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Pedro Kos’s debut feature In Our Blood is gearing up for its European premiere at Pigeon Shrine FrightFest Glasgow on March 7, following a successful tour of international festivals. The psychological horror-thriller, which blends documentary-style realism with chilling genre elements, has already made waves at Fantasia Film Festival, Screamfest LA, and Festival do Rio. Now, UK audiences will have the chance to experience Kos’s haunting vision firsthand.

Starring Brittany O’Grady and E.J. Bonilla, In Our Blood follows filmmaker Emily Wyland (O’Grady) as she attempts to reconnect with her estranged mother through a documentary project. When her mother vanishes without explanation, Emily and her cinematographer Danny (Bonilla) find themselves entangled in a disturbing mystery, forcing them to confront long-buried truths and the insidious forces lurking beneath the surface.

Kos, an Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker, brings a raw and intimate approach to his first narrative feature. By capturing events through Danny...

Pigeon Shrine FrightFest, the UK’s leading genre film festival, is back with a thrilling Halloween special, returning to the Odeon Luxe West End in Leicester Square on November 1 and 2, 2024. Following the spectacular celebration of its 25th anniversary in August, the festival promises another adrenaline-fuelled weekend with a selection of nine new genre films from around the world.

This year’s line-up features premieres from six countries, representing an exciting variety of cinematic talent from Europe, North America, South America, and Asia. Festival-goers will have the opportunity to experience each film twice, as both screens at the Odeon Luxe will be taken over by FrightFest’s special Halloween showcase.

Opening the event is the UK premiere of Magpie, directed by Sam Yates. This tense psychological thriller stars Daisy Ridley, who will be in attendance alongside her husband, actor Tom Bateman. The film explores the unraveling of a family as Ridley’s character,...

As we celebrate the 25th anniversary of London’s FrightFest, it’s impossible to overlook the tremendous impact this festival has had on the horror and fantasy film landscape. Founded in 2000 by Alan Jones, Paul McEvoy, Ian Rattray, and later joined by Greg Day, FrightFest has grown from a small gathering at the Prince Charles Cinema into the UK’s premier horror film festival. The vision of these four pioneers was to create a British event that could rival Europe’s leading genre festivals, such as Sitges in Spain and Brussels in Belgium. Over the past quarter-century, FrightFest has not only met this goal but has far surpassed it, becoming a global hub for horror enthusiasts, filmmakers, and industry professionals.

FrightFest’s journey from its modest beginnings to the cultural juggernaut it is today has been marked by significant milestones. The festival’s expansion to larger venues, such as the...

Pageman Productions is thrilled to confirm that following their hugely successful UK Premiere at FrightFest Glasgow, the gory, action-horror Here For Blood will be now heading to London for Pigeon Shrine FrightFest on 25th August 2023. Directed by Daniel Turres, Here For Blood stars Shawn Roberts, best known by horror fans for his role as Albert Wesker in the Resident Evil film franchise, as well as Joelle Farrow (Under The Banner of Heaven) & Maya Misaljevic. When his girlfriend, Phoebe, is swamped with college exams; Tom O’Bannon, a rowdy pro-wrestler struggling to make ends meet, agrees to fill in as a last-minute replacement for her well paying babysitting job. Tom arrives at an isolated family home where he meets the precocious 10-year-old Grace. What starts off as a quiet night of pizza and video games quickly spirals into bloody, violent chaos as Tom and Grace find themselves fighting for their lives...

UK-French sales agent, distribution and production company Alief has announced that the Ted Raimi led psychological thriller, Failure!, will have its World Premiere at FrightFest on August 28th 2023. Alief picked up worldwide rights at the Cannes Film Festival in May after Failure! made its debut at the Fantastic Pavillion. To mark the occasion, a teaser trailer and poster has been released. Failure! follows James who has a big debt with the bank and is given one hour to choose between financial ruin or murder in order to protect his family. As the hour progresses he finds his home and phone invaded by multiple characters pulling him in different directions, gradually adding to his distress and his unravelling. But who is real and who isn’t? As well as Raimi, the film also stars Merrick McCartha (Senior Year), Melissa Diaz (Ruthless), John Paul Medrano (Seven Days) and Daniel Kuhlman (Voodoo MacBeth) and Noel Douglas Orput.

