Horror Channel Frightfest unveils guest line-up Simon Fitzjohn July 28, 2017 Editor's Choice, Film4 Frightfest, London Previews 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...
Horror Channel Frightfest preview: Better Watch Out Simon Fitzjohn July 24, 2017 Film4 Frightfest, London Previews 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...
Horror Channel Frightfest preview: Tragedy Girls Simon Fitzjohn July 24, 2017 Film4 Frightfest, London Previews 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...
Horror Channel Frightfest preview: Accountable Simon Fitzjohn July 21, 2017 Film4 Frightfest, London Previews 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,...
Horror Channel Frightfest preview: Boots On The Ground Simon Fitzjohn July 19, 2017 Film4 Frightfest, London Previews 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...
Horror Channel Frightfest preview: 3rd Night Simon Fitzjohn July 19, 2017 Film4 Frightfest, London Previews We all love a good Australian horror - and Frightfest has given us some corkers over the years. Hoping to continue that winning trend is Adam Graveley's 3rd Night, a new riff on the home invasion chiller -...
Horror Channel Frightfest preview: Sequence Break Simon Fitzjohn July 15, 2017 Film4 Frightfest, London Previews I'll be honest with you, any film that claims to be a mash-up of Videodrome and Altered States gets my vote, so I was all in when Sequence Break popped up on the Frightfest screening list. Even more so when...
Horror Channel Frightfest announces monster 2017 line-up Simon Fitzjohn June 30, 2017 Editor's Choice, Film4 Frightfest, London, London Previews Okay, deep breath everyone - the Horror Channel Frightfest line-up is here. Always our favourite time of year, it will take us a good while to sift through the copious delights that are on offer - so for...
Horror Channel Frightfest Halloween preview: Fear Inc Simon Fitzjohn October 16, 2016 Film4 Frightfest, London, London Previews Promising a lethal mix of scares and laughs, Fear Inc is a billed a 'genre junkie's delight'. Directed by Vincent Masciale, who has a host of shorts, as well as series The Walking Fred to his name, the film...
Horror Channel Frightfest Halloween preview: Bed Of The Dead Simon Fitzjohn October 14, 2016 Film4 Frightfest, London, London Previews Steaming into Horror Channel Frightfest with one of my favourite taglines in a long while - 'You made your bed, now die in it' - Jeff Maher's Bed Of The Dead seems set to get the Halloween shindig off to a...
Horror Channel Frightfest unleash Halloween line-up Simon Fitzjohn September 30, 2016 Film4 Frightfest, London, London Previews Horror Channel FrightFest unleashes a six-pack of cracking horror for their much-beloved Halloween event at the Prince Charles Cinema, Leicester Square, on Saturday October 22nd. The 13-hour trauma marathon...
Horror Channel Frightfest preview: Blood Hunters Simon Fitzjohn August 19, 2016 Film4 Frightfest, London, London Previews Director/producer Tricia Lee steps back into the director's chair with Blood Hunters (formerly known as One Drop). Looking to follow up her award-winning genre efforts Silent Retreat and Clean Break, this...
Horror Channel Frightfest preview: The Unraveling Simon Fitzjohn August 19, 2016 Film4 Frightfest, London, London Previews Horror Channel Frightfest goes Danish when The Unraveling screens on Friday, August 26. The American produced film, directed by first-time Danish director Thomas Jakobsen, is an immersive and visceral...
Horror Channel Frightfest preview: Abattoir Simon Fitzjohn August 16, 2016 Film4 Frightfest, London, London Previews 1 Comment Darren Lynn Bousman sure knows how to film a good gorefest - he was responsible for three of the first four entries in the Saw saga after all. So we're pretty interested to see how Abattoir stacks up, a...
Horror Channel Frightfest preview: Lost Solace Simon Fitzjohn August 14, 2016 Film4 Frightfest, London, London Previews Looking as though it plans to give the brain a workout, as well as the eyes, Lost Solace marks director Chris Scheuerman's third feature, having dabbled in short films for much of his filmic career. Andrew...
Horror Channel Frightfest preview: Mercy Simon Fitzjohn August 13, 2016 Film4 Frightfest, London, London Previews Writer/director Chris Sparling returns to Frightfest with his latest effort, home-invasion-horror-with-a-difference Mercy. Having brought us the enjoyable The Atticus Institute, as well as having written...
Horror Channel Frightfest preview: The Windmill Massacre Simon Fitzjohn August 12, 2016 Film4 Frightfest, London, London Previews Promising some healthy bloodshed in an eye-catching location (and with a neat killer to boot), The Windmill Massacre very much looks as though it could do what it says on the tin. The feature debut from...
Horror Channel Frightfest preview: White Coffin Simon Fitzjohn August 11, 2016 Film4 Frightfest, London, London Previews Throwing some Argentinian horror into the mix, White Coffin looks set to be one of the more interesting titles to hit Frightfest this year. Scripted (in part) by Adrian Garcia Bogliano, who gave us last...
Horror Channel Frightfest preview: Red Christmas Simon Fitzjohn August 10, 2016 Film4 Frightfest, London, London Previews We all love a good Christmas horror I'm sure - in fact, at a push, I'd say Bob Clark's seminal 1974 chiller Black Christmas is one of the greatest genre films ever made. Which is why whenever a new film...
Horror Channel Frightfest preview: Francesca Simon Fitzjohn August 7, 2016 Editor's Choice, Film4 Frightfest, London, London Previews We all love a good giallo I'm sure - in fact, I'd even consider going as far as saying that if you don't like the classic giallo thrillers, then you don't really like the horror genre (or at the very least,...
Horror Channel Frightfest unveil short film showcase Simon Fitzjohn August 6, 2016 Film4 Frightfest, London, London Previews Always a welcome complement to the wave of new horror features washing into London for the annual Frightfest, the burgeoning slate of shorts allow fans the chance to revel in some of the best the short form...