07th Mar2024

HorRHIFFic 2024 Interview: Nicholas Bain & Jamie Roberts talk ‘Voice of Shadows’

by Kevin Haldon

In this HorRHIFFic special interview, I sat down with director Nicholas Bain and his producer Jamie Roberts to chat about their film Voice of Shadows, which screened on Sunday, March 3rd as part of this year’s Romford Horror Film Festival. The film, which stars Guillermo Blanco and Corrine Mica, sees a young working class woman […]

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06th Mar2024

HorRHIFFic 2024: ‘The Slave and the Sorcerer’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Chris Black, Briony Monroe, Megan Tremethick, Jonathan Hansler, Lawrie Brewster, Stephen Kerr, Jon Vangdal Aamaas | Written by Sarah Daly | Directed by Lawrie Brewster When the evil wizard Akaris abducts Princess Meyra, the muscular and determined ‘Tyrol the Slave’ leads a diverse band of heroes on a perilous quest. They must navigate through […]

06th Mar2024

HorRHIFFic 2024: ‘Behave’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Georgia Viero, Christian Vit, Stacy Thunes, Ema Kosac, Lauren Pepler, David Bourne, Washim Abdul Gafoor, Eleonora Bindi, Nicolas Vaporidis, Gabriel Constantin | Written by Dan Sproson | Directed by Francesco Gabriele Directed by Francesco Gabriele, Behave tells the story of a group of eccentric young adults taken to a villa on the outskirts of […]

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05th Mar2024

HorRHIFFic 2024: ‘Voice of Shadows’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Bee Vang, Corrinne Mica, María José Vargas Agudelo, Martin Harris, Guillermo Blanco, Jane Hammill, Michael Paul Levin, Sean R Jr. Soukkala | Written and Directed by Nicholas Bain Voice of Shadows is a slow-moving gothic-style horror about a young man, Gabriel (Guillermo Blanco), who tries to prevent his dark past from repeating itself when […]

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05th Mar2024

HorRHIFFic 2024: ‘Dean of the Dead Presents Holiday Horrors!’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Dean Sharp, Richard Harrington, Nia Roberts, Gwyneth Keyworth, Sule Rimi, Mike Butler, Bizz Raggett, Evan Heneghan, Jennifer Riddle, Luis Delgado, Everett Lauster, Kayla Orben, Carole-Anne Fooks, Hayden Hancock, Drew Marvick, J.J. McGrath, Joe Nurse, Heather Marshall | Directed by Ryan Andrews, Tony Mardon, James Edward Newton, Jeph Porter, Ryan Kruger, Matt Shaw, Christian Fescine, […]

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04th Mar2024

HorRHIFFic 2024: ‘Isaac’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Johnny Vivash, Kathryn Louise, Catriona MacColl, Bosco Hogan | Written and Directed by Tariq Sayed In the near future a company specialising in cellular meat trial its synthetic technology in a bid to create the perfect child. Nicholas (Johnny Vivash) and Sarah (Kathryn Louise) are guinea pigs to this trial and are provided with […]

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04th Mar2024

HorRHIFFic 2024: ‘Slasher Hous3: Rebooted’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Redd Nicholson, Carley Halse, Paris Rivers, Luna Wolf, Lewis Cooper, Cy Henty, Aileen Daly, Pauline Per, Nicholas Vince, Dani Thompson, Jack Glanville | Written and Directed by MJ Dixon British independent film company Mycho, made up of MJ Dixon and Anna Dixon – the husband and wife filmmaking team behind the Mycho Entertainment Group […]

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01st Mar2024

HorRHIFFic 2024: ‘Visitors (Complete Edition)’ Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Shiho, Keisuke Nomura, Saki Hirai, Haruki Itabashi, Ryuta Endo, Kento Miura, Lloyd Kaufman | Written and Directed by Ken’ichi Ugana An expanded version of writer/director Ken’ichi Ugana’s (Goodbye Silence, Made in Ugana: The Very Special Seance) 2021 short film Visitors, Visitors (Complete Edition) is probably the strangest feature to play at this year’s FRomford […]

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01st Mar2024

HorRHIFFic 2024: ‘Taped Up Families’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Jackson Batchelor, Ross Alan Doney, Russell Churcher, Dan Rad, Omar Mahood Lagares, Rich Millyard | Written by Jackson Batchelor, Sam Mason-Bell | Directed by Steve ‘S.N’ Sibley Taped Up Memories and Taped Up Families come from the TRASH ARTS collective based out of Plymouth. A gathering of creative minds with the “ambition to explore […]

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01st Mar2024

HorRHIFFic 2024: ‘Remember Me 2: Forget Me Not’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Hans Hernke, Tony Fadil, Louisa Warren, Bethany Williamson, Andrea Sandell, Simon Ellis, Lutricia Norris | Written by Steven M. Smith, Christopher Jolley | Directed by Steven M. Smith Technically a sequel to 2022’s Remember Me, from this film’s co-writer Christopher Jolley, Remember Me 2: Forget Me Not sees a man, Joe, awake from a […]

