13th Sep2023

The Brooklyn Horror Film Festival (BHFF) announces full 2023 program

by Phil Wheat

The Brooklyn Horror Film Festival (BHFF) announces today the full program for its 2023 incarnation, running October 12-19th with all screenings held at Nitehawk Cinema’s Williamsburg and Prospect Park locations. Audiences are in for an unearthly lineup of films and events, including the inaugural Leviathan Award, which will be presented to NYC horror legend William […]

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27th Jul2023

Impact Wrestling invades the UK this October!

by Phil Wheat

After the successful Down Under Tour in Australia, IMPACT Wresting will head back overseas this October for the UK Invasion Tour! These will be IMPACT’s first major British shows in almost eight years and will feature exclusive championship matches. The 2023 UK Invasion Tour will feature IMPACT Wrestling World Champion Alex Shelley plus Moose, Eddie […]

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23rd Jun2023

FrightFest unveil Graham Humphreys’ 2023 FrightFest artwork!

by Phil Wheat

FrightFest have this week unveiled Graham Humphreys’ stand-out poster design for 2023, which marks the 15th appearance for his iconic Monster. Re-Animator’s Herbert West, is clearly referenced by the FrightFest ghoul. He is surrounded by a series of classic ‘mad doctors’ in film. Unsurprisingly, they are all men! Graham revealed today: This year’s FrightFest poster […]

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19th Jun2023

CenterFrame & FrightFest join forces to promote new filmmakers

by Phil Wheat

CenterFrame, a global community of filmmakers, and FrightFest, the legendary horror and fantasy film festival, are teaming up for the first time, and are proud to announce three exciting initiatives. CenterFrame will sponsor FrightFest 2023’s Short Film Showcase, the festival’s renowned selection of genre shorts from around the world. The line-up will officially be announced […]

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14th Jun2023

Top Horror items to be sold at the Propstore auction this month!

by Phil Wheat

Propstore, one of the world’s leading film and TV memorabilia companies, announced it will hold its annual live auction of film and TV memorabilia this June, with the items on offer expected to fetch over $12 million. Over 1,400 rare and iconic lots will be sold during Propstore’s unique Entertainment Memorabilia Live Auction over three […]

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07th Jun2023

The London Action Festival 2023 – More festival events revealed!

by Phil Wheat

The London Action Festival has revealed a raft of new events joining the already impressive programme set to burst into London later this month. The one-of-a-kind Festival is year on year proving itself in its ambitions to be Britain’s biggest convention and will bring together influential figures responsible for creating some of the most iconic […]

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20th Feb2023

MidWest WeirdFest announce the full program for 2023

by Phil Wheat

MidWest WeirdFest have announced the full program for 2023. The 7th annual film festival – a cinematic celebration of of all things fantastic, frightening, paranormal, and just plain weird – takes place March 3rd – 5th, 2025 at the Micon Downtown Cinema in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Among the fest’s fantastic line-up of horror, sci-fi, underground […]

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08th Feb2023

IMPACT Wrestling & NJPW Announce Co-Produced Live Show

by Phil Wheat

IMPACT Wrestling and New Japan Pro-Wrestling will co-produce a major live pro wrestling show on Thursday, March 30th, at the Globe Theater in Los Angeles with megastars from both promotions in-action and numerous first-ever dream matches confirmed. The show, Multiverse United: Only The STRONG Survive, will air live on pay-per-view on fite.tv, starting at 8 […]

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18th Jan2023

First films announced for this year’s MidWest WeirdFest

by Phil Wheat

MidWest WeirdFest has announced its first programming wave for 2023 today. The cinematic celebration of all things fantastic, frightening, paranormal, and just plain weird, is now in its 7th year. The festival takes place March 3-5, 2023 at the Micon Downtown Cinema in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Says MidWest WeirdFest founder and programming director Dean Bertram: […]

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22nd Jul2022

Arrow Video FrightFest 2022 announces line-up

by Phil Wheat

Arrow Video FrightFest, the UK’s most popular horror and fantasy film festival, is back at London’s Cineworld Leicester Square and the Prince Charles Cinema from Thursday August 25th – Monday 29th August for five days of the very best of global genre cinema. Celebrating its 23rd blockbuster edition with thirty-two world, twenty-two International / European […]

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22nd Jul2022

Lucca Comics & Games 2022 announce this years theme & poster

by Phil Wheat

This year, the biggest pop-culture festival in Europe, Lucca Comics & Games will run from 28th October to 1st November. The theme for the 2022 edition is Hope and the event poster was created by Canadian artist Ted Nasmith, master of “Imaginative Realism”. He has given substance to the imagination of Tolkien fans worldwide and […]

