One woman’s late night phone scrolling habits soon give way to a battle for survival that leads into something entirely unexpected in writer/director Matt Stuertz’s HUMAN. Iain MacLeod reviews this ambitious low-budget genre mash-up that received its world premiere at FrightFest.

Receiving its World Premiere at FrightFest, Steven West reviews this documentary that takes a comprehensive look behind the scenes of one of the centuries most upsetting, divisive and censored films of this century.

BAMBOO REVENGE - Three men wake up in the middle of a patch of swiftly rising bamboo that will impale them unless a vengeance seeking woman gets the answers she's looking for. Iain MacLeod reviews this French thriller that received its world premiere at FrightFest.

THE ARBITER – Director Marc Price returns with a quirky Brit action comedy that makes its World premiere at FrightFest this weekend.  Nina Romain head to FrightFest to check out this  chaotic burst of parkour fuelled, rollerskating mayhem, complete with ice cream trucks and cartoonish carnage.

DEATH CYCLE – Gabriel Carrer returns in high style, blending giallo inspired visuals with leather clad killers and brutal, head stomping violence. Iain MacLeod reviews this bloody and stylish slice of revenge cinema, packed with inventive kills and colour drenched cinematography, and strong performances, making its World premiere at FrightFest this weekend. 

BLOCKHEAD - Documentary filmmaker Matt Harlock makes his feature debut with BLOCKHEAD, a psychological look at a young author overcoming writer’s block with help from an unlikely source who may not have his best interests at heart. Iain MacLeod reviews this challenging thriller receiving its world premiere at FrightFest.

BLOOD SHINE - Emily Bennett stars and co-directs this folk-horror tinged character piece of a cult-member holding an unsuspecting film director captive for a sinister other-worldly aim. Iain MacLeod reviews the film which receives its world premiere at FrightFest.

Eric Owen makes a bold leap from horror to a lean, mean neo-noir thriller with IN A COLD VEIN.  With dark Texan landscapes, bursts of violence, and a conflicted anti-hero at its core, this is a must for crime fiction fans.

Iain MacLeod reviews Owen’s Texas noir, which receives its World Premiere this year at FrightFest. 

Director Joanne Mitchell and writer Dominic Brunt have delivered a hauntingly beautiful tale of one woman’s descent into madness.

Christopher Lee returns from the great beyond once again to deliver his own life story in Jon Spira’s innovative and affecting documentary

FrightFest’s second film of the festival brings 80’s body horror and paranoid cinema back to the screen with disturbingly fun results.