Horror Channel Frightfest preview: The Neighbour Simon Fitzjohn August 6, 2016 Film4 Frightfest, London, London Previews If you enjoyed booby-trap gorefests The Collector and The Collection (as we did), or horror starlet Alex Essoe's turn in 2014's excellent Starry Eyes (as we definitely did) then chances are The Neighbour (or...
Horror Channel Frightfest preview: Offensive Simon Fitzjohn August 6, 2016 Film4 Frightfest, London, London Previews The Ford Brothers have been a staple at Frightfest over the years, what with the pair's 'The Dead' series before Howard broke out on his own last year with the bonecrunching abduction flick Never Let...
Horror Channel Frightfest preview: Blood Feast Simon Fitzjohn August 3, 2016 Film4 Frightfest, London, London Previews Remaking any vintage horror can be a precarious business, so heaven knows the pressure of remaking one of the genre's iconic entries. Okay, let's be fair here, Herschell Gordon Lewis' Blood Feast is no...
Horror Channel Frightfest preview: The Creature Below Simon Fitzjohn August 2, 2016 Film4 Frightfest, London, London Previews Having rattled through a whole host of short films, British director Stewart Sparke will unleash his debut feature at Frightfest in the shape of The Creature Below. Starring the likes of Anna Dawson,...
Horror Channel Frightfest London preview: My Father Die Simon Fitzjohn August 1, 2016 Film4 Frightfest, London, London Previews Given the honour of opening this year's Horror Channel Frightfest, Sean Brosnan's My Father Die promises to be a mash-up of Cape Fear, Night of the Hunter and OldBoy. Billed as a brutal and beautiful...
Horror Channel Frightfest unveils stellar guest list Simon Fitzjohn July 22, 2016 Editor's Choice, Film4 Frightfest, London Previews Single tickets for this year's Horror Channel Frightfest are available tomorrow, and to mark the occasion festival organisers have unveiled a gargantuan number of guests who will be descending on London in...
Horror Channel Frightfest to launch book range Simon Fitzjohn July 12, 2016 Film4 Frightfest, Latest News and Videos, London Previews As if all the excitement of shedloads of new horror movies at Frightfest wasn't enough to look forward to, those devilish festival bods have only gone and put together a mightily-tasty looking book as...
Horror Channel Frightfest unveils monster line-up Simon Fitzjohn July 1, 2016 Editor's Choice, Film4 Frightfest, Latest News and Videos, London Previews OK, so it's going to take us a while to get our heads around all this, but the line-up has been revealed for Horror Channel Frightfest 2016, set once again for London in August. We'll break things down in...
Horror Channel to sponsor annual Frightfest Simon Fitzjohn May 25, 2016 Editor's Choice, Latest News and Videos, London Previews Great news for fans of all things Frightfest today, with the following press release: "Horror Channel and FrightFest have agreed a three-year partnership deal, which sees the CBS Studios International / AMC...
Frightfest to launch merchandising & retail arm Simon Fitzjohn October 20, 2015 Editor's Choice, Film4 Frightfest, London, London Previews In the week that sees FrightFest launch VOD platform FrightFest Presents, the UK’s biggest genre film festival announces the creation of FRIGHTFEST ENTEPRISES, its merchandising and retail...
Frightfest Halloween preview: Lazer Team Simon Fitzjohn October 14, 2015 Film4 Frightfest, London, London Previews The Frightfest bods have unveiled their 'surprise film' that is set to kick-off the Halloween all-dayer, and turns out its sci-fi comedy mash-up Lazer Team. Courtesy of American web sensation collective...
Frightfest Halloween preview: Momentum Simon Fitzjohn October 8, 2015 Film4 Frightfest, London, London Previews I'm not quite sure how Momentum fits into the Frightfest ethos, but the trailer below certainly suggests some impressive entertainment. It appears to be a straight-up action thriller, with Olga Kurylenko...
Frightfest London preview: The Sand Simon Fitzjohn August 16, 2015 Film4 Frightfest, London, London Previews Any film that references 1980 John Saxon schlock 'classic' Blood Beach gets an automatic thumbs-up in my book, so I'm more than happy that The Sand is popping up at Frightfest for its UK...
Frightfest London preview: Goddess Of Love Simon Fitzjohn August 12, 2015 Film4 Frightfest, London, London Previews Billed as a mash-up of the psychosexual stylings of Brian De Palma and Roman Polanski, Goddess Of Love storms into Frightfest for its UK premiere. Coming courtesy of director Jon Knautz (whose recent...
Frightfest London preview: Some Kind Of Hate Simon Fitzjohn August 12, 2015 Editor's Choice, Film4 Frightfest, London, London Previews Picking up an awful lot of positive vibes over recent weeks, Adam Egypt Mortimer's Some Kind Of Hate gets its UK premiere at Frightfest on Saturday, August 29. Billed (by the director himself) as a...
Frightfest London preview: Deathgasm Simon Fitzjohn August 11, 2015 Film4 Frightfest, London, London Previews I'll be totally honest with you, the assumption that if you like horror movies then you must also like metal/heavy rock music is one of the things that most bugs me about the genre. Which might explain why...
Frightfest London preview: Summer Camp Simon Fitzjohn August 11, 2015 Film4 Frightfest, London, London Previews A summer camp, some fresh-faced counsellors - I think we can see where this one is going, right? Well, actually not - as rather than any masked madman stalking victims, the threat this time around turns out...
Frightfest London preview: Bite Simon Fitzjohn August 10, 2015 Film4 Frightfest, London, London Previews Providing a welcome dose of body horror shenanigans for the London horror shindig, Chad Archibald's Bite looks set to be one of the more icky films on show. Having already gone down a storm at Fantasia last...
Frightfest London preview: Wind Walkers Simon Fitzjohn August 9, 2015 Film4 Frightfest, London, London Previews Native American curses have proved a rich vein for horror cinema down the years (and still are, as this year's Avenged showed so well). Looking to put a new spin on things is director Russell Friedenberg...
Frightfest London preview: Hellions Simon Fitzjohn August 8, 2015 Film4 Frightfest, London, London Previews Taking the 'creepy kids' schtick to hopefully deliciously malevolent levels, Bruce McDonald's Hellions is one we've got our eyes on. McDonald well and truly marked himself out to genre fans with his 2008...
Frightfest London preview: Pod Simon Fitzjohn August 7, 2015 Film4 Frightfest, London, London Previews Paranoia, government conspiracies, a cabin in the woods and Larry Fessenden - Mickey Keating's Pod certainly sounds good to us. Writer/director Keating's third outing behind the camera - after Ultra...