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Spoiler-Free Review: COYOTE (Romford Film Festival) - HorrorFuel.com: Reviews, Ratings and Where to Watch the Best Horror Movies & TV Shows
U.K. science fiction thriller Coyote (2023) combines current social issues with lo-fi science fiction elements. The result is a film that boasts solid performances and thought-provoking themes. Partners Ekaterina (Therica Wilson-Read) and Anya (Borislava Stratieva) pay heavily to have one of them instantly transported using cutting-edge tech from Rasskazovo, where a violent crackdown on LGBTQ people is taking place, to a safe house in London for female immigrants.
Treasured Films Announces UK Blu-ray Debut of SATAN'S LITTLE HELPER
Boutique label Treasured Films has announced its sophomore release: the UK Blu-ray debut of 2004 horror comedy Satan’s Little Helper, from director Jeff Lieberman. Following is the official press announcement. Brand new boutique label TREASURED FILMS follows up its inaugural release of THE LAST HUNTER with something a little different; JEFF LIEBERMAN’S satirical seasonal shocker SATAN’S LITTLE HELPER (2004).
Pat Tremblay’s Book AILIEN REALMS: TRANSDIMENSIONAL HORROR MOVIE POSTERS & THEIR FILM REVIEWS Set to Blow Minds This Month
Joseph Perry is the Film Festival Editor for Horror Fuel; all film festival related queries and announcements should be sent to him at [email protected]. He is a contributing writer for the "Phantom of the Movies VideoScope" and “Drive-In Asylum” print magazines and the websites Gruesome Magazine, Diabolique Magazine, The Scariest Things, B&S About Movies, and When It Was Cool. He is a co-host of the "Uphill Both Ways" pop culture nostalgia podcast and also writes for its website.
Movie Reviews: “Dashcam” and “Presence” (Panic Fest) - HorrorFuel.com: Reviews, Ratings and Where to Watch the Best Horror Movies & TV Shows
Dashcam Director Rob Savage follows up his highly acclaimed 2020 feature Host with Dashcam. It’s a freaky effort that uses an intriguing style that falls somewhere between direct cinema and found footage. There’s much to recommend about the film, though the lead character is so grating — no matter which way your politics lie — that it cancels out some of Dashcam’s goodwill.
Halloween 10 memories — When It Was Cool - Pop Culture, Comics, Pro Wrestling, Toys, TV, Movies, and Podcasts
Return to WhenItWasCool.com Home Page By: Joseph Perry Halloween and trick-or-treating changed in the 1970s when reports of evil people doing despicable things to food they passed out traveled by word-of-mouth from one parent to another, and as those fears heightened in the stranger-danger days of the 1980s, the holiday changed forever.
Documentary Series Review: Shudder’s “Cursed Films: The Exorcist” — When It Was Cool - Pop Culture, Comics, Pro Wrestling, Toys, TV, Movies, and Podcasts
Cheel interviews other cast members and behind-the-scenes witnesses to the filmmaking events, along with religious experts, scholars, noted film critics, and writers.
True History of the Kelly Gang Film Review — When It Was Cool - Pop Culture, Comics, Pro Wrestling, Toys, TV, Movies, and Podcasts
Ned has had his fill of discrimination, hardship, and trouble from the law, so he eventually forms a band of outlaws who wear dresses to freak out the squares and scare their victims into thinking the criminals are crazy. After Ellen is jailed, Ned devises a plan to ambush a train full of lawmen and spring her from prison.
Ghost Stories Film Review — When It Was Cool - Pop Culture, Comics, Pro Wrestling, Toys, TV, Movies, and Podcasts
Fans of classic British horror movie anthologies such as Torture Garden (1967), The House That Dripped Blood (1971), and The Vault of Horror (1973), or those who just love good old-fashioned chilling tales of the supernatural should find plenty to love about the new omnibus effort Ghost Stories. Providing old-school eeriness and mounting terror, this film is one of the best scare-fare efforts of the year so far.
Wisconsin's MidWest WeirdFest Delivers Science Fiction, the Supernatural, and the Surreal
Wisconsin’s MidWest WeirdFest has announced the full lineup for its 2022 edition from March 4-6, and it’s a wild one, as always! This unique film festival offers up a bounty of cinematic strangeness, including documentaries and narrative features about alien contact, cryptid creatures, and slasher mayhem. The official press announcement follows. MidWest WeirdFest announces its full program for 2022 today.
