Horror Hangout

The ouija board gets a digital upgrade!

Ben Errington is joined by Do You Want To Play? director Nick Lyon to discuss the supernatural horror film which had its world premiere at FrightFest in London this past weekend.

When American high school student Emily plays with an Ouija board at a party, she becomes the unwilling host for a sadistic killer’s soul who held Westlake in a grip of gruesome terror. Its cause is an Ouija app programmed by the charismatic Owen, a rich kid obsessed with the supernatural.

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Jim Baitte is here to finish a movie... The island of Pincer Point is here to finish him!

Andy Conduit-Turner is joined by The Peril At Pincer Point directors Jake Kuhn and Noah Stratton-Twine to discuss the surreal British comedy horror film which has its English premiere at FrightFest in London on Monday 31st August (tomorrow)!

Jim Baitte is a layabout sound designer desperate to prove himself working on a new horror flick from the tyrannical B-movie director P.W. Griffin. Accused of lacking vision and creative courage, Jim is sent to the...

The world is ending... You may as well eat.

Andy Conduit-Turner is joined by Bunny Rabbit director James Branson to discuss the visceral post-apocalyptic film which has its UK premiere at FrightFest in London on Monday 31st August (tomorrow)!

In the aftermath of a climate-collapsed 2030 Australia, young Bunny roams the ruins of the post-apocalyptic world she never got to grow up in. Raised by her deceased father on old books and B-movies, she now lives alone in the shack they once shared. Supplies are scarce and food is running out. There is nothing...

The hits keep on killing!

Ben Errington is joined by Bad Karaoke directors Chris Lightbody and Robert J. Steinmiller Jr. plus producer Spencer Yaras to discuss the spooky singalong killer karaoke comedy which has its world premiere at FrightFest in London on Sunday 30th August (tomorrow)!

Emily, Noah and Hannah have long come to terms with the fact they’ll never make it as successful musicians and singers. Happy to make a living as a cover band, they take a wedding gig in California. But on their journey from Oregon they discover an ab...

The fear is so thick that your blood runs cold!

Ben Errington is joined by Infirmary director Nicholas Pineda to discuss the found-footage horror film which has its UK premiere at FrightFest in London on Sunday 30th August (tomorrow).

On his first shift as a security guard at an abandoned Wilshire Hospital, Edward is plunged into a night of terror. The facility was once notorious for unorthodox experimental practices on its mentally ill inmates, and paired with Lester, a retiring guard whose behaviour feels odd, Edward finds the ambience instantly disturbing.

The thin line between life and meat.

Andy Conduit-Turner is joined by Electric Meat stars Caspian Faye and Emily Booth to discuss the expressionist nightmare which has its world premiere at FrightFest in London on Friday 28th August (today)!

A photographer's world unravels when a murdered model he's adopted as his muse decides she doesn't want to stay dead. A failed artist-turned-butcher discovers one of his models murdered and, being comfortable around dead meat, decides to keep her body. But he becomes convinced that, like Schrödinger's cat, she is both alive and d...

If you have sinned, don't let it in.

Andy Conduit-Turner is joined by GRIN director Lawrence Fowler to discuss the supernatural horror film which has its world premiere at FrightFest in London on Thursday 27th August!

Following a horrific crime committed when they were young, a group of four friends think it will remain a secret forever until they discover and play a vintage board game.

When the game unwittingly summons the grotesque clown demon ‘Grin’, it soon becomes clear that the evil entity targets those who have committed terrible sins...

Cold hearts, warm flesh.

Emma Cownley is joined by Ithaqua director Casey Walker to discuss the gripping survival horror film which has its world premiere at FrightFest in London on Saturday 29th August!

Canada, the 1800s. American mercenary Cole Franklin is recruited as a hired gun at the remote outpost of Fort William, struggling to survive the decline of the fur trade. With dwindling supplies, the keepers of the Fort blackmail Cole into leading a trading party to a nearby Indigenous village, where they discover a massacre and encounter the remaining half-crazed inhabitants...

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Blood. Lust.

Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma is a 2026 American satirical surrealist psychological slasher film written and directed by Jane Schoenbrun. It stars Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson, with Jack Haven and Patrick Fischler in supporting roles.

The film follows a filmmaker who is hired to direct a new installment of the slasher franchise Camp Miasma, and becomes fixated on casting the actress who played the final girl in the original film.

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A bargain can't be broken.

