Tubi FrightFest Halloween 2026 takes place Fri 30th to Sat 31st October Although FrightFest is perhaps most associated with the August Bank Holiday when its main annual event takes place, there is no date in the calendar better suited to its preoccupations than Halloween – the night when the barrier between the material and the…
Talking to a Stranger (Hablando con extraños)had its world première at IFFR 2026, 3 Feb At the beginning of Adrián García Bogliano’s Talking to a Stranger (Hablando con extraños), little Chris (Yago Anfreu Sandoval) calls from his bedroom for his mum to come tell him a story. “I’ll tell you a story”, says Silvia (Patrizia…
Black Circle first published by SciFiNow A faded, jumpy film reel from the 1970s, part of a correspondence course from the ‘Stockholm Institute for Magnetic Research’, claims to help the viewer deal with the modern age’s ‘duality of the self’. The method used, similar to – but not the same as – hypnosis, promises to…
Every so often a film comes along that knows exactly what it is, but proves adept at throwing viewers off the scent. White Coffin (or Ataúd Blanco: El Juego Diabólico) is just such a film, gleefully steering us down familiar-seeming roads, before taking every twisted dirt path and circuitous detour it can find, so that…
Scherzo Diabolico first published by TwitchFilm “You need a strong grip,” Aram (Francisco Barreiro, all restraint behind his big moustache) is told by gangster client Mendez, whom he has just saved from going to prison. Aram works hard, while his often absent boss Granovsky reaps all the benefits. “Always late, and never getting a raise,”…
Late Phases (aka Night of the Wolf) first published by Grolsch FilmWorks The first time we meet Ambrose McKinley (Nick Damici), in the opening scene of Late Phases (aka Night of the Wolf), he is checking out headstones for his own tomb. Blind, bitter and bilious, this recently widowed Vietnam vet is undergoing something of a transition, as…