by Joseph Perry | Nov 23, 2021 | Events, Film Festivals, News
Horror-on-Sea returns this coming year with a loaded slate of international independent horror features and short films. From ghosts to gorefests and monsters to murderous mayhem, there’s something for every fear-fare fanatic at the Southend fest. Following is the...
by Joseph Perry | Jan 30, 2020 | Film Festivals, Foreign, Horror Comedy, Movies
Day of the Stranger Fans of Weird West films (such as Billy the Kid Versus Dracula [1966] and Curse of the Undead [1959]) and psychedelic westerns (for example, High Plains Drifter [1970]) should find plenty to enjoy in ultralow-budget U.K. outing Day of the Stranger....
by Joseph Perry | Jan 23, 2020 | Film Festivals, Foreign, Movies
U.K. shocker The Barge People is director Charlie Steed’s follow-up to his 2017 gorefest Escape from Cannibal Farm. In this new offering, Steed takes the basic premise for the original 1977 version of The Hills Have Eyes, moves the vacation location to British...
by Joseph Perry | Jan 15, 2020 | Film Festivals, Foreign, Horror Comedy, Indie, Movies
Lonnie Knutsengripper: Man, Myth and Movies This U.K. comedy focuses on Lonnie Knutsengripper, the fictitious, hard-drinking American producer and director of more than 300 “classic” horror films. He reminisces about two films that he made in England: Interred (1982)...
by Joseph Perry | Jan 9, 2020 | Film Festivals, Foreign, Horror Comedy, Indie, Movies
Horror-on-Sea Film Festival, which runs January 10th–19th at Park Inn by Raddison Palace, Southend-on-Sea, U.K., features an incredible program of horror and horror comedy features and shorts from around the world. Following are reviews of three of the short films...