The public domain gold rush is alive and well from one side of the globe to another, with low-budget filmmakers picking away at the mummified remains of fresh ideas from nearly a century ago. The US seems content with pedalling out three cursed Popeye films in one year, as well […]
Movies & Documentaries
A Serbian Documentary (Frightfest 2025) – A one-sided dive into cinematic controversy
Within the horror genre, there is one film whose notoriety extends into legend. Even if you have not seen the film, you damn well know about A Serbian Film. Banned in 46 countries, the 2010 feature is considered one of the most censored movies in history, and it is the […]
The Haunting at Jack the Ripper’s House (Frightfest 2025)
“Screen life” or “livestream” films have become prominent in contemporary horror, and from Unfriended to Deathstream to Dashcam, this concept has many of the same ideas as found footage. Viewers are vicariously put in the position of the characters, and therefore experience a sense of immediacy – the trend reflecting […]
Frightfest 2025, Day 3 & 4 (Redux Redux, The Descent, Mother of Flies & More)
This final entry will mush together my third & fourth days, as I only watched 2 movies on the Monday before heading into the labyrinthine underground system and my long coach journey home. My third day started by skipping the first movie, sometimes you just have to. As good as […]
The Red Mask (Frightfest 2025) – A meta-slasher with a sharpness.
Fandoms are a troublesome thing, to say the least. While there’s an allure in finding like-minded people that you can share your mutual love, the experience is ruined by the hatred spewed by dickheads who consider their entitlement a priority. The Red Mask opens with that hatred in action, resulting […]
Above the Knee (Frightfest 2025): Bone Crackingly Intense Psychological Horror
After his previous film, Good Boy, got such a great reception at Frightfest in 2023, Viljar Bøe returns with his latest film – a story that once again explores the dark psychological depths that the human mind can fall into. Amir (played by Freddy Singh, who also worked on the […]
Portal to Hell (Frightfest 2025) – A hellish good time
Working from home as a debt collector, Dunn (Trey Holland) spends his days receiving torrents of abuse from calling people that owe medical debt. His remaining time is filled speaking to his dying neighbour, Mr. Bobshank (Keith David), dreaming of romancing a cute lady in his building, and spending time […]
Frightfest 2025, Day 2 (Feat. The Red Mask, Marshmallow, Crushed & More)
Day 1 of this style of article will always have the most storytelling, after all, transport and the stories therein have more meat on the bones than me regaling you, repeatedly, about my sleeping arrangements, recalling how battered and bruised I am from climbing down from and up to my […]
Harvest (2024): A Nightmarish Look at the Past, or a Prescient Look at the Future?
Based on a novel by Jim Crace, Harvest marks the English-language debut of Athina Rachel Tsangari. It was released to UK cinemas in July of this year and is currently available to stream on Mubi. The film is a curious, absorbing tale, set over seven hallucinatory days, in a village with no name, in an […]
Take From Me (2025) Solemn Indie Horror Full of Promise & Heart
At one point during Take From Me, the enigmatic Elizabeth asks our dishevelled lead John “Are you addicted to death?” Horror and addiction have been bedfellows since the genre turned reflexive in the 60s and 70s. Perhaps the greatest of these is Ferrara’s The Addiction, a uniquely personal take on […]