REVIEW: Spare Parts (FrightFest 2020)
When it comes to picking the films that I’m going to watch at Frightfest, I have a specific criteria that I like to meet. These are weird or unique films that may be classed as different in the genre, or films that are known as…
REVIEW: Benny Loves You (FrightFest 2020)
The oldest possession I own is a stuffed Winnie-the-Pooh bear, which I’ve had since I was 3 years old. I’ve kept it with me throughout my life and I’ve made sure that it doesn’t get lost, or I don’t throw it away. However, after seeing…
REVIEW: Cyst (FrightFest 2020)
I like to think I have a strong stomach when it comes to horror films. I can watch the goriest of films while eating and feel fine. However, the personal limits tend to be surgical procedures and gross-out films…so the next film on the Frightfest…
REVIEW: Don’t Look Back (FrightFest 2020)
Every year, Frightfest holds two film festival events. While the main event is held on August Bank Holiday, the October event is in the form of a one-day event, showcasing a range of horror films across all screens in one cinema. However, as we all…
REVIEW: Two Heads Creek (FrightFest 2020)
By far my favourite film of FrightFest goes to Two Heads Creek. This Ozploitation offering follows a brother and sister who leave post-Brexit Britain to search for their birth mother over in Australia. The two lead characters couldn’t be more different. Norman (Jordan Waller) is…
REVIEW: Triggered (FrightFest 2020)
The first film I watched from this year’s online Frightfest film festival was Triggered. The film follows a group of people who have gone camping in the middle of the woods. Tensions are already high between the so-called friends, but this only gets worse when…
REVIEW: Aquaslash (FrightFest 2020)
A slasher set in a waterpark sounds like a ‘why didn’t I think of that?’ type of idea. A lot of potential kills could be played out in a way that would be like Final Destination. Like many people that day, I was intrigued by…
REVIEW: Don’t Click (FrightFest 2020)
Adapted from the short film of the same name, Don’t Click attempts to critique the dark web and the nasty world of underground porn. Unfortunately this disturbingly self congratulatory film ends up being no better than the practices it tries to criticise. The most frustrating…
REVIEW: Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business (FrightFest 2020)
Plot synopsis: ‘Following five years in the life and career of independent filmmaker Justin McConnell, this documentary aims to understand the struggles of financing, attracting the right talent, working with practical effects and selling the finished product in the hope of turning a profit. Interviewing…
REVIEW: The Honeymoon Phase (FrightFest 2020)
Social experiment films are my cup of tea, so I was definitely interested in the idea behind Phillip G. Carroll Jr.’s The Honeymoon Phase. The film follows struggling young lovers Tom (Jim Schubin) and Eve (Chloe Carroll) as they take part in a 30-day experiment…
REVIEW: Hall (FrightFest 2020)
Plot synopsis: ‘When a hotel hallway is ravaged by a dreadful airborne virus, pregnant Japanese runaway wife Naomi is tragically thrust into the fight of her life. After getting infected, she is forced to crawl her way through other helpless victims to escape. In the…
REVIEW: 12 Hour Shift (FrightFest 2020)
The very idea of a 12 Hour Shift is scary enough, but Brea Grant’s slick comedy horror takes this to a whole new level. It follows overworked, cynical nurse Mandy (Angela Battis) who finds herself caught up in a black market organ-trading scheme in 1999…
REVIEW: Blind (FrightFest 2020)
Plot Synopsis: Faye is a former actress who lost her vision, and starry career, due to botched laser eye surgery. Struggling to put her lonely and panic-stricken life back together while living alone in her Hollywood Hills dream house, she’s supported by her visually impaired…
