FrightFest announce film and guest line-up for Halloween Oct 29th 2022 event incl the amazing Soska Sisters in attendance ( @frightfest @twisted_twins )

Following on from its frightfully successful August five-day event, the UK’s biggest genre film festival is back at the Cineworld, Leicester Square with a bumper all-day Halloween event on Sat 29th October, featuring a six-pack of festive shockers. Embracing three World premieres, the line-up is headlined by The Soska Sisters latest venture, ON THE EDGE. Taking a departure from…

Terror Films announces Halloween line-up ( @Terror_Films )

  Terror Films, one of the most recognizable, digital distributors of indie horror, is about to have its best October season yet. OCTOBER 1st & 2nd The horror label will kick off the month by attending the premiere event of HorrorCon Los Angeles, being held at the LA Convention Center on October 1st and 2nd. The company will…

Signature Entertainment presents Vesper in cinemas and on digital 21 October ( @VesperMovie ) and screens at Grimmfest October 9th ( @grimmfest )

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…

Shudder acquires rights to Satan’s Slaves: Communion, the terrifying sequel to the Shudder Original Satan’s Slaves from acclaimed writer-director Joko Anwar ( @shudder )

Shudder has acquired the rights to Satan’s Slaves: Communion, the terrifying sequel to the Shudder Original Satan’s Slaves from acclaimed writer-director Joko Anwar (Gundala, Impetigore). Satan’s Slaves: Communion follows a family living in a rundown apartment after escaping terror from their mother who returned from the death not knowing that their new place is a bigger threat to their lives.…

Sh!t-faced Shakespeare presents: Macbeth ( @shitfacedshake ) UK tour from 23rd September – 26th November 2022

 Macbeth is one of Shakespeare’s most famous works and arguably, the greatest play ever written.  It’s a dramatic epic about greed, ambition and the heights and depths of the human condition.  Now, imagine it being performed by a rotating cast, one of who is completely inebriated?   That is the very essence of Sh!t-faced Shakespeare® as they…

Omid Djalili:  The Good Times Tour ends his tour on December 2nd at Shepherd’s Bush Empire ( @omid9 )

“There’s something quite lived in about Iranian British comedian Omid Djalili that gives him the  ability to tell jokes about subjects that would generally be off limits”. ★★★★ The Daily Record   “Funny… and extremely moving” Belfast Telegraph   “A hilarious combination of music, jokes and political satire … Djalili made a night full  of cheer and cheese…

George A Romero’s ‘The Amusement Park’ out on Blu-ray, DVD and digital.

From the master of horror himself George A. Romero, comes his long-lost masterpiece… the critically acclaimed and truly terrifying thrill-ride The Amusement Park. Discovered and restored some 46 years after its completion this haunting tour-de-force from the maestro who brought us seminal greats Night Of The Living Dead, Dawn Of The Dead and Day Of The Dead, to name a few,…

Ben Parker’s acclaimed ‘Burial’ starring Charlotte Vega, Tom Felton and Harriet Walter arrives 26th September 2022 on digital from 101 Films ( @101filmsUK )

Featuring an all-star cast including Dame Harriet Walter (Succession, The Last Duel), Tom Felton (Harry Potter, Rise of the Planet of the Apes), Charlotte Vega (Wrong Turn, Warrior Nun), Barry Ward (The Capture, Des) and Bill Milner (X-Men,  Son of Rambow), this action-packed, battle-filled, blood-soaked saga sees a group of Russian soldiers tasked with trafficking the discovered remains of Adolf Hitler back to Stalin in Moscow. London, Christmas Day. The…

Psychological thriller ‘Marooned Awakening’ premiered at Beau Sejour Theatre, on the island of Guernsey this month.

