London Previews

Arrow Video FrightFest 2018 showcases the best in short film from the UK and around the world, with ten countries representing five continents. From otherworldly ghosts to terrifying monsters, from the creepy...

A bit of creature feature carnage always goes down well at Frightfest, so Aussie offering Boar rolls in to fill that spot very nicely. The bonus this time is not only do we get a effects extravaganza with...

Fancy a splash of modern gothic with your Frightfest brew? If so, Braid may be the film for you. The feature debut of writer/director Mitzi Peirone (who already has the shorts Chaosmos and Vesperlings to...

Director Jon Knautz has built himself a nice little reputation among the Frightfest fraternity, responsible for such diverse outings as Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer, Girl House, The Shrine and Goddess Of...

Bad Samaritan may be billed as an American film, but there's plenty of talent closer to home on show. For starters, the bad guy - a 'sadistic serial killer' no less - is played by none other than David...

New Zealand horror has found itself quite a little niche at Frightfest over the years, with the likes of Deathgasm certainly going down well with genre audiences. Well, the good news if you are a fan of...

Extra films, a stacked guest line-up, nominees and a trailer reel - today is a good day to get excited about next month's Arrow Video Frightfest. Here's the press release that just landed: Two extra...

It is fair to say Turbo Kid went down well when it landed at Frightfest back in 2015 - a gory retro/futuristic trip that had the audience hooting and hollering. Well, the good news is the directorial trio...

Last year's Cult Of Chucky certainly got Frightfest up and running with a crowd-pleasing bang, and no doubt genre fans heading to London are expecting the same from this slice of retro 80s splatter. The...

Horror Channel FrightFest Halloween 2017 unleashes seven choice shockers for the 7th annual West End Halloween chillorama – a wits-end wallow in all things gruesome, gory and glorious. This year, the...

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,...

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...

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...