Fright Night Horror

Following on from its hugely successful August five-day event, Arrow Video FrightFest is back at the Cineworld, Leicester Square with a bumper two-day Halloween event on Friday 29th Oct and Sat 30th October, presenting nine fear-packed premieres from around the world.  The monstrous movie marathon embraces World, International and UK premieres, as we journey through an unholy celebration of mayhem, menace and murder. Kicking off the Black Friday gala ghoulishness is the UK premiere of THE SEED, a gut-bursting alien creature feature from Screen International ‘Star of Tomorrow’ director Sam Walker. Walker will be attending, alongside the main cast - Lucy Martin, Sophie Vavasseur and Chelsea Edge - and SFX maestro Dan Martin. This is followed by the UK premiere of BARBARIANS with Game of Thrones star Iwan Rheon. First-time director Charles Dorfman, who will be in attendance, alongside members of the cast, reveals his talent for Pinter-esque dialogue, multi-layered resonance and unsettling

When did you first become interested in horror? I’m a total bookworm and have enjoyed reading pretty much everything since I was a kid, be it non-fiction, westerns, sci-fi, fantasy, mysteries, thrillers, whatever. Still, horror seems to hold a special place in my black and shriveled heart. I read some creepy stuff growing up—Goosebumps, Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark—then I discovered Stephen King in middle school. The Shining blew my mind, and I hunted down everything he wrote. Then I found Richard Matheson, Ramsey Campbell, Neil Gaiman, Clive Barker, Brian Lumley, Dan Simmons, and many more horror authors whose work undoubtedly traumatized me in the best way possible. In high school, I accidentally met one of the authors whose work I enjoyed. I attended local poetry readings led by a guy named Mark, who I’d later find out was Mark McLaughlin, a published, Bram Stoker award-winning horror author. He’s been a friend, mentor, and fountain of creative ideas ever since. When I was clue

When did you first become interested in horror? I’m a total bookworm and have enjoyed reading pretty much everything since I was a kid, be it non-fiction, westerns, sci-fi, fantasy, mysteries, thrillers, whatever. Still, horror seems to hold a special place in my black and shriveled heart. I read some creepy stuff growing up—Goosebumps, Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark—then I discovered Stephen King in middle school. The Shining blew my mind, and I hunted down everything he wrote. Then I found Richard Matheson, Ramsey Campbell, Neil Gaiman, Clive Barker, Brian Lumley, Dan Simmons, and many more horror authors whose work undoubtedly traumatized me in the best way possible. In high school, I accidentally met one of the authors whose work I enjoyed. I attended local poetry readings led by a guy named Mark, who I’d later find out was Mark McLaughlin, a published, Bram Stoker award-winning horror author. He’s been a friend, mentor, and fountain of creative ideas ever since. When I was clue

Psycho Goreman - Released from 4th October And to celebrate we have a great competition for you 2 copies on Blu-ray to give away. Synopsis:  E.T. Meets Troma in Psycho Goreman a madcap intergalactic sci-fi  comedy from director Steven Kostanski, which arrives on Blu-ray on 4 October 2021 from Acorn Media International in association with Shudder. When siblings Mimi (Nita-Josee Hanna – Books of Blood) and Luke (Owen Myre – They Don’t Know) discover a strange, glowing stone while playing outside, they unwittingly resurrect a blood thirsty ancient alien overlord (Matthew Ninaber – Transference: Escape the Dark).  Entombed on Earth millions of years ago after a failed attempt to destroy the universe, he’s back to wreak havoc, but the children quickly learn they can control the bad-tempered blue creature with the gem and rename him Psycho Goreman. After the initial fun and taunting using their new-found powers,  they begin to panic when it dawns on them they could be in mortal danger… The o

Psycho Goreman - Released from 4th October And to celebrate we have a great competition for you 2 copies on Blu-ray to give away. Synopsis:  E.T. Meets Troma in Psycho Goreman a madcap intergalactic sci-fi  comedy from director Steven Kostanski, which arrives on Blu-ray on 4 October 2021 from Acorn Media International in association with Shudder. When siblings Mimi (Nita-Josee Hanna – Books of Blood) and Luke (Owen Myre – They Don’t Know) discover a strange, glowing stone while playing outside, they unwittingly resurrect a blood thirsty ancient alien overlord (Matthew Ninaber – Transference: Escape the Dark).  Entombed on Earth millions of years ago after a failed attempt to destroy the universe, he’s back to wreak havoc, but the children quickly learn they can control the bad-tempered blue creature with the gem and rename him Psycho Goreman. After the initial fun and taunting using their new-found powers,  they begin to panic when it dawns on them they could be in mortal danger… The o

