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Screamfest Announces a Lineup Worth Shrieking About

Los Angeles’s Screamfest has announced its second wave lineup, so its full slate of chillers and thrillers for its October 8–17 run is now available for fright-fare fanatics to drool over. Following is the official press announcement. Screamfest® Horror Film Festival, the largest and longest-running horror film festival in the United States, is excited to announce its opening and closing night events as well as additional features. Taking place from October 8 to 17, 2024, at the TCL Chinese Theater, Screamfest® will kick off the festival with award-winning filmmaker Joseph Kahn’s (Bodied), sci-fi/horror satire ICK, which will have its West Coast premiere with a red-carpet gala screening on Tuesday, October 8. ICK follows ex-jock turned science teacher Hank (Brandon Routh) who is stuck in his hometown, dreaming of a life as a professional athlete. While teaching chemistry, he reconnects with his high school crush’s daughter, Grace (Malina Weissman). When a mysterious substance called the “Ick” begins to spread through Eastbrook,

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Joseph Perry
Sep 26, 2024

Nightmares Film Festival Announces Its Full 2024 Lineup

Nightmares Film Festival has unveiled its complete lineup for its 2024 edition! The fest, running in Columbus, Ohio from October 17–20, is chock full of tantalizing horror cinema selections and incredible events. Following is the official press announcement. Nightmares Film Festival, FilmFreeway’s #1-ranked genre fest, today revealed its 2024 program of #BetterHorror, including one-of-a-kind live experiences and workshops alongside its heralded film and screenplay slate. The four-day Nightmare program once again delivers a must-see feature lineup collected from new and beloved genre voices around the world, with highlights including the genre-smashing martial arts/horror-revenge actioner Sayara from Can Evrenol (Baskin); gruesome remote-town thriller The Soul Eater from Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury (Inside, Leatherface); the world premiere of Jason Trost (The FP)’s The Waves of Madness, the first-ever side-scrolling horror film; the North American premiere of attendee favorite Johannes Grenzfurthner’s POV nightmare Solvent; and the world premiere of Ohio-made body horror feature Replicator from Mark Hamer (Helen Hunt-starrer I See You).

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Joseph Perry
Sep 26, 2024

Spoiler-Free Review: BEEZEL 

Official synopsis: Over six tumultuous decades, three unwitting guests of a cursed New England home stumble upon a sinister secret dwelling beneath its floors — an eternal witch with an insatiable thirst for the souls of the living. Director Aaron Fradkin’s Beezel is a take-no-prisoners occult horror movie — just ask the little boy who gets offed within the first few minutes — that deals in otherworldly eeriness and impressive practical effects work. With the film’s lean, mean 82-minutes running time, Fradkin, who cowrote the screenplay with Victoria Fratz, keeps the suspense coming at a fine clip. Beezel plays like an anthology film with a strong connection between its three stories: the titular blind witch and the house that contains the basement in which she lurks. Beezel is a bloodthirsty one, and she gets her cravings met in a variety of gruesome ways. The film opens with what I feel is the strongest segment, which finds a budding documentarian (LeJon

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Joseph Perry
Sep 24, 2024

Albuquerque’s Dark Red Film Festival Announces Its 2024 Lineup

New Mexico’s Dark Red Film Festival is set to send shivers down the spines of fear-fare aficionados when it hits multiple screens in Albuquerque from October 25–27, 2024. The fest features dozens of horror shorts that run the gamut from the supernatural to the super shocking. Following is the official press announcement. The Dark Red Film Festival, New Mexico’s premier international horror film festival, is set to return to Albuquerque from October 25-27, 2024. Recognized as one of Movie Maker Magazine’s top 5 “Best Places to Live and Work as a MovieMaker” for the last six years, Albuquerque provides a dynamic backdrop for this celebration of independent horror cinema. Recommended as one of New York Film Academy’s “Top Film Festivals to Submit To,” Dark Red Film Festival is dedicated to elevating the horror genre. Crafted by filmmakers, the festival will unite a vibrant community of filmmakers and horror enthusiasts over the course of three days at two iconic Albuquerque venues.

