06th Oct2015

Grimmfest 2015: ‘Antisocial 2’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Michelle Mylett, Stephen Bogaert, Josette Halpert, Samuel Faraci, Jake Michaels, Kassandra Santos, Kristina Nicoll | Written by Chad Archibald, Cody Calahan, Jeff Maher | Directed by Cody Calahan Years after having her newborn child stolen from her, Sam searches a world infested with infected users from the Social Redroom website. After befriending a young […]

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06th Oct2015

Grimmfest 2015: ‘Howl’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Ed Speleers, Holly Weston, Elliot Cowan, Amit Shah, Sam Gittins, Shauna Macdonald, Duncan Preston, Ania Marson, Rosie Day, Calvin Dean, Sean Pertwee, Brett Goldstein | Written by Mark Huckerby, Nick Ostler | Directed by Paul Hyett It’s hard to believe that it’s been three years since special effects man Paul Hyett exploded onto the […]

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04th Oct2015

Grimmfest 2015: ‘He Never Died’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Henry Rollins, Booboo Stewart, Jordan Todosey, Steven Ogg, Kate Greenhouse, Michael Cram, Elias Edraki, Dan Petronijevic, Karl Campbell, Walter Alza | Written and Directed by Jason Krawczyk Jack’s in a rut. Depression and severe anti-social behavior has whittled down his existence to sleeping, playing bingo, and eating the same meal at the same time […]

03rd Oct2015

Grimmfest 2015: ‘Driven’ Review (Short Film)

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Rachel Capovila, Rupert Proctor | Written by BFI Film Academy students | Directed by Matt Palmer (Directorial Mentor) From January 2013 to January 2014 young filmmakers aged 16-19 from Cumbria and Lancashire have took part in courses covering all aspects of filmmaking and the film industry including programming, script writing, film production and distribution, […]

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03rd Oct2015

Grimmfest 2015: ‘Snatchers’ Review (Short FIlm)

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Rupert Hill, Erin Shanagher | Written by Jonathan Georgiou | Directed by Drew Lovett The second short of Grimmfest’s Northern Showcase was Snatchers, another premiere for the event – this time of the UK variety – directed by Drew Lovett, an assistant editor at ITV who, under the Northern Giant Productions banner previously helmed […]

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02nd Oct2015

Grimmfest 2015: ‘The Box’ Review (Short Film)

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Dominic Brunt, Joanne Mitchell, Patrick Lally, Roy Bright, Sam Edge | Written by Shaune Harrison, Mark Jones | Directed by Shaune Harrison Screening as part of Grimmfest’s Northern Showcase – a shorts programme celebrating the best “The North” has to offer in terms of genre cinema, accompanied by introductions and talks from those involved […]

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24th Sep2015

Grimmfest 2015 Preview

by Stuart Wright

Grimmfest, the North Of England’s premier horror, cult and fantastic film festival opens its pre-Halloween doors for the 7th time on Thursday 1st October with a gala screening of The Hallow, starring Oxford born Joseph Mawle (Game Of Thrones). It promises to be a packed four days with more than 20 feature length presentations to choose […]

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22nd Sep2015

Guests announced for Grimmfest 2015

by Kat Wheat

It’s that time of year again. The nights are drawing in, the skies are increasingly overcast, the weather is disturbingly unpredictable. There’s something dark coming. Grimmfest 2015 is almost upon us. And as ever, Grimmfest will be welcoming a handful of horror cohorts as guests to the event. This years line-up includes (from the press […]

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04th Aug2015

First films announced for Grimmfest 2015

by Phil Wheat

Organisers of this years Manchester-base horror film festival, Grimmfest, have announced the first three titles that will be playing at 2015’s fest… Three very different UK Premieres that have been making waves on the at festivals around the world such as Sundance, SXSW and Fantasia International Fantastic Film Festival Syncronicity, from Jacob Gentry (The Signal) […]

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19th Jul2015

Grimmfest 2015 festival passes now on sale

by Phil Wheat

Organisers of the Grimmfest 2015 horror film festival have announced that full festival passes are now on sale. Full Festival Passes will gain you access to every screening. This includes 20 feature film premieres and a plethora of the best new genre shorts from around the globe. This years Grimmfest – now in its seventh […]

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