Framework Productions is thrilled to share the first trailer for action horror Herd. Officially Selected for this years FrightFest, the film will celebrate its World Premiere on 26th August 2023 at the iconic horror festival. Directed by Steven Pierce, the film stars Corbin Bernsen (Major League, Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, LA Law), Timothy V. Murphy (Snowpiercer, National Treasure: Book of Secrets), Ellen Adair (Homeland, Bull, The Sinner) Mitzi Akaha (Archive 81) and Jeremy Holm (Mr. Robot, House of Cards). Herd follows Jamie Miller (Adair) and her wife, Alex (Akaha) trying to save their failing marriage by going on an isolated trip in rural Missouri. After an accident, the women find themselves trapped back in Jamie’s small hometown and where her father lives (Bernsen), which has become overrun by virus infected ‘Heps’. Big John Gruber (Holm) and his clan help Jamie and Alex by shuttling them to a local vet, who sets Alex’s leg.

The sales, distribution, and production company Alief picked up the worldwide rights to the psychological thriller Failure!, starring Ted Raimi, at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year, and now they have announced that the film is going to have its world premiere at the FrightFest film festival in London on August 28th! In anticipation of the premiere, a teaser trailer for Failure! has been unveiled and can be seen in the embed above.

Directed by Alex Kahuam (Forgiveness), Failure! was shot in a single 87 minute take. Within that single take we follow James (Raimi), who has a big debt with the bank and is given one hour to choose between financial ruin or murder in order to protect his family. As the hour progresses he finds his home and phone invaded by multiple characters pulling him in different directions, gradually adding to his distress and his unravelling. But who...

More news from the Fantastic Pavilion at the Marché du Film in Cannes: a new film and pop culture podcast called Stark Raving Cinema will be launched in June. It was created by Paul McEvoy, co-founder of London’s FrightFest. Here’s part of the press release: "Stark! In its mission to entertain and showcase the most exciting guests currently working in all sectors of the creative industries. "Raving! Guests enthuse about the experiences of the pop culture that influenced them to become the creators they are today. Take a deep dive into their careers, full of candid insights, humour and fascinating personal anecdotes. Literally a masterclass each time. "Cinema! Movies, Music, Songs, Bands, Books & Graphic Novels. Our guests will reveal their essential favourite pop culture picks. Discover...

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Here’s the latest episode of the The Filmmakers Podcast, part of the ever-growing podcast roster here on Nerdly. If you haven’t heard the show yet, you can check out previous episodes on the official podcast site, whilst we’ll be featuring each and every new episode as it premieres.

For those unfamiliar with the series, The Filmmakers Podcast is a podcast about how to make films from micro budget indie films to bigger budget studio films and everything in-between. Our hosts Giles Alderson, Dan Richardson, Andrew Rodger and Cristian James talk how to get films made, how to actually make them and how to try not to f… it up in their very humble opinion. Guests will come on and chat about their film making experiences from directors, writers, producers, screenwriters, actors, cinematographers and distributors.

The Filmmaker’s Podcast #298: Scary Success Live Panel – with Jake West, Frighfest’s Paul McEvoy,...

Screenwriter Stuart Wright previews Frightfest 2022 with Frightfest’s Paul McEvoy offering his personal tips on how to get the best out of film festivals. Plus we speak to three filmmakers about the films they are premiering at Frightfest 2022. You’ll hear from:

Cult Of VHS director Rob Preciado Midnight Peepshow co-creator/writer/director Airell Anthony Hayles The Ghost Writer director Paul Wilkins

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Neil Marshall's The Lair

The full line-up for this year's main Frightfest event has been revealed, with no fewer that 32 world premières, 22 international premières and 18 UK premières on the menu. It will open with Neil Marshall's hotly anticipated The Lair, the grisly tale of a fighter pilot shot down in Afghanistan who takes refuge in a cave only to find a whole new kind of threat lurking there. Other highlights include Carter Smith's bugged-out trafficking tale Swallowed, Yuri Baranovsky pointed occult fabled The Summoned, and Alexis Bruchon's deliciously creepy The Eyes Below, one for everybody who ever worried about something lurking under the bed.

"We are absolutely delighted with this year’s fantastic Arrow Video FrightFest line-up. This is the wildest and most diverse selection we have ever assembled," said festival co-director Paul McEvoy. "The mix includes a stunning variety of the latest must-see Sf,...

Films took a larger share of the increased TV viewing time during the spring lockdown.

The average time spent viewing audiovisual entertainment in the UK home grew from four hours, 53 minutes in April 2019 to six hours and 25 minutes in April 2020 – a rise of 31% according to new research presented at the BFI London Film Festival by the BFI’s research and statistics unit on Thursday (October 15).

