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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.
With the “Nightmare Fuel” shorts block, BHFF ramps up the fear factor, with intense shocks and visceral body horror.
In Brooklyn Horror Film Fest’s “Creeping Terror” block of shorts, the works are linked by a shared atmosphere of slow-burn dread.
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.
Popcorn Frights film festival showcased Aristotelis Maragkos’s creative retelling of a familiar story in The Timekeepers of Eternity (2022).
Max Gold’s Belle (2202) was showcased at Popcorn Frights Film Festival and it’s a beautiful addition to a genre festival.
This year, Popcorn Frights Film Festival features Christian Schultz’s Presence (2022), a methodical and spooky character study about trust and friendship.
Distress Signals (2022), co-directed by Terence Krey and Christine Nyland, is making its world premiere at Popcorn Frights Film Festival this year.
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.
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.
Wench Film Festival is an Indian Film Festival showcasing films made by women filmmakers inclusive of BIWOC, LGBTQ+ women, and non-binary.
The Boston Underground Film Festival took place this year at the end of March. We reviewed three feature films from the fest this year.
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…
What could be a better way to boost the holiday spirit than a mini-festival of spooky seasonal short films? Before the holiday season gets maximally crazy…
Part of London Horror Festival at The Pleasance Theatre, Lights Out was a Merely Roleplayers and Blackshaw Theatre Company co-production inspired by the game Ten Candles…
Grimmfest, for those of you who are unfamiliar, is probably the biggest genre film festival in the north of England…
The Hollywood Theater, where the Portland Horror Film Festival is held, is one of the city’s most beloved institutions…
From the filmmaker who brought us this year’s rip-roaring I Need You Dead! comes the Bye Bye Bad Taste Fest…
Panic Fest, held yearly as the Screenland Armour, is a mainstay in the Kansas City film scene, and thus an event that is near and dear to my heart…
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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.