Film Festivals Articles

Screamfest Horror Film Festival Announces First-Wave of Fright Fare

Aficionados of high quality independent horror, take note: Los Angeles's Screamfest® Horror Film Festival has unleashed its first wave of offerings. The fest, which runs October 10, features an outstanding lineup with selections from the gothic to...

Spoiler-Free Film Reviews: DID I? and SAVING GRACE (A Night of Horror International Film Festival)

DID I? (United States, 2023)   When viewers first meet Genevieve (Alexandra Pica), the main character of director Sarah Tice’s DID I?, she wakes up disoriented, disheveled, and mysteriously bruised. She is also having a tough time at work,...

Spoiler-Free Review: PET SEMETARY: BLOODLINES (Fantastic Fest)

Director Lindsay Anderson Beer’s Pet Semetary: Bloodlines takes a portion of Stephen King’s novel Pet Semetary and expands it into a feature-length film, resulting in a gory, dread-filled prequel to the book and preceding film adaptations.  ...

Spoiler-Free Short Film Reviews: STOP DEAD, MERGER, THE DAM, and RIDE, BABY, RIDE (A Night of Horror International Film Festival)

Australia’s A Night of Horror International Film Festival has a bounty of fear-fare shorts from around the globe on tap. Here is a look at four of the selections that run less than 10 minutes each.    Stop Dead (United Kingdom, 2023)  ...