At an industry panel called Captive Audiences – in Lockdown and Beyond, the unit revealed insights into UK consumption of screen entertainment during and post-lockdown.

The highest growth was for viewing of streamer services, up 109% from...

Films took a larger share of the increased TV viewing time during the spring lockdown.

The average time spent viewing audiovisual entertainment in the UK home grew from four hours, 53 minutes in April 2019 to six hours and 25 minutes in April 2020 – a rise of 31% according to new research presented at the BFI London Film Festival by the BFI’s research and statistics unit on Thursday (October 15).

At an industry panel called Captive Audiences – in Lockdown and Beyond, the unit revealed insights into UK consumption of screen entertainment during and post-lockdown.

The highest growth was for viewing of streamer services, up 109% from...

Stars: Elijah Wood, Stephen McHattie, Madeleine Sami, Martin Donovan, Michael Smiley | Written by Toby Harvard | Directed by Ant Timpson

Directed by Ant Timpson in his feature directorial debut, based on his idea and written by Toby Harvard (The Greasy Strangler), Come to Daddy is a New Zealand film project. It stars Elijah Wood (Lord of the Rings), someone not unfamiliar with New Zealand film work, as Norval Greenwood, a thirty-something musical artist who travels to a cabin in the middle-of-nowhere and attempts to reconnect with his father.

Stephen McHattie plays Gordon, a wonderfully manic and unpredictable man, played with a real tension that creates discomfort and awkwardness in the scenes between himself and Norval in the early stages of the movie. Norval begins as a cocksure and almost arrogant character with a past shadowed with demons of alcoholism and self-harm, but as the film progresses and the relationship between father and son grows and adapts,...

Arrow Video FrightFest’s “Twenty Bloody Years” August bank holiday celebration kicks off with the Elijah Wood starrer Come To Daddy, Alexandre Aja’s crocodile-thriller Crawl and Andre Øvredal and Guillermo del Toro’s freaky-faced team-up Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark, before rounding out with Abner Pastoll’s highly-anticipated A Good Woman Is Hard To Find.

Returning to the heady heights of Leicester Square’s huge Cineworld and darling indie, the Prince Charles Cinema, Alan Jones, Paul McEvoy, Greg Day and Ian Rattray have delivered another fierce line-up for a very special year for the fest. Having taken their first bow as London’s go-to genre film festival way back in 2000 in the very same square, Team FrightFest are promising big things for their 20th anniversary.

And not just with their always killer selection of movies either. Sure we’re looking forward to The Soska Sisters’ Rabid re-jig,...

Roses are red, violets are blue, Elvira and Cavitycolors have a bloody valentine for you. Cavitycolors' new Elvira Valentine's Day shirt will be available today at 5 p.m. Est. Also: Birth of the Silver River: A Disambiguation event at the famous Stanley Hotel and VOD release details for FrightFest documentary Beneath the Dark Heart of Cinema.

Cavitycolors' Elvira Valentine's Day Shirt Details: "Roses are red, now you're dead! This Thursday at 5 P.M. Est, we're unleashing a brand new Valentine's Day design featuring the Queen of Halloween, Elvira!

This stunning new art by Devon Draws will be available on Tees, Long Sleeves, and Ladies slouchy tanks. Be ready to treat a loved one (or yourself) to something extra spooky on the 14th...... or else."

To check out more from Cavitycolors and to pick up the shirt tonight at 5pm, head over to:

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This year’s FrightFest will kick off on 23rd August with Jenn Wexler’s post-modern slasher The Ranger (making her the first ever female director to open the festival) and close on 27th August with Gaspar Noé’s insane surprise Cannes-favourite Climax. And considering 2018’s London edition is backed by Arrow Video as the main sponsor, fans can expect even more top-shelf genre fun than ever before. Hold on to your butts.

The four horseman of the fest-pocalypse, Greg Day, Alan Jones, Paul McEvoy and Ian Rattray reunite again to take over the Cineworld Leicester Square and Prince Charles Cinema, marking FrightFest’s 19th year on the trot celebrating horror in London’s film centre. And the line-up is certainly a fan-pleaser, with over 60 premieres, plenty involving former festival favourites.

Sticking out on first glance is Pascal ‘Martyrs’ Laugier’s latest slice of French extremity Incident In A Ghost Land,...

