Film Festivals Articles

Spoiler-Free Reviews: SELF HELP and THE HAUNTED FOREST (FrightFest 2025) 

  SELF HELP (U.S., 2025) Official synopsis: A young woman infiltrates a dangerous self-actualization community after her mother becomes entangled with its enigmatic leader. Erik Bloomquist and Carson Bloomquist do it again — the pair cowrite...

York, U.K.’s Dead Northern Film Festival Rises Again in September

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...

A Masked Maniac in On the Loose in ‘213 Bones’ – Coming to FrightFest

Get ready for some serious scares, UK horror fans! The twisted whodunnit flick, 213 Bones, is making its UK debut at this year's Frightfest on August 24th.   The Cast   This horror story is packed with chills and thrills. The cast...

Spoiler-Free Reviews: BLOOD SHINE and ALAN AT NIGHT (Popcorn Frights 2025) 

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...