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment releases Night of the Animated Dead , which is out now on digital and available on DVD and Blu-ray from the 4th October. To celebrate, we’re giving away three Blu-rays to three lucky winners! Night of the Animated Dead is an animated adaptation of George A. Romero’s 1968 horror classic and the new star-studded recreation includes never-before-seen, exclusive scenes not found in the original live-action film.  Siblings Barbara and Johnny visit their father’s grave in a remote cemetery in Pennsylvania when they are suddenly set upon by zombies. Barbara flees and takes refuge in an abandoned farmhouse along with stranded motorist Ben and four local survivors found hiding in the cellar. Together, the group must fight to stay alive against the oncoming horde of zombies while also confronting their own fears and prejudices.  Night of the Animated Dead features the voice talents of Josh Duhamel (Jupiter’s Legacy, Transformers) as Harry Cooper, Dulé Hill (The

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment releases Night of the Animated Dead , which is out now on digital and available on DVD and Blu-ray from the 4th October. To celebrate, we’re giving away three Blu-rays to three lucky winners! Night of the Animated Dead is an animated adaptation of George A. Romero’s 1968 horror classic and the new star-studded recreation includes never-before-seen, exclusive scenes not found in the original live-action film.  Siblings Barbara and Johnny visit their father’s grave in a remote cemetery in Pennsylvania when they are suddenly set upon by zombies. Barbara flees and takes refuge in an abandoned farmhouse along with stranded motorist Ben and four local survivors found hiding in the cellar. Together, the group must fight to stay alive against the oncoming horde of zombies while also confronting their own fears and prejudices.  Night of the Animated Dead features the voice talents of Josh Duhamel (Jupiter’s Legacy, Transformers) as Harry Cooper, Dulé Hill (The

  When did you first become interested in writing? In the fourth grade, I had scribbled outlandish things down prior to that, but in the fourth grade…I was ten I wanna say, but we had our first ever state graded writing test and of course it came with a prompt. It was something to do about summer vacation, a very cliched so I wrote a short story about a haunted house at the end of some derelict street with my friends and our bikes and all of that…pure make-believe, but the graders contacted my teacher and said that not only did I pass, but I entertained them and wanted to thank me for breaking the monotony. So, after that I was hooked and began writing small tales here and there. It wasn’t anything major, but that was the moment that I felt confident enough to do more scribbling.   How did you get involved in fantasy/horror? As a kid, like every other kid in my age group I started on Hardie..or Hardy…Hardy Boys and although those were cool, they were lacking a whole lot of someth

Violation  - Released from 27th September And to celebrate we have a great competition for you 2 copies on Blu-ray to give away. Synopsis:  The critically acclaimed Violation sees Madeleine Sims-Fewer in lead role as well as writer and co-director alongside Dusty Mancinelli in their big-screen writing and directorial debut.  This daring and disturbing film is set to arrive on Blu-ray and digital in the UK from Acorn Media International in conjunction with Shudder on 27 September 2021. Madeleine Sims-Fewer gives a multi-faceted and highly compelling performance alongside Anne Maguire (The Hummingbird Project) and Obi Abili (21 Bridges, Billions) in this darkly enthralling, deeply unsettling rape revenge-thriller. With her marriage about to implode, Miriam (Sims-Fewer)  returns to her hometown in remote Canada to to seek solace in the comfort of her younger sister (Maguire) and brother-in-law (Jesse LaVercombe). But one evening, a seemingly tiny error of judgement, leads to a catastrophi

Violation  - Released from 27th September And to celebrate we have a great competition for you 2 copies on Blu-ray to give away. Synopsis:  The critically acclaimed Violation sees Madeleine Sims-Fewer in lead role as well as writer and co-director alongside Dusty Mancinelli in their big-screen writing and directorial debut.  This daring and disturbing film is set to arrive on Blu-ray and digital in the UK from Acorn Media International in conjunction with Shudder on 27 September 2021. Madeleine Sims-Fewer gives a multi-faceted and highly compelling performance alongside Anne Maguire (The Hummingbird Project) and Obi Abili (21 Bridges, Billions) in this darkly enthralling, deeply unsettling rape revenge-thriller. With her marriage about to implode, Miriam (Sims-Fewer)  returns to her hometown in remote Canada to to seek solace in the comfort of her younger sister (Maguire) and brother-in-law (Jesse LaVercombe). But one evening, a seemingly tiny error of judgement, leads to a catastrophi