In 2015 it was announced that Frightfest were set to bring us, under a “Frightfest Presents” banner, some of the horrific delights of their Glasgow and London festivals on DVD and VOD thanks to a partnership with Icon Film Distribution. And whilst that partnership did garner a number of releases – including the likes of Some Kind of Hate, Emelie, Night of the Living Deb and The Sand – the label went dark soon after, with not only the two-year deal coming to an end, but also likely due to the fact that Frightfest partner Icon had some financial woes in 2017, eventually been sold to Kaleidoscope in March of this year.

Skip forward to today and news reaches us that the Frightfest Presents label is reborn, this time in co-operation with Signature Entertainment – a label who we have supported since the early days of their direct to DVD B-movie start-up, with titles such as SnowBeast,...

FrightFest Presents was previously run with Icon.

UK distributor Signature Entertainment is teaming up with horror film festival FrightFest to re-launch distribution label FrightFest Presents.

The partnership will see Signature release titles curated by FrightFest. The festival previously held a two-year partnership with the now closed releasing outfit Icon Film Distribution.

The agreement will see make a selection of FrightFest-endorsed films available across physical, digital and TV/SVoD platforms in the UK and Ireland through Signature’s partners.

Paul McEvoy, co-director of FrightFest commented, “[Signature] have always passionately supported FrightFest and understood our mission to open up new audiences to horror and fantasy,...

Ghost Stories writer and director team Andy Nyman and Jeremy Dyson will join Hex Studio’s Lawrie Brewster, FrightFest’s Paul McEvoy and Glasgow Film Festival head honcho Allison Gardner on the judge’s panel for the FrightFest Glasgow 90 Second Challenge.

Tse challenge sees aspiring filmmakers living in Scotland invited to create an entertaining Horror, Sci-Fi or Fantasy film within just 90 seconds. Films must be shot in Scotland by Scottish residents and entries must not currently be available online. All submissions are free and must be received by Tuesday 13th February 2018. Filmmakers of entries selected to be screened will be notified by 23rd February 2018.

Here’s where to apply and read terms and Conditions: http://www.frightfest.co.uk/90-second-challenge.html

The winning shorts will be screened both at the Horror Channel FrightFest Glasgow Film Festival event, held at the Glasgow Film Theatre on the 2nd/3rd March 2018 and FrightFest...

FrightFest – who have always championed new film-makers through their film programming- have teamed up with Glasgow Film Festival, to announce an exciting new initiative to discover the next wave of emerging Scottish talent. Now, for the very first time they are encouraging talent to rise to the challenge of creating an entertaining film within just 90 seconds.

The winning shorts will be screened both at the Horror Channel FrightFest Glasgow Film Festival event, held at the Glasgow Film Theatre on the 2nd/3rd March 2018 and FrightFest’s London event in August 2018. The rules for submission are that films should be no longer than 90 seconds and be in the Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction or Fantasy genres. Films must be shot in Scotland by Scottish residents and entries must not currently be available online. All submissions are free and must be received by Tuesday 13th February 2018. Filmmakers of entries selected to be screened...

He's known as Billy from Hocus Pocus, Abe Sapien from the Hellboy films, and Pale Man to name a few, and in the new horror film The Terror of Hallow's Eve, Doug Jones plays Scarecrow, and you can watch him and actress Sarah Lancaster discuss what attracted them to Todd Tucker's latest film in our exclusive behind-the-scenes video.

From Illusion Industries Inc., The Terror Of Hallow's Eve will premiere at London's FrightFest on August 28th. Below, we have full details on the film, as well as the trailer and our exclusive behind-the-scenes video.

Press Release: Los Angeles, California – (July 17, 2017) Leading Special Makeup FX studio Illusion Industries Inc. will premiere horror feature The Terror Of Hallow’s Eve at this year’s FrightFest, which takes place in London, UK, August 24 - 29. The Terror Of Hallow’s Eve combines mind bending practical effects, 1980s nostalgia and a relatable story with a...

Horror fans will be reunited with their favorite Good Guys doll when Cult of Chucky is released on home media beginning October 3rd, but those attending Horror Channel's FrightFest 2017 can encounter the deadly doll on August 24th when the seventh film in the Child's Play franchise makes its world premiere:

Press Release: Back in the heart of London’s West End for its 18th ‘adults-only’ anniversary, the world renowned horror and fantasy film festival will take place at the Cineworld Leicester Square and The Prince Charles Cinema from Aug 24 - Aug 28 2017, taking over five screens to present 64 films including 20 World, 22 European and 18 UK Premieres. Fourteen countries are represented spanning five continents, reflecting the current global popularity of the genre.

The opening night attraction is the global premiere of Universal Pictures Home Entertainment’s criminally entertaining Cult Of Chucky, with writer and director Don Mancini and stars Jennifer Tilly and Fiona Dourif in attendance,...

