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Film Review: Hostel (2005)

November 20, 2013
6 mins to read

“It frankly isn’t the barrage of barbarism it needs to be!” Following Saw‘s 2003 release it seemed there would be a never ending tide of movies that themselves would unleash a never ending tide of gore. Admittedly this was mostly due to the rapidly re-spawning Saw franchise itself, but alongside WΔZ as an original property …

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2013 FrightFest All-Nighter

November 20, 2013
9 mins to read

FrightFest does one all-night film festival a year, usually timetabled to coincide with Halloween. While most FrightFest events take place in either London (August) or Glasgow (February), the Halloween one gets rolled out across the country, allowing people who can’t get to the big city events the chance to join in some of the fun. …

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Frightfest 2013 Film Review: We Are What We Are

November 20, 2013
3 mins to read

“Tense, bloody, and visceral, We Are What We Are is a modern masterpiece” Jim Mickle’s reimagining of Jorge Michael Grau’s Somos lo Que Hay is nothing short of brilliant. After the death of their mother, Rose and Iris Parker are charged with continuing an ancient family tradition that would make Hannibal upchuck. When mudslides begin …

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Event Review: Sitges Festival 2013

November 19, 2013
10 mins to read

Known just as Sitges to its fans, the 46th Sitges Fantasy film festival – which ran from 11 to 20 October this year in the Europa gorgeous coastal town near Barcelona – has to be the greatest horror movie festival in the world. Given its geographical compactness and idyllic setting, the event screens around 200 …