Andy Conduit-Turner is joined by The Death Of Us director Annabella Rich and star Chris Mills to discuss the grief focused horror film which has its world premiere at FrightFest in London on Saturday 29th August.

A loving couple in a healthy relationship are shattered by the loss of their child during a violent home invasion at the hands of a cult. As they struggle to come to terms with their loss and its devastating impact, Casey, haunted by visions of a supernatural entity connected to their tragedy...

Born to kill.

Ben Errington is joined by Big Baby director Spider One and star Krsy Fox to discuss the meta slasher which has its UK premiere at FrightFest in London on Thursday 27th August!

A nightmare involving a maniac killer in a baby mask inspires horror screenwriter Adam Lewis's new script. As more nightmares, visions, and real life terror begin to challenge Adam's sanity, he finds himself in a desperate struggle to control his writing, his reality, and who will be Big Baby's next victim.

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The cost of a redemption that comes too late...

Andy Conduit-Turner is joined by Binding Eva director Consican Morgan and star Catherine Deevy to discuss the unsettling horror thriller which has its world premiere at FrightFest in London on Saturday 29th August.

Deep in the Forest of Dean, Felix, a small-time criminal on the run, returns again and again to the same moment of judgement, and the same impossible choice. Because Felix’s journey leads to a shocking realisation that love and self-sacrifice are everything, as he discovers what it means to care be...

A safe haven turns into a terrifying nightmare...

Ben Errington is joined by The Flesh Itself director Ian SBF and producer Alexandre Ottoni to discuss the psychological horror which has its UK premiere at FrightFest in London on Saturday 29th August!

Three deserter soldiers from the South American Paraguayan War in 1870 struggle to survive as they cross a desolate border region. Stumbling upon an isolated house inhabited only by a mysterious farmer and a silent young woman, it seems like they have found a safe haven. But the place soon reveals disturbing secrets...

Man's deepest fear has risen again.

Jaws: The Revenge is a 1987 American thriller film produced and directed by Joseph Sargent. The fourth and final film in the Jaws franchise, it stars Lorraine Gary, who came out of retirement to reprise her role from the first two films, along with new cast members Lance Guest, Mario Van Peebles, Karen Young and Michael Caine.

Acting as a direct sequel to Jaws 2 (retroactively ignoring the events of Jaws 3-D), the film focuses on a now-widowed Ellen Brody (Gary) and her conviction that a great white shark...

Where the past doesn't just haunt those connected to it... It demands a sacrifice!

Andy Conduit-Turner is joined by Invoking Scream stars María Jesús Marcone and Luna Martínez to discuss the heavy metal horror film which has its world premiere at FrightFest in London on Friday 28th August.

After uncovering a buried box containing a VHS tape and a mysterious book of witchcraft at the gravesite of Invoking Yell lead singer Andrea Fernandez, a trio of metalheads unwittingly unleash a dark force.

What begins as a documentary abo...

Don't. Look. Back.

Emma Cownley is joined by The Brook director Paul Stainthorpe, writer Chris Watt and star Helen Chong to discuss the horror mystery film which has its world premiere at FrightFest in London on Saturday 29th August!

Moving to the village of his mother’s youth, art student Jacob discovers his grandad’s old video camera shows one hour into the past. In Elmbrook, a place steeped in strange folklore and whispered legends, the community believe their village is protected by a puma that watches over the “good.”

But when...

Privilege is a right.

Ben Errington is joined by Starsuckers directors Jason Butler and Brett Butler to discuss the gory satire which has its world premiere at FrightFest in London on Friday 28th August!

What happens when admiration curdles into devotion, and that fidelity becomes currency? An influencer couple invites their most loyal superfan couple to an intimate weekend retreat, secretly planning to use them as the centrepiece of their next viral reinvention.

However, the curated weekend unravels into psychological warfare when each couple’s vision for the weekend congeals in...

Sit back. Relax. Enjoy the fright.

Snakes on a Plane is a 2006 American action thriller horror film directed by David R. Ellis and starring Samuel L. Jackson. It was released by New Line Cinema on August 18, 2006, in North America and the UK.

The film was written by David Dalessandro, John Heffernan, and Sebastian Gutierrez and follows the events of dozens of venomous snakes being released on a Boeing 747-400 in an attempt to kill a trial witness.

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Where grief has become a bridge between the living and the dead...

