London Previews

Following on from its hugely successful August five-day event, Arrow Video FrightFest is back at the Cineworld, Leicester Square with a bumper two-day Halloween event on Friday 29th Oct and Sat 30th October,...

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...

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...

It cannot have been that often that Frightfest welcomes a Cannes Festival award-winner to the London genre shindig, but in the shape of Knocking director Frida Kempff they have just that. A winner for her...

One of the things I most love about Arrow Video Frightfest is when the gang scour the globe for some fresh blood from overseas - and I'm delighted to say they've done it again this year. High on my list of...

It’s Full Scream ahead as Arrow Video FrightFest 2021 announces its second wave of hugely anticipated Discovery Screen and First Blood titles - a summer collection of provocative, edgy and...

Ahead of the UK premiere of his latest film THE RECKONING, Neil Marshall talks about the desire for creative freedom, putting leading lady Charlotte Kirk through hell, his love for FrightFest...

Arrow Video FrightFest will go virtual for the second time in 2020, having taken the difficult decision to cancel its planned physical event at the Cineworld, Leicester Square. due to continuing COVID...

Following the cancellation of the traditional 5-day August event, Arrow Video FrightFest is back at the Cineworld Leicester Square from October 22 – 25, 2020, with a packed programme of thirty-four new...

Getting its UK premiere at Frightfest - and marking the feature directorial debut of Phillip G Carroll Jr (who also writes), The Honeymoon Phase looks set to be one of the more interesting offerings at the...

If horror film documentaries are your thing (and if not, why?) then you are spoiled for choice at Arrow Video Frightfest Digital as they present not one, not two, but three offerings. They all look good to...

Another film getting the 'world premiere' treatment at Frightfest is monster/revenge mash-up I Am Lisa. Helmed by Patrick Rea, who has a crazy amount of genre material on his resume (69 directorial gigs if...

Heading to Arrow Video Frightfest Digital for its UK premiere after picking up plenty of plaudits at, among others, the Brooklyn Horror Festival, The Swerve looks set to be one of the memorable offerings up...

The films may be short, but there is no shortage of scares as Arrow Video FrightFest 2020 showcases the best new short films from the UK and around the world, with six countries representing three continents....

Fancy a world premiere with your Frightfest package? And possibly a British film to boot? If so, Playhouse may be your thing - a film that not only ticks the above boxes, but also marks the feature debut...

Genre favourite Brea Grant moves back behind the camera for just her second feature - and her first full-length outing since 2013's Best Friends Forever - with organ trafficking chiller 12 Hour...

Fancy a bit of Dutch horror with your Frightfest smorgasbord this summer? If so, then you are in luck, courtesy of director Ivo van Aart's The Columnist, which looks to push the boundary of internet...

Those devilish chaps at Frightfest certainly know how to keep us horror fans on our toes. No sooner had the agony of the (totally understandable) cancellation of August's five-day London genre shindig sent...

We've barely caught our breath from the summer spectacular and those devilish Frightfest chaps are back to unleash their Halloween offering. We'll preview each of these films nearer the all-dayer itself,...

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...

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...