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Tubi FrightFest Announces Fear-Filled Lineup for Halloween 2026

London’s TubiFrightFest Halloween has just revealed its 2026 lineup, and whether you prefer slashers, spiders, stalkers, or the supernatural, the festival has something for horror cinephiles of all stripes. Following is the official press announcement. Hot on the hellish heels of its spectacular 27th year August five-day event, the UK’s most vibrant genre film festival returns to the ODEON Luxe West End in Leicester Square to present its annual 2-day Halloween event. Taking over both screens on Friday 30th October and Saturday 31st October, the spine-chilling line-up heralds nine premieres from five countries, spanning Europe, North and South America and Australia/Oceania. Each film will be screened twice. So, hold on tight as Tubi Frightfest takes you on a spooky, carnage-crammed journey featuring powerful mutants, seasonal spooks, psychotic neighbours, venomous spiders, vengeful werewolves, and shocking Christmas tales where it’s not just the turkey that is carved up. Opening the gates to ‘Helloween’ is the UK premiere of FREAKS PART II, which

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Joseph Perry

Oct 1, 2026

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Spoiler-Free Reviews: You Are the Film and Welcome to G-Town (Tubi FrightFest 2026)

You Are the Film (Japan, 2026) Official Tubi FrightFest Synopsis from https://frightfest.co.uk/LondoN2026/you-are-the-film.html The long-awaited directorial debut of Makoto Ueda, writer of BEYOND THE INFINITE TWO MINUTES and RIVER. THE PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO goes wacky Sci-Fi as Shimokitazawa native playwright Madoka and Sangenjaya-based band member Kazuma separately go and see a movie at the Tollywood independent cinema. But in the film, they each see the other person on screen — Madoka is in the film Kazuma is watching, and vice versa. In this impossible multiverse, incidents occur within each other’s stories as both communicate through the screen and work hard to solve the problems that arise in each other’s narratives. Review You Are the Film writer/director Makoto Ueda wrote the screenplays for the excellent time loop science-fiction comedies Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes and River. If you have seen either of those films, you can expect that you will be in for a humorous, touching treat of a genre feature

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Joseph Perry

Sep 11, 2026

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Spoiler-Free Review: Do You Want to Play? (Tubi FrightFest 2026)

Official synopsis At a Halloween party inside a notorious murder house, fifteen-year-old Emily opens a digital spirit board and invites an ancient entity into her body. To save her, her boyfriend Tommy must join forces with Owen — the app’s creator and his former best friend — before possession becomes permanent. Review Writer/director Nick Lyon’s Do You Want to Play? Has an odd feel to it. The drama, including a love triangle between three Christian private high school students, along with many plot elements have a gateway horror flavor to them, but the carnage and gore is much stronger than I would imagine many preteen viewers might be ready for. More seasoned fright-fare viewers would find the gruesome elements more to their liking but find the other proceedings to be better suited for a juvenile audience. Still, the film offers some interesting updating of spirit board movie chills to the digital world of today’s teens. Lyons does an admirable job

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Joseph Perry

Sep 9, 2026

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Spoiler-Free Review: Spider Island (Tubi FrightFest 2026)

Official Synopsis A bunch of young men and women just want to have some fun in the sun. What could go wrong? Review Spider Island sees the trope of unlikable influencers getting theirs move from the more often used location of a single type of bode to an entire resort island. Influencers are certainly an easy target, but that type of character is becoming low hanging fruit with each new fear flick. Here, director Christopher Smith’s horror comedy at least gives viewers a more sympathetic “creator” and adds a young woman named Clara (Rose Williams) who is not a part of that group and is concerned with ecoactivism rather than joining the hedonistic partying provided courtesy of pompous corporate resort employee David (Andy Nyman). David wants the influencers to spread the good word about the resort but poisonous arachnids won’t give up their home turf so easily. Clara’s estranged father Curtis (Tim McInnerny) was a famous stage actor who gave

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Joseph Perry

Sep 9, 2026

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Spoiler-Free Reviews: Night After Night and Blood Secret (Tubi FrightFest 2026)

Night After Night (U.S., 2026) Official Synopsis After his coworker vanishes, a reclusive night guard at a secluded university begins unraveling the secrets of a hidden room where an ever-changing entity reappears night after night. Review Devotees of enigmatic fear fare should have a mesmerizing time with director Josh Lobo’s chiller Night After Night. Security […]

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Joseph Perry

Aug 31, 2026

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Marta Svetek Enters a New Nightmare: ‘The Death of Us’ Premiering at Tubi FrightFest

