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Spoiler-Free Film Reviews: BY THE THROAT and CONVEYANCE(Pigeon Shrine FrightFest Glasgow)

BY THE THROAT (U.K., 2025) Director David Luke Rees crafts an impressively eerie observation of grief and PTSD in his feature By the Throat. Lizzy (Patricia Allison) is a young woman who survived a knife attack but naturally still has terrifying...

Spoiler-Free Review: THE FETUS 

Official synopsis: A couple (Lauren LaVera as Alessa and Julian Curtis as Chris) struggle to learn the truth about the origins of their unborn child — a demonic entity that emerges from the body. If you crave practical monster effects and...

Spoiler-Free Review: THE RULE OF JENNY PEN 

Official synopsis: Arrogant Judge Stefan Mortensen (Geoffrey Rush) suffers a near-fatal stroke, leaving him partially paralyzed and confined to a retirement home. Resistant to the staff and distant from his friendly roommate, Mortensen soon clashes...

Spoiler-Free Film Review: RUMPELSTILTSKIN (Pigeon Shrine FrightFest Glasgow)

Synopsis: Once upon a time a greedy miller (Mark Cook) promises to marry off his beautiful daughter Evaline (Hannah Baxter-Eve) to the King (Colin Malone). But things don’t quite go to plan when his lies are uncovered and the pair are about to be...