Violation  - Released from 27th September And to celebrate we have a great competition for you 2 copies on Blu-ray to give away. Synopsis:  The critically acclaimed Violation sees Madeleine Sims-Fewer in lead role as well as writer and co-director alongside Dusty Mancinelli in their big-screen writing and directorial debut.  This daring and disturbing film is set to arrive on Blu-ray and digital in the UK from Acorn Media International in conjunction with Shudder on 27 September 2021. Madeleine Sims-Fewer gives a multi-faceted and highly compelling performance alongside Anne Maguire (The Hummingbird Project) and Obi Abili (21 Bridges, Billions) in this darkly enthralling, deeply unsettling rape revenge-thriller. With her marriage about to implode, Miriam (Sims-Fewer)  returns to her hometown in remote Canada to to seek solace in the comfort of her younger sister (Maguire) and brother-in-law (Jesse LaVercombe). But one evening, a seemingly tiny error of judgement, leads to a catastrophi

The Power - Released from 27th September And to celebrate we have a great competition for you 2 copies on DVD to give away. Synopsis:  Feel The Power the chillingly poignant and shocking British Shudder Original from rising star Corinna Faith in her writing and directorial debut. The film is set for its UK Blu-ray debut from Acorn Media International on 27 September 2021 and will also be available on DVD and digital.   Rose Williams (Sanditon, Reign) pulls out all the stops in a compelling, complex performance alongside Amy Beth Hayes (Black Mirror, Bridgerton) and Emma Rigby (Catlevania, Prisoners’ Wives) in this spine-tingling, terrifying horror. January, 1974. Amid the UK blackouts, a newly trained nurse, Val (Williams), starts her first job in an old hospital in London’s East End and is instructed to cover the ‘dark shift’. Inexperienced and afraid of the dark, Val is forced to confront childhood trauma and abuse as she battles the evil entity haunting the hospital and lurking in t

The Power - Released from 27th September And to celebrate we have a great competition for you 2 copies on DVD to give away. Synopsis:  Feel The Power the chillingly poignant and shocking British Shudder Original from rising star Corinna Faith in her writing and directorial debut. The film is set for its UK Blu-ray debut from Acorn Media International on 27 September 2021 and will also be available on DVD and digital.   Rose Williams (Sanditon, Reign) pulls out all the stops in a compelling, complex performance alongside Amy Beth Hayes (Black Mirror, Bridgerton) and Emma Rigby (Catlevania, Prisoners’ Wives) in this spine-tingling, terrifying horror. January, 1974. Amid the UK blackouts, a newly trained nurse, Val (Williams), starts her first job in an old hospital in London’s East End and is instructed to cover the ‘dark shift’. Inexperienced and afraid of the dark, Val is forced to confront childhood trauma and abuse as she battles the evil entity haunting the hospital and lurking in t

The Power - Released from 27th September And to celebrate we have a great competition for you 2 copies on DVD to give away. Synopsis:  Feel The Power the chillingly poignant and shocking British Shudder Original from rising star Corinna Faith in her writing and directorial debut. The film is set for its UK Blu-ray debut from Acorn Media International on 27 September 2021 and will also be available on DVD and digital.   Rose Williams (Sanditon, Reign) pulls out all the stops in a compelling, complex performance alongside Amy Beth Hayes (Black Mirror, Bridgerton) and Emma Rigby (Catlevania, Prisoners’ Wives) in this spine-tingling, terrifying horror. January, 1974. Amid the UK blackouts, a newly trained nurse, Val (Williams), starts her first job in an old hospital in London’s East End and is instructed to cover the ‘dark shift’. Inexperienced and afraid of the dark, Val is forced to confront childhood trauma and abuse as she battles the evil entity haunting the hospital and lurking in t

Ahead of the Horror Channel premiere of his sci-fi action thriller G-LOC, director Tom Paton reflects on why making movies is like solving a puzzle, his passion for survival stories and being compared to Roger Corman. Horror Channel will be broadcasting the UK TV premiere of your Sci-fi adventure G-LOC. Excited or what? It’s honesty so strange to me every time Horror Channel debuts one of my movies. The channel has been such a big part of my life growing up and informing my taste in films, that it’s always a “pinch myself moment” when I see something that I’ve made appear on their TV listing. G-LOC is much more of a SCI-FI adventure than any of my previous movies, so it’s great that Horror Channel is supporting it and bringing it to UK audiences. How difficult was it getting the film off the ground? It was shot in Yorkshire, right? Films are always hard to get off the ground to be fair, I’ve just been incredibly lucky that there are people out there who have believed in me and the stor