‘The Weird Kidz’ review: Dir. Zach Passero [FrightFest 2023]

Zach Passero and Lucky McKee are frequent collaborators. Typically they assume the role of director (McKee) and editor (Passero), this partnership...

‘Eight Eyes’ review: Dir. Austin Jennings [FrightFest 2023]

Vinegar Syndrome is a US based distributor known for their bespoke restoration releases of classic genre films. Now the organisation has...

‘A Million Days’ review: Dir. Mitch Jenkins [FrightFest 2023]

After screening The Show at FrightFest in 2021, director Mitch Jenkins returns to the festival with his new movie, A Million...

‘The J-Horror Virus’ review: Dirs. Sarah Appleton & Jasper Sharp [FrightFest 2023]

Any horror fan around in the late 90s/early 2000s will be familiar with the J-Horror boom; the explosion of films like...

‘Cheat’ review: Dirs. Kevin Ignatius & Nick Psinakis [FrightFest 2023]

Written and directed by Kevin Ignatius and Nick Psinakis, Cheat tells of a vengeful spirit with a hunger for cheaters. Opening...

‘Lore’ review: Dirs. Misc [FrightFest 2023]

A group of friends travel to the woods for a ‘once in a lifetime experience’ in new anthology movie, Lore. Their...

‘The Dive’ review: Dir. Maximilian Erlenwein [FrightFest 2023]

Last year’s August FrightFest event came to an epic conclusion with Scott Mann’s Fall. The film charted the plight of two...

‘Punch’ review: Dir. Andy Edwards [FrightFest 2023]

Andy Edwards is a writer and director whose relationship with Pigeon Shrine FrightFest goes back a number of years. Most people...

‘Strays’ review: Dir. Josh Greenbaum (2023)

Early noughties-style comedies have had something of a resurgence of late in between No Hard Feelings and Joy Ride. Josh Greenbaum’s...

‘New Life’ review: Dir. John Rosman [Fantasia 2023]

In writer and director John Rosman’s debut feature New Life, the fate of the world rests in the hands of two...