by Joseph Perry | Aug 25, 2025 | Film Festivals, Movies, News
With longtime favorites along with candidates for future cult classics, Dead Northern Film Festival boasts feature-length and short-film cinematic shockers for fright-fare fanatics of virtually every stripe. The fest runs from September 26-28 in York, U.K. and also...
by Joseph Perry | Aug 21, 2025 | Film Festivals, Movies, Reviews
BLOOD SHINE (U.S., 2025) Official synopsis: Set in a desolate expanse of upstate New York, Blood Shine centers around Clara (Emily Bennett), a religious zealot who worships light in lonely, sacred rituals. When problematic horror director Brighton West (David Call)...
by Joseph Perry | Aug 19, 2025 | Film Festivals, Movies, Reviews
Official synopsis: Clara, a brilliant high school senior days away from escaping to Yale, must outwit her malevolent new English teacher when he becomes obsessed with her. As he reveals his sinister past, Clara fights a treacherous battle of wits for survival. ...
by Joseph Perry | Aug 18, 2025 | Events, Film Festivals, Movies, News
FrightFest, the U.K.’s No. 1 horror and fantasy film festival, returns to The Odeon LUXE Leicester Square for its 2025 edition from Thursday August 21–Monday 25 August. With 69 feature films from across the world, from world premieres of fear fare to 4K restorations...
by Joseph Perry | Aug 6, 2025 | Film Festivals, Foreign, Horror Comedy, Movies, Reviews, Short Films
FOREIGNER (Canada, 2025) From the official Fantasia press synopsis: Yasamin (Rose Deghan), or Yasi, is an Iranian teenager who wants to fit in. She’s new to Canada and worries she won’t make any friends at her new high school. On her first day, she meets a trio...
