RED RIDING is a morally complex, unsettling reimagining of Little Red Riding Hood. What drew you to the project? I wasn’t interested in retelling a fairy tale, I was interested in what the story doesn’t say. Red Riding is about survival, power, and the moment innocence fractures. The brilliant Peter Stylianou with whom I worked with on “Drained”…
Charlie Bentley’s credits span the theatre, television and film, including roles in productions like National Theatre Live: King Lear and the acclaimed Netflix hit series Baby Reindeer (he played the role of Teri’s friend in the series). Whether he’s stepping into historical drama, or bringing depth to roles on modern day set movies , Charlie…
Dive into the seedy underworld of organised crime and experience A Gangster’s Life – a sharp new British crime drama that pays homage to great gangster classics including Guy Ritchie’s Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and The Gentlemen. From award-winning cinematographer Zak Fenning (Fried) in his directorial debut, this slick gangster flick stars Tony Cook (You, Dune: Part Two) and Jonny Weldon (One Day, House of…
Severin Films have announced the release of not one but two seminal Jess Franco cult classics, his ‘magnum opus’ VAMPYROS LESBOS and his follow up film the ‘erotically charged revenger’ SHE KILLED IN ECSTASY, get their Worldwide UHD Premiere. Each film will be released on two-disc 4K UHD / Blu-ray Edition, complete with stunning packaging and a slew of special features on…
Robert LaSardo is always a guy I enjoy seeing on screen and over the years I have seen him pop up many times on the big screen and on the small screen. Robert has one of those faves (and awesome beards) thats instantly recognizable First showing up in Abel Ferrara’s 1987 film China Girl…
Directed by legendary Hammer Films creator, Terence Fisher (The Curse of Frankenstein, Four Sided Triangle) Spaceways was released in 1953 and stars Howard Duff, famous as radio’s popular private eye Sam Spade, as a pioneering space engineer drawn into a deadly conspiracy. Joined by Eva Bartok and Alan Wheatley, Duff anchors a tense, stylish thriller restored from…
Whenever the discussion of ‘what are the best shot films ever’ crops up. One of the films that is always in the conversation is 1975s Barry Lyndon, directed by Stanley Kubrick with cinematography by John Alcott and it deserves to be in that conversation, every single time. Barry Lyndon is a film that I didn’t…
A horror film like no other, Andrzej Żuławski’s seminal Possession is an intense and shocking experience that was originally banned in the UK and placed on the notorious ‘Video Nasties’ list. Now, this hugely controversial film gets a long-awaited and highly anticipated Limited Edition release in a stunning new 4K restoration, from physical media masters Second Sight Films. Nominated for a Palme…
One of the films that always finds itself on the ‘what are the best horror films ever made’ lists is 2009’s Martyrs. from director Pascal Laugier and it 100% deserves to be there. I used to listen to a lot of horror focused podcasts and the topic would come up a lot ‘what horror films…
Starting out as a short film (starring Owen Llewelyn and August Porter) The R.I.P Man (which has been described as “Halloween meets Silence of the Lambs.”) has now grown and has become a full length feature and the creative team behind the film are now planning to shop the feature to film festivals on both sides of…
Who is Carl Cane? Well there are several answers to that which are unveiled in the latest Shogun Films production Helloween which has now arrived here in the UK on Digital and which was released earlier in September in the US. In the latest film from writer/director Phil Claydon (Lesbian Vampire Killers) we first meet…
Another film gem has been found! Deadly Justice which I watched recently on Prime Video. I did complete a non spoiler review video over at the frompage2screen YouTube channel and ill post that video at the bottom of this article but for those who would rather read my thoughts then please do carry on with…
Hammer Films, in collaboration with The Warner Archive Collection, is proud to present the UK theatrical release of the brand new 4K restoration of the iconic 1957 horror masterpiece The Curse of Frankenstein from Thursday 2nd October. Following its premiere at the same site that once hosted the film’s original theatrical premiere almost 70 years ago…
The Walking Dead universe is a little tricky to keep up to date with. We had The Walking Dead series itself which is great! and that was followed at much of the same time as Fear The Walking Dead (which I haven’t yet fully caught up with), then we had Walking Dead: World Beyond which…
Once again, GRIMMFEST is the place to be this October. As the festival grows ever closer, the guest list has been announced and its great! I’ve been a fan of Grimmfest for years and whilst I haven’t been able to attend every year (due to circumstances outside my control) I have always loved attending…
Hammer Films, in collaboration with The Warner Archive Collection, are proud to present the world premiere of the brand new 4K restoration of the iconic 1957 horror masterpiece The Curse of Frankenstein on Wednesday 1st October. The world premiere will allow audiences to see The Curse of Frankenstein for the very first time ever in breath-taking 4K on the big…
Leading Hollywood sales company Film Bridge After Dark has closed a raft of international deals on Helloween, an ambitious British clown horror movie with a dash of The Purge starring Ronan Summers (MI-5) and Jeanine Nerissa Sothcott (Knightfall), from Lesbian Vampire Killers director Phil Claydon and trailblazing British indie studio Shogun Films. Directed by Claydon…
Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches returns for a spellbinding second series that heralds the return of Alexandra Daddario (The White Lotus, True Detective) as steely sorceress Rowan Fielding, who faces her deadliest threat yet in this gorgeously gothic horror series that’s back to enchant audiences once more. Season 2 is set for its Blu-ray, DVD and digital release on…
Ill be honest, I hadn’t even heard of the film Enemy Territory before Id seen the film even though that during the 80s when the film was released I pretty much watched everything that I could get my hands on. Somehow over the years Enemy Territory became one of those ‘lost films’ that didnt…
