Gripping thriller, BLOOD STAR, will be coming to Grimmfest from 6th October where it will have its UK Premiere, before heading to all major digital platforms from 7th October. There is no better festival here in the UK to have the premiere than with the Grimmfest audience which I’m sure will love it! Actors Britni…
Word must have got out: GRIMMFEST is the place to be in early October. This year they have more film makers and actors than ever before wanting to attend the festival, present their films, and meet their public. GRIMMFEST offers a unique opportunity to see all-new movie premieres on the big screen, long before they…
Grimmfest, Manchester’s International Festival of Fantastic Film, celebrated its fifteenth anniversary this year with four days of the very best in genre cinema, screening at Odeon Manchester Great Northern from 5–8 October. The lineup included 16 feature films and three programmes of shorts, all new to Manchester, many receiving international, European or UK premieres…
It’s 1931. Emilia (played by Cumelen Sanz) , a young rebel with a defiant spirit, is sent by her father to a convent. Her arrival unleashes paranormal manifestations in the place, which grow increasingly powerful for all the inhabitants, including the nuns and the mentally ill inmates. However, these manifestations affect Emilia the most, like…
An online content moderator deletes a suicide video made by her co-worker. But the otherwise desensitized woman cannot escape from either her own troubled past or from a mysterious vengeful presence. Welcome to Deleter, screening Saturday 7th October at Grimmfest October 2023. Directed by Mikhail Red (Arisaka, Dead Kids) and written by Nikolas Red and…
Grimmfest, Manchester’s International Festival of Fantastic Film, have now announced their full feature film lineup for 2023 and also unveiled their official poster (by Uncle Frank Productions ) The festival will be returning to regular venue the Odeon Great Northern in Manchester on October 6-8 to showcase the best in genre cinema. There are also…
The Book of Darkness and Light are bringing HAUNTED, a one-man play performed by actor and writer Adam Z. Robinson, to Manchester! At 8pm on Friday 6 October, The Storyteller will bring to life two classic ghost stories for a unique and thrilling solo show at The Lion’s Den. In ‘The Monkey’s Paw’ by W.W. Jacobs, the White…
Grimmfest, Manchester’s International Festival of Fantastic Film, has announced the first titles from its 2023 programme, held at its regular venue, the Odeon Great Northern, from 6-8 October. This is the festival’s 15th year,and I am always very excited by Grimmfest events, I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Team Grommfest are such…
After some great events in 2022, its time to look forward to more Grimmfest. But this is no ordinary year for Grimmfest (actually there is never anything ordinary about Grimmfest, but you get my point ) 2023 sees Grimmfest celebrating 15 years at the cutting edge of horror and genre film! Whilst there are still…
Fancy some great nights out this March (yes is of course the answer) well Manchester’s International Festival of Fantastic Film knew you’d say yes and so have lined up a brand-new season of double bills at the intimate Mini Cini, at the Ducie Street Warehouse in central Manchester. See how nice they are! bless em!…
After a fantastic few days at Grimmfest 2022 (which ran from October 6th to October 9th) There is no rest for the Grimmfest team as its not too long until their next event. It was great news to read that they have been commissioned by the BFI Film Audience Network (BFI FAN) as one of…
Finally today, some great news. Production on the film ‘Past Life’ is set to begin March 2023 in the UK. ‘Past Life’ will be directed by Simeon Halligan (White Settlers, Habit) and will star Emile Hirsh who perhaps is best known for his role as Chris McCandless in the 2007 Sean Penn directed film ‘Into…
Grimmfest, Manchester’s International Festival of Fantastic Film, celebrated its fourteenthanniversary this year with four high-octane, fear-filled days of the very best in genre cinema,screening at The Odeon Great Northern in Manchester, UK, on October 6th – 9th . Twenty-oneFeature Films and two programmes of short films, all new to Manchester, and many of themInternational, European…
Set after the collapse of Earth’s ecosystem, this immersive and powerful sci-fi thriller follows Vesper (Raffiella Chapman, His Dark Materials), a headstrong 13-year-old girl surviving in the remnants of a strange and dangerous world with her ailing father, Darius (Richard Brake, Game of Thrones). When Vesper finds the mysterious Camellia (Rosy McEwen, The Alienist), alone and disoriented…
Grimmfest, Manchester’s International Festival of Fantastic Film have now announced the full feature film line-up for 2022. The festival will be returning to regular venue, The Odeon Great Northern, in Manchester on October 6th – 9th, for four high-impact, fear-filled days of the very best in genre cinema. All 21 carefully selected feature films are…
Grimmfest, Manchester’s International Festival of Fantastic Film is delighted to announce the first tranche of titles for 2022. The festival will be returning to regular venue, The Odeon Great Northern, in Manchester on October 6th – 9th, for four high-impact, fear-filled days of the very best in genre cinema. The full line-up of features, shorts,…
From the moment The Family begins, its so clear that this story is set in a tough world, where characters wont be running around with big smiles on their faces, living great lives. We open with Elijah (played by newcomer Onyx Spark) helping tend the fields of a bleak countryside and whilst this opening scene…
Once again its time for me to tell you how much I enjoyed a film without actually telling you too much about the events in the film or too much of the plotline. That’s usually my way of reviewing a film which I know might not suit everyone but hey, I went into Bring Out…
Grimmfest Easter launched in 2021 as an annual event, taking place over the Easter Weekend, and complimenting the long-established festival in October and was a total blast which as a huge fan of the annual Grimmfest events, made things even better with more than one event! Thank you team Grimmfest! This year the Easter mini…
Grimmfest are back!!!! and Grimmfest Easter will be a hybrid event with live and online elements once again, which will complement and sit alongside each other. Much of the content will cross both events but there will also be one or two online exclusives. The live festival will take place on the evenings of Good…