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Joseph Perry
Sep 19, 2024

L.A.’s Beyond Fest Announces Its Monstrous 12th Edition Lineup

Horror, science fiction, thrillers, and other fantastic genres of cinema, with world premieres, classic favorites, and retrospectives: Los Angeles’s Beyond Fest has it all from September 25th–October 9th for its mighty 12th edition. Following is the official press announcement. Beyond Fest, the biggest and highest-attended genre film festival in the US, is excited to announce its complete slate of 2024 programming comprising 82 features, including 16 World Premieres, 4 International Premieres, 1 North American Premiere, 3 US Premieres, and 25 West Coast Premieres. After entertaining over 25,000 guests in 2023, Beyond Fest returns for its 12th edition spanning September 25th – October 9th. Presented exclusively by NEON and programmed and produced in partnership with the American Cinematheque, Beyond Fest returns to the Egyptian Theatre, Aero Theatre, Los Feliz 3, and Vista Theatre with all ticket sales going to the 501(c)(3) non-profit film institution. Beyond Fest opens with the World Premiere of Gary Dauberman’s chilling adaptation of Stephen King’s seminal novel

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Joseph Perry
Sep 13, 2024

Unnamed Footage Festival Virtual Version Kicks Off This Friday . . .  the 13th!

Found footage and faux documentary fright-fare aficionados, Unnamed Footage Festival has a virtual event this weekend that you won’t want to miss! From world premieres to repertory titles to secret screenings, this one-time-only event looks to be a blast! Following is the official press announcement. The Unnamed Footage Festival’s annual virtual festival returns, officially beginning this weekend on the cursed evening of Friday the 13th at 8PM ET / 5PM PT. The stream, which goes live an hour early with a pre-show, will feature 17 found footage horror, first person POV, and faux documentary feature films, over a dozen short films, and a wraparound of original never-before-seen and never-to-be-seen-again footage sourced for the festival. #UFF24HR24’s lineup features a tantalizing variety of in-world camera films, including world premieres, repertory screenings, and secret screenings with many filmmakers in attendance, answering questions and giving behind-the-scenes info in the livechat accompanying the stream. The live streamed film festival, which must be watched live and

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Joseph Perry
Sep 12, 2024

Dark Nights Film Fest Brings Monsters, Maniacs, and Mystery to Sydney

The inaugural Dark Nights Film Fest takes place in Sydney, Australia in October, with a droolworthy lineup of fright fare scheduled. From creature features to crime shockers, there’s something for horror aficionados of every stripe. Following is the official press announcement. With fangs bared and bloodshot eyes watering with feverish intent, Sydney’s new ritualistic celebration of independent horror and dark genre cinema, Dark Nights Film Fest, throws down the gauntlet and invites the hungry hordes to come and devour its inaugural program. “Themes of ‘family’ — the bonds that tie us together and can be torn apart — are present in many of the films in our first program, yet it has tickled our dark fancy that much of Volume One is made up of classic monsters,” explains festival director, Bryn Tilly. “We’ve got zombies, vampires, ghosts, demons, psychos, each representation with its own twist, its own bite, its own terrifying cackle.” Nine features and eighteen short films, including five

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Joseph Perry
Sep 10, 2024

Dead And SudBuried Serves Up Classic and Cutting Edge Fear Fare

From male strippers battling the occult to an invisible dinosaur wreaking gory havoc, the U.K.’s Dead And SudBuried film festival’s 2024 edition has something for fright-fare fanatics of all stripes this October. Following is the official press announcement. It’s Halloween season again for Sudbury, Suffolk’s with the return of its very own horror film festival Dead And SudBuried, now with an earlier start, increasing its run time to three full days of creepy fun. The event returns over the weekend of 4th to 6th October with a horror-packed schedule featuring 9 brand new festival circuit features including a UK premiere, 9 classic movies and 18 new horror shorts plus Director/Cast Q&A’s, food trucks, more merchandise and much more over three scary days. The Dead And SudBuried Horrorthon began life in 2016 in Suffolk in the small market town of Sudbury as a celebration of classic horror movies, screening seven classics over a single day in the intimate venue of The