[Review] It Came from the Kitchen! [Final Girls Berlin]: Lighthearted Creature Feature Boasts Some Old-School Effects
We’ve all had those days, sometimes even weeks, when straightening up our living spaces just doesn’t rate high on the old to-do list, until something happens that makes it absolutely necessary. Jackie (Savannah Zito), the protagonist of writer/director Jessica Salgado’s creature feature short It Came from the Kitchen!, is having an especially hard time with this as she is dealing with depression. Jackie orders some Chinese food delivery but is disappointed to find that no utensils were included.
MidWest WeirdFest Premieres New UFO Documentary Featuring Whitley Strieber
Whitley Strieber is well known as both a horror novelist (The Hunger and Wolfen) and for his nonfiction work as someone who has experienced the paranormal (Communion). He appears in the film Alien Abduction: Answers, a new documentary on UFOs that will receive its world premiere in March at MidWest WeirdFest in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Following is the official press announcement. A major new documentary on the UFO subject will world premiere at the 6th annual MidWest WeirdFest.
Genre-bending Horror Short YOU’RE DEAD HELEN Receives Oscar Nomination and New Trailer
The excellent short film You’re Dead Helen (AKA You’re Dead Hélène and its original title T’es morte Hélène; 2021), which Gruesome Magazine called “a remarkable genre-blending effort that takes viewers on a ride through three different storytelling genres and a wide range of emotions” in an enthusiastic review, has been shortlisted for Oscars nomination and received a new trailer, and the full short is now available to watch online.
FrightFest Glasgow Dishes Up Demons and Dark Comedies
FrightFest has outdone itself with its line-up announcement for the FrightFest Glasgow 2022 edition! With no less than a dozen outstanding fright-fare and thriller offerings from around the globe, this is a can’t-miss film festival for aficionados of the strange and the suspenseful. Following is the official press announcement.
Look No Further Than MidWest WeirdFest for the Bold, the Bizarre, and the Brain-Twisting
MidWest WeirdFest once again serves up cinema fare from the challenging to the chilling, as evidenced by the first wave announcement for this year’s edition of the Eau Claire, Wisconsin-based film festival. Monsters, metal music, and assorted mayhem are all on tap. Following is the official press announcement. MidWest WeirdFest announces its first programming wave for 2022 today. The cinematic celebration of all things fantastic, frightening, paranormal, and just plain weird, is now in its 6th year.
Final Girls Berlin Film Festival Announces Its Hair-Raising 2022 Lineup Original
The Final Girls Berlin Film Festival hosts a treasure trove of incredible fear fare for its 7th edition, which is set for February 3-6, 2022 on the big screen and in person, with a worldwide On Demand presentation of most of its scheduled short films. In addition to presenting 7 fine feature films, the fest also boasts 8 blocks of shorts — Social Ills, Wrath, Medical Horror, Envy, Queer Horror, Midnight, Gluttony, and Menacing Presences — along with a variety of talks and workshops.
[Review] The Blood of the Dinosaurs: Joe Badon's Latest Leap into Lunacy Hits the Surreal Jackpot Once Again
When reviewing a Joe Badon film, words such as “ersatz,” “systematically,” and “avuncular” will never work. Nor will attempting diatribes or didacticism. His films are like surreal gossamer coated with Dadaist treacle. His newest work is the short film The Blood of the Dinosaurs, a prologue to his upcoming feature film The Wheel of Heaven, and it is as mind-blowing as his features The God Inside My Ear and Sister Tempest.
[Review] Apps [Another Hole in the Head Film Festival]: South American Anthology Tackles the Horrors Hiding within Smartphone Technology
Chile/Argentina coproduction Apps is a horror anthology based around smartphone apps. Its segments are much like apps in that some work well while others are disappointing.
[Review] The Wild Man of the Navidad: Throwback Creature Feature Offers Plenty of Cryptid Creepiness
Loosely based on accounts of a creature that is said to be the subject of one of the first Bigfoot sightings in Texas in the 1800s as well as in a more modern encounter, The Wild Man of the Navidad (2008 but receiving a new DVD rerelease) hearkens back to the heyday of 1970s docudrama scare-fare cinema such as The Legend of Boggy Creek (1972) and The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976).
[Review] THE LAST RITE: A Solid Lead Performance Balances Out Plot Issues in This Possession Horror Film
U.K. horror feature The Last Rite mixes a few different elements of terror, resulting in an effort that tries to pack too much into one film but boasts some effective spookiness. Bethan Waller’s performance, especially during the second half, is enough to warrant a recommendation. Waller stars as Lucy, a young woman who begins seeing a shadow person wearing a large-brimmed hat.
