by Ben Bussey Hot off the presses – well, okay, fresh in my inbox – is the news we’ve been waiting for from FrightFest. As is the norm, they’ll be announcing the full line-up at the end of the month, but for now they’re whetting our appetite with the announcement of the opening and closing [...]

by Ben Bussey It’s getting to the time of year when UK horror fans begin to glisten with antici…pation. Yes, FrightFest 2012 – the 13th year of the illustrious event – is only three months away, and in the weeks ahead we can expect to find out just what’s in store for the umpteen fans [...]

by Ben Bussey Not content with taking over London’s Empire Leicester Square every August Bank Holiday long weekend, Film4 FrightFest also take a bite out of the annual Glasgow Film Festival in February, and they’ve just announced the films to be shown at the event this year at the Glasgow Film Theatre. FrightFest’s co-director Alan [...]

by Ben Bussey. UK readers: hopefully you’re up to speed on all the horror film fests coming your way this season (if not, click here). Now there’s another date to add to your diary: 29th October, on which FrightFest’s annual Halloween all-nighter will be taking place at the Vue West End in London’s Leicester Square. [...]

Report by Stephanie Scaife – read Part 1 of her FrightFest coverage here. Day three of FrightFest kicked off on Saturday morning with Norwegian found footage mockumentary Troll Hunter, written and directed by André Øvredal. Troll Hunter succeeds on a number of different levels, namely through its originality and the fact that it manages to feel [...]

Festival Report by Ben Bussey. Five days, thirty-seven films screened, and in my case twenty-three films seen (well, twenty two and a half really), plus sixteen short films including five specifically shot John Carpenter tributes (and I didn’t quite catch all of those either). That’s a great deal of information to process, even considering that [...]

Review By Stephanie Scaife. If like me you have a penchant for post-apocalyptic narratives that are unrelentingly bleak and mercilessly grim, then The Divide is definitely the film for you. Xavier Gens made his name as part of the new wave of French horror filmmakers with his flawed but endearingly bonkers Frontier(s) which soon led [...]

by Stephanie Scaife Traditionally the August bank holiday weekend is synonymous with the last hurrah of summer, people insist on BBQing come rain or shine and enjoy the three day weekend relaxing and hoping for sunshine. For me however it means one thing… FrightFest, the UK’s best known and largest genre film festival.  I’ve been [...]

Deadheads (2011) Directed by: Brett Pierce, Drew T. Pierce Starring: Michael McKiddy, Ross Kidder, Thomas Galasso, Benjamin Webster Review by: Ben Bussey When American twentysomething Mike (McKiddy) wakes up one day to find himself in some kind of strange incubation chamber, he doesn’t know what the hell’s going on. Stepping out into the world, he [...]

Kill List (2011) Directed by: Ben Wheatley Starring: Neil Maskell, Michael Smiley, MyAnna Buring Review by: Ben Bussey Contract killer Jay (Maskell) hasn’t worked in months. He lives comfortably with his wife (Buring) and their son, but the debts are starting to pile up, not to mention the marital tensions. Anxious to avoid taking on [...]

The Woman (2011) Directed by: Lucky McKee Starring: Pollyanna McIntosh, Sean Bridgers, Angela Bettis Review by: Ben Bussey Within a suprisingly short distance of one another exist what would appear to be two polar opposites of human life. The Cleek family live an affluent and comfortable existence in their beautiful ranch home, whilst in the [...]

Chillerama (2011) Directed by: Adam Rifkin, Tim Sullivan, Adam Green, Joe Lynch Starring: Joel David Moore, Ray Wise, Lin Shaye, Richard Riehle Review by: Ben Bussey The drive-in is about to close down. The locals pile in by the car load, and owner Cecil Kaufman (Riehle) plans to give them a final night to remember, [...]

The Glass Man (2011) Directed by: Christian Solimeno Starring: Andy Nyman, James Cosmo, Neve Campbell, Christian Solimeno Review by: Ben Bussey At a glance, Martin (Nyman) would appear to be the man who has everything. He wears fine bespoke suits and an expensive watch, drives a top-of-the-range car, and lives in a well-furnished town house with [...]