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Joseph Perry
Sep 9, 2024

U.K.’s Dead Northern Film Festival Announces Its Fear-Fraught 2024 Lineup

This year’s edition of York, England’s Dead Northern Film Festival takes place September 27–29 with a spotlight on independent fright fare. Whether you prefer vicious vampires, killer crocodiles, or supernatural shivers, the fest has something for horror aficionados of every stripe. Following is the official press announcement. Following last year’s success, which saw over 700 admissions, celebrating the best of the indie horror film genre, the Dead Northern Film Festival returns with a thrill-packed weekend. Horror and fantasy fans are invited to the York’s City Screen Picturehouse to spend the weekend celebrating frightfully good flicks old and new. There will be something for all genre fans from creepy thrillers to blood soaked slashers. The line-up includes a mixture of specially curated new feature and short films from the best talent in the genre, locally and internationally, as well as a celebration of some classic horrors reaching milestone anniversaries. Found footage horror will take centre stage over the weekend with 25th

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Joseph Perry
Sep 9, 2024

Nightmares Film Festival’s First Wave Announcement: From the First Horror Film to the Newest

Nightmares Film Festival returns for another incredible edition to Columbus, Ohio, once again bringing a jaw-dropping lineup of horror cinema and its personalities. This year’s edition takes place from October 17–20, and the following press information details the first announcements about what’s in store for fear-fare fans. Today Nightmares Film Festival (October 17 to 20) announced the first wave of its 2024 “Better Horror” program and, if they stopped here – from Maury and Bustillo (Inside)’s new film to auteurs Jenn Wexler, Joe Swanberg and Jennifer Reeder attending – it might already be this fall’s most exciting horror event. “Nightmares is a celebration of the best genre work in the world,” said co-founder Jason Tostevin. “But I think the best part is the experience, which someone told me feels like a combination of Christmas morning and summer camp for the horror family.” Among the presents to unwrap this year? One-of-a-kind anniversary screenings, world premieres from fresh voices, and discussions with

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Joseph Perry
Sep 6, 2024

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Screamfest Announces a Lineup Worth Shrieking About

Los Angeles’s Screamfest has announced its second wave lineup, so its full slate of chillers and thrillers for its October 8–17 run is now available for fright-fare fanatics to drool over. Following is the official press announcement. Screamfest® Horror Film Festival, the largest and longest-running horror film festival in the United States, is excited to announce its opening and closing night events as well as additional features. Taking place from October 8 to 17, 2024, at the TCL Chinese Theater, Screamfest® will kick off the festival with award-winning filmmaker Joseph Kahn’s (Bodied), sci-fi/horror satire ICK, which will have its West Coast premiere with a red-carpet gala screening on Tuesday, October 8. ICK follows ex-jock turned science teacher Hank (Brandon Routh) who is stuck in his hometown, dreaming of a life as a professional athlete. While teaching chemistry, he reconnects with his high school crush’s daughter, Grace (Malina Weissman). When a mysterious substance called the “Ick” begins to spread through Eastbrook,

Continue reading →
Joseph Perry
Sep 26, 2024

Nightmares Film Festival Announces Its Full 2024 Lineup

Nightmares Film Festival has unveiled its complete lineup for its 2024 edition! The fest, running in Columbus, Ohio from October 17–20, is chock full of tantalizing horror cinema selections and incredible events. Following is the official press announcement. Nightmares Film Festival, FilmFreeway’s #1-ranked genre fest, today revealed its 2024 program of #BetterHorror, including one-of-a-kind live experiences and workshops alongside its heralded film and screenplay slate. The four-day Nightmare program once again delivers a must-see feature lineup collected from new and beloved genre voices around the world, with highlights including the genre-smashing martial arts/horror-revenge actioner Sayara from Can Evrenol (Baskin); gruesome remote-town thriller The Soul Eater from Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury (Inside, Leatherface); the world premiere of Jason Trost (The FP)’s The Waves of Madness, the first-ever side-scrolling horror film; the North American premiere of attendee favorite Johannes Grenzfurthner’s POV nightmare Solvent; and the world premiere of Ohio-made body horror feature Replicator from Mark Hamer (Helen Hunt-starrer I See You).

