29th Apr2024

25th anniversary artwork revealed for this years London Frightfest

by Phil Wheat

Pigeon Shrine FrightFest have unveiled Graham Humphreys’ stand-out poster design for 2024 which marks the 25th anniversary of the UK’s most popular genre festival and the festival’s move to the ODEON Luxe Leicester Square. States Humphreys: Although FrightFest marks its first quarter century, the significant change of venue is this year’s focus. The soaring black […]

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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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02nd Jun2020

Arrow Frightfest’s August event postponed!

by Phil Wheat

Due to the continuing COVID-19 restrictions on social distancing, Arrow FrightFest’s traditional five day event in August has been regretfully put on hold. Instead, the organisers are planning to expand their traditional all-day Halloween event at the end of October. Alan Jones, co-director, said today: Sadly, we won’t be able to come together and celebrate […]

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14th Jun2019

Graham Humphreys’ artwork for Arrow Video FrightFest 2019 revealed

by Phil Wheat

Arrow Video FrightFest 2019 is delighted to present Graham Humphreys’ Aurora Monster-inspired artwork for this year’s annual Bank Holiday event, the UK’s largest celebration of genre cinema, taking place at Cineworld Leicester Square and The Prince Charles Cinema between Thursday August 22nd & Monday August 26th 2019. Said Humphreys: Emerging each year from the charnal […]

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29th Mar2018

Nucleus Films to unleash ‘Attack of the Adult Babies’ in the UK!

by Phil Wheat

Dominic Brunt’s outrageous horror satire Attack of the Adult Babies is to get a UK release, as Nucleus Films to unleash cult feature on Blu-ray, DVD & Digital on June 11th 2018. Plus, the first 1000 blu-rays in Collectors Numbered Limited Edition will have slip case designed by film artist Graham Humphreys. The film had […]

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26th Jul2017

Official artwork for Frightfest 2017 unveiled

by Phil Wheat

Horror Channel FrightFest has today unveiled this years official artwork for the festival, once again from artist Graham Humphreys, which celebrates a return to one of FrightFest’s former homes (The Empire) and the revival of some familiar characters to the festival line up, such as Chucky, Victor Crowley & Leatherface – all of whom were […]

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14th Oct2016

‘The Mummy #1’ gets a Graham Humphreys cover!

by Phil Wheat

Following on from the original announcement, Titan Comics have revealed the their first Hammer Horror comic, The Mummy #1, is set to get an extra Jetpack Comics / Forbidden Planet retailer variant cover by the legendary artist Graham Humphreys (Evil Dead, Nightmare on Elm Street) The Mummy #1 starts Titan’s new line which sees the […]

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04th Jun2015

Film4 FrightFest 2015 – Artwork & ticket details revealed

by Phil Wheat

If you’ve been reading Nerdly for some time you know that the UK’s premiere horror festival, Frightfest, is a major event for not only the site but me personally. You see London’s Frightfest is, for a horror fan like myself, like Christmas in August! Seeing the mix of new movies, big budget and not-so-big budget, […]

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24th Aug2014

Frightfest 2014: ‘Lost Soul’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Featuring: Richard Stanley, Fairuza Balk, Marco Hofschneider, Robert Shaye, Graham Humphreys | Directed by David Gregory We’ve heard all the insane rumours and scandals attached to the ill-fated 1996 remake of H.G. Wells’ The Island of Dr. Moreau. How director Richard Stanley spent four years developing the project only to be fired after four days […]

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10th Apr2014

Awesome new poster for Axelle Carolyn’s ‘Soulmate’

by Phil Wheat

Directed by Axelle Carolyn, Soulmate is an atmospheric ghost story about a woman on the verge of a nervous breakdown finding solace with an equally tortured spirit. The film debuted at last years Frightfest Halloween All-Nighter (review here) and with the film screening at the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival this week, fan-favourite artist Graham […]

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03rd Mar2014

Preview: ‘Video Nasty: The Comic Book’

by Phil Wheat

There’d been an online buzz about Mario Covone’s new horror comic Video Nasty, which tells a scary story that at the same time deals with the politics behind government censorship and media manipulation before this past weekend’s Glasgow Frightfest – however it was this weekend when I managed to grab a copy of the ashcan […]

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19th Jun2013

Official poster for Film4 Frightfest 2013 revealed!

by Phil Wheat

Top illustrator Graham Humphreys, who has been FrightFest’s poster designer since the very beginning in 2000, has revealed the artwork for FrightFest 2013. Graham said today: This year’s image plays with the skull of Yorick, in a parody of Hamlet and all the attendant themes of revenge, murder, ghosts and corruption. The death of celluloid […]

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