Film Festivals Articles

FrightFest Halloween Brings on the Chills with Its 2025 Lineup

FrightFest Halloween returns to London with its 2025 edition, which boasts films for fear-fare fanatics of every stripe. Following is the official press announcement. Following the success of its spectacular 26th year August five-day event, the...
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Austin Film Festival Features Fright Fare in Its 2025 Lineup

Austin Film Festival, which runs October 23-30, has just announced its full lineup for this year's edition, and among the many intriguing features on tap are the following five slices of fear fare in the Dark Matter Features block, along with a...
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Shudder Acquires Festival Favorite ‘The Holy Boy’

Shudder, the ultimate streaming destination for visionary genre cinema, has officially snagged the rights (for North America, the UK, and Ireland) to Paolo Strippoli’s menacing new film, The Holy Boy. The movie is getting serious festival buzz. It...
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Spoiler-Free Reviews: FREAKED and BEFORE THE FALL (Fantastic Fest 2025) 

FREAKED (1993) Official synopsis A vain actor (Alex Winter), his best friend (Michael Stoyanov), and an activist (Megan Ward) end up at a mutant freak farm run by a weirdo scientist (Randy Quaid).  Review Zany! Madcap! Bonkers! Freaked is all of...
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