Estranged - one of the films the new label is launching with.

Over the past few years, Frightfest has acquired a reputation as one f the world's top horror festivals, and fans of the genre see it as an indication of quality when it comes to choosing what to watch. Now the team behind it have launched a new Frightfest Presents label with downloadable content that carries the Frightfest seal of approval.

"We are delighted to be bringing some of the most amazing genre films currently being made to viewers across the UK. With FrightFest Presents, everyone will be able to experience some FrightFest thrills from the comfort of their sofa," said Paul McEvoy, who, along with AlanJones, has been responsible for selecting the films.

The label is launching with six titles:-

Aaaaaaaah! Afterdeath Estranged Night Of The Living Deb The Sand Some Kind Of Hate

Each of these films...

Read More: Seattle Shorts Film Festival Reveals 2015 Lineup Icon Film Distribution (Ifd) and FrightFest, the UK's leading horror fantasy film festival, have announced the first films that will be released under the curated banner "FrightFest Presents." The seven titles selected will all have their UK theatrical premieres at the FrightFest festival in August, and the exclusive Icon and FrightFest partnership will allow them to be released across the UK and Ireland via the distributor's digital partners, including iTunes, Virgin Movies, Sky, Google, Amazon, Xbox, Blinkbox, Google, Wuaki, TalkTalk and Volta. "We are thrilled and delighted to be working with Icon in bringing a diverse range of top tier genre titles to the UK audience," said Paul McEvoy, Co-Director of FrightFest. "These and our other exciting forthcoming titles brilliantly showcase the breadth and quality of work being produced in the worldwide fear and fantasy arena." The...

Exclusive: The Sand and Aaaaaaaah! among first FrightFest Presents acquisitions.

UK distributor Icon Film Distribution and UK horror festival FrightFest have set the first films to be released under their FrightFest Presents banner.

An initial seven genre films have been selected by the distributor and festival for the new online label, with others to be added soon.

The films will premiere at FrightFest, which gets underway in London on Thursday (Aug 27), before unspooling online between October and February 2016.

Digital partners will include iTunes, Virgin Movies, Sky, Google Amazon, Xbox , Blinkbox, Google, Wuaki, TalkTalk and Volta.

First titles

Among the first batch of titles is Sightseers actor-writer Steve Oram’s surreal ‘monkey comedy’ Aaaaaaaah!, which Icon will release online this October.

Oram stars alongside Noel Fielding (The Mighty Boosh), Alice Lowe (Sightseers), Lucy Honnigman (The Ex-pm), Julian Rhind-Tutt (Lucy), Julian Barratt (The Mighty Boosh) and Toyah Willcox (Quadrophenia) in the story of a tribe of warring ‘monkeys’.

Creature...

Distributor to release films from horror fantasy film festival under FrightFest Presents banner.

Icon Film Distribution (Ifd) and UK horror fantasy film festival FrightFest have entered into an exclusive partnership that will see Ifd releasing FrightFest curated films under the banner ‘FrightFest Presents’.

Select titles for the joint venture will be announced over the coming weeks.

In a move to expand the festival brand nationwide, select FrightFest endorsed films will be made available across the UK and Ireland via Ifd’s digital partners, including Sky, iTunes, Amazon, Blinkbox, Film4OD, VirginMovies, TalkTalk, Google, Volta, and Eircom.

Each release will have the collective backing of Ifd and FrightFest across marketing, PR and social channels. The partnership deal was negotiated by Zak Brilliant, head of theatrical, and Sophie Wong, TV and digital sales manager, for Icon, and Greg Day and Ian Rattray, directors of FrightFest.

Paul McEvoy, co-director of FrightFest said: “In expanding the FrightFest brand we are opening...

Nice to see we’re setting trends here on Nerdly. After announcing our own foray into VOD, and more importantly into the distribution of unseen, often independent, horror movies, with Nerdly Presents, Icon Film Distribution and FrightFest, the UK’s leading horror fantasy film festival, have announced that they’ve entered into an exclusive partnership that will see Ifd releasing FrightFest curated films under the banner ‘FrightFest Presents’.

In a move to expand the Frightfest “brand”, select FrightFest endorsed films will be made available across the UK and Ireland via Ifd’s digital partners (including Sky, iTunes, Amazon, Blinkbox, Film4OD, VirginMovies, TalkTalk, Google, Volta, and Eircom) giving film fans instant access to some of their favourite FrightFest titles. Here’s hoping some of those Frightfest-screened movies which never made it to UK distribution finally see the light of day – films like Israeli zombie film Cannon Fodder for example…

Paul McEvoy,...

