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When the dead rise, the beast hunts.

Andy Conduit-Turner is joined by Dead Howling director John V. Soto to discuss the post-apocalyptic horror film which had its UK premiere at FrightFest Halloween last night!

A werewolf hunts zombies after losing his family. He meets two humans seeking sanctuary and joins their quest, protecting them with his powers. Their journey grows perilous as zombies start evolving.

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It's time to feed the baby.

Baby Blood is a 1990 French horror film directed and co-written by Alain Robak, and starring Emmanuelle Escourrou and Jean-François Galotte.

Its plot follows a former circus performer who is driven to commit murders and consume blood by an ancient parasite that has invaded her womb.

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25:03 What We've Been Watching

53:43 Film Review

1:51:40 Film Rating

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The nightmare isn't over.

Halloween II is a 1981 American slasher film directed by Rick Rosenthal, in his directorial debut, written and produced by John Carpenter and Debra Hill, and starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Donald Pleasence, who reprise their respective roles as Laurie Strode and Dr. Sam Loomis. It is the second installment in the Halloween film series and serves as a direct sequel to Halloween (1978).

The story picks up immediately after the cliffhanger ending of the first film, with Michael Myers following survivor Laurie Strode to the local hospital, while his psychiatrist...

The garden has gone to hell!

Andy Conduit-Turner is joined by Gnomes director Matthias Hoene to discuss the horror comedy TV show which is available to stream on Disney+ today.

Senior Sergeant Arnold Kipps is having the worst day of his life. His ex-partner returns to Nompton to shut down his police station, just as an ancient evil is awakened by the Gnome Queen who unleashes a hellish horde, plunging the town into chaos.

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Let her into your heart.

Other Mommy is a 2026 American supernatural psychological horror film[6] directed by Rob Savage from a screenplay by Nathan Elston, based on the 2024 novel Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman.

The film stars Jessica Chastain as a mother who must do everything to protect her seven-year-old daughter (Arabella Olivia Clark) from a supernatural entity that resembles her. Jay Duplass also stars, as the father, while Dichen Lachman, Arian Moayed, Sean Kaufman, and Karen Allen play supporting roles.

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Punjabi superstition! Black magic!

Andy Conduit-Turner is joined by Nazar director Kaljeven Singh Lally to discuss the short film which premiered at FrightFest Glasgow earlier this year.

Harbir channels his envy of Ben by calling out his beliefs at his cousin’s birthday lunch. Harbir quickly finds there’s more to this tale than he bargained for.

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Don't break her heart.

The Loved Ones is a 2009 Australian horror film written and directed by Sean Byrne in his feature directorial debut. It stars Xavier Samuel, Robin McLeavy, Victoria Thaine, Jessica McNamee, Richard Wilson, and John Brumpton.

The film follows a teenage boy who finds himself at the mercy of a classmate's demented party after he declines her offer to attend the school dance.

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20:09 Mount Rush-Horror

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50:55 What We've Been Watching

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Nothing this evil ever dies.

Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives is a 1986 American slasher film written and directed by Tom McLoughlin, and starring Thom Mathews, Jennifer Cooke, David Kagen, and C.J. Graham. It is a sequel to Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985) and the sixth installment in the Friday the 13th franchise.

Continuing from the events of the previous film, the plot follows Tommy after he accidentally resurrects mass murderer Jason Voorhees (Graham) while attempting to destroy his body to ensure that he will not return. While Jason returns...

Witness the origin of evil.

Resident Evil is a 2026 horror film directed by Zach Cregger and written by Cregger and Shay Hatten, based on the Resident Evil video game franchise by Capcom. It is the eighth live-action film of the Resident Evil film series, and serves as a reboot. The film stars Austin Abrams plus Zach Cherry, Kali Reis, and Paul Walter Hauser feature in supporting roles.

A hapless courier is tasked with delivering a package to a remote hospital. He soon finds himself caught in the middle of an outbreak and must...

Time to work... For eternity!

Ben Errington is joined by Satanic Garage Management director Sam Carter to discuss the independent horror comedy that’s set to be released on Blu-ray in early 2027.

The film centres on two friends who run a garage and find themselves trapped in hell.

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Peachfuzz isn't finished with you yet.

Andy Conduit-Turner is joined by The Creep Tapes season 3 director Patrick Brice to discuss the found-footage TV show which is now streaming on Shudder!

It explores a collection of video tapes from a serial killer who hires victims under false pretences to film him.

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Alex has proof. He needs you to see it.

Andy Conduit-Turner is joined by I Have Proof director James Cullen Bressack to discuss the analogue VHS shot psycological horror film which has its world premiere at Fantastic Fest on Monday 21st September!

A psychological descent where reality is never quite what it seems.

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Watch out aliens... Here comes Derek!

Bad Taste is a 1987 New Zealand science-fiction action comedy horror film written, produced, filmed, directed by and co-starring Peter Jackson.

The population of a small town disappears and is replaced by aliens that chase human flesh for their intergalactic fast-food chain.

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Evil comes in all sizes!

Puppet Master is a 1989 American horror film written by Charles Band and Kenneth J. Hall, and directed by David Schmoeller. The film stars Paul Le Mat, Irene Miracle, Matt Roe and Kathryn O'Reilly as psychics who are plotted against by a former colleague, using puppets animated by an Egyptian spell.

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10:47 FrightFest 2026 Awards

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Every artist has his demon.

Ben Errington is joined by Boorman & The Devil director David Kittredge to discuss the documentary that tells the story of the chaotic making of director John Boorman’s 1977 horror sequel, Exorcist II: The Heretic

After directing Point Blank and Deliverance, John Boorman was offered to direct The Exorcist II. The film became a massive failure, nearly ending his career. Years later, cast and filmmakers discuss its ambition and artistic value.

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We are proud to present the FrightFest 2026 special episode - and it’s a MONSTER! Our most in-depth episode yet clocks in at ALMOST 6 HOURS.

Ben Errington, Andy Conduit-Turner and Emma Cownley attend the annual horror cinema in London.

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02:09 Interview w/ Abner Pastoll (Director of Nervous)

07:29 Nervous Review

17:25 Colony Review

26:57 Big Baby Review

33:21 Grin Review

42:25 Imposters Review (w/ Mal Jutley)

44:35 Interview w/ David Gelmini

46:38 Interview w/ Nicholas Vince (Star of The Death of Us)

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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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12:03 Horror News

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43:04 Film Review

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.”

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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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07:10 Horror News

21:48 What We've Been Watching

40:08 Film Review

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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...