The U.K.’s Horror-on-Sea Film Festival Announces Its Fear-Fare Lineup for January 2022 - Gruesome Magazine
Horror-on-Sea returns in January with a tantalizing array of international independent horror features and short films. From ghoul-fests to gorefests and creatures to comedy, there’s something for every fright-fare fanatic at the Southend fest. Following is the official press release. Following a hiatus in 2021 due to the pandemic, Horror-on-Sea will be making a welcome return to Southend in 2022 with what promises to be its biggest yet.
Austria's SLASH Filmfestival 2022 Is Currently Accepting Submissions
Attention, filmmakers: SLASH Filmfestival — home to weird, wild, and wonderful genre cinema in Austria — is now accepting submissions for its 13th edition next year. Gruesome Magazine had the pleasure of reviewing such terrific SLASH entries as You’re Dead Hélène and Tale of the Deaf for this year’s edition, and we can’t wait to see what is on offer for 2022! Following is the official press release.
[Review] Mudmonster [A Night of Horror]: Unexplained Mysteries Burden a Young Girl in Eerie Italian Horror Short
Skip to content What’s a young girl to do when she has a mother that isn’t big on communication and interaction, a teen sister who worships H.P. Lovecraft’s fictional Old Gods, her father has recently passed away — and she begins seeing a strange, frightening creature outside her window?
[Review] He Comes at Night [FilmQuest]: Eerie Canadian Short Brings Back Memories of Childhood Bedtime Fears
It must be getting increasingly difficult to make effective “monsters under the bed” and “monsters in the closet” horror shorts, with so many variations on the theme in both short-film and feature-length outings. Writer/director/editor Joseph Covello shows that it is still possible, however, in his Canadian short film He Comes at Night.
[Review] You're Dead Hélène [SLASH Film Festival]: Does This Romance Have a Ghost of a Chance?
Writer/director Michiel Blanchart’s Belgian/French short film You’re Dead Hélène (T’es morte Hélène; 2021) is a remarkable genre-blending effort that takes viewers on a ride through three different storytelling genres and a wide range of emotions. Hélène (Lucile Vignolles) is in a complicated relationship with Maxime (Théophile Roux). She is having a hard time letting go even though, as the film’s title states, she is dead.
Canada's Blood in the Snow Film Festival Announces Its In-Cinema Lineup for November
Canada’s Blood in the Snow Film Festival (BITS), which is running a virtual festival this weekend (information at https://www.bloodinthesnow.ca/) from October 29-31, has announced the in-theater lineup for its November 18-23 run at Toronto’s Royal Cinema. Along with the hilarious horror comedy Vicious Fun and the dark Canadian folk horror The Family (Gruesome Magazine’s review is here) are the world, national, and local premieres of all manner of feature-length and short fright fare films.
[Review] The Family [Busan International Film Festival]: Period-Piece Canadian Folk Horror Impresses But Has One Major Issue
The latest entry in the folk horror/religious cult subgenres of cinema is the Canadian offering The Family (2021) and it is a dark film, indeed. It offers top-notch acting and a heavy sense of dread from the opening scenes, but unfortunately recalls films — one in particular that I won’t spoil here — that have already used certain plot elements.
Demons, Dystopia, and Deceptions Abound in Lund Fantastic Film Festival's 27th Edition
Sweden’s Lund Fantastic Film Festival serves up an intriguing array of horror, science fiction, thrillers, and fantasy cinema with its 27th edition, scheduled for October 30–November 5 with both in-person and virtual editions. From Scandinavian premieres of world cinema to anniversary screenings of beloved classics, it’s a killer lineup. Following is the official press announcement.
U.K. Creature Feature WALKING AGAINST THE RAIN Reveals First-Look Stills
The Grue-Crew members love a good monster movie, and it looks like we have one coming our way from the U.K. Walking Against the Rain from first-time feature director Scott Lyus has entered its post-production stage, and the filmmakers have released a few images to whet our fright-fare appetites. Following is the official press announcement. The apocalyptic monster road movie Walking Against the Rain has entered post-production.
Nightmares Film Festival Reveals Its Secret Sunday Screenings
Columbus, Ohio’s Nightmares Film Festival has announced what’s in store for its three secret Sunday screenings scheduled for October 24, 2021: The first two episodes of SYFY’s new series Day of the Dead, Bruce Campbell’s new horror comedy Black Friday, and A24’s new feature film The Humans are all now on tap. Full details are in the official press announcement, which follows. Ooh, Nightmares Film Festival — you sneaky devil, you.