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29th Feb2024

HorRHIFFic 2024: ‘Just One Last Thing’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Georgiana Gillespie, Rebecca Banner, Vanessa Cruickshank, Stephen Good, Sarah Somerville, Caroline Burns Cooke, Tony De Souza, Cameron Wright, Lisa Ronaghan, Paul Hughes | Written and Directed by Alexandra Gillespie Etta (Georgiana Gillespie) takes a job managing a halfway house between life and death, where newly deceased guests have the chance to do one last […]

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29th Feb2024

HorRHIFFic 2024: ‘Taped Up Memories’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Jackson Batchelor, Simon Berry, Sam Mason-Bell, Chris Mills, Rich Millyard, Ella Palmer, Peter Tilley, Chris Wrein | Written and Directed by Jackson Batchelor, Sam Mason-Bell Taped Up Memories and Taped Up Families come from the TRASH ARTS collective based out of Plymouth. A gathering of creative minds with the “ambition to explore the art […]

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29th Feb2024

HorRHIFFic 2024: ‘He Never Left’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Colin Cunningham, Jessica Staples, James Morris, Sean D. Hunter, David E. McMahon, Charla Bocchicchio, William McAllister, Jake Watters, Hailey Nebeker | Written by James Morris, Michael Ballif | Directed by James Morris He Never Left opens with text that sets up the film’s mythology – a killer, known to locals as “Pale Face,” went […]

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28th Feb2024

HorRHIFFic 2024: ‘Watch Me Sleep’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Darren McAree, Zane Hopkins, Sarah Wynne Kordas, Holly Laura Platt, James Whitehurst, Charles O’Neill | Written and Directed by John Williams Stoke-on-Trent filmmaker John Williams follows his 2022 low-budget horror anthology, Tales of the Creeping Death, which also screened at that year’s Romford Horror Festival, with Watch Me Sleep – another low-budget affair that […]

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28th Feb2024

HorRHIFFic 2024: ‘The Old Ones’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Robert Miano, Benjamin Philip, Silvia Spross, Cyril O’Reilly, Rico E. Anderson, Kurt Bonzell, Jon Budinoff, Scott Vogel, Timothy Muskatell, Roger Garcia, Elli Rahn | Written and Directed by Chad Ferrin Chad Ferrin, director of the outrageous fun Exorcism at 60,000 Feet follows up his 2020 foray into the world of H.P. Lovecraft, The Deep […]

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28th Feb2024

HorRHIFFic 2024: ‘Love Will Tear us Apart’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Sayu Kubota, Yuzu Aoki, Mituru Fukikoshi, Akaji Maro, Shunsuke Tanaka, Hitomi Takahashi, Atsuko Maeda | Written by Ken’ichi Ugana, Hirobumi Watanabe | Directed by Ken’ichi Ugana Love Will Tear Us Apart is the latest film from director Ken’ichi Ugana, who has made a name for himself on the festival circuit with films like Extraneous […]

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28th Feb2024

HorRHIFFic 2024: ‘All Clowns Are Bastards’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Frédéric Stromenger, Kristina Kostiv, Mara Luka, Corinna Bergmann, Robin Czerny, Nicolas Dinkel, Luis Huayna, Marion Alessandra Becker, Nora Ökten | Written and Directed by Erik Weise If you had asked me to name my favourite killer clown movie a few days ago I would’ve said the original 90s TV version of Stephen King’s It; […]

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12th Feb2024

Francesco Gabriele’s ‘Behave’ to screen at this year’s Romford Horror Film Festival

by Phil Wheat

Thespian Films have announced that the feature film Behave, directed by Francesco Gabriele, has been selected for this year’s Romford Horror Film Festival. The film tells the story of a group of eccentric young adults taken to a villa on the outskirts of London following the death of their friend, they are shocked to discover […]

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12th Feb2024

‘The Activated Man’ to screen at the 2024 Romford Horror Film Festival

by Phil Wheat

Nicholas Gyeney (Beta Test, Ultra Low) and producer Kelsey Aho of Genie Productions are excited to announce that The Activated Man, Gyeney’s deeply personal latest feature, will make its U.K. debut at the Romford Horror Film Festival. The mind-bending thriller will premiere on Sunday, March 3rd at 8:00 p.m. at the Premier Cinemas in the […]

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29th Jan2024

Romford Horror Festival unveils a packed 4-Day Horror Fest for 2024

by Phil Wheat

The Romford Horror Festival, an extended four-day plunge into the heart of cinematic horror, returns for its FOURTH(!) year on Thursday, 29th February, with a lineup that promises a star-studded affair, featuring Tony Todd, Prunella Scales, Sean Young, Jamie Lomas, Kane Hodder, Kierston Wareing, Lynn Lowry, Caroline Munro, Graham Cole, Diane Franklin, Caroline Pickles, Pauline […]

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