Murray Mcarthur, Cameron Ashplant and Brian Webster On Saturday the 3rd of September, British psychological thriller ‘Marooned Awakening’ premiered at Beau Sejour Theatre, on the island of Guernsey, where production took place in 2021 and the team have shared some photos from that event. ‘Marooned Awakening’ stars Murray McArthur (Game of Thrones, Wednesday), Cameron Ashplant…

First look at trailer and poster for Lasse Hallström’s new biopic HILMA starring Tora Hallström and Lena Olin

Viaplay is excited to share the new trailer and poster for their latest original feature, Hilma, which will be coming to UK cinemas from 28th October.   Directed by Academy Award-nominated Lasse Hallström (What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, The Cider House Rules) the film explores the incredible life of artist Hilma af Klint, who is now widely recognized as one of the Western…

Ruckus, performed and written by Jenna Fincken, comes to Southwark Playhouse ( @swkplay @jenna_fincken )

Following hugely successful run the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2022, Wildcard Theatre brings one-woman thriller Ruckus to London Theatre Southwark Playhouse from 5-29th October – performed and written by Jenna Fincken – Ruckus is a compelling, unsettling play exploring the suppression and destruction caused by coercive control. Inspired by the daunting and real stories of real women. Ruckus is produced by Wildcard’s Joey Dawson who also produced the highly successful Manic Street…

Elf Lyons takes her Stephen King-inspired comedy show ‘Raven’ on tour around the UK from Autumn 2022 ( @elf_lyons )

Following a hugely successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2022, the award-winning actor, writer and comedian Elf Lyons is taking her terrifying and darkly funny Stephen King-inspired comedy show on tour this Autumn 2022. Beginning in Bristol on 1st October, before heading across the UK, culminating with nine nights at London’s Soho Theatre, just in time to spice up…

FATHER EARTH, the new feature film from Graham Fellows, is set to tour the UK Autumn 2022. ( @gdfellows )

Iconic Filmmaker and Comedian Graham Fellows has followed his two previous indie features, It’s Nice Up North and Southern Softies, with his most personal film yet. FATHER EARTH is the touchingly quirky true story of one man’s efforts to save his world, whilst attempting to save the planet. Can Graham, armed with a G Wiz electric car, successfully convert a derelict church…

Shudder Original ‘The Twin’ arrives on Blu-ray, DVD & Digital 3 October 2022 from Acorn Media International ( @shudder )

Prepare for double the trouble as we come face to face with The Twin – a disturbing and terrifying psychological horror from Finnish director Taneli Mustonen (Lake Bodom, Reunion). Midsommar and Hereditary fans will be thrilled with this unflinchingly eerie and spine-chilling Shudder Original, arriving on Blu-ray, DVD, and digital 3 October 2022 from Acorn Media International. So for you physical media fans (and that includes…

Shudder releases new trailer for found-footage horror-comedy ‘Deadstream’ ( @shudder )

Streaming channel Shudder have now released the trailer for the Shudder Original Deadstream ahead of the film’s debut on the platform on Thursday, October 6. The feature directorial debut from husband-and-wife filmmaking couple Vanessa and Joseph Winter, who also share writing co-credits, premiered earlier this year at the 2022 SXSW Film Festival in the Midnight section to wild…

PAREIDOLIA, a new horror short film from @MistyMoonEvents , starring @dianefranklin80 @grahamcoleact and @pickles_carolyn adds ‘The Omen’s Dawn Perllman to cast list.

PAREIDOLIA, a new Horror short film from Misty Moon and Q Cumber Films and starring Hollywood and Horror Legends Diane Franklin ( who plays Patricia in Amityville 2: The Possession, Better Off Dead, The Last American Virgin, Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure )  Sandy Johnson ( John Carpenter’s Halloween, Gas Pump Girls, H.O.T.S. Surfer Girls and The Best Little Whorehouse in…

‘Give Them Wings’, a fantastic drama about the life of Paul Hodgson by director Sean Cronin will lift you to new heights ( @SeanPCronin @flipskie )

I do enjoy finding ‘gems’ when it comes to movies and today I discovered another one. That film is ‘Give Them Wings’, directed by Sean Cronin, and based on the autobiography by Paul Hodgson. ‘Give Them Wings’ takes us into the life of Paul Hodgson (played by Daniel Watson) who, after a bout of meningitis…

Diane Franklin: The Excellent COMEDY of the Last American, French-Exchange Babe of the 80s: The Better Off Dead Movie Tribute Book is out now ( @dianefranklin80 )

