Redux Redux comes to streaming off the back of a fair amount of hype after playing several festivals, including South by Southwest, where it had its premiere as part of their Midnighter strand last year. Festival hype is, of course, always to be taken with a grain of salt, but in the case of Redux Redux, it feels very warranted.

Anyone who’s ever spent any time in Japan will likely be familiar with the allure of the convenience store. The humble konbini is so much more than just a place to buy cheap coffee and cigarettes – it’s a beacon aglow on even the darkest of nights, where a fluffy egg sando or crisp sliver of Famichiki awaits, the convenience store serves as a reminder that you are never too far from creature comforts, and the company of another human being.

Fairy tales and horror almost go hand in hand; from a young age, we read cautionary tales, warning us about whom we should trust and, in Little Red Riding Hood’s case, to ‘beware of the Big Bad Wolf’. So it doesn’t come as a surprise that we see horror filmmakers take these stories and adapt them to the big screen with their own spin on the classic tales.

“This is not a George Romero movie. There is no such thing as a zombie, okay?” No girl, this is a Tina Romero movie! Funny, fabulous and unapologetically queer, Queens of the Dead is the debut feature from Tina Romero.

Kicking off the final day, we have Violence, a blood-soaked thriller set in an alternate 1980’s that will shake away any remnant of hangover from the night before and wake up the audience.

While many horror films may feature a similar set-up, few pack the emotional punch of Adam O’Brien’s new film Bury the Devil, which premiered March 6 at FrightFest Glasgow.

Like the analogy of a frog in a boiling pot of water, the tension steadily builds upon itself throughout the film, until the climatic ending, when the viewer can hardly believe that just eighty minutes ago Joe was flying high on his upcoming freedom.

Mark "Markiplier" Fischbach has been a staple of the YouTube horror gaming scene since his debut in 2012. Now he's traded his computer screen for the big screen with his adaptation of David Szymanski's 2022 indie game Iron Lung.

Canadian horror God of Frogs, a psychedelic blend of creature feature, folk and body horror manages this feat remarkably well. Each segment has a different director, but all four follow the same monster, which returns to feed every 25 years.

The American found footage horror anthology film V/H/S Halloween was produced by Bloody Disgusting and released on Shudder following 2024’s V/H/S Beyond. It brings us a collection of October 31^st-themed video tapes covering sinister stories from the darkly absurd to the gloriously gory. If you’re into camp chaos, then this chapter of analogue abhorrence is probably for you.

Five strangers arrive for a group therapy session, each of them victims of extreme trauma. They have been brought together in the hope that sharing their experiences in the confines of a safe space will foster healing, or at least the beginning of it. But as the strangers tell their stories, an unsettling truth becomes clear: they may have more connecting them than they realise…

Stream is a cutting commentary on the gamification of everything, that humans will bet on anything if they get bored enough, and how the screen makes us feel separated from violence. A sequel is already in the works, and Stream 2 plans to explore the wider world, and show more behind-the-scenes of the games.

Ever since there has been war, there has been art about war. Viewers at the 2023 Brooklyn Horror Film Festival were lucky enough to see the world premiere of Jaco Bouwer's film Breathing In, a tense thriller about the trauma of war and colonisation, and the corrosive effects on power.

The healing power of nature is widely known, and Mother of Flies takes this to another level and adds some witchcraft to it when student Mickey seeks dark magic from natural healer, Solveig, for a cure to her deadly diagnosis, a ritual that tiptoes the veil between life and death.

Like Heated Rivalry, Good Neighbours shows Tierney’s ability to creep into a character’s mind (and heart – if they have one) and subtly reveal their thoughts and emotions on screen. However, the trio he focuses on for Good Neighbours is made up of people whose brutality is shocking and whose empathy is missing.

Finding the perfect match is a hellscape in today's modern dating world. Let alone finding the perfect partner and the perfect parent for your future child, which almost feels as though we need to jump through hoops and put ourselves through endless games that, for the most part, lead us to nowhere. 

In German Gore Master, Olaf Ittenbach's, Garden of Love (2003), Rebecca (Natacza Boon) is a grown woman with a mysterious past. Something horrible happened in her childhood, and the ghosts of her dead family are pleading with her to solve the mystery. This film drags the viewer on a bloody journey to uncover the secrets of Rebecca’s tragedy.

Sometimes the best horror happens in the space where reality and dreams (or nightmares) mesh. Slipstream, which is a term used more often in literature than in film, describes a story that has this dreamy, surreal quality.

The history of the zombie sub-genre is one of deep thematic potential. Whilst sometimes it’s undoubtedly fun to enjoy a good headshot or effective practical makeup effects, the best zombie movies are the ones that say something.

Following his decades working in film preservation, Joshua Erkman stepped behind the camera in his 2024 directorial debut, A Desert – a viciously bleak exploration of fading optimism in the US, urban paranoia, and decay set in a nightmarish world that is almost too much to look at.

There is a special place in many horror fan’s hearts for animal attack films, something that truly digs deep into that evolutionary terror that we are not the apex predator in most situations. Primate (2026) delves into this fear with an enthusiasm that knows no bounds.

The life of a Silent Hill fan is a turbulent one. For every Silent Hill 3, there’s a Silent Hill: Homecoming. For every Silent Hill 2 Remake, there’s a Silent Hill: Ascension. For every Silent Hill f, there’s a Return to Silent Hill, and thus, the pendulum continues to swing, this time into frustrating - but expected - disappointment.

What if evolution wasn’t finished with us? That’s the question at the heart of Flights of Reverie (2025), the feature debut of director Li Wallis. The film sees British ornithologist Jack Hastings (John Dooley) travel to Berlin, which has been gripped by paranoia following several mysterious deaths.

Confessions in Static is an exploration of the True Crime genre, and its ethics and effects on society, but it fails to deliver that message in a satisfying or novel way.

Overall, Stalker is a pretty solid short film with some very tense moments and an excellent performance from its lead actress. It’s not perfect, and some of the deeper stuff went over my head, but I’m glad I watched it. I think it’ll stick with me for a while, even if I’m still not sure what it all meant.

There is something paradoxical about the idea of a weekend getaway, searching for comfort by taking ourselves out of our comfort zones. Perhaps the change of scenery, a disruption in routine, an escape from the pressures of our daily lives, will reveal to us a path towards solitude.

The Bone Temple is the sequel to 28 Years Later that we deserve. Director Nia DaCosta took the beauty and spectacle that Danny Boyle gave us with 28 Years Later and turned it up to eleven. It’s darker, more disturbing and more… camp? Deliciously, delightfully camp.

The atmosphere seeping from every pore of this film is certainly its biggest strength; however, the narrative and structure fall quite short of the intended impact.

According to the opening credits of the film, the Darknet is a place feverishly depraved to the point of questioning if humanity even exists, with a slathering of heinous crimes committed all for the purchase and pleasure of the sick individuals that find themselves beholden to their inner most sadistic wants.

If you know me at all, you know that I love, as many people do, the work of Nic Cage. Live by the Cage, die by the Cage. So, when the opportunity to review this came up, I jumped at it.