Honeydew (FrightFest 2020) review – backwoods horror with a hypnotic tone Meet the meat
I’m struggling to know where to begin with Honeydew: this feature debut from director Devereux Milburn is absolutely loopy, and
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Caveat (FrightFest 2020) review – stunning and simple rural horror What’s the catch?
Within the first fifteen minutes, I felt sure Caveat would be appearing in my top ten list this year. I’m
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FrightFest 2020: four films destined for Shudder Hexed bag
FrightFest 2020: Four films destined for Shudder These four films were included in the FrightFest programme, October 2020, and are
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Origin Unknown aka Sin Origen (FrightFest 2020) review – Mexican standoff like no other When worlds collide
Sin Origen (known as Origin Unknown or Unsourced in some countries) opens with a head cleanly cut off, rolling towards
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The Funeral Home aka La Funeraria (FrightFest 2020) review – a different kind of haunted house film
The atmosphere is everything in La Funeraria (known as The Funeral Home or The Undertaker’s Home in some countries). Right
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Let’s Scare Julie (FrightFest 2020) review – better than I expected Not Jessica
I enjoyed Let’s Scare Julie a lot more than I expected. The publicity information gave the impression of a modern
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Dune Drifter (FrightFest 2020) review – low budget action sci-fi that made me want more Flight and fight
Several years ago, the horror film festival world fell for Colin, the micro-budget zombie film. Last year, Nightshooters had us
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Broil (FrightFest 2020) review – twisted supernatural drama that wants to be cool Strange brew
Broil is an odd one. Directed by Edward Drake and written by Drake with Piper Mars, it doesn’t seem to
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Benny Loves You (FrightFest 2020) review – outrageous fable about holding onto childish things Ta da!
I just watched a film about a man and his killer teddy bear and I haven’t laughed that much within
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FrightFest Shorts: a short selection Family films
FrightFest Shorts: A Short Selection Bianca, parts 1 and 2 Federico Zampaglione wrote and directed a nine-minute short during the
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For the Sake of Vicious (FrightFest 2020) review – great action, sketchy writing Hammer time
Films with two distinct halves can be tricky: Will the pace be maintained? Will the story make sense? Will the
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Heckle (FrightFest 2020) review – good cast, good story, but just not exciting enough Died laughing
Tell me, if you see the names Clark Gable, Steve Guttenberg, and Toyah Wilcox in a cast list, do you
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The World We Knew (FrightFest 2020) review – spellbinding blend of crime and creepy Reservoir ghosts
Nearly thirty years ago, I watched a film by a brand new director about gangsters regrouping after a job gone
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Spare Parts (FrightFest 2020) review – for anyone who enjoyed Robot Wars and Sucker Punch Love, Death and Rock Chicks
Spare Parts is about an all-female rock band who play fast and hard for a packed out biker bar, though
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Dangerous to Know (FrightFest 2020) review – too long, too slow, too familiar Pulp fiction
Dangerous to Know is a wannabe noir thriller, styled after the director’s David Fincher favorites. David Simpson – better known
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The Brain that Wouldn’t Die (FrightFest 2020) review – a sci-fi horror that refuses to die How to get a head in filmmaking
I must confess I hadn’t come across the 1960s sci-fi horror The Brain that Wouldn’t Die until I heard that
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Held (FrightFest 2020) review – love in the time of lockdown Love and obey
In Held, we meet Emma and Henry Barrett (Jill Awbrey and Bart Johnson), a couple whose marriage has clearly hit
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Synchronic review – their latest and biggest film, but not the best Time is a lie
Synchronic is a film that I’ve been looking forward to since I first heard about it just over eighteen months
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Rebecca review — a melodrama pretending to be a thriller Rebecca or Rebecca?
I imagine studios trying to get talented actors to star in any Alfred Hitchcock film must be something like when
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Saint Maud second opinion – saviour of British horror cinema? Getting it all wrong
The long-anticipated Saint Maud is one of the best new horror films I’ve seen this year; and in case you
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