26th Aug2017

Frightfest 2017: ‘Inside’ Review

by Philip Rogers

Stars: Rachel Nichols, Laura Harring, Stany Coppet, Andrea Tivadar, Richard Felix, Craig Stevenson, Maarten Swaan, Steve Howard, David Chevers | Written by Jaume Balagueró, Alexandre Bustillo , Manu Díez | Directed by Miguel Ángel Vivas After surviving a car crash in which her husband was killed months earlier, Alysson Paradis (Rachel Nichols) is living at […]

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26th Aug2017

‘Detroit’ Review

by Matthew Turner

Review by Matthew Turner Stars: John Boyega, Will Poulter, Algee Smith, Jacob Latimore, Jason Mitchell, Hannah Murray, Kaitlyn Dever, Jack Reynor, Ben O’Toole | Written by Mark Boal | Directed by Kathryn Bigelow Kathryn Bigelow’s third collaboration with screenwriter Mark Boal (The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty) is a powerful, angry drama about racism, police […]

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26th Aug2017

Frightfest 2017: ‘Leatherface’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Stephen Dorff, James Bloor, Vanessa Grasse, Sam Coleman, Sam Strike, Jessica Madsen, Finn Jones, Lili Taylor, Nicole Andrews | Written by Seth M. Sherwood | Directed by Julien Maury, Alexandre Bustillo Want to know the shocking incidents, twisted psychology and outrageous bloodshed that led up to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, the classic 1974 horror? […]

25th Aug2017

Frightfest 2017: ‘King Cohen’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Featuring: Martin Scorsese, Eric Roberts, Traci Lords, J.J. Abrams, john landis, Robert Forster, Barbara Carrera, Rick Baker, Joe Dante, Yaphet Kotto, Michael Moriarty, Fred Williamson, Eric Bogosian | Written and Directed by Steve Mitchell Buckle up for the true story of writer, producer, director, creator and all-around maverick, Larry Cohen. Told through compelling live interviews, […]

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25th Aug2017

Frightfest 2017: ‘Radius’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Diego Klattenhoff, Charlotte Sullivan, Brett Donahue, Nazariy Demkowicz, Terry Ray | Written and Directed by Caroline Labrèche & Steeve Léonard Liam wakes from a car crash with no memory of who he is. As he makes his way into town to look for help, he finds only dead bodies, all with strange pale eyes. […]

25th Aug2017

Frightfest 2017: ’68 Kill’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Matthew Gray Gubler, AnnaLynne McCord, Alisha Boe, Sheila Vand, Sam Eidson | Written and Directed by Trent Haaga Seemingly inhabiting the same universe as Cheap Thrills, the film he co-wrote with David Chirchirillo, 68 Kill, Trent Haaga’s second feature as director (his first being Chop) is a similar deep-dive into the fringes of American […]

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25th Aug2017

‘Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor #3.6’ Review

by Dean Fuller

Written by Richard Dinnick | Art by Brian Williamson | Published by Titan Comics Now a month has gone by I have sufficiently recovered from the excitement of seeing Bill Potts arrival as The Doctor’s comic book companion. It seems TV show wise we won’t see much more of Bill, so it’s nice that the […]

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25th Aug2017

‘Bushwick’ Review

by Matthew Turner

Review by Matthew Turner Stars: Brittany Snow, Dave Bautista, Angelic Zambrana, Jeremie Harris, Myra Lucretia Taylor, Alex Breaux, Arturo Castro | Written by Nick Damici, Graham Reznick | Directed by Cary Murnion, Jonathan Milott Directed by Cary Murnion and Jonathan Milott (Cooties), this pacey U.S. invasion thriller picks up points for its premise, performances and […]

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25th Aug2017

Frightfest 2017: ‘Freehold’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Mim Shaikh, Javier Botet, Mandeep Dhillon, Kola Bokinni, Michael McKell | Written by Dominic Bridges, Rae Brunton | Directed by Dominic Bridges The feature debut from acclaimed commercials director Dom Bridges and written by Rae Brunton (the Outpost franchise) Freehold is a dark urban morality tale with an underlying streak of jet black comedy. […]

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25th Aug2017

Frightfest 2017: ‘Cult of Chucky’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Fiona Dourif, Alex Vincent, Jennifer Tilly, Brad Dourif, Elisabeth Rosen, Michael Therriault, Zak Santiago, Grace Lynn Kung, Ali Tataryn, Adam Hurtig | Written and Directed by Don Mancini Confined to an asylum for the criminally insane for the past four years, Nica (Dourif) is wrongly convinced that she, not Chucky, murdered her entire family. […]

