Identity is everything. Amid the FrightFests and Grimmfests, the Mayhems and the Celluloid Screams, the Fractured Visions, Abertoirs and Cine-Excesses, it is hard for a new genre festival to carve out its own niche: to jump out when least expected and grab the attention. The Soho Horror Film Festival is ‘amateur’ in the true sense…
Hékate UK première at Sohome Horror Pride Virtual Film Festival Hecate is an ancient Greek goddess typically depicted – sometimes in triple form – with dogs, keys and torches, and associated with crossroads, witchcraft, poisons, night and the moon. Although this feminine deity is never mentioned in Nadia Benedicto’s Hékate beyond its title, her presence…
It opens with Sam Ashurst, director of Frankenstein’s Creature (2018) and A Little More Flesh (2020), on a Zoom call pitching the sequel A Little More Flesh II to the original film’s star and producer, Elf Lyons. “After the way you treated me,” she replies curtly, “no – you can absolutely fuck off!” There is…