Once you are in the FrightFest machine, you are in for life. This statement is true for both attendees and filmmakers. Once you have had a film screened at the festival, the directors keep an eye on your career, and if you are really lucky, they invite you back. This year’s FrightFest event is a testament to this fact with several filmmakers being returning players. Both this … [Read more...] about ‘Failure!’ review: Dir. Alex Kahuam [FrightFest 2023]
Film Reviews
‘Home Sweet Home: Where Evil Lives’ review: Dir. Thomas Sieben [FrightFest 2023]
Of all the movie formats out there, it is the one-take film that is perhaps the hardest to master. Whereas other films shoot a story scene by scene, often out of order, these films start at scene one and don’t stop shooting until it is time for the end credits to roll. This puts a lot of pressure onto both cast and crew to be perfect. The format is as close as film gets to the … [Read more...] about ‘Home Sweet Home: Where Evil Lives’ review: Dir. Thomas Sieben [FrightFest 2023]
‘Founders Day’ review: Dir. Erik Bloomquist [FrightFest 2023]
We have said it before, and we’ll say it again, Erik Bloomquist is one of the hardest working directors. In the last three years Bloomquist has directed five feature films with his sixth, Founders Day, having just made its international debut at Pigeon Shrine FrightFest. Of the six, four titles, including Founders Day, fit under the umbrella of horror, making it Bloomquist’s … [Read more...] about ‘Founders Day’ review: Dir. Erik Bloomquist [FrightFest 2023]
‘Otto Baxter: Not a F*cking Horror Story’ review: Dir. Bruce Fletcher & Peter Beard [FrightFest 2023]
In amongst all the fictional horrors on offer at Pigeon Shrine FrightFest, the directors make sure to add in documentaries for balance. Whilst most of these seek to analyse a specific genre, time period, or filmmaker, there is the occasional documentary that comes from nowhere and surprises everyone. This year that honour goes to Otto Baxter: Not a F*cking Horror … [Read more...] about ‘Otto Baxter: Not a F*cking Horror Story’ review: Dir. Bruce Fletcher & Peter Beard [FrightFest 2023]
‘Good Boy’ review: Dir. Viljar Bøe [FrightFest 2023]
Of all the films playing at this year’s Pigeon Shrine FrightFest, Good Boy is perhaps the one that has generated the most pre-festival buzz. The premise of a man living in a dog suit grabbed the attention of the media and audiences everywhere. Only a few though have been lucky enough to watch it at the festival itself, but fret not if you have missed it at FrightFest as Good … [Read more...] about ‘Good Boy’ review: Dir. Viljar Bøe [FrightFest 2023]