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25th Aug2017

Frightfest 2017 Interview: ‘Killing Ground’ director Damien Power

by Stuart Wright

Time for another Frightfest 2017 as our host Stuart Wright talks Killing Ground with writer/director Damien Power – the film has its European Premiere at the festival on Sunday August 27th. A young couple on a camping trip to an isolated beach discover someone has already pitched a tent and seemingly abandoned it. As time […]

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24th Aug2017

‘Rick and Morty 3×05: The Whirly Dirly Conspiracy’ Review

by Steven Riley

While season three of Rick and Morty has undoubtedly got off to a rollicking start since returning a few weeks ago, it has felt like it’s been missing one thing that made earlier seasons so great – Jerry. While ‘Rickmancing the Stone’ had a few snippets of Morty’s father – the best parts of the episode in […]

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24th Aug2017

Frightfest 2017 Interview: Joe Lynch talks ‘Mayhem’

by Stuart Wright

We’re coming to the end of this years exhaustive Frightfest 2017 interviews as our host Stuart Wright talks to director Joe Lynch about his latest film Mayhem, which has its European Premiere at Frightfest on Sunday 27th August. Lawyer Derek Cho is a driven employee at Towers & Smythe Consulting. He’s worked his way up […]

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24th Aug2017

‘Alien Reign Of Man’ VOD Review

by Nik Holman

Stars: Deanna Congo, Torrei Hart, Cameron White, Khu | Written and Directed by Justin Price A flight team becomes stranded on an alien planet while attempting to activate a machine that will restore Earth. Somebody fights an alien monster and there are also space zombies because…reasons? I would bet a fiver that I have put […]

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24th Aug2017

Max Allan Collins’ ‘Quarry’ comes to comics!

by Phil Wheat

This November, acclaimed comic writer/novelist Max Allan Collins’ smash hit Quarry series makes the leap to comics for the first time ever – from Titan Comics and Hard Case Crime – in an all-new series titled Quarry’s War. Titan Comics’ new Quarry series marks the first time that the franchise explores the comic book medium. The comic follows the lead character […]

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24th Aug2017

‘Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor #3.8’ Review

by Dean Fuller

Written by Nick Abadzis | Art by Giorgia Sposito | Published by Titan Comics So here we are, Part 3 of the Vortex Butterflies arc, which I like for two reasons. One, the title. Vortex Butterflies sounds like a pretty cool band name anyway, but a great story title. Secondly, the fact this is a […]

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24th Aug2017

Frightfest 2017 Interview: Graham Skipper talks ‘Sequence Break’

by Stuart Wright

We’re coming to the end of this years exhaustive Frightfest 2017 interviews as our host Stuart Wright talks to actor-turned-director Graham Skipper about his fantastic sci-fi body horror Sequence Break, which has its European Premiere at the festival on Friday August 25th – its one we urge you NOT to miss! ALTERED STATES meets VIDEODROME […]

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24th Aug2017

Culture Dump #5: Are the Days of Drip-Fed TV Show Releases Over?

by Simon Bland

HBO aren’t having a great week. For starters, they’ve recently fallen victim to a massive hack. In something that’s becoming an increasingly regular occurrence, a group of unidentified cyber-bandits targeted the studio and made away with a whopping 1.5TB (i.e loads, to all non-techies) of data. Their haul was a good one too, including scripts […]

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24th Aug2017

Vice Press to host 2000 AD anniversary art show

by Phil Wheat

Vice Press have teamed with 2000 AD and Thought Bubble Festival to celebrate 40 Years of the Galaxy’s Greatest comic with Zarjaz! An Art Tribute To 40 Years of 2000 AD; a gallery exhibition in Leeds featuring work by Earth’s mightiest artists and designers from comics and pop culture! Zarjaz! An Art Tribute To 40 Years of […]

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24th Aug2017

The History of Bad Ideas – Episode 190: Bulb Worthy!

by Phil Wheat

Emanating from their studio in Cincinnati, Ohio, The History of Bad Ideas sees hosts Jason, Jeff and Blake talk about all things geeky on their podcast. Whether it’s rumours of the latest comic book movies, debating who really is the worst villain of all time, discussing the latest comic issues or just wondering about life […]

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23rd Aug2017

Trailer & poster for Eli Craig’s ‘Little Evil’

by Phil Wheat

Directed by Eli Craig, the man behind on of the greatest-ever horror comedies (well at least in my opinion): Tucker and Dale vs. Evil, Little Evil stars Adam Scott, Evangeline Lilly, Owen Atlas, Bridget Everett, Tyler Labine, Donald Faison, Chris D’Elia, and Kyle Bornheimer. Meet Gary. He just married Samantha, the woman of his dreams. […]

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23rd Aug2017

New TV spot for ‘Blade Runner 2049’

by Phil Wheat

Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K (Ryan Gosling), unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what’s left of society into chaos. K’s discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), a former LAPD blade runner who has been […]

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