Faith in horror: 6 features testing credulity at FrightFest 2025 first published by BFI as a preview piece for FrightFest, 21st Aug 2025 Includes capsules of: Crushed, Transcending Dimensions, Portal to Hell, Dog of God, The Confession, Mother of Flies Despite its dark themes, horror is a genre for optimists. To find its occasional treasures,…
The Confession had its international première at FrightFest, 8.45pm Friday 22nd August Set in the fictional town of Elbe, 120 miles southeast of Dallas, Texas, writer/director Will Cannon’s The Confession begins with the camera tracking Arthur Riley (Craig Kolkebeck), still dressed in his clerical collar, as he pushes a wheelbarrow stacked with Holy Bibles through…
First published by Little White Lies, in anticipation both of the Film4 FrightFest 2015, and of the focus on domestic dread in the (then) forthcoming Crimson Tide issue of LWLies. Includes reviews of: The Diabolical, We Are Still Here, Pod, Hangman, Slumlord (aka 13 Cameras), The Shelter, Estranged, Demonic (aka James Wan’s Demonic), AfterDeath, Emelie Whether…