Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 25/10/2023 Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 25/10/2023

[Event Review] Saw the Musical: The Unauthorized Parody (2023)

For any horror fan, a musical parody of the Saw franchise would be a treat. But a very campy, very queer musical reimagining of the plot? Now that's a little piece of heaven.

Amber T / Contributor 08/08/2023 Amber T / Contributor 08/08/2023

[Event Review] GASP! Horror Film Festival 2023

The first ever GASP! horror film festival, Manchester’s only horror film festival dedicated entirely to minority filmmakers, took place last month from June 17 - 18 at cult cinema CULTPLEX. Six feature length films and two short film showcases celebrated and elevated the work of female filmmakers, foreign language filmmakers, people with disabilities, people of colour and the LGBTQ+ community.

Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 07/08/2023 Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 07/08/2023

[Event Review] Access: Horror Film Festival (2023)

A two-day event packed full of academic panels, short films, and talks exploring and celebrating the history, impact and future of disability in the horror genre.

Leyla Hamedi / Contributor 19/04/2023 Leyla Hamedi / Contributor 19/04/2023

[Event Review] The Boston Underground Film Festival

The Boston Underground Film Festival celebrated its 23rd year this year

Zoë Rose Smith / Editor-in-Chief 05/04/2023 Zoë Rose Smith / Editor-in-Chief 05/04/2023

[Event Review] SAW: Escape Experience Review

SAW: Escape Experience in London has recently had a gnarly freshen up (or perhaps more like a dirty up) with more immersive rooms added…

Sarah Miles / Contributor 28/03/2023 Sarah Miles / Contributor 28/03/2023

[Event Review] Heathers The Musical

This recorded performance of Heathers: The Musical from London’s The Other Palace will show for one night only in cinemas on 28th March bringing the show back to the big screen and making for some Big Fun as an experience, but with some variations that might be jarring for hardcore fans of the original.

Zoë Rose Smith / Editor-in-Chief 06/11/2022 Zoë Rose Smith / Editor-in-Chief 06/11/2022

[Event Review] Lethe (2022)

New sci-fi theatre show Lethe explores the harsh realities that could exist if memory erasure were to be a possibility in the modern world.

Melissa Cox / Contributor 04/11/2022 Melissa Cox / Contributor 04/11/2022

[Event Review] Brooklyn Horror Film Fest Short Film Blocks Review - Nightmare Fuel

With the “Nightmare Fuel” shorts block, BHFF ramps up the fear factor, with intense shocks and visceral body horror.

Melissa Cox / Contributor 01/11/2022 Melissa Cox / Contributor 01/11/2022

[Event Review] Brooklyn Horror Film Fest Short Film Blocks Review - Creeping Terror

In Brooklyn Horror Film Fest’s “Creeping Terror” block of shorts, the works are linked by a shared atmosphere of slow-burn dread.

Melissa Cox / Contributor 30/10/2022 Melissa Cox / Contributor 30/10/2022

[Event Review] Brooklyn Horror Film Fest Short Film Blocks Review - Laugh Now, Die Later

Comedy and horror can be the perfect combination…

Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 25/09/2022 Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 25/09/2022

[Event Review] Popcorn Frights Film Festival: We Got a Dog (2022)

A surprise dog which your partner didn’t consult you on? It sounds frustrating, but it becomes scary in Ryan Valdez’s short film We Got a Dog (2022), screened at this year’s Popcorn Frights film festival.

Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 24/08/2022 Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 24/08/2022

[Event Review] Popcorn Frights Film Festival: The Timekeepers of Eternity (2021)

Popcorn Frights film festival showcased Aristotelis Maragkos’s creative retelling of a familiar story in The Timekeepers of Eternity (2022).

Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 22/08/2022 Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 22/08/2022

[Event Review] Popcorn Frights Film Festival: Belle (2022)

Max Gold’s Belle (2202) was showcased at Popcorn Frights Film Festival and it’s a beautiful addition to a genre festival.

Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 21/08/2022 Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 21/08/2022

[Event Review] Popcorn Frights Film Festival: Presence (2022)

This year, Popcorn Frights Film Festival features Christian Schultz’s Presence (2022), a methodical and spooky character study about trust and friendship.

Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 19/08/2022 Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 19/08/2022

[Event Review] Popcorn Frights Film Festival: Distress Signals (2022)

Distress Signals (2022), co-directed by Terence Krey and Christine Nyland, is making its world premiere at Popcorn Frights Film Festival this year.

Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 14/08/2022 Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 14/08/2022

[Event Review] Popcorn Frights Film Festival: Compulsus (2022)

Tara Thorne’s feature debut Compulsus (2022), part of Popcorn Frights film fest, is a tense and emotional, hard look at rape culture and violence against women and feminine people.

Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 14/08/2022 Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 14/08/2022

[Event Review] Popcorn Frights Film Festival: The Third Saturday in October & The Third Saturday in October Part V (2022)

Popcorn Frights film festival showcased Jay Burleson’s throwback slasher double-feature The Third Saturday in October Part V (2022), and The Third Saturday in October (2022). Meant to be watched in that order, they are love letters to the classic ‘80’s slashers.

Amber T / Contributor 29/06/2022 Amber T / Contributor 29/06/2022

[Event Review] Wench Film Festival

Wench Film Festival is an Indian Film Festival showcasing films made by women filmmakers inclusive of BIWOC, LGBTQ+ women, and non-binary.

Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 11/05/2022 Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 11/05/2022

[Event Review] Boston Underground Film Festival Features

The Boston Underground Film Festival took place this year at the end of March. We reviewed three feature films from the fest this year.

Jerry Sampson / Senior Contributor 08/05/2022 Jerry Sampson / Senior Contributor 08/05/2022

[Event Review] Unnamed Footage Festival

It takes a lot of effort to really make it in the found footage world. For every The Blair Witch Project, there’s twenty lesser known and less successful attempts…