Huluween Is Here To Supply The Thrills And Chills You Crave
October is in full swing! Huluween is back, and this year, there is a malevolent presence haunting the platform itself. Uluh, an evil spirit, will be watching from inside as brave viewers sign-in to catch their favorite Halloween classics or find new ones to satisfy their hunger for fear. Hulu is putting viewers at the center of a spooky and immersive on-channel world as the mysterious Uluh makes herself known throughout the month.
[Review] LAKE OF THE DEAD [NIGHTSTREAM]: 1950s Norwegian Chiller Is Old-School, Thinking Person's Cabin in the Woods Fare
Writer/director Kåre Bergstrøm’s Lake of the Dead (De dødes tjern, 1958), stated by some sources as being Norway’s first horror film and voted by critics in 2001 as one of the country’s top five films of all time, is a superb folk horror film filled with haunting black-and-white imagery. It boasts top-notch acting and intelligent discussions about psychology and the supernatural.
SCI-FI-London Film Festival 2021 Offers Dystopias, Dream Archives, and Parallel Dimensions
SCI-FI-London Film Festival 2021 has announced its full line-up, with speculative narrative films and intriguing documentaries. Following is the official press announcement. Today the SCI-FI-LONDON FILM FESTIVAL 2021 launches its cosmic 21st annual programme, which will run from the 19 OCTOBER until 26 OCTOBER 2021 with seven days of fabulous film. It will showcase a fantastic lineup with 2 world film premieres, 8 UK film premieres, 11 world short premieres and 13 UK short premieres.
Arrow Video FrightFest Halloween Event Presents Pennywise, Possessed People, and Other Perils
Arrow Video FrightFest celebrates Halloween with nine cinematic shockers from around the globe, from Pennywise: The Story of It, a behind-the-scenes documentary chronicling the making of the 1990 miniseries, to Australian supernatural chiller The Possessed, and far beyond. Following is the official press announcement.
NIGHTSTREAM Offers an At-Home Virtual Film Festival with Genre-Film Goodness Galore
After banding together last year to present the inaugural NIGHTSTREAM online-only film festival, the four film festivals behind NIGHTSTREAM — Boston Underground, Brooklyn Horror, North Bend, and Overlook — have joined together again to present a second edition from October 7th-13th.
[Review] Tale of the Deaf [SLASH Film Festival]: Mesmerizing Russian Black-and-White Short Is a Gorgeous Gothic Horror
Skip to content Writer/director Philipp Yuryev’s Russian short Tale of the Deaf is one of the most visually extraordinary films of this year. Shot in sumptuous black-and-white by director of photography Mikhail Kasaya, this gothic chiller is a diabolical delight. A deaf man (Russian rapper Husky) tries to entertain a tavern full of paupers with shadow play but receives a decidedly unkind reception.
Genre-Cinema Mecca FilmQuest Reveals Its 2021 In-Person Lineup
Provo, Utah’s award-winning FilmQuest film festival has announced its lineup of cinematic genre-film fare— including 14 feature films and dozens of short films from around the world— for its 2021 in-person lineup. The fest takes place from October 29–November 6. Following is the official press announcement. FilmQuest, one of the largest genre festivals in the country and one of MovieMaker Magazine’s 2021 “Top 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee,” announced its 8th annual edition.
Wreak Havoc Horror Film Festival Announces Fright-Filled Lineup for Its 7th Annual Edition
http://www.wreakhavochorrorfilmfest.com/ Vampires, ghosts, slashers, and monsters return to North Carolina as Wreak Havoc Horror Film Festival kicks off the spooky season October 1st and 2nd, 2021, with award-winning fear-fare features and short films from around the globe. Following is the official press information. While most businesses and services have experienced shortages of both products and staff, this local horror film festival has not seen a shortage of blood, screams or terror.
Vampires, Doppelgangers, and Zombies Invade The 2021 Brooklyn Horror Film Festival
The Brooklyn Horror Film Festival returns to indoor cinemas this year with an outstanding lineup of fright fare from October 14–21, 2021. With more than a dozen features and a half-dozen short-film blocks featuring fright fare from around the globe, the fest promises to deliver shudders and shrieks aplenty. Following is the official press announcement.
“Sacrilege” Serves Up Pop Folk Horror with Skin and Scares
Writer/director David Creed’s Sacrilege (U.K., 2020) treads familiar ground in its mash-up of folk horror and slasher movie elements but ultimately delivers an entertaining slice of fear-fare cinema. Some familiar faces from U.K. independent horror and science fiction films raise the fun quotient, as well.
Beyond Fest Offers Folk Horror, 4K Restorations, and Frights Galore
Los Angeles’ Beyond Fest triumphantly returns to indoor cinemas this year with an incredible lineup of horror, science fiction, and genre-film fare from around the world. From September 29th–October 11th, the festival features world and west coast premieres, 4K restorations of beloved classics and more obscure titles, and much more. Following is the official press announcement.