Andy Conduit-Turner is joined by Dead Eyes director Richard E. Williams to discuss the first-person horror film which has its UK premiere at FrightFest in London on Friday 28th August.

Sean and his fiancée Grace venture into a remote forest with two friends to search for Sean’s missing father, Paul, who vanished after the death of his young daughter, Lilly.

Returning to the place of tragedy, Sean is forced to face his inner demons when they unc...

The wild life of a B-movie legend!

Ben Errington is joined by Full Moon Rising - The Charles Band Story director Sarah Appleton to discuss the documentary which has its world premiere at FrightFest in London on Monday 31st August.

A new feature documentary about the truly incredible life and career of Charles Band, prolific producer/director of such genre classics as Re-Animator, From Beyond, Trancers, Castle Freak, The Puppetmaster and Evil Bong franchises and much, much more.

Take a deep dive into his early career, the Empire Pictures debacle...

Every note awakens a ghost and some melodies demand blood.

Andy Conduit-Turner is joined by The Nameless Ballad director Federico Zampaglione to discuss the horror mystery film which has its world premiere at FrightFest in London on Saturday 29th August!

Death is a powerful muse. Under pressure from his record label, a young musician in crisis takes refuge in an isolated Italian villa to find inspiration for his next album. But the discovery of an ancient piano and a forgotten diary drags him into a spiral of twisted obsessions, supernatural visions and ghostly...

This year camp's a scream!

Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers is a 1988 American slasher film directed by Michael A. Simpson, written by Fritz Gordon, and starring Pamela Springsteen and Renée Estevez.

The second installment in the Sleepaway Camp film series, it takes place five years after the events of the original, and features serial killer Angela Baker, working as a counselor, murdering misbehaving teenagers at another summer camp.

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Don't be afraid of the dark. Be afraid of what's in the dark.

Pitch Black is a 2000 American science fiction horror film directed by David Twohy and co-written by Twohy and brothers Ken and Jim Wheat from a story conceived by the Wheats.

The film stars Vin Diesel, Radha Mitchell, Cole Hauser, Claudia Black and Keith David. Dangerous criminal Riddick (Diesel) is being transported to prison in a spacecraft, and escapes when the spaceship is damaged by comet debris and crash lands on an empty desert planet. When predatory creatures begin attacking the...

She loved men... To death!

The Love Witch is a 2016 American comedy horror art film written, edited, directed, produced, and scored by Anna Biller. The film stars Samantha Robinson as Elaine Parks, a modern-day witch who uses spells and magic to get men to fall in love with her with disastrous results.

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Minimum wage. Maximum chaos.

Ben Errington and Andy Conduit-Turner are joined by Employee of the Dead director Aaron Truss and stars Dani Harmer and Ellie Raé Winstone to discuss the horror comedy which starts funding on Indiegogo from July 28th!

Hooban is stuck. Years out of film school, the wrong side of thirty, and still in that 'temporary' supermarket job. Then fate steps in and hands him a camera! He's got four weeks to make a zombie movie on the night shift without his boss finding out and everything on the line.

A portrait of an FX master whose greatest monster may have been himself!

Ben Errington is joined by Nick Taylor, the director of Rubberhead - The Life & Monsters of Steve Johnson, which has its world premiere at Fantasia International Film Festival on July 23rd!

The life and times of Steve Johnson, one of Hollywood's most prolific special effects makeup artists.

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Every family has its demons.

Evil Dead Burn is a 2026 American supernatural horror film directed and co-written by Sébastien Vaniček, and produced by Rob Tapert and series creator Sam Raimi. It serves as a sequel to Evil Dead Rise (2023) and the sixth installment in the Evil Dead film series.

After the loss of her husband, a woman seeks solace with her in-laws. As one by one they transform into deadites, she comes to discover that the vows she took in life - survive even in death.

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When team-building turns into target practice!

Andy Conduit-Turner is joined by DRAGN director Peter Webber and stars James Paxton and Franz Drameh to discuss the survival thriller which is now available on digital platforms.

During a team-building retreat in a remote forest, a group of colleagues unwittingly becomes the prey of a rogue AI-driven drone.

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For thousands of years, man has been evolution's greatest creation... Until now.

Mimic is a 1997 American science-fiction horror film directed by Guillermo del Toro in his English-language film debut, written by del Toro and Matthew Robbins, and based on Donald A. Wollheim's short story of the same name.

