

While a box office hit in North Africa, Dachra is a frustrating experience that fails to live up to the hype, suffering from a muddled atmosphere and a lack of complexity that strangles a film that at time...

Argentina, 2101. A nameless man (Esteban Prol) wakes up in a pile of bodies covering a vast plain with no memory of who he is or how he got there. Overhead, transport planes circle lazily, corpses being...

Elijah Wood sure knows how to pick ‘em. Now firmly ensconced in the horror fraternity thanks to career-changing turns in the likes of Maniac, Open Windows and even Cooties, Wood is back again for more in...

From unseen forces to dangerous desires, from the remorseful living to the remorseless dead, from under the earth to creepy closed doors, Arrow Video FrightFest 2019 continues the festival’s fine tradition...

Usually with Frightfest preview pieces it is a case of cobbling together snippets from various sources, then trying to put a spin on it. Not so with A Serial Killer's Guide To Life, who kindly gave us a...

As well as delivering the freshest cuts of new horror cinema, Frightfest has always served to celebrate cult cinema’s past, whether that be celebrating classics that have defined the genre or giving...

Ahead of single tickets going on sale from Sat 20th July, Arrow Video FrightFest announces their current slate of guests, more details on some special events and the short list for the Screen Genre Rising...

It takes a lot to stand out as the most bonkers, brash and unique film at Frightfest…but this year, it’s going to be difficult to not give the WTF crown to Valeri Milev’s Bullets of Justice. Set in...

Since his breakout Almost Human, Joe Begos has been a force to admire in terms of genre thrills, independent spirit and a sheer passion for retro cult delights. His second feature, The Mind’s Eye was an...

It's time - the waiting is over... Arrow Video Frightfest have unveiled their 2019 line-up, the 20th anniversary of the horror shindig. To be honest, there is so much here our heads are spinning, so let's...