Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Home Bodies (Fantasia Film Festival) review – one of the most inventive, unique and enthralling science fiction films of the year by Neil Baker 24th July 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·Rewind FrightFest announces its programme for the 27th edition of the UK’s leading horror & fantasy film festival by Neil Baker 16th July 2026
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Tubi has been announced as the 2026 headline sponsor for FrightFest, the UK’s premier horror film festival by Neil Baker 7th July 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Healing Andy (FrightFest) review – a wild, wicked and always witty found footage gem by Neil Baker 24th August 2025
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television The Haunting at Jack the Ripper’s House (FrightFest) review – a mildly entertaining but sadly confused haunted house flick by Neil Baker 24th August 2025
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Your Host (FrightFest) review – not even the twisted performance of Haley can save Medoff’s film from its own self-inflicted wounds by Neil Baker 23rd August 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Kombucha (FrightFest) review – a wickedly sharp and delightfully moreish tipple by Neil Baker 23rd August 2025
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Foreigner (Fantasia Film Festival) review – discussions on assimilation vs. multiculturalism sit at the heart of Safai’s coming of age horror by Neil Baker 2nd August 2025
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Hold the Fort (Fantasia Film Festival) review – a bonkers, brilliant and bloody rollercoaster of pure unadulterated fun by Neil Baker 19th July 2025
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television James DeMonaco’s The Home and Kurtis David Harder’s Influencers will open and close FrightFest 2025 by Neil Baker 11th July 2025
1 Billy Liar (1963) rewind review – Schlesinger’s truly stunning coming-of-age film continues to speak to the experiences of young people today 29th July 2026
2 The Mortuary Assistant (review) – Jeremiah Kipp’s horror game adaptation juggles supernatural terror and psychological torment 27th July 2026
3 The Wolf (review) – an observational meditation on queer love and life in contemporary China 25th July 2026
4 Robota (review) – the Schwarzman Centre reimagines Čapek’s classic in examining what it means to be human in the age of AI 25th July 2026
5 Home Bodies (Fantasia Film Festival) review – one of the most inventive, unique and enthralling science fiction films of the year 24th July 2026
6 No Rest for the Wicked (Fantasia Film Festival) review – hauntingly beautiful, Kalle’s adaptation of Ulrichs’ Manor is unmissable 23rd July 2026
7 Pinocchio: Unstrung (review) – Rhys Frake-Waterfield’s movie is a sordid, cynical and shoddy exploitation flick with even cheaper ethics 23rd July 2026
8 Animal Farm (2026) review – Serkis’s film butchers Orwell’s source material so thoroughly it could be branded animal cruelty 21st July 2026
9 The Virgin Suicides (2000) rewind review – Sophia Coppola’s film is a girlhood classic that balances sweetness, sweatiness and sorrow 21st July 2026
10 Blue Mist (UK Tour) review – Who has the authority to define another person’s story? And who decides what counts as an “authentic voice?” 21st July 2026
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