London Previews

If Hollywood horror brings the glamour, British horror often brings the grit, and there appears to be plenty of that in director Adam Levins' Estranged. A twisted tale of family values, the film features...

Courtesy of Dead Before Dawn 3D and 88 director April Mullen, Farhope Tower promises ghost hunting, a 'haunted' building and plenty of things that go bump in the night. Mullen also stars, along with the...

I'll be totally honest with you - any film that references 1970s Pamela Franklin flick And Soon The Darkness already has me sold, so Abner Pastoll's Road Games has a lot to live up to. A France/UK...

Horror has given us many locus of fear over the decades: pandemics that turn people into shuffling cannibalistic nightmares, serial killers with a relentless thirst for violence, creatures from other...

Mary Shelley’s classic gothic novel has been, alongside Bram Stoker’s Dracula, the ultimate site for horror adaptation since the first flickering lights of cinema. From James Whale’s...

It seems as though it is practically impossible nowadays for any horror film trailer to surface without bellowing about some connection to Paranormal Activity or Insidious. And here we go again with The...

Promising to be a real creepfest showcasing a sinister turn from Neville Archambault, Slumlord gets its European premiere at Frightfest on Sunday, August 30. A sort-of home invasion chiller with a twist,...

In recent times, Canada has been a resurgent home for a retro-inspired thread of cult horror that pays homage to the cult cinema of the past (whether it be cheap 80s sci-fi or 70s euro sexploitation) while...

Another slice of British horror storms into Frightfest with twisty-turny mystery Another Me making its UK bow on Saturday, August 29. An adaptation of the bestselling Young Adult novel from Cathy MacPhail,...

Every horror festival needs a bit of Larry Fessenden if you ask me, and the great news is this year's Frightfest has not one, not even two, but three of his new films on the slate. We'll look first at Body...

Actor/writer/stuntman John Fallon dips his toes into the world of feature-film directing with this intriguing-looking effort. Showcasing psychological horror and what appears a standout turn from veteran...

I'll be honest, former X Factor star Diana Vickers and Frightfest are two things I never, ever expected to include in the same sentence. But here's Awaiting, a slow-burn horror that stars Vickers alongside...

A bloody mix of serial-killer chiller and ancient curse shenanigans, Padraig Reynolds' Worry Dolls will surge into London for its world premiere on Friday, August 28. With 2011 horror flick The Rites Of...

"If you trespass against them, they'll trespass against you......" Fresh from causing a stir at Sundance (and getting director Corin Hardy the job helming next year's The Crow reboot) The Hallow will pop up...

Another film getting its world premiere in London, writer/director Ruth Platt's The Lesson promises art-house horror with a very British slant. Best known for her acting work on the small screen, Platt...

Re-animator fans (and aren't we all) rejoice - Barbara Crampton is heading to Frightfest! Today saw the guest line-up for the ever-expanding London horror festival released, and it seems as though the West...

Billed as 'old testament legend meets new terrorist reality', Jeruzalem looks set to bring some apocalyptic terror to Frightfest. Part of the growing Israeli horror explosion (which saw Big Bad Wolves go...

We're big fans of the Ford Brothers here at Movie Ramblings towers, thanks in the main to their stunning zombie opus The Dead, back in the day. Which explains why we're well up for Howard's next offering,...

Fancy some no-nonsense, ripped-from-the-headlines horror to go with all the fantastical stuff that will fill the screen at Frightfest? If you do, then Bait may be the picture for you. The second feature...

We're always on the lookout for fresh, cutting-edge British horror here at Movie Ramblings, so when we heard Liam Regan's Banjo was to get its world premiere at Frightfest we were pretty happy campers it must...

If you fancy a bit of female kickass action at Frightfest this year (don't we all), then Final Girl seems the flick to see. Coming across more (hopefully) bloody action than horror as such, the film stars...