The Dark Gets In world première at Beyond Fest, 2 Oct 2026 “When either an individual or a community has gone through some sort of pain or trauma, they will instinctively reach for the superstition to make sense of that which they’re going through,” says the academic folklorist Dr Evan Westfall (James Swanton) towards the…
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…
To Fire You Come At Last had its European première on Sat 26th Aug at FrightFest In 17th-century England, a body must be carried along the lichway across the moor to a church yard for burial. Still grieving the death of his 21-year-old son Aldis (Stephen Smith), Squire Marlow (Mark Carlisle) has hired four men…
Little Deaths first published by CineTalk In the wake of the Credit Crunch when cash is in relatively short supply, if you are an independent genre filmmaker who hopes to advertise your wares to the market in the hope of attracting investment for your future full-length projects, one of the best approaches is to contribute…
First published by TheHorrorShow As a train careers through the dark, Jeremy (Jonathan Rigby), Laura (Claire Louise Amias), Miranda (Jamie Birkett) and Freddie (James Swanton) all find themselves guests at a mysterious costume party on board. While their chosen callings (respectively a financier, a politician, a gossip journalist and a paedophile rocker) mark them as…
First published by Little White Lies The Film4 FrightFest 2011 Discovery Programme Featuring: The Man Who Saw Frankenstein Cry, A Horrible Way To Die, Midnight Son, Rabies, Blood Runs Cold, Kidnapped (Secuestrados), Stormhouse, The Dead (live commentary), Atrocious, My Sucky Teen Romance, The Caller, The Devil’s Business While the Main Programme of FrightFest unspools in Empire 1, there is another place where the more committed fans…