Yes this is sci-fi but its not spaceships or laser battles type sci-fi. No, Variant is a full on head scratching ‘hmm whats going on’ type sci-fi and its a type of sci-fi I do enjoy. Straight from the opening scene where we meet our main character Aria (played by Ashlynn Yennie), an artist…
The Conjuring, the 2013 New Line Cinema supernatural horror film from filmmaker James Wan will be released for the first time on 4K UHD, 4K UHD SteelBook and as a 4K UHD Collector’s Edition on August 25. The Conjuring launched the highest grossing horror franchise to date with more than $2.2 billion at the worldwide…
Busy UK indie production company Shogun Films, which specialises in high concept genre movies, has a busy second half of 2025 with no less than 5 movies due for release. Lets take a look at each one in this picture-packed preview. HELLOWEEN Pitched as The Purge meets The Terrifier with a Michael Myers twist, this…
Not just a cornerstone of 80s horror/scifi but also a foundation block for my own love of movies and the first David Cronenberg film that I ever saw. 1981’s Scanners is set for a feature filled Second Sight Films edition this March. Scanners was a film that as a kid growing up in the 70s…
When putting together a list of iconic horror movies (and iconic movies in general) Wes Craven’s 1984’s A Nightmare on Elm Street has to go on that list doesn’t it? If i were making the list then it would definitely go on. It’s a film I saw on its VHS release in the mid 80s…
50 years ago, five youths on a weekend getaway in the Texas countryside fell prey to a butcher in a mask made of human skin and his cannibalistic family, and horror cinema would never be the same. Violent, confrontational, and shockingly realistic, director Tobe Hooper’s THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE terrified audiences in a way never thought possible when it was…
Treasured Films continue to unveil, you know treasures! with this latest announcement for their release list. 1983’s Mausoleum, directed by Michael Dugan ‘Raging Hormones, Super Seal’ and starring Bobbie Bresee (Ghoulies), Marjoe Gortner (Starcrash), and Norman Burton (Pray for Death) Ten year-old Susan (played by Julie Christy Murray), mourning the death of her mother,…
Hedonist Frank Cotton (Sean Chapman) thinks he has reached the limits of earthly pleasure, but a mysterious puzzle box will take him further than he can possibly imagine, opening the doors to a dominion where pain and pleasure are indivisible and summoning the Cenobites, whose experiments in the higher reaches of experience will tear…
Night of the Insolent Vermin directed by Gary DeJidas and starring Kayla Strada; Jaydelise Volquez; and Anna Faith is now available on Blu-ray from Bayview Entertainment. A diverse group of girlfriends, and a Dominican drifter they snatched from a couple of creeps, decide to hunker down together to ride out a colossal hurricane rolling through…
Director Neil Marshall (Dog Soldiers, The Descent) returns with The Lair, a lean, mean creature feature, which, according to the director, is inspired by the ‘classic genre movies like Alien, Predator and The Thing’. This spine-chilling Shudder Original features terrifying monsters, gruesome violence and tougher-than-tough characters. Claustrophobic, fear-fuelled and strikingly shot, this mighty monster-thriller gets its highly anticipated Blu-ray, DVD and digital release on 17 July courtesy of Acorn Media International. When…
On New Year’s Eve, a faculty party for local teachers, still reeling from the suicide of a bullied student, goes horribly wrong when an unexpected guest arrives with an unusual request: participate in a scavenger hunt or die! Accompanied by a diligent reporter as well as a girl bent on discovering the truth about her…
A Baroque House, a Los Angeles-based DIY production, specializes in the creation of extreme horror films that combine adult content with elements of horror and fetishism. Recently, the company has unveiled their initial trio of short films under the title “Blood Corrodes Inside Trilogy” in a standard edition release on three set blu-ray boxset. Each…
After the tragic loss of his wife and daughter, a New York composer relocates to Seattle in hopes of a fresh start, only to find that his new home harbours a terrible secret. The Changeling is one of my favourite scary movies. and has been since I first saw it in the mid 80s (the…
DEATH METAL, award winning horror film from director Michael Kuciak is out now on Blu-ray from Bayview Entertainment / VIPCO. Horns up to the winner of Best Horror at Chicago Indie Film Awards, winner of LA Independent Film Channel Festival, winner of Best First Time Feature Filmmaker & Best Experimental at Cult International Film Festival,…
1921 – It began in the backwoods of Tennessee, way up in a hollow…There lived an old woman who some say she had powers, the kind that could curse people. The James Brothers knew of her, these five brothers being of the worst kind, evil, vile, and reckless. They wanted the old woman’s cabin and…
From the producers of Anna and the Apocalypse and Monsters, and in the tradition of Get Out and ‘’Black Mirror’’, Terror Films’ FOLLOWERS combines horror with black comedy to satirize today’s influencer generation while bringing a fresh new spin to the found-footage genre. What starts as hilariously bad YouTube videos develops into a warning to the world about…
After gaining the frompage2screen award for best distributor last year (mainly due to the awesome sets of Boiling Point, and Bull that I bought) Second Sight show no signs of letting their awesome quality treatment of great films lessen. From the horror maestro himself, George A. Romero comes the highly anticipated, long-awaited release of Martin Limited Edition Box Set.…
Halloween may be over 9but dont let that stop you, keep horror going all year around, whats what I say) , but the horror will continue as the website for Horror-on-Sea 2023 is now live and the terrifying full line up has now been revealed. Originally formed to promote independent horror films and will continue to…
Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment are set to release Pennywise: The Story of IT on Digital Download from 3rd October and Blu-ray & DVD from 24th October and is a two hour documentary that takes a look at the 1990s two part mini series based on Stephen King’s iconic novel. Whilst IT is a hugely popular mini…
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…
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…
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