In his latest Arrow Video Frightfest preview podcasts, host Stuart Wright talks Cut Off (aka Abgeschnitten) with director Christian Alvart. A massive success at FrightFest 2005 was the serial killer thriller Antibodies which put director Christian Alvart firmly on the rising star map. Since then Alvart has become one of Germany’s most commercially viable directors […]
Stars: Elijah Wood, Stephen McHattie, Madeleine Sami, Martin Donovan, Michael Smiley | Written by Toby Harvard | Directed by Ant Timpson Directed by Ant Timpson in his feature directorial debut, based on his idea and written by Toby Harvard (The Greasy Strangler), Come to Daddy is a New Zealand film project. It stars Elijah Wood […]
In the second of todays Arrow Video Frightfest preview podcasts, host Stuart Wright talks I Trapped the Devil with director Josh Lobo. Deck the halls with fire and brimstone. Christmas is supposed to be a time for peace and joyful family reunions. But when Matt (YOU’RE NEXT icon AJ Bowen) and his wife Karen (SOUTHBOUND’s […]
In the last of today’s Arrow Video Frightfest preview podcasts, host Stuart Wright talks Harpoon with the writer/director Rob Grant. And you can check out our review of the film, from its Fantasia 2019 screening, right here. Three is definitely a crowd in an enjoyably tense and gory comedy thriller. Richard, Sasha and Jonah are […]
In his latest Arrow Viedo Frightfest preview podcast, host Stuart Wright talks animated horror To Your Last Death with Jim Cirile and Tanya C. Klein. Narrated by STAR TREK icon William Shatner, it’s the animated horror epic of the year! After emerging as the sole survivor in a deadly revenge game set up by her […]
In the latest of his Arrow Video Frightfest preview podcasts, host Stuart Wright talks Fingers with the films writer/director Juan Ortiz. Amanda has a finger-phobia and an abject loathing of all human strangeness. So she decides to read and take pointers from a recommended self-help book, Dr. Scotty’s ‘Follow Me: I Know The Way’. Meanwhile […]
In the second of today’s Arrow Video Frightfest preview podcast, host Stuart Wright talks Criminal Audition with writer/actor Luke Kaile and director Samuel Gridley. A darkly funny, claustrophobic Midnight Movie to laugh, wince and gasp at. An ex-lawyer and his crack team run an underworld service; they seek the most desperate and greedy to become […]
In today’s Arrow Video Frightfest preview podcast, host Stuart Wright talks Red Letter Day with the films writer/director Cameron MacGowan. Adjusting to a new life in suburban Aspen Ridge, a recently divorced mother receives mysterious letters instructing her and her teenage children to slaughter the people pictured in their correspondence before they can kill them. […]
In another of his Frightfest preview podcasts, host Stuart Wright talks Knives and Skin with the films writer/director Jennifer Reeder. Filtered through the DNA of HEATHERS, MEAN GIRLS and DAZED AND CONFUSED, director Jennifer Reeder’s tender, feminist teen noir fantasy redefines the High School movie with visionary élan. In rural Illinois, a drum majorette’s disappearance […]
In the first of this weeks Arrow Video Frightfest preview podcasts, host Stuart Wright talks The Magnificent Obsession of Michael Reeves with the films director Dima Ballin. The early death of director Michael Reeves at 25 from an accidental overdose robbed the cinema of a potential major talent. He only made three 1960s shockers – […]
In the last of this weeks Arrow Video Frightfest preview podcasts, host Stuart Wright discusses retro-horror Porno with co-writers Matt Black and Laurence Vannicelli – and check out review of the film from its Fantasia screening right here. Abe is a burgeoning pervert with a guilty conscience. Todd is his spaced out BFF and partner […]
In the latest edition of his Arrow Video Frightfest preview podcasts, host Stuart Wright talks A Good Woman is Hard to Find with the films director Abner Pastoll. A dynamic killer thriller with its finger firmly on the pulses of stark social commentary and shattering suspense, ROAD GAMES director Abner Pastoll crafts a dazzling, dark […]
In the latest in his Arrow Video Frightfest 2019 preview podcasts, host Stuart Wright talks Sadistic Intentions with the films writer/director Eric Pennycoff. A brooding and vicious portrayal of grand ambitions gone awry, delve deep into the fragmented psyche of two band mates hellbent on achieving greatness. Desperate for success and quickly losing their mental […]
In his latest Arrow Video Frightfest 2019 preview podcast, host Stuart Wright talks Dark Light with the films writer/director – and firm Nerdly filmmaking favourite – Padraig Reynolds. Annie Knox returns to her remote family home after a divorce, the death of her mother and a nervous breakdown. But something lurks in the walls and […]
In the second of this weeks Arrow Video Frightfest 2019 preview podcasts, host Stuart Wright talks True Fiction with the films writer/director Braden Croft. Withdrawn Avery Malone, a wannabe writer and lonely librarian, gets her big break when she’s hand-selected to assist her hero, reclusive author, Caleb Conrad. Whisked away to Caleb’s remote country estate, […]
In the first of this weeks Arrow Video Frightfest preview podcasts, host Stuart Wright talks Stalked with the films writer/director Justin Edgar. Former Royal Marine Commando and single mother Sam is brutally kidnapped and wakes up disorientated in what seems to be a deserted military factory. Worried about her baby at home, she finds all […]
From unseen forces to dangerous desires, from the remorseful living to the remorseless dead, from under the earth to creepy closed doors, Arrow Video FrightFest 2019 continues the festival’s fine tradition of showcasing the best in global genre short filmmaking. This year’s five continent selection unleashes the newest creations from both upcoming and established filmmakers […]
In the last of his his Arrow Video Frightfest 2019 preview podcasts for this week, host Stuart Wright talks Stairs with the films writer/director Tom Paton. Special ops squad “Hell’s Bastards” are sent to infiltrate a civil war to retrieve intel. The unit soon find themselves trapped on a never-ending stairwell forced to climb or […]
In the latest edition of his Arrow Video Frightfest 2019 preview podcasts, host Stuart Wright talks Mutant Blast with the films writer/director Fernando Alle. Maria, a fearless soldier, and TS-347, a man with superhuman strength, are being pursued by a military cell responsible for scientific experiments that have resulted in a zombie apocalypse. On the […]
In today’s Arrow Video Frightfest 2019 preview podcasts, host Stuart Wright talks The Deeper You Dig with the co-writers/co-directors/co-stars Toby Poser and John Adams; and you can also check out our review of the film from its Fantasia Fest screening right here. Ivy and Echo are not your typical mother-daughter team. Ivy, once an intuitive […]