The film stars Mira Sorvino, Jeremy Northam, Josh Brolin, F. Murray Abraham, and Charles S. Dutton. Its plot follows the creation of a genetically modified insect, designed to battle an infected cockroach infestation, that rapidly evolves and begins hunting humans.

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Appearances are everything.

American Mary is a 2012 Canadian body horror film written and directed by Jen and Sylvia Soska and starring Katharine Isabelle, Antonio Cupo, and Tristan Risk.

The allure of easy money sends Mary Mason, a medical student, into the world of underground surgeries which ends up leaving more marks on her than her so-called freakish clients.

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For every beginning there is an end.

Final Destination 2 is a 2003 American supernatural horror film directed by David R. Ellis from a screenplay by J. Mackye Gruber and Eric Bress, based on a story by Gruber, Bress, and Jeffrey Reddick. It is a sequel to Final Destination (2000) and the second installment in the Final Destination film series. The film stars Ali Larter, A. J. Cook, and Michael Landes.

The film follows a young woman who saves a group of drivers from a highway pile-up, which she predicted from a premonition. She must find...

Among the annals of the abnormal, there is no more erotic a nightmare.

A Lizard in a Woman's Skin (Italian: Una lucertola con la pelle di donna) is a 1971 giallo film co-written and directed by Lucio Fulci. It stars Florinda Bolkan, Stanley Baker, Jean Sorel, Alberto de Mendoza, Silvia Monti, Anita Strindberg, Mike Kennedy, George Rigaud and Leo Genn.

The potentially unhinged daughter of a British politician is accused of killing her hedonistic neighbor after she witnesses the murder in a dream.

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My name is Alice... And I remember everything.

Resident Evil: Apocalypse is a 2004 action horror film directed by Alexander Witt and written by Paul W. S. Anderson. The sequel to Resident Evil (2002), it is the second installment in the Resident Evil film series, which is loosely based on the video game series of the same name. Milla Jovovich reprises her role as Alice, and is joined by Sienna Guillory as Jill Valentine and Oded Fehr as Carlos Olivera.

Alice wakes up in the Raccoon City hospital after the area has been overrun by...

See how far it goes.

Backrooms is a 2026 American science fiction psychological horror film directed and co-scored by Kane Parsons (in his feature-length directorial debut) and written by Will Soodik. It is based on Parsons's web series and inspired by the "Backrooms" creepypasta.

In the film, Clark (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a furniture store owner, and Mary (Renate Reinsve), his therapist, discover a dimension of seemingly endless liminal spaces accessed through the basement of the store. Mark Duplass, Finn Bennett, and Lukita Maxwell also star.

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They live for the kill... And the five-star customer reviews!

Andy Conduit-Turner is joined by Deadly Scare director Radi Nikolov to discuss the comedy horror about serial killers running an escape room, which is funding on Indiegogo NOW!

When a sleazy landlord decides to gut an escape room run by killers for cheap flats, the innocent murderers do what any enterprising small business owners would - invite him and his family for one final game.

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The end of the line is near.

Andy Conduit-Turner is joined by Speed Demon director Jon Keeyes to discuss the possession on a train movie which is available on digital platforms now!

Aboard a high-speed train, a Nun who lost her faith must perform her first Exorcism on a possessed passenger hellbent on crashing the runaway train.

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Jason, Freddy, Myers. We all need someone to look up to.

Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon is a 2006 American mockumentary black comedy slasher film directed by Scott Glosserman, written by David J. Stieve, and starring Nathan Baesel, Angela Goethals, Scott Wilson, Zelda Rubenstein, and Robert Englund.

An homage to the slasher genre, the film follows a journalist and her crew that are documenting an aspiring serial killer who models himself according to slasher film conventions.

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They were searching for the truth... Now they need to survive it.

Ben Errington is joined by Distort 2 - The Dead Among The Trees director Richard Waters discuss the found-footage horror sequel that is now streaming on FoundTV!

Not too long ago, a musician had a supernatural experience involving ghostly dogs and time-bending cassette tapes left for him in an Irish forest. Now, a documentary filmmaker brings the man back to the same forest to see just how real these experiences were, and to possibly save the woman who has been trapped there...

Two's a crowd.

Andy Conduit-Turner is joined by Loner directors Charlie Robb and Douglas Tawn to discuss the found-footage folk horror that is now streaming on FoundTV!

An aspiring vlogger goes on a wilderness retreat to a cabin in the woods, where he is held captive by an ancient, natural force.

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