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The BFI London Film Festival (LFF) returns for its 67th iteration this October and as usual, the film festival has a brilliant line-up of movies over its 12 days. Taking place from 4-15 October in a multitude of London cinemas, this year’s festival includes genre movies from Garth Davis, Yorgos Lanthimos, Hayao Miyazaki and more. Here
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Director: Xavier Gens Cast: Nassim Lyes, Olivier Gourmet, Loryn Nounay, Vithaya Pansringarm Running Time: 96 mins ‘Farang’ is the Thai word for ‘Caucasian’, or more generally for ‘foreigner’ – and while Xavier Gens’ film of the same name begins in France, its Algerian protagonist Samir ‘Sam’ Darba (the extraordinary Nassim Lyes) is already an outsider,
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Director: Graham Hughes Cast: Graham Hughes, Stephen Beavis, Annabel Logan, Andy Stewart Running Time: 80 mins Much like writer/director Graham Hughes’ previous feature Death of a Vlogger (2019), Hostile Dimensions begins with intradiegetic camerawork, as unseen cameraman Brian follows graffiti artist Emily (Josie Rogers) into an abandoned building where they discover a door and frame
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Director: Joe Stephenson Cast: Eddie Izzard, Scott Chambers, Lindsay Duncan, Simon Callow Running Time: 90 mins From the very outset, Doctor Jekyll is concerned with class, and with the illusory notion of its boundaries. We know this because it opens with a journalist (Simon Callow) asserting the need to quash “the idea that human beings
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Director: Sarah Appleton, Jasper Sharp Cast: Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Takashi Shimizu, Rie Inoo, Shinya Tsukamoto Running Time: 95 mins J-Horror typically features alienated individuals and viral curses, and uses technology – whether outgoing and analogue, like hand-me-down VHS cassettes, or incoming and digital, like the internet – as the medium for its uncanny hauntings. As its
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Graham Hughes’ (pictured above) found footage sci-fi horror Hostile Dimensions sees two documentary filmmakers – Sam and Ash – deciding to investigate the disappearance of a graffiti artist who has seemingly ‘vanished’. However, as they delve deeper into their research, they encounter an ominous freestanding door which leads them on a dark journey through the dimensions
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The UK’s top scare bonanza, FrightFest, returns to London for its 24th edition on Thursday August 24 – Monday 28 August 2023 and the festival always attracts not only some of the top horror movies we’re going to be excited about for the coming year, but all aspects of the filmmaking community. This year, members
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Director: Maximilian Erlenwein Writer: Maximilian Erlenwein, Joachim Hedén Cast: Sophie Lowe, Louisa Krause “I still get a bit nervous every time,” says Drew (Sophie Lowe), about to step off a narrow jetty into the sea for a cave dive. “Lucky you,” replies her sister May (Louisa Krause), “Nervous is good. Excitement’s a good thing.” May
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Our favourite UK scare fest is back next week with Pigeon Shrine FrightFest returning to Cineworld in Leicester Square, London, for its 24th edition. Running from Thursday August 24 – Monday 28 August 2023, Pigeon Shrine FrightFest will have feature-length and short films, as well as documentaries, and will encompass 25 World, 23 International /
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Director: Junta Yamaguchi Writer: Makoto Ueda Cast: Riko Fujitani, Yoshimasa Kondo, Shiori Kubo, Munenori Nagano, Yuki Torigoe Running Time: 82 mins “You can’t step into the same river twice,” is a quote attributed to the Early Greek philosopher Heraclitus, as an illustration of stability’s absence in a world of flux. Yet in Junta Yamaguchi’s latest,
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A camping trip turns deadly for a couple when one of them gets injured in a world infected by zombie-like ‘Heps’ in upcoming horror Herd, which has been officially selected for this year’s FrightFest, and will celebrate its World Premiere on August 26th at the iconic horror festival. Watch the trailer for Herd here… [embedded
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Director: Joe Lynch Writer: Dennis Paoli Cast: Heather Graham, Judah Lewis, Bruce Davison, Barbara Crampton, Johnathon Schaech Suitable Flesh begins with a POV shot from inside a body bag being zipped open. As psychiatrist Dr Dani Upton (Barbara Crampton) and the morgue’s pathologist (Graham Skipper) look down, Dani comments: “It’s impossible to tell that’s a person,
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