After its sinister summer showcase, FrightFest — the U.K.’s largest genre film festival — returns with six fear-filled films boasting either their world, international, or U.K. premieres, including Jen and […]
Author: Joseph Perry
[Review] Strange Waters [Fortean Film Festival]: Otherworldly Terrors Await Invited Guests on an Isolated Sea Fort
Director Andy McLeod and screenwriter Rowena Amos take the classic mystery/horror film set-up of a group of people, some of them strangers, being invited to a remote location by an […]
Nightmares Film Festival Unveils 2022 Program Boasting Movies, Panels, and More
Columbus, Ohio’s Nightmares Film Festival has unveiled the lineup for its seventh edition, and it’s a doozy! With horror features and shorts featuring monsters, murderers, and all other sorts of […]
[Review] The Burned Over District: Gonzo Folk Horror Film Delivers Jaw-Dropping Visuals
In the Coleman Brothers’ folk horror/revenge feature The Burned Over District (2022), Will (John Harvey Sheedy) blames himself for the death of his wife (Sarah Santizo) in a car accident, […]
Halloween Ends, Hellraiser, and Holy Spider: Beyond Fest Offers Chilling Premieres and Thrilling Favorites
Beyond Fest, the highest-attended genre film festival in the US, is excited to announce its complete slate of 2022 programming comprising 63 features, including 10 world premieres, 3 US premieres, […]
Brooklyn Horror Film Festival’s Second Wave Announcement Offers Frights, Freakiness, and French Extremity
The Brooklyn Horror Film Festival announces today the second and final wave of titles for their upcoming 2022 edition, presented by Shudder, running October 13th to the 20th with screenings […]
Milwaukee’s Twisted Dreams Film Festival Serves Up Monsters, Mayhem, and Music
Featuring the most twisted independent films from around the world, the 7th annual Twisted Dreams Film Festival takes place October14–16, 2022 with an in-person edition happening at Avalon Atmospheric Theater, […]
Popcorn Frights Wicked Weekend Presents Premieres and Anniversaries of Favorite Fear Fare
Having just recently presented its annual full festival version, Florida’s Popcorn Frights now announces its annual Wicked Weekend program, feature film events, filmmaker visits, restorations, and special screenings, taking place […]
[Review] We Got a Dog [Popcorn Frights]: A Pair of Surprises Spells Unnerving Dread in This Tight Horror Short
Writer/director Ryan Valdez’s short film We Got a Dog packs a lot of eeriness into its brief running time. Morgan (Morgan Taylor) is flustered that her boyfriend Mason (Mason Conrad) […]
Vienna’s SLASH Film Festival Announces Its Jaw-Dropping, Blood-Soaked 2022 Lineup
Vienna’s SLASH Film Festival presents its 2022 edition from September 22—October 2, and the fest is loaded with incredible new releases from around the world, as well as a solid […]
Expect the Unbelievable and the Unexplained at U.K.’s Fortean Film Festival
Dive into a world of mind-blowing cinema as The International Fortean Film Festival presents its 2022 edition on September 2 and 3 in Gloucester, U.K. From creepy creatures to unexplained […]
FOLLOW HER, LIVING WITH CHUCKY Head Up Popcorn Frights Award Winning Films
As its eighth edition comes to a close after eleven nights of in-person and virtual programming, Popcorn Frights Film Festival is proud to announce its juried and audience awards that […]
[Review] THEY WAIT IN THE DARK(2022, Popcorn Frights) The Past and Present Haunt a Mother and Her Son in Patrick Rea’s Latest
Patrick Rea has a way of emphasizing the drama between characters in his horror features, and his latest effort They Wait in the Dark is no exception. The characters and […]
Aliens, Vampires, and Cocktail-Making Robots Invade Austin’s Hybrid Fantastic Fest
Renowned genre-focused film festival Fantastic Fest has announced its spectacular lineup of films and in-person events — and for those unable to attend in person in Austin, Texas, take heart, […]
The Netherlands’ 2022 BUT Film Festival Focuses on Vigilante and Female Revenge Movies
BUT Film Festival (BUTFF) is announcing its line-up of special guests, movie screenings, music shows, and performances. The festival takes place between August 31 and September 4 in Breda, the […]