29th Aug2023

Frightfest 2023: ‘To Fire You Come At Last’ Review

by James Rodrigues

Stars: Mark Carlisle, Richard Rowden, Harry Roebuck, James Swanton | Written and Directed by Sean Hogan Running at only 45 minutes, To Fire You Come At Last is one of the shorter features playing at this year’s Frightfest. Within that tight runtime, writer/director Sean Hogan crafts an eerie folk-horror tale that delivers an unsettling atmosphere […]

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29th Aug2023

Frightfest 2023: ‘I Am Monsters!’ Review

by Jim Morazzini

Many genre figures have had biographical films done about them, Boris Karloff, Kane Hodder, and Robert Englund just to name a few. But I Am Monsters! is a little different from the rest. It’s a filmed adaptation of the autobiographical one-man show of the same name by Nicholas Vince. For those for whom the name […]

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28th Aug2023

Frightfest 2023: ‘Home Sweet Home – Where Evil Lives’ Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Nilam Farooq, David Kross, Justus von Dohnányi | Written and Directed by Thomas Sieben I do have a pretty poor reason for wanting to watch Home Sweet Home: Where Evil Lives. At least initially anyway because the reason being is that it holds the same title (Home Sweet Home) as the first book I […]

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28th Aug2023

Frigthfest 2023: ‘Spookt’ Review

by James Rodrigues

Stars: Christen Sharice, Haley Leary, Eric Roberts, Erin Brown, Keith Brooks, Victor Rivera, Crystal Cleveland, Jennifer Pearl, Davi Crimmins | Written by Torey Haas | Directed by Tony Reames Director Tony Reames opens his feature debut, Spookt, with a simple scene, as a boy walks home alone while listening to music through his headphones. The […]

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28th Aug2023

Frightfest 2023: ‘Werewolf Santa’ Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Katherine Rodden, Mark Arnold, Emily Booth, Joe Bob Briggs, Cory Peterson, Roxanne Gregory, Charlie Preston | Written and Directed by Airell Anthony Hayles You’d think Christmas horror films up until now had covered it all. Where can you go after all the killer Santas, snowmen and elves? Well, not too long ago, Krampus was […]

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23rd Aug2023

Frightfest 2023 Interview: Cast & Crew of ‘How To Kill Monsters’

by Kevin Haldon

Ahead of the world premiere of Stewart Sparke’s latest horror film How To Kill Monsters at this year’s FrightFest, on August 25th, Kev sits down with director Stewart, his female lead, the badass Lyndsey Craine, and her fellow actors Arron Dennis and Daniel Thrace. The sole survivor of a blood-drenched massacre must team up with […]

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17th Aug2023

Give Me the Fear – Episode 2: New Life, Spookt & The Black Mass

by Stuart Wright

Welcome to Give Me the Fear, a new Frightfest 2023 preview series hosted by screenwriter Stuart Wright. These brief, spoiler-free interviews will – across the entire series – help you to discover the kind of knowledge and experience about how to make indie horror films that they don’t teach at film school. After looking back […]

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16th Aug2023

Give Me the Fear – Episode 1: Where the Devil Roams, Pandemonium & The Sacrifice Game

by Stuart Wright

Welcome to Give Me the Fear, a new Frightfest 2023 preview series hosted by screenwriter Stuart Wright. These brief, spoiler-free interviews will – across the entire series – help you to discover the kind of knowledge and experience about how to make indie horror films that they don’t teach at film school. After looking back […]

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23rd Jun2023

FrightFest unveil Graham Humphreys’ 2023 FrightFest artwork!

by Phil Wheat

FrightFest have this week unveiled Graham Humphreys’ stand-out poster design for 2023, which marks the 15th appearance for his iconic Monster. Re-Animator’s Herbert West, is clearly referenced by the FrightFest ghoul. He is surrounded by a series of classic ‘mad doctors’ in film. Unsurprisingly, they are all men! Graham revealed today: This year’s FrightFest poster […]

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19th Jun2023

CenterFrame & FrightFest join forces to promote new filmmakers

by Phil Wheat

CenterFrame, a global community of filmmakers, and FrightFest, the legendary horror and fantasy film festival, are teaming up for the first time, and are proud to announce three exciting initiatives. CenterFrame will sponsor FrightFest 2023’s Short Film Showcase, the festival’s renowned selection of genre shorts from around the world. The line-up will officially be announced […]

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