The folks behind Film4 FrightFest and Horror Channel (UK) have announced the finalists for this year's Shortcuts to Hell contest. Check 'em out here along with details on the voting process and how you can watch the entire gamut of entries now!

The three finalists vying for your winning vote are:

All Inclusive, directed by Michael Down

Synopsis: Two brothers leave for an all-inclusive holiday, but only one shows up. One brother searches for the other through the booze-filled hedonistic streets, unveiling the dark side of package trips.

Geoffrey's Heart, directed by Stanislava Buevich

Synopsis: Geoffrey is finally home recovering from a recent heart transplant, but is he the same boy he was before? Or has something gone very, very wrong?

Hubert's Ghost, directed by Joe and Lloyd Staszkiewicz

Synopsis: Hubert lives a teenager's life in a haunted house with his family; his dead best friend, Angèle; and a number of other ghostly residents,...

Always with one eye on the past and the other on the present, FrightFest ensure an enduring celebration of genre cinema. After supporting director Jake West and producer Marc Morris’ Moral Panic, Video Nasties and Videotape, FrightFest have once again leant their support to the follow-up documentary Video Nasties: Draconian Days, which picks up where Moral Panic left off to look at the fallout of the 1984 Video Recordings Act.

To celebrate the home entertainment release of Draconian Days that continues a comprehensive discussion of a compelling chapter in British film spectatorship and censorship, HeyUGuys turned the tables on West and Morris as they shared their thoughts on censorship past, present and future, the advantages of notoriety and the positive side to the Draconian Days amongst other points of discussion.

What was the genesis of Video Nasties: Draconian Days? Was it your original intention to do a follow-up?

Jake West:...

Warner Bros. Entertainment will plant its flag at Comic-Con International: San Diego this year with a huge presence, with each individual division touting its upcoming offerings, including Film, Television, Interactive and Home Entertainment, as well as a variety of product from DC Entertainment, whose celebrations in honor of 75 years of one of the world’s most beloved Super Heroes—Batman—will be in full swing.

On Saturday, July 26th, beginning at 10 a.m., Warner Bros. Pictures brings to Hall H three of its most hotly anticipated films to this year’s Con:

Peter Jackson will be on the main stage with “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies” From New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, and George Miller will be on hand to present a first look at “Mad Max: Fury Road,” from Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures. The Wachowskis’ original sci-fi actioner “Jupiter Ascending,” also from Warner Bros.

Sundays at San Diego Comic-Con are known for family-friendly fare, but this year there's plenty to keep horror fans sticking around like "Supernatural," "The Strain," and "The Following" (all presenting their wares in the hallowed Hall H).

Along with that trio of horror TV panels, there's plenty more on tap for Day 4 of the 2014 Sdcc, especially if you're a comic lover (you know, those things that started the event in the first place), plus the annual presentation of "Buffy the Musical: Once More with Feeling" to close things out.

Check out the highlights below, and be sure to visit the official San Diego Comic-Con website for the full lineup.

Day 4: Sunday, July 27, 2014

10 Am - Supernatural Special Video Presentation and Q&A

Series stars Jared Padalecki (Friday the 13th [2009]), Jensen Ackles (My Bloody Valentine 3D), Misha Collins (Ringer), and Mark A. Sheppard (Battlestar Galactica), along with executive producer Jeremy Carver (U.

Following the Thursday, Friday and Saturday schedules, San Diego Comic-Con has released the full schedule of events for Sunday, July 27, the last day of the Con. You clickHere to check out the entire lineup, which includes several comic book events and panels, but we have pulled out all the relevant movie, DVD and TV panels for your convenience.

Nickelodeon: New Animated Comedies-Bringing You Buds, Baps & Bad Seeds!

Be the first to see an exclusive peek at Nickelodeon's new Lol-inducing animated comedies! You'll also get an insider's look at the creative processes behind these funny, warped, endearing, and booty-shaking shows. The panel features Breadwinners creators Steve Borst and Gary "Doodles" Di Raffaele, Pig Goat Banana Cricket creators Johnny Ryan and Dave Cooper, and executive producer David Sacks. Chowder creator C.H. Greenblatt will be showing off his brand new Nickelodeon series with the working title Bad Seeds. Moderated by Rich Magallanes (Svp...

Watchmen writer Alan Moore to attend world premiere of his screenwriting debut, Show Pieces.

