Exclusively streaming now on ARROW, the gruesome Japanese horror Vampire Clay! An outrageously entertaining horror film about clay bloodsuckers running amok at an art school, this is the debut feature film from special effects wizard Sôichi Umezawa (Prisoners of the Ghostland, The ABCs of Death 2). An off-kilter exercise in Japanese schlock combining stop-motion
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FrightFest, the UK’s No.1 horror & fantasy film event, is back at the renowned Glasgow Film Festival for its 20th year, running from Thurs 6 March to Sat 8 March 2025.
Be prepared for mayhem, menace and monstrosity as this year’s FrightFest three-day event, housed at the iconic Glasgow Film Theatre, presents a curated programme of new features and shorts which showcases the vibrant mix of talented filmmakers currently bursting onto the genre scene. The programme includes four world premiere features,
Into the Deep – ★★★
Thanks to Scout Taylor-Comptons strong performance, Into the Deep delivers as an entertaining ocean thriller that hits all the right notes, that keeps you hooked, with it only being hindered by some stilted dialogue— it remains a fun watch. Off the coast of Madagascar, a young father and his daughter,
The Damned – ★★★★
The Damned surprises with just how effective it is. An expertly bleak but visually stunning moral dilemma-filled film, Thordur Palsson has delivered a settling chiller that you should give a chance to this January. Eva (Odessa Young), a young widow in the 19th century, operates a winter fishing outpost in
Street Trash ★★★
With gloriously hideous practical effects, Ryan Kruger’s Street Trash should be an easy home run of a film. Yet, the film is let down by a thread-bare story that just about does enough to get to each colourfully disgusting practical effects-laden scene. Homeless people are going missing throughout Cape Town;
Saint Vassily (Short Film) ★★★★ HollyShorts 2024
Rife with tension, Saint Vassily is an absorbing short thriller from writer and director Masha Egieva. An excellent film that forces us to look morally within ourselves while highlighting the powerlessness we face those more powerful than us. In 1982, in the USSR, Vassily, an ambitious student, prepares for his
The Professional Parent (Short Film) ★★★★ HollyShorts 2024
Erik Jasaň’s eye-opening and poignant short film The Professional Parent shows us a world many try not to believe exists, for some children are deemed to be of the wrong ethnicity. It is a stark and important glance at an all-too-familiar problem. Ingrid lives in a small village in eastern
Triptych (Short Film) ★★★★★ Hollyshorts 2024
Sophia Ray’s utterly stunning Triptych is a triumph of a short film. Its beauty and unsettling nature, coupled with its psychological surrealist horror, make it a captivating exploration of the price of ambition. Ray has crafted a visually and auditorily alluring piece that will keep you engaged long after finishing
Where Are All The Gay Superheroes? – ★★★★ HollyShorts London 2024
Tom Paul Martin’s fantastic Where Are All The Gay Superheroes? explores that continually prodding question. It is an important short film that should open up a multitude of conversations. After saving the world once again, superheroes Sterling and Meridian take a rare moment to be alone from prying eyes. The
Christmas Horror Films to watch
Ho, ho, ho! Welcome to a wonderful little list of all of the Christmas films that you should be watching instead of the Hallmark ones. Something to remind us that Christmas, for some people, can really be the worst time of year. So, here are far too many Christmas Horrors that
