Tag: Horror
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by Emma Arneil Being a teenager is hellish. Your body is changing at a terrifying rate. Your friendships, once solid, can now feel fraught with tension, and your parents seem to clamp down harder on you just as you’re trying to pull away. The desire for freedom, while still being stuck under someone else’s roof and rules.…
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by Isabelle Cocozza On Friday the 24th of October, Bristol’s own genre film festival held at the Bristol Megascreen IMAX Cinema, Forbidden Worlds Film Festival, returned with THE BIG SCREAM! This time, a two night festival of Ozploitation (Australian Exploitation) triple bills! Friday night consisted of LONG WEEKEND (1978), NEXT OF KIN (1982) and BODY…
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by Megan Hilborne On October 13th, I had the opportunity to attend the Frankenstein gala at the BFI London Film Festival, where director Guillermo del Toro introduced the star-studded cast of his latest film: Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth, Christoph Waltz, David Bradley, Charles Dance, Lars Mikkelsen, and Felix Kammerer. As del Toro stepped…
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Transbians rejoice! Alice Maio Mackay returns with a witchy, lesbian romance, a treat for queer folk and horror fans alike!
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by Isabelle Cocozza This review is attemptedly spoiler-free, only generally known plot point spoilers are included. I would advise going into this film blind, before reading regardless. On Sunday 24th of August, I went to London’s Leicester Square ODEON Luxe for Frightfest – the UK’s biggest horror and genre film festival – for the worldwide…
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by Isabelle Cocozza In July of 2025, I sat down with critic, creator and self proclaimed ‘Queen of Extreme Horror’, Zoë Rose Smith (@zobowithashotgun) to discuss all things New French Extremity, especially the aspect of women’s focus in the movement. Zoë has produced work on The Suffering Woman in NFE (New French Extremity) for the…