British-Slovenian actress Marta Svetek continues to solidify her reputation as a versatile and captivating talent. Seamlessly bridging the gap between global interactive blockbusters and gritty, character-driven horror, Svetek has built a powerful resume that spans both screen and voice booth. Fans already recognize her standout contributions to massive gaming juggernauts like Five Nights at Freddy’s, Valorant, and Battlefield 6 as well as her roles in genre films such as I Am Rage and St. Patrick’s Day Massacre. She aslo starre in is the recently released survival horror Savage Prey. Now, the actress has stepped into an unsettling new nightmare, The Death of Us. She joins cast members Annabella Rich, Devon Thomas, Francesca Louise White, and Andrew Pierson, among others. A Deep Dive into Psychological Terror In her latest feature, The Death of Us, Svetek stars as Anya. She is caught in the web of a deeply unsettling psychological narrative. The film marks the feature directorial debut of Annabella Rich, who

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Aug 29, 2026

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Abner Pastoll Returns to Tubi FrightFest with the Psychological Horror ‘Nervous’

Filmmaker Abner Pastoll is back to shatter nerves. He has officially landed the coveted Opening Night slot at Tubi FrightFest 2026 with his latest psychological thriller, Nervous. Seven years after closing out the festival with his acclaimed hit A Good Woman Is Hard to Find, Pastoll makes a triumphant return to the Odeon Leicester Square for the film’s World Premiere on August 27. A Terrifying Descent Into Silence The story follows Sarah (Sarah Bolger) and her husband Sungsoo (Sungsoo Yune). They relocate to a remote house in the South Korean countryside in a desperate bid to rescue their crumbling marriage. However, their fresh start takes a sinister turn when they uncover an unmarked vinyl record that plays absolute silence. After dropping the needle, Sarah’s perception of the world violently fractures. She progressively loses the ability to hear men’s voices. Completely isolated from her husband, Sarah soon finds herself drawn to their enigmatic neighbor, Eunbyeol (Ko Asung). However, their raw, intoxicating

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Aug 24, 2026

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Horror Thriller ‘H3YNA’ Unveils First Look Ahead of Tubi FrightFest

Black Fawn Distribution has unveiled a striking, neon-drenched poster and a set of first-look stills for HY3NA. Matthew Ninaber directs the upcoming hyper-stylized thriller. The announcement builds anticipation ahead of the film’s scheduled World Premiere at Tubi FrightFest in London on August 31. The film is set against a gritty landscape of urban decay and claustrophobic interior spaces. It combines stark visual aesthetics with a fast-paced narrative. One designed to keep audiences guessing through a series of unexpected story shifts. Corruption, Obsession, and Collapsing Identities The story kicks off following a violent car crash. It links two women, Nicole and Rachel, to a string of gruesome, unsolved homicides. Two investigating detectives begin piecing together the evidence. However, they soon uncover a shadowy web of corrupt online sex work, psychological manipulation, and dangerous obsession. Through Nicole’s account of her descent into Rachel’s seductive sphere of influence, the boundaries separating protector, predator, and personal identity begin to disintegrate. The Creative Force Behind

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Aug 20, 2026

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Watch the Trailer for the Psychosexual Thriller ‘Electric Meat’ Ahead of its Tubi FrightFest Debut

If you thought Weekend at Bernie’s was too lighthearted and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre didn’t have enough fashion photography, then VVomb Studio has cooked up something uniquely disturbing just for you. The trailer for the new psychosexual thriller Electric Meat has officially dropped ahead of its world premiere at Tubi FrightFest on August 28. Directed by comic book visionary Dan Schaffer (The Scribbler, Doghouse), this film is shaping up to be the year’s most uncomfortable watch. A Butcher With a Bad Case of “Artist’s Block” The story follows a photographer who pays the bills working as a local butcher. When he discovers one of his favorite models murdered in an alleyway, he doesn’t call the police. Instead, he leans into his day job’s unique skill set and decides to keep her around as his new “muse.” But here’s the kicker: he becomes convinced that she’s caught in a state of quantum undead-ness—sort of like Schrödinger’s corpse. She’s both alive

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Aug 8, 2026

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A Killer is on the Loose in the Red Band Trailer for Slasher ‘Big Baby’ Ahead of Tubi FrightFest

Just when you thought the slasher sub-genre couldn’t get any weirder, along comes an unhinged killer right off the page. Lightbulb Film Distribution has unleashed a brand-new, bloody Red Band trailer for Big Baby—the meta-slasher written and directed by Powerman 5000 mastermind Spider One—ahead of its official UK premiere at Tubi FrightFest London on August 27, 2026. Adding even more surreal pop-culture juice to the project, legendary Oscar-winner Cher serves as an Executive Producer on the film. Nightmares on the Page Come to Life The horror-comedy follows a struggling screenwriter whose recurring, feverish nightmares about a giant, maniacal killer wearing an eerie baby mask become the foundation for his newest script. But as his personal life begins to spiral out of control, he makes a terrifying discovery: Big Baby’s blood-soaked rampage isn’t staying on the page anymore. “We are thrilled that the UK premiere of Big Baby will take place at FrightFest, the Dark Heart of Cinema,” said Peter Thompson,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Aug 4, 2026