23rd Mar2023

Frightfest Glasgow 2023: ‘Here For Blood’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Shawn Roberts, Maya Misaljevic, Joelle Farrow, Dee Snider, Tara Spencer-Nairn, Michael Therriault, Samantha Helt, Kelly Penner | Written by James Roberts | Directed by Daniel Turres When his girlfriend is swamped with college exams, Tom O’Bannon (Shawn Roberts), a rowdy pro-wrestler struggling to make ends meet, agrees to fill in as a last-minute replacement […]

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22nd Mar2023

Frightfest Glasgow 2023: ‘Little Bone Lodge’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Joely Richardson, Neil Linpow, Sadie Soverall, Harry Cadby, Roger Ajogbe, Euan Bennet | Written by Neil Linpow | Directed by Matthias Hoene Matthias Hoene follows up the awesome Warriors Gate (a film I still LOVE to this day), which was a movie that dealt with time travel and featured a cast of thousands in […]

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20th Mar2023

Frightfest Glasgow 2023: ‘Hunt Her Kill Her’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Natalie Terrazzino, JC Oakley III, Larry Bunton, Philip Zimny, Trevor Tucker | Written by Greg Swinson | Directed by Ryan Thiessen, Greg Swinson Hunt Her Kill Her is somewhat of a home invasion thriller but on a grander scale, set in the large landscape of a warehouse rather than the small confines of a […]

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17th Mar2023

Frightfest Glasgow 2023: ‘Mother Superior’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Isabella Händler, Inga Maux, Jochen Nickel | Written and Directed by Marie Alice Wolfszahn Sigrun Fink, desperate for information about her biological family, starts a new position as nurse to the aging, ill and eccentric Baroness Heidenreich. For a shared longing binds them together: the old lady’s memory contains the secret to Sigrun’s true […]

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17th Mar2023

Frightfest Glasgow 2023: ‘Pensive’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Šarūnas Rapolas Meiliešius, Gabija Bargailaitė, Marius Repšys | Written by Jonas Trukanas, Titas Laucius | Directed by Jonas Trukanas Wooden sculptures of the Pensive Christ can be found in the weirdest spots all through the Baltic States. They combine folk art and Christian traditions into a singular entity concerning the fear of being judged. […]

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17th Mar2023

Frightfest Glasgow 2023: ‘#chadgetstheaxe’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Michael Bonini, Spencer Harrison Levin, Taneisha Figueroa | Written by Travis Bible, Kemerton Hargrove | Directed by Travis Bible Found footage is SO hard to get right. For every Blair Witch Project we get a myriad of direct-to-DVD (or streaming) shaky-cam horrors that substitute actual filmmaking and crafting real scares for cheap camerawork and […]

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09th Mar2023

Frightfest Glasgow 2023 Interview: Chris Smith talks ‘Consecration’

by Phil Wheat

Ahead of the European premiere of his psychologically disturbing supernatural thriller, Consecration, at FrightFest Glasgow 2023, director Chris Smith talks about the supernatural side of religion, filming in Scotland, and his encounter with a pregnant sheep. Another FrightFest, another Chris Smith movie! Our destinies seem intertwined. Why has FrightFest always been a key component to […]

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08th Mar2023

Frightfest Glasgow 2023 Interview: Marie Alice Wolfszahn talks ‘Mother Superior’

by Phil Wheat

Ahead of the UK premiere of her stylishly brooding occult chiller, Mother Superior, at FrightFest Glasgow 2023, director Marie Alice Wolfszahn talks about being drawn to making a period horror film, multimedia influences and why returning to Scotland will be a homecoming. Mother Superior is your debut feature. How did you decide that this was […]

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16th Jan2023

Frightfest Glasgow 2023 – Line-up announced!

by Phil Wheat

Be prepared to devour a devilish feast of dread-filled delights as the UK’s favourite horror fantasy event, Frightfest, returns to the renowned Glasgow Film Festival for an 18th year, from Thursday 9th March to Saturday 11th March 2023. This year’s daring line-up, once again housed at the iconic Glasgow Film Theatre, embraces the latest genre […]

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