Film4 FrightFest is to screen a record 20 short films, 12 of them world premieres, at this year’s August 23 event in London.

World premieres include Show Pieces, comprising three tales written by Alan Moore, the writer of graphic novels including Watchmen, The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen, From Hell, Constantine and V For Vendetta.

It marks the first time Moore has written for the screen and the short is directed by his close friend and acclaimed photographer Mitch Jenkins.

The interconnected trilogy kicks off with Act of Faith in which a young woman looking for the next step in sexual excitement finds it with unfortunate consequences. Jimmy’s End tails a serial philanderer down a dark alley into a very unusual club where the top-billed attraction is The Bad Brides and their Danse Macabre; and His Heavy Heart reveals the horrifying price paid for his...

Film4 FrightFest will be screening a record twenty short films, twelve of them world premieres, at this year’s August event at the Vue West End, Leicester Square – including the latest from director Federico Zampaglione entitled Remember, the Fiona Dourif starring She (which I backed on Kickstarter many moons ago) and the second Jessica Cameron-starring production showing at Frightfest, the UK-lensed short The Tour.

Spearheading this year’s selection is the world premiere of Show Pieces, three tales of terror written by Alan Moore, the genius 2000 Ad writer behind Watchmen, The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen, From Hell and V For Vendetta. Moore has never previously written specifically for the screen, until now. Directed by his close friend and internationally acclaimed photographer Mitch Jenkins, this interconnected trilogy kicks off with. ‘Act of Faith’ in which a young woman looking for the next step in sexual excitement unfortunately finds it. ‘Jimmy...

FrightFest have announced their full line-up of short films for this 2014's horror festival, and it’s a bumper crop. Paul McEvoy, Co-director of FrightFest said: “This year’s crop of Film4 FrightFest short films is the biggest and best line-up we have ever had. We are thrilled to be showcasing an outstanding programme of worldwide talent both in front of and behind the camera including many well-known names and an enormous array of new and exciting talent." "Making the final selection from the many hundreds of submissions received was...

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Warner Bros. Entertainment will plant its flag at Comic-Con International: San Diego this year with a huge presence, with each individual division touting its upcoming offerings, including Film, Television, Interactive and Home Entertainment, as well as a variety of product from DC Entertainment, whose celebrations in honor of 75 years of one of the world's most beloved Super Heroes-Batman-will be in full swing.

On Saturday, July 26th, beginning at 10 a.m., Warner Bros. Pictures brings three of its most hotly anticipated films to this year's Con: Peter Jackson will be on the main stage with The Hobbit: The Battle of The Five Armies, from New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, and George Miller will be on hand to present a first look at Mad Max: Fury Road, from Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures. The Hall H audience will also get a peek at the Wachowski's original sci-fi actioner Jupiter Ascending,...

We are only a few weeks away from the geeky awesomeness that is San Diego Comic-Con, and studios are lining up to show off their upcoming slate of projects. Today, Warner Bros. announced details on what they plan on bringing to the show, including the DC Comics based TV shows, Batman anniversary celebration, and first looks at the final Hobbit film and Mad Max Fury Road.

If you're planning your Sdcc weekend around what could be announced, then these schedules will come in very handy for you. WB has now announced their schedule of events and broken down what they expect to show at this year's event. From the sounds of it we'll be getting our first teasers for The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies and, thankfully, Mad Max: Fury Road.

While some are wondering at the absence of any mention of Batman v. Superman, I wouldn't get too upset just yet.

Warner Bros. Entertainment will plant its flag at Comic-Con International: San Diego this year with a huge presence, with each individual division touting its upcoming offerings, including Film, Television, Interactive and Home Entertainment, as well as a variety of product from DC Entertainment, whose celebrations in honor of 75 years of one of the world’s most beloved Super Heroes—Batman—will be in full swing.

On Saturday, July 26th, beginning at 10 a.m., Warner Bros. Pictures brings three of its most hotly anticipated films to this year’s Con: Peter Jackson will be on the main stage with “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies,” from New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, and George Miller will be on hand to present a first look at “Mad Max: Fury Road,” from Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures. The Hall H audience will also get a peek at the Wachowskis’ original sci-fi actioner “Jupiter Ascending,...

British film-maker [pictured] to judge short film competition.

Simon Rumley has joined the jury of Shortcuts to Hell 2.

Run by FrightFest, Horror Channel, Movie Mogul and Wildseed Studios, the second edition of the short film competition will see the winner get their film produced by Movie Mogul and Wildseed with a minimum cash production fund of £20,000.