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15th Jul2022

Fantasia International Film Festival 2022 – Phil’s Picks of the Fest!

by Phil Wheat

We’ve been fortunate to cover Fantasia multiple times over the years and it, along with Frightfest and Grimmfest, are staples of Nerdly’s genre festival coverage. What’s so great about Fantasia is the eclectic nature of the films they screen – new films, old films, international films, weird films, documentaries… Fantasia films run the gamut of […]

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12th Jul2022

Preview: Fantasia International Film Festival 2022

by Alain Elliott

Fantasia International Film Festival is my absolute favourite film festival each and every year. It not only has the best movies based on quality but it has such a fantastic mix of genres and brilliant originality from the filmmakers that is unlike any other film festival. From big Hollywood movies to debut low-budget affairs and […]

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11th Jul2022

Grimmfest announces first wave of titles for 2022

by Phil Wheat

Grimmfest, Manchester’s International Festival of Fantastic Film have announced the first wave titles for the 2022 festival – which will be returning to regular venue, The Odeon Great Northern, in Manchester on October 6th – 9th, for four high-impact, fear-filled days of the very best in genre cinema. Check out this opening barrage of international […]

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16th May2022

Preview: Sci-Fi London Film Festival 2022

by Alain Elliott

The 22nd annual Sci-Fi London Film Festival will run from 19-22 May this year. Four days of films with three World premières and three UK premières! Opening the festival is The Innocents from director Eskil Vogt. Vogt previously directed Blind and The Worst Person in the World and his new film has already received nothing […]

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11th May2022

Romford Film Festival 2022 launches this month!

by Phil Wheat

From the 19th to the 25th of May Premiere Cinemas in the Mercury Shopping Centre will once again host a week of independent films from across the globe as part of the sixth annual Romford Film Festival. As always this year’s festival will be host to a wonderful array of independent films from every genre, […]

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08th Apr2022

Actress Sarah-Jane Potts debuts her short ‘The Magician’ at Romford Film Festival

by Phil Wheat

Award winning actress Sarah-Jane Potts (Kinky Boots, Wonderland, My Son The Fanatic, Holby City, Waterloo Road, The Teacher), is set to unveil her new short, The Magician, her first as writer/director when the film has it’s World Premiere on 20th May 2022 at the Romford Film Festival. The Magician is a short film written and […]

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03rd Mar2022

Frightfest Glasgow 2022 – The line-up in full

by Phil Wheat

The UK’s No.1 horror & fantasy film festival is back in person at the Glasgow Film Theatre, which for 17 glorious years has been FrightFest’s second home, as part of the internationally renowned Glasgow Film Festival. From Thursday 10th March to Saturday 12th March, FrightFest opens its terror trove to present twelve tasty treasures; an […]

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24th Feb2022

Romford Horror Festival returns for live event this weekend

by Phil Wheat

The towns might be quiet, but a tremor is occurring in time for 25th February as Romford second Horror festival begins. The festival that began last year after the long lockdown was popular from the offset, but now moving forward its reputation has already grown. So far around 400 people will be in attendance for […]

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17th Feb2022

MidWest WeirdFest announces its full program for 2022

by Phil Wheat

MidWest WeirdFest has announced its full program for 2022. The 6th annual film festival – a cinematic celebration of all things fantastic, frightening, paranormal, and just plain weird – takes place March 4th – 6th 2022 at the Micon Downtown Cinema in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Among the fest’s fantastic line-up of horror, sci-fi, underground and […]

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25th Nov2021

Grimmfest announce ‘Xmas Horror Nights’ December event

by Phil Wheat

The Grimmfest team have hijacked Rudolph, booted Santa off the back of the sleigh, and are heading for a chimney near you, or at least a computer screen. Two nights of festive frights, seasonal shockers and merry mean-spiritedness, delivered right into your homes. Fearsome feature films, startling shorts, and all manner of eerie extras; everything […]

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30th Sep2021

Arrow Video FrightFest returns for the annual Halloween event!

by Phil Wheat

Following on from its hugely successful August five-day event, Arrow Video FrightFest is back at the Cineworld, Leicester Square with a bumper two-day Halloween event on Friday 29th Oct and Sat 30th October, presenting nine fear-packed premieres from around the world. The monstrous movie marathon embraces World, International and UK premieres, as we journey through […]

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