Film4 Frightfest

A social media hero due to the subversive social justice ‘hacktivism’ stunts he posts online, genius computer programmer Mason (Chris Mason) is obsessed with his project to map the human brain, convinced...

By Mike Fragnito A middle aged recluse psychologist who has stopped practicing years ago decides to take the case of Veronica, a young woman who's treatment was mysteriously interrupted by the Psychologists...

Oz (Chase Williamson) is going nowhere fast, content to drift through life.  Quiet and geeky, he keeps himself to himself, spends his days working in a store that fixes and refurbishes old video arcade games...

By Mike Fragnito Jason London, who previously appeared in Dazed & Confused and Out Cold (these titles coincidentaly describe his on screen charisma as a performer), stars as a retired LAPD officer and...

Is there anything more frustrating for a film fan than sitting through a movie that seems to have done all the hard work, only to leave you with that nagging feeling it should be so much better? That’s...

Chucky returns (again) in the seventh instalment in the ever-expanding killer doll franchise, kicking off this year’s Frightfest with a bang – and a powerdrill, a blowtorch (you get the...

Alone and isolated, disabled war veteran Steve (Jason Alan Smith) lives a relatively solitary existence. Injured in Afghanistan and obviously suffering from PTSD, he’s become a virtual recluse, getting by on...

There's no doubt that genre legend Barbara Crampton is a firm favourite of the Frightfest community - after all, not only has she had a slew of films screen at the festival over the last few years, she's also...

World premieres can never be a bad thing, and one of the more interesting selections on offer at this year's shindig is director Tom Paton's Redwood. Hopefully a twist on the camping horror tales so loved...

To be honest, Replace had me interested the second the words 'written by Richard Stanley' popped up atop the press release. But the film looks set to have a lot more to offer than just that, as the trailer...

With twenty-six films over three days, including ten World, four European and seven UK premieres, Horror Channel FrightFest’s short film showcase unleashes this year’s eclectic mix of the bold, brave,...

One of the more intriguing offerings at this year's Frightfest is director Louis Melville's Boots On The Ground, a fresh take on the found footage genre that sees a bunch of British soldiers get far more than...

A bonus addition to the festival line-up, Jackals looks set to make a great genre shindig even better. Put together by director Kevin Greutert, whose back catalogue is impressive stuff - he's directed the...

Take a look at the trailer for 68 Kill (which we've kindly included below) and I think you'd be hard-pressed to squeeze it into the 'horror' genre - violent, darkly comic entertainment maybe, but 'horror' -...

'What happens when the ride really breaks.......?' Looking as though it could be a whole load of bloody fun, director Preston DeFrancis' Ruin Me cruises into London for its world premiere no...

Matthew Heaven's £10,000 debut feature Accountable look set to be one of the more intriguing offering at this year's genre festival. A tale of anger, frustration and social anxiety, the film stars Oliver...

With Horror Channel Frightfest 2017 just a month away, the anticipation continues to build. And that anticipation was certainly heightened by the release of the mammoth guest list set to descend on London...

I'm a sucker for a good festive fright flick - in fact, Bob Clark's seminal 1974 masterpiece Black Christmas is in my top five favourite films of all time. For that reason I was pretty stoked when the...

Set to end Frightfest on a crowdpleasing high on Monday, August 28, Tragedy Girls certainly looks like one not to miss. The flick sees director Tyler MacIntyre building on 2015's horror comedy Patchwork and...

British revenge chiller Accountable intrigued us as soon as it was unveiled on the Frightfest roster for 2017. For starters, we're in awe of the work Matthew Heaven put in to this - writing, directing,...

I must admit, I'm a sucker for a good war horror flick - in fact, the closing seconds of Colombian shocker The Squad from a few years back still ranks as one of my favourite genre moments of the last...