Austin's Fantastic Fest Announces Its Final Wave for 2021, Including Watch-at-Home Information
Whether you are in the mood for supernatural fright fare, outrageous horror comedies, or arthouse chillers, this year’s Fantastic Fest presents some of the most incredible fear fare of 2021, as well as science fiction, thrillers, action, and other genre film stunners. From a silent classic to restored fare from the 1980s to world premieres, Austin’s Fantastic Fest presents outstanding fare from around the world.
[Review] THE BRILLIANT TERROR (Arrow Video FrightFest): Documentary Looks at the Ups and Downs of Grassroots Horror Filmmaking
Basically a movie about grassroots horror for filmmakers and fans of grassroots horror, The Brilliant Terror (2021) is an earnest, big-hearted effort that probably won’t convert many viewers into new fans of the subgenre but that shows the dedication and passion of people who live to make horror movies whenever they can find the time and funds.
ARROW VIDEO FRIGHTFEST REVIEWS: DEMONIC, KNOCKING, THE EXORCISM OF CARMEN FARIAS, SLAPFACE, AND THE ADVENT CALENDAR
Arrow Video FrightFest, the United Kingdom’s biggest horror and fantasy film festival, returned to the big screen with in-person attendance at London’s Cineworld Leicester Square from Thursday, August 26th through Monday, August 30th, 2021 and then presented an online edition from September 1st through 5th. Here is the first in a two-part series of reviews from the festival.
[Review] HIRUKO THE GOBLIN (Japan Cuts): Weird Collides with Wacky in This Mind-Blowing Japanese Demon Romp
Two years after his dark, surreal cult classic Testsuo: The Iron Man was unleashed on an unsuspecting world, director Shin’ya Tsukamoto unveiled his first studio effort, Hiruko the Goblin (1991). Based on two yōkai stories from manga artist Daijiro Morohoshi, the film is a frenetic, madcap tale of demons whose gate from Hell happens to be under a high school and the two unlucky souls who try to close that gate.
[Review] TOY TERMINATOR: Man vs. Puppet in Irreverent Horror Short
Director Matt Wisniewski’s puppet horror short Toy Terminator is his follow-up to the 2019 short film Pappy’s World, and somehow it is even more irreverent and mind-boggling than its predecessor. Pappy the puppet was a maniacal Christmas present in that earlier short, and here he makes a return as the best friend of a human (Fred Polone, who co-wrote this short and Pappy’s World with Wisniewski and also starred in the earlier short).
SyFy's New "Day Of The Dead" Series Premiereing This October
Prepare yourself, October 15, 2021, is going to be a massive day for horror fans! Not only is Halloween Kills hitting theaters that day, Amazon’s new genre series “I Know What You Did Last Summer” will be premiering as is SyFy’s “Day of the Dead” series! Based on George A. Romero‘s 1985 classic, the ten-episode series follows six strangers trying to survive the first 24 hours of the zombie apocalypse. Steven Kostanski (The Void, Psycho Goreman) will direct four episodes of the first season.
Austin’s FANTASTIC FEST Goes “Post-Apocalyptic” for Its Amazing 2021 Edition
Austin’s famed Fantastic Fest heads back to the big screen this year with films that shocked audiences and won awards at Cannes, cutting-edge independent fare, and even some old favorites. From chilling horror to heady science fiction to exploitation surprises to kung-fu classics and just about every type of genre film in between, the fest has scheduled a stunning lineup for its September 23–30 run. Here is the fest’s official press announcement.
SLASH Film Festival’s First Wave Announcement Boasts Animated Cryptids, a Vampiric Spouse, and Time Travel Lunacy
Vienna’s SLASH Film Festival, Austria’s premiere event for horror and genre-film fabulousness, has announced its first wave of films and presented its key visual and trailer for this year’s event, scheduled for September 23–October 3, 2021. Gruesome Magazine is pleased to share this news with you, from the fest’s official press announcement. Vienna’s SLASH Film Festival is opening its doors for the twelfth time from September 23 through October 3, 2021.
Creepiness and Creatures Galore Highlight Arrow Video FrightFest 2021's Short Film Program
Short horror films can range from diabolical delights to monstrous mayhem, creepy comedy to scintillating suspense, and much more, with film-making voices ranging from new talents to old favorites. Arrow Video FrightFest 2021 is proof of this, as its just-announced slate of fear-fare shorts is absolutely astounding. Following is the London-based festival’s official press announcement.
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