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Joseph Perry
Sep 26, 2024

Spoiler-Free Review: BEEZEL 

Official synopsis: Over six tumultuous decades, three unwitting guests of a cursed New England home stumble upon a sinister secret dwelling beneath its floors — an eternal witch with an insatiable thirst for the souls of the living. Director Aaron Fradkin’s Beezel is a take-no-prisoners occult horror movie — just ask the little boy who gets offed within the first few minutes — that deals in otherworldly eeriness and impressive practical effects work. With the film’s lean, mean 82-minutes running time, Fradkin, who cowrote the screenplay with Victoria Fratz, keeps the suspense coming at a fine clip. Beezel plays like an anthology film with a strong connection between its three stories: the titular blind witch and the house that contains the basement in which she lurks. Beezel is a bloodthirsty one, and she gets her cravings met in a variety of gruesome ways. The film opens with what I feel is the strongest segment, which finds a budding documentarian (LeJon

Continue reading →
Joseph Perry
Sep 24, 2024

Albuquerque’s Dark Red Film Festival Announces Its 2024 Lineup

New Mexico’s Dark Red Film Festival is set to send shivers down the spines of fear-fare aficionados when it hits multiple screens in Albuquerque from October 25–27, 2024. The fest features dozens of horror shorts that run the gamut from the supernatural to the super shocking. Following is the official press announcement. The Dark Red Film Festival, New Mexico’s premier international horror film festival, is set to return to Albuquerque from October 25-27, 2024. Recognized as one of Movie Maker Magazine’s top 5 “Best Places to Live and Work as a MovieMaker” for the last six years, Albuquerque provides a dynamic backdrop for this celebration of independent horror cinema. Recommended as one of New York Film Academy’s “Top Film Festivals to Submit To,” Dark Red Film Festival is dedicated to elevating the horror genre. Crafted by filmmakers, the festival will unite a vibrant community of filmmakers and horror enthusiasts over the course of three days at two iconic Albuquerque venues.

Continue reading →
Joseph Perry
Sep 19, 2024

L.A.’s Beyond Fest Announces Its Monstrous 12th Edition Lineup

Horror, science fiction, thrillers, and other fantastic genres of cinema, with world premieres, classic favorites, and retrospectives: Los Angeles’s Beyond Fest has it all from September 25th–October 9th for its mighty 12th edition. Following is the official press announcement. Beyond Fest, the biggest and highest-attended genre film festival in the US, is excited to announce its complete slate of 2024 programming comprising 82 features, including 16 World Premieres, 4 International Premieres, 1 North American Premiere, 3 US Premieres, and 25 West Coast Premieres. After entertaining over 25,000 guests in 2023, Beyond Fest returns for its 12th edition spanning September 25th – October 9th. Presented exclusively by NEON and programmed and produced in partnership with the American Cinematheque, Beyond Fest returns to the Egyptian Theatre, Aero Theatre, Los Feliz 3, and Vista Theatre with all ticket sales going to the 501(c)(3) non-profit film institution. Beyond Fest opens with the World Premiere of Gary Dauberman’s chilling adaptation of Stephen King’s seminal novel

Continue reading →
Joseph Perry
Sep 13, 2024

Unnamed Footage Festival Virtual Version Kicks Off This Friday . . .  the 13th!

Found footage and faux documentary fright-fare aficionados, Unnamed Footage Festival has a virtual event this weekend that you won’t want to miss! From world premieres to repertory titles to secret screenings, this one-time-only event looks to be a blast! Following is the official press announcement. The Unnamed Footage Festival’s annual virtual festival returns, officially beginning this weekend on the cursed evening of Friday the 13th at 8PM ET / 5PM PT. The stream, which goes live an hour early with a pre-show, will feature 17 found footage horror, first person POV, and faux documentary feature films, over a dozen short films, and a wraparound of original never-before-seen and never-to-be-seen-again footage sourced for the festival. #UFF24HR24’s lineup features a tantalizing variety of in-world camera films, including world premieres, repertory screenings, and secret screenings with many filmmakers in attendance, answering questions and giving behind-the-scenes info in the livechat accompanying the stream. The live streamed film festival, which must be watched live and

