Thursday, 23 July 2026

NEW WAVE OF THE BRITISH FANTASTIC FILM 2026 #3: Reviews of The Bloodline of Bathory (UK 2026), Dracula in Space (UK 2026), Pinocchio: Unstrung (UK 2026), Miasma (UK 2025) and Lure (UK 2026)

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The Bloodline of Bathory (UK 2026: Dir Bryan Norris) Many of you will have heard of the 16th Century Hungarian noblewoman Elizabeth Báthory...
Monday, 13 July 2026

The Curse (Japan 2025: Dir Kenichi Ugana)

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Ugana is fast developing a reputation for injecting new blood - pun very much intended - into J Horror's slightly tired reputation. and ...
Wednesday, 8 July 2026

NEW WAVE OF THE BRITISH FANTASTIC FILM 2022 #8: Reviews of Croc! (UK 2022), Jack Frost (UK 2022), Powertool Cheerleaders vs the Boyband of the Screeching Dead (UK 2022), Amityville Scarecrow 2 (UK 2022), Dreaded Light (UK 2022) and Dinosaur Hotel 2 (UK 2022)

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Croc! (UK 2022: Dir Paul W. Franklin) Although director Paul W. Franklin is a relatively new name within British Fantastic Film circles, hi...
Tuesday, 23 June 2026

DEoL at 2026 Raindance Festival: Reviews of Broken Beak (New Zealand/USA 2026), Child (Luxembourg 2026), Corporate Retreat (USA 2026), Modem (UK/Sweden 2026), Sacrificios (Mexico 2025), Shadows of Willow Cabin (USA 2025) and The Troll (USA 2025)

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London's Raindance Festival is back this year with another strong lineup of Fantastic films. I got the chance to see seven of them. Brok...
Thursday, 18 June 2026

Nino (France 2025: Dir Pauline Loquès)

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The Nino of the title (Théodore Pellerin) is the personification of thousands of young men living in Paris. He's 28, on the cusp of 29, ...
Monday, 8 June 2026

NEW WAVE OF THE BRITISH FANTASTIC FILM 2026 #2: Reviews of Voidance (UK 2026), Rose of Nevada (UK 2025), The R.I.P Man (UK 2025), Bride of Frankenstein (UK 2025), Doctor Plague (UK 2026) and The Goodman's Croft (UK 2024/5)

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Voidance (UK 2026: Dir Marianna Dean) Dean's first feature, 2023's Breaking Infinity , successfully used a 'quantum loop' i...
Monday, 4 May 2026

Touch Me (USA 2025: Dir Addison Heimann)

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If the creators of The Mighty Boosh had bonded over lunch with Frank Henenlotter (I'll leave you to work out the details of that one) T...