Rumley, who has just completed post production on The Last Word, joins Rosie Fletcher, acting editor of Total Film, Horror Channel’s Emily Booth, FrightFest director Paul McEvoy, Wildseed’s creative director Jesse Cleverly and Movie Mogul’s John Shackleton on the jury.

“As an arena to experiment, innovate and, ultimately, learn a craft, short film-making always will be the lifeblood of film-making,” said Rumley. “It’s great, therefore, to have a competition such as this to give aspiring film-makers an added incentive to try and realise their goal.”

Entry deadline for the competition is July 22, with full details available on the...

Prepare to be corrupted and depraved once more as Nucleus Films releases the sequel to the definitive guide to the Video Nasties phenomenon – the most extraordinary and scandalous era in the history of British film. Video Nasties: The Definitive Guide Part 2, a three-disc collector’s edition box set, is being released on DVD on July 14th 2014, to tie in with the 30th Anniversary of the Video Recordings Act 1984.

For the first time ever on DVD, all 82 films that fell foul of the Director of Public Prosecutions “Section 3” list are trailer-featured with specially filmed intros for each title, alongside a brand new documentary – Video Nasties: Draconian Days (review), directed by Jake West.

And to celebrate the release, Film4 FrightFest is hosting a special event – the world exclusive London Premiere of the finalised unseen extended 97 minute cut of Video Nasties: Draconian Days at The Prince Charles Cinema on Thurs 3 July, 8.30pm. The...

The sales art for the latest film adaptation to grow like a Homunculus from Clive Barker's Books of Blood, entitled Jacqueline Ess starring "Game of Thrones"' queen of all that is evil and perverse, Lena Headey, hit Twitter this morning courtesy of Paul McEvoy and we have it for ya right here!

Headey will star in the movie version of horror icon Clive Barker’s Jacqueline Ess. Raven Banner Entertaintment and Barker’s Seraphim Films are producing. Raven Banner will be selling the film, set to go into production late this year, at Cannes.

“Lena Headey is a marvelous performer with an incredible presence,” says executive producer Clive Barker. “As far as I’m concerned, there is no better choice of actress for the role of Jacqueline. Her beauty and authority will carry the day.”

Jovanka Vuckovic will make her feature debut. Her credits include short film The Captured Bird...

FrightFest 2013 was one of the best programmes the team have put together in the festival’s fourteen year history. On Saturday morning Paul McEvoy told us with equal parts surprise and delight that they had four screens running simultaneously, the demand for the movies this year was so great. None of this is surprising; FrightFest has long been the festival with the reputation to which others can only aspire.

Winner to be announced at FrightFest in London later this month.

Six short films, made with budgets of under £666, have been selected for the 666 Short Cuts to Hell competition.

The horror shorts, selected from 157 entries, include:

Six Degrees of (Limb) Separation, dir. Mikel Iriarte 6 Seconds To Die, dir. Rick James6 Shooter, dir. David Wayman6th Sense, dir. Alice Moet6 Feet Under, dir. Weronika TofilskaSix Feet Under, dir. Joe & Lloyd Stas

The competition was launched by FrightFest and Movie Mogul, in association with Horror Channel, which challenged aspiring filmmakers to make a short horror film – with some restraints.

The rules stated there could only be a maximum of six lines of dialogue, a maximum of six cast and crew members and a maximum budget of £666.

The winner will be announced at London horror festival FrightFest on August 25 after the screening of all six films.

The judging panel includes Horror Channel presenter Emily Booth, FrightFest director...

FrightFest and Movie Mogul, in association with Horror Channel, challenged aspiring filmmakers all over the country to make a short horror film, but 666 Short Cuts To Hell was no ordinary film competition. Entrants had to follow a series of ‘killer’ restraints such as a maximum of 6 lines of dialogue, a maximum of 6 cast and crew members and a maximum budget of £666.

A staggering 157 entries made the grade and the overall winner will be announced at FrightFest 2013 on Sunday Aug 25 after the screening of all six films. On hand to congratulate all six finalists will be the distinguished judging panel; Horror Channel presenter Emily Booth, FrightFest director Paul McEvoy, Movie Mogul’s John Shackleton, Filmmaker Paul Hyett and journalist Rosie Fletcher. Tom Six is planning to attend subject to his commitments on Human Centipede 3.

Apart from the honour of being showcased at the UK’s biggest genre festival, the six finalists...

FrightFest in association with Horror Channel will be screening nine specially selected short films, all World Premieres, at this year’