09th Nov2015

Competition: Win body-horror sequel ‘Contracted: Phase II’ on DVD

by Phil Wheat

To celebrate the release of Contracted: Phase II, out on DVD & Digital Download 26th October, we have a copy on DVD to giveaway! Prepare to be shocked all over again as the zombie/body-horror hybrid returns with a new cast of characters literally going to pieces from the deadly virus. Having premiered at this year’s […]

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25th Jun2015

Frightfest announces 2015 opening and closing films

by Phil Wheat

The 16th edition of Film4 FrightFest kicks off in skin-crawling fashion with the European premiere of David Keating’s blood-freezing rural nightmare Cherry Tree, starring Anna Walton (Hellboy 2, Soulmate) and rising star Naomi Battrick (Down Dog, Waterloo Road) Keating, who directed the acclaimed Wake Wood for the revamped Hammer label, offers another provocative and compelling […]

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24th Aug2014

Frightfest 2014: ‘The Expedition’ Review

by Jack Kirby

Stars: Daniel Caren, Sarah Mac, Ben Loyd-Holmes, Neil Newbon, Emma Lillie Lees, Simon Burbage, Dolores Reynals, Ross O’Hennessey, Ernesto Cantu, Angela Peters | Written by Adam Spinks, Ben Loyd-Holmes | Directed by Adam Spinks Yet again the cheap, occasionally effective but utterly done to death format of the found footage film finds its way onto our screens once […]

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20th Aug2014

Competition: Win the Best in Horror on DVD & Blu-ray!

by Phil Wheat

In celebration of this year’s Film4 FrightFest, we are giving away the best in horror to prepare one lucky winner for the imminent chills, thrills and scares! From the icons of fright, right through to the classic scenes that always leave a chill down your spine, we are giving away the terrifying horrors that everybody […]

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29th Jun2013

Trailer Park Vol.2 – Frightfest 2013 Main Screen Edition

by Phil Wheat

Welcome to the second installment of Trailer Park, our regular look at the latest trailers to hit the interwebs. This second “volume” features trailers for the films showing on the Main Screen at this years Film4 Frightfest (with thanks to filmmaker, and Frightfest fan, Simon Aitken for putting the play list together). Thursday 22nd August […]

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19th Jun2013

Official poster for Film4 Frightfest 2013 revealed!

by Phil Wheat

Top illustrator Graham Humphreys, who has been FrightFest’s poster designer since the very beginning in 2000, has revealed the artwork for FrightFest 2013. Graham said today: This year’s image plays with the skull of Yorick, in a parody of Hamlet and all the attendant themes of revenge, murder, ghosts and corruption. The death of celluloid […]

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