Continue reading →
Joseph Perry
Sep 12, 2024

Dark Nights Film Fest Brings Monsters, Maniacs, and Mystery to Sydney

The inaugural Dark Nights Film Fest takes place in Sydney, Australia in October, with a droolworthy lineup of fright fare scheduled. From creature features to crime shockers, there’s something for horror aficionados of every stripe. Following is the official press announcement. With fangs bared and bloodshot eyes watering with feverish intent, Sydney’s new ritualistic celebration of independent horror and dark genre cinema, Dark Nights Film Fest, throws down the gauntlet and invites the hungry hordes to come and devour its inaugural program. “Themes of ‘family’ — the bonds that tie us together and can be torn apart — are present in many of the films in our first program, yet it has tickled our dark fancy that much of Volume One is made up of classic monsters,” explains festival director, Bryn Tilly. “We’ve got zombies, vampires, ghosts, demons, psychos, each representation with its own twist, its own bite, its own terrifying cackle.” Nine features and eighteen short films, including five

Continue reading →
Joseph Perry
Sep 10, 2024

Dead And SudBuried Serves Up Classic and Cutting Edge Fear Fare

From male strippers battling the occult to an invisible dinosaur wreaking gory havoc, the U.K.’s Dead And SudBuried film festival’s 2024 edition has something for fright-fare fanatics of all stripes this October. Following is the official press announcement. It’s Halloween season again for Sudbury, Suffolk’s with the return of its very own horror film festival Dead And SudBuried, now with an earlier start, increasing its run time to three full days of creepy fun. The event returns over the weekend of 4th to 6th October with a horror-packed schedule featuring 9 brand new festival circuit features including a UK premiere, 9 classic movies and 18 new horror shorts plus Director/Cast Q&A’s, food trucks, more merchandise and much more over three scary days. The Dead And SudBuried Horrorthon began life in 2016 in Suffolk in the small market town of Sudbury as a celebration of classic horror movies, screening seven classics over a single day in the intimate venue of The

Continue reading →
Joseph Perry
Sep 9, 2024

U.K.’s Dead Northern Film Festival Announces Its Fear-Fraught 2024 Lineup

This year’s edition of York, England’s Dead Northern Film Festival takes place September 27–29 with a spotlight on independent fright fare. Whether you prefer vicious vampires, killer crocodiles, or supernatural shivers, the fest has something for horror aficionados of every stripe. Following is the official press announcement. Following last year’s success, which saw over 700 admissions, celebrating the best of the indie horror film genre, the Dead Northern Film Festival returns with a thrill-packed weekend. Horror and fantasy fans are invited to the York’s City Screen Picturehouse to spend the weekend celebrating frightfully good flicks old and new. There will be something for all genre fans from creepy thrillers to blood soaked slashers. The line-up includes a mixture of specially curated new feature and short films from the best talent in the genre, locally and internationally, as well as a celebration of some classic horrors reaching milestone anniversaries. Found footage horror will take centre stage over the weekend with 25th

Continue reading →
Joseph Perry
Sep 9, 2024

Nightmares Film Festival’s First Wave Announcement: From the First Horror Film to the Newest

Nightmares Film Festival returns for another incredible edition to Columbus, Ohio, once again bringing a jaw-dropping lineup of horror cinema and its personalities. This year’s edition takes place from October 17–20, and the following press information details the first announcements about what’s in store for fear-fare fans. Today Nightmares Film Festival (October 17 to 20) announced the first wave of its 2024 “Better Horror” program and, if they stopped here – from Maury and Bustillo (Inside)’s new film to auteurs Jenn Wexler, Joe Swanberg and Jennifer Reeder attending – it might already be this fall’s most exciting horror event. “Nightmares is a celebration of the best genre work in the world,” said co-founder Jason Tostevin. “But I think the best part is the experience, which someone told me feels like a combination of Christmas morning and summer camp for the horror family.” Among the presents to unwrap this year? One-of-a-kind anniversary screenings, world premieres from fresh voices, and discussions with

Continue reading →
Joseph Perry
Sep 6, 2024
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