Diane Franklin: The Excellent COMEDY of the Last American French-Exchange Babe of the 80s AKA The “Better Off Dead” Tribute Book is out now (it was actually released back in February)  In this 3rd book of films about Diane’s career this latest book brings you the stories from the classic 1985 film BETTER OFF DEAD!…

From director Edwin (Postcards from the Zoo) and based on the novel by Eka Kurniawan comes Vengeance is Mine, All Others Pay Cash. From Arrow Video ( @arrowfilmsvideo )

From acclaimed Indonesian director Edwin (Postcards from the Zoo) and based on the novel by Eka Kurniawan comes Vengeance is Mine, All Others Pay Cash, winner of the Golden Leopard at the 2021 Locarno Film Festival – a pulpy, energetic throwback to 80s South East Asian action and coming-of-age cinema about a young man who…

Shudder Original ‘Hellbender’ from genre trailblazers the Adams Family nowon DVD & Digital from Acorn Media International

FRESH, RAW and bewitching indie folk horror Hellbender will grip fans with a story that has real bite, promising one hell of a ride. As unnerving and gruesome as it is beautiful and enticing, this captivating, unsettling and hellish feature will push audiences to the brink. Written and directed by genre trailblazers, the Adams Family (The Deeper you Dig),…

Kestie Morassi and Jane Badler star in Australian paranormal horror Surrogate. On digital platforms now.

Australian paranormal horror Surrogate, starring Kestie Morassi (Wolf Creek) and Jane Badler (TV’s ‘V’ The Free Fall), comes to digital platforms this September. Written by Beth King and David Willing, in his feature directorial debut, Surrogate tells of Natalie Paxton (played by Kestie  Morassi), a single mother and nurse, who falls mysteriously ill and struggles to stop…

Shudder Original ‘They Live In The Grey’ arrives on DVD & Digital 26 Sept from Acorn Media International

Get ready for unrelenting terror with They Live In The Grey – a stylish and terrifying paranormal thriller with echoes of paranormal big hitters The Sixth Sense and The Conjuring. Written and directed by The Vang Brothers – best known for Bedeviled – this scare-you-senseless supernatural Shudder Original is set to arrive on DVD and digital on 26 September 2022 from Acorn Media International.  When clairvoyant social worker…

Head back to the ViewAskew Universe this September with Clerks III.

Following a massive heart attack, Randal enlists his friends and fellow clerks Dante, Elias, Jay, and Silent Bob to make a movie immortalizing his life at the convenience store that started it all.   From writer, director and star Kevin Smith (Dir. Chasing Amy, Dogma) Clerks III reunites Brian O’Halloran (Clerks franchise), Jeff Anderson (Clerks franchise), Jason Mewes (Jay and…

Shudder announce theatrical run this October for Shudder Original Italian thriller Dark Glasses directed by Dario Argento ( @shudder )

Streaming service Shudder have announced a theatrical run for the hotly-anticipated Shudder Original Italian thriller Dark Glasses beginning Friday, October 7 at the IFC Center in New York and at the Laemmle Glendale in Los Angeles, ahead of the film’s streaming debut on Thursday, October 13. Additional theatres, to be announced later, will follow beginning Friday, October 14. The long-awaited return from Italian master of…

Giallo-inspired tale of possession starring Dasha Nekrasova, The Scary of Sixty-First arrives October 3rd from Fractured Visions ( @fracvis )

A stylish, giallo-inspired tale of possession from Succession star Dasha Nekrasova, The Scary of Sixty-First is a must-see New York story of gruesome frights, daring provocation and pitch-black humour.Addie and Noelle can’t believe their luck when they discover an affordable apartment on Manhattan’s famous Upper East Side. As soon as they move in, Addie starts acting odd, sucking her…

Mid-air Monsters, Creatures under beds and hostages in living rooms. Vipco’s Vault Of Terror Volume One gathers some crazy short films. ( @vipcoltd )

Recently I picked up and bought the VIPCO DVD release of the  Bad Moon Rising and along with that film, I also picked up Vipco’s Vault of Terror: Volume One, a 69 minute collection of short films all within the horror genre that are all housed on this single disc.   Whilst some of the horror…