Spirit Entertainment is turning February 2026 into a full-blown throwback celebration, as The Criterion Collection brings one of the greatest teen comedies of all time to the UK in glorious 4K: House Party. Dropping February 2nd, Reginald Hudlin’s breakthrough feature gets the high-definition love it has always deserved. And look, as someone who grew up […]
Blaze Entertainment is loading up the Evercade with pure 16-bit adrenaline, announcing The Turrican Collection. It is a definitive, no-stone-unturned celebration of one of the greatest action franchises ever to grace a controller. This cartridge bundles all eight original Factor 5 titles, spanning their home-computer origins through to the explosive console entries, charting the full […]
Untouchables Entertainment has dropped the latest trailer for Glenn Douglas Packard’s The Dark Domain: Mickey-vs-Winnie – and yes, because nothing says “cinema is thriving” like another public-domain horror mash-up, this one throws Steamboat Willie’s Mickey and A.A. Milne’s Pooh into a cage match of copyright-freed carnage. A century ago, two convicts disappeared into Hell Forest, […]
Portsmouth Comic Con is already gearing up for its 2026 return, and the first wave of comic-book talent hitting Artists Alley has just been revealed. The show once again takes over Portsmouth Guildhall across Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd May 2026, promising two packed days celebrating comics, film, TV, gaming and all things pop culture. […]
Get ready, horror hounds – FrightFest is back to take over Halloween in London! After blowing the roof off with its epic 26th year in August, the UK’s biggest genre film festival is returning to the ODEON Luxe West End in Leicester Square for a two-day fright-fest of carnage and chaos. Running Friday, October 31st […]
Just in time for spooky season, Dekanalog is unleashing James Sizemore’s The Demon’s Rook on Blu-ray – a deliriously strange slice of DIY horror that’s been quietly building cult status since its debut. Equal parts Lucio Fulci nightmare and ’80s creature feature fever dream, The Demon’s Rook follows Roscoe, a boy whisked away to another […]
The B-Team has scored big with its debut feature Mr Whispers, closing out a crowdfunding campaign with a massive £67,492 haul from 489 backers – a staggering 269% of its original £25,000 target. The 24-day campaign, which kicked off on August 5th, was spearheaded by producer and lead star Megan Tremethick (The Reign of Queen […]
Grimmfest, the North of England’s leading genre film festival, returns to Manchester this autumn with what organisers are calling their most ambitious edition to date. Running 9–12 October at the Odeon Great Northern, the four-day celebration of horror and cult cinema will feature 22 new features, an unprecedented number of World and International Premieres, and […]
Hello and welcome to the first instalment of Talk Panels to Me. This is my corner of the world to shine a light on those putting their collective heart and souls into the world of creator-owned/self-published comics. The aim is to focus on the best of British, with the occasional venture across the pond and […]
This week we say goodbye to a true, true titan of comics history, as Jim Shooter pulls his chair up to the great writing, editing desk in the sky. Normally, when I have been doing these obituaries, I have passed over divisive elements of people’s careers. I don’t believe Shooter set out to be divisive […]
I have had some trouble receiving my comics lately, and I must add it is something out of the hands of my LCS. So after 2 months, I am missing Ultimate Wolverine #3 and Sabretooth: The Dead Don’t Talk #4. So with Ultimate Wolverine, I will soldier on and keep reviewing the series. With Sabretooth, […]
This past weekend, after a long battle with ill health, we lost Peter David. So, as he pulls his chair up to the great writing desk in the heavenly bullpen, we look back at the career of one of comics’ most prolific and creative writers. David’s career in comics began via the journalism route after […]
Jackson ‘Butch’ Guice passed away late last week becoming another who is pulling his chair up to the great drawing board in the sky. Guice first came onto my radar with the 2008 Ultimate Origins mini-series. Much to my embarrassment, I assumed he was a hot new talent, as at the time the Ultimate Universe […]
Obscura Film has officially revealed the blood-chilling cast for Kill Trip, a brutal new horror-thriller set to turn the sun-scorched highways and lonely backroads of Texas into a slaughterhouse. In Kill Trip, a group of carefree festival-goers hitch a ride toward what should be the best weekend of their lives — but when they trust […]
Forget what you know about indie filmmaking. This July, Cliff Twemlow, Britain’s forgotten king of blood, sweat, and videotape, is storming back into your living room, fists flying and synths blazing. Severin Films, the cult saviours behind some of the nastiest deep cuts on the planet, are blasting ten of Twemlow’s legendary low-budget brawlers onto […]
Horror fans, get ready to descend into darkness: the inaugural Glowflare Horror Film Festival is set to haunt Parkway Cinema in Beverley on 17–18 May 2025. This two-day celebration of all things eerie will showcase more than 40 horror short and feature films from around the world, offering a packed programme of terror, thrills, and […]
Fantasia International Film Festival has revealed the first wave of titles for its 29th edition, running July 17–August 3, 2025, in Montreal. Returning to Concordia Hall, J.A. de Sève, and Cinéma du Musée, this year’s lineup promises a thrilling mix of world premieres, genre experiments, and breakout voices. Among the early highlights: Steve Pink’s TERRESTRIAL […]
Get ready to fear the dark all over again: indie horror master Howard J. Ford (Never Let Go, The Ledge, Escape) has just wrapped his latest monster movie, Bone Keeper, and it’s bringing some serious legend-hunting, cave-dwelling terror. The film follows six friends who venture deep into a remote cave system chasing the myth of […]
TNA Wrestling is bolstering its Knockouts Division in a big way, announcing the signings of international standouts Harley Hudson and Myla Grace. Both newcomers will make their highly anticipated debuts on Friday, May 23, during Xplosion, setting the stage for an exciting new era in the company’s storied women’s division. Harley Hudson: Pink, Powerful, and […]
Horror fans, get ready—indie genre titans Black Forest Films and Black Mandala have unveiled a thrilling slate of upcoming projects, headlined by the audacious new feature Grand Finale: A New York Odyssey. The film, described as Dressed to Kill meets Maniac, stars drag sensation Love Connie in a bold, genre-defying performance that promises to blend […]
Taking place from 1 to 4 May at the Mostra d’Oltremare (Naples, Italy), in the wake of the remarkable success of the 2024 edition which attracted 175,000 visitors, COMICON Napoli reaches the milestone of its 25th edition! Following the announcement of the participation of Tanino Liberatore – Magister 2025, American writer and illustrator Jon J. […]
If there’s one thing we love, it’s a good horror flick with a scream queen who delivers—and Jamie Bernadette never disappoints. The indie horror favourite, known for her fearless performances in I Spit on Your Grave: Déjà Vu and 4/20 Massacre, is back in the genre she dominates, leading the cast of the upcoming supernatural […]