2.0 Frightfest Glasgow review: 88 Ian White February 27, 2015 Film4 Frightfest, Glasgow, Glasgow Reviews When Gwen walks into the diner she's ready for trouble, but after sitting down at the counter and giving her order something changes inside her. Suddenly she doesn't know where she is and she certainly doesn't...
4.0 Frightfest Glasgow review: The Paper Round Simon Fitzjohn February 27, 2015 Film4 Frightfest, Glasgow, Glasgow Reviews Having built a cult following thanks to her two previous shorts, Katie Bonham returns to the director’s chair with her latest effort, The Paper Round. A sizeable step forward from the frenetic,...
Frightfest Glasgow preview: The Asylum Simon Fitzjohn February 20, 2015 Film4 Frightfest, Glasgow, Glasgow Previews Having waded through horror remake after horror remake thus far in his career, director Marcus Nispel attempts to throw us something new in the shape of The Asylum, which also appears to have been known as...
Frightfest Glasgow preview: Blood and Black Lace Simon Fitzjohn February 15, 2015 Film4 Frightfest, Glasgow, Glasgow Previews If there is one thing that our friends at Frightfest do well (actually, they do a lot well - but stick with us) it's showing plenty of respect and reverence for the genre's past. The upcoming Glasgow...
Frightfest Glasgow preview: Wyrmwood Simon Fitzjohn February 10, 2015 Film4 Frightfest, Glasgow, Glasgow Previews Any film that is billed as 'Mad Max meets Dawn Of The Dead' certainly gets my vote, which is why I'm all over Aussie zombie epic Wyrmwood. And that was before I saw the trailer, which only heightens...
Frightfest Glasgow preview: The Treatment Simon Fitzjohn February 6, 2015 Film4 Frightfest, Glasgow, Glasgow Previews It's taken quite a while for The Treatment to reach British shores (just about a year in fact), but if the trailer is anything to go by, Frightfest Glasgow audiences are in for a treat. A stirring mix of...
Frightfest Glasgow preview: 88 Simon Fitzjohn February 3, 2015 Film4 Frightfest, Glasgow, Glasgow Previews When we first saw the line-up for Frightfest's Glasgow shindig, 88 pretty much jumped off the page. After all, mention the words violent revenge thriller and Katherine Isabelle in the same sentence and I'm...
Frightfest Glasgow preview: The Atticus Institute Simon Fitzjohn February 2, 2015 Film4 Frightfest, Glasgow, Glasgow Previews Here we go with yet another horror 'From a producer of The Conjuring and Annabelle'. But, to be fair, we're willing to give The Atticus Institute a chance, thanks mainly to a pretty effective trailer, which...
Frightfest Glasgow preview: Clown Simon Fitzjohn January 29, 2015 Film4 Frightfest, Glasgow, Glasgow Previews Clowns and horror have been pretty good bedfellows in the past, whether they be successful films (think Pennywise in It), or pretty crap films (think Ross Noble's Stitches). Looking to put a new spin on...
Frightfest Glasgow preview: Eliza Graves Simon Fitzjohn January 27, 2015 Film4 Frightfest, Glasgow, Glasgow Previews Hoping to kick-off the Glasgow horrorathon in some style, Edgar Allan Poe adaptation Eliza Graves will open this year's February Frightfest on Thursday, 26 February. Based on Poe's story The System Of...
Frightfest announces Glasgow line-up Simon Fitzjohn January 21, 2015 Editor's Choice, Film4 Frightfest, Glasgow, Glasgow Previews It's that time of year again, when we start mulling over the various horror festivals that will crop up in 2015, wondering what gory delights await us. Kicking things off in style will be February's annual...