Can a skeptical marquis be made to believe by a family of commoners that a vampire attack is inevitable? The answer is yes, if a comely young woman is part […]
Foreign Films
Another Hole in the Head Film Festival’s 19th Edition Is Loaded with Horror and Genre Goodness
If you are a film fan who gravitates to the chilling and the challenging, and to the offbeat and the outré, you won’t want to miss what San Francisco’s Another […]
Horror-on-Sea Film Festival Reveals 2023 Lineup and Begins Ticket Sales
The U.K.’s Horror-on-Sea Film Festival celebrates its 10th anniversary in January 2023 with a highly intriguing lineup. From creature features to movies about creepy people and beyond, the fest presents […]
[Review] Unbidden [Nightmares Film Festival]: A Mysterious Boy Brings Terror to a Troubled Family
When a family unit has lost trust in one another, what remains to keep — and what might become of them under pressure? Writer/director Andrés Rothschild Pérez explores these questions […]
[Review] Razzennest [Nightmares Film Festival]: Austrian Audio-Driven Horror Comedy Challenges and Unsettles
What do you get when you cross a “theater of the mind” audio drama with a series of seemingly unrelated images? If you guessed an experimental horror comedy, then you […]
Lund Fantastic 2022 Reveals Full Lineup for Its 28th Edition
Sweden’s Lund Fantastic Film Festival presents its 28th edition beginning later this month with a chilling, thrilling selection of genre film fare including Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead’s latest mind-bender […]
[Review] EVIL EYE [A Night of Horror International Film Festival]: Isaac Ezban’s Mexican Folk Horror Feature is a Fantastical Coming of Age Shocker
Director Isaac Ezban’s Mexican chiller Evil Eye (Mal de Ojo, 2022) has it all: supernatural horror, folk horror, generational horror, and more, and he blends everything together masterfully to create […]
[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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Vienna’s SLASH Film Festival Announces the First Wave of Its 2022 Edition
SLASH Film Festival — Vienna, Austria’s renowned fear-fare fest — celebrates its lucky 13th anniversary with a selection of buzzed-about films from around the globe. From Mexican pregnancy horror to […]
[Review] WARNING FROM HELL [Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival]: Bullies Learn A Supernatural Lesson
Fair warning: There is no actual warning from Hell in writer/director Danny Pang’s latest feature, Malaysia/Taiwan/Thailand coproduction Warning from Hell. There are, indeed, some ghostly goings-on, and revenge seeking of […]
UK’s Arrow Video FrightFest Announces Its Mammoth, Monstrous Lineup
Each summer, Arrow Video FrightFest brings a treasure trove of chillers and thrillers to London. This year’s lineup is absolutely huge, offering everything from the world premiere of renowned fear-fare […]
[Review] SWALLOW [Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival]: A Vain Actress Learns a Shocking Beauty Secret in Atmospheric Horror Short
Competition in the acting business can be a cutthroat affair, and the lengths to which some people will go to have an edge on their rivals is the subject of […]
[Review] I Call Upon Thee [Portland Horror Film Festival]: Two Young Sisters Summon a Terrifying Entity
Absolutely chilling, unsettling, and macabre, writer/director Michael Kratochvil’s Australian short film I Call Upon Thee takes the concept of a children’s horror story and places it firmly in the world […]