This year, GRIMMFEST, Manchester’s Festival of Horror, Cult and Fantastic Film celebrated its thirteenth anniversary by evolving into hybrid form, running both a live event and then a virtual festival the week after. A welcome return to the cinema, after over a year of Pandemic-necessitated online only presentations, saw the festival running across two screens…
Check out the poster art for this years Grimmfest, great work by designer Ilan Sheady. In response to the continued uncertainty surrounding the pandemic, and by popular demand, this year’s Grimmfest will be a hybrid event. The live event will take place at Odeon Great Northern in Manchester from today the 7th to 10th Oct…
After a year of “home invasions” in the form of virtual screenings and online events, this October sees Grimmfest returning to the cinema at last. The festival team is delighted to announce that from 7th to 10th October, they will be back at their regular venue, Odeon Great Northern, Manchester, with four whole days of…
Grimmfest releases further details of ‘Grimmfest Easter Horror Nights’, a new annual event, taking place over the Easter Weekend, and complimenting the long-established festival in October. Like the October Festival, Grimmfest Easter will be a competitive festival, and the Grimmfest team are delighted to announce the Jury and Awards for this event. The fine folk…
Grimmfest have announced the launch of their Grimmfest Easter Edition, a new annual event, taking place over the Easter Weekend, and complimenting the long-established and fantastic festival held in October. Easter is traditionally a time for rebirth, renewal, resurrection. But as the Pandemic continues to rage, and the world remains on lockdown for the foreseeable…
After a fantastic Grimmfest (Virtual Edition) earlier this month, Team Grimmfest didnt want to end it there so they have even more in store for us this shocktober . Over at Grimmfest towers they have been planning and plotting and planning even more and have decided to give you something fun for you to enjoy…
What should be a simple a- to- b house move journey for Jessica (played by Jules Willcox) , turns into a deadly cat and mouse game when she encounters what easily has to be one of the creepiest men ive seen on screen all year. Forced to fight for her life after she is snatched…
Dinner parties are fun right? Hmm Im not sure about that. personally I prefer smaller gatherings with friends that I seem quite often, but Liz (played by Nadia Collins ) has her plans of wanting to host the perfect dinner party with quite a few friends that she hasn’t seen for a little while but…
Relationships are strained between two neighbouring farm families when one of them chooses to lease their land to a gas company. In the midst of growing tension, the land is drilled, and something long dormant and terrifying, deep beneath the earth’s surface, is released. I love seeing films that bring something different, and Unearth is…
Jessica Daniels is not like other girls her age. She’s a science nut who’s determined to win Grand Prize at the science fair with her powerhouse potato light. Her dad wonders why she’s infatuated with experimenting on discarded electronic gadgets, instead of sewing or dolls. One day she finds an old reel-to-reel player. As she…
Max Spencer, a YouTube celebrity psychologist, host of the show ‘Psychology-Inside/Out’, sets himself the challenge of getting an intensely agoraphobic woman to leave her home in just ten days. However, as the minutes, hours and seconds count down, a creepy local legend about the black magic practicing Green Eyes that holds the town in its…
Grimmfest 2020, The Online Edition, announces the short film programmes for this year’s festival, along with details of more confirmed guests, and a last-minute addition to the feature film line-up. The Grimmfest team is delighted to be present our final feature film selection. The International Premiere of Bruce Wemple’s genre-bending creature-feature MONSTROUS. An offbeat, expectation-challenging…
With pretty much every other event being delayed or cancelled this year, it is a smart move and also the safe move that Grimmfest’s regular live event which last year was held at the Odeon in Manchester has been postponed until spring 2021. Thankfully though team Grimmfest knew that fans would be totally update if…
You’ve said 12 HOUR SHIFT is a valentine to East Texas and the hospital staff who looked after your elderly father, could you elaborate? I grew up in East Texas and most people will say that in spite of not living there since I was 18, I have a lot of very small town Texan…
A Grimmfest 2020 online pass is amazing value for money! Let me tell you why….. Between the 7-11 Oct, Team Grimmfest invite you to settle down in the safety of your own home and immerse yourself in the best new independent horror and genre films on the planet right now! Close the curtains, lock the…
Grimmfest 2020 will offer a roster of feature film premieres and shorts programmes across a new online platform. This year has seen every film festival struggling to find ways to present new films to their audience safely, without risk of infection, in the midst of a global pandemic. And after long and serious discussion, Grimmfest…
Grimmfest TV is excited to add Grimmfest 2016 selected short film, THE DISAPPEARANCE OF WILLIE BINGHAM; a controversial exploration of judicial cruelty and the human capacity for vengeance. In this imagined world, progressive amputation is a punishment for capital crime, performed live in front of the victim’s families. The channel is also excited to add…
GRIMMFEST TV, offers movie entertainment for free while the world is in lockdown. A new online TV channel dedicated to horror films of all types, through which viewers can access exciting award-winning features and shorts from the Grimmfest archives. GRIMMFEST TV is available at: Grimmfest.com/TV. New titles are being added every week and this week…
GRIMMFEST TV, offers movie entertainment for free while the world is in lockdown. A new online TV channel dedicated to horror films of all types, through which viewers can access exciting award-winning features and shorts from the Grimmfest archives. GRIMMFEST TV is available at: Grimmfest.com/TV. New titles are being added every week and this week…
UK based GRIMMFEST, one of Europe’s most prestigious genre film festivals has successfully launched Grimmfest TV, a new online TV channel dedicated to horror films of all types, through which viewers can access exciting features and shorts from the Grimmfest archives for free while the world is in lockdown, GRIMMFEST TV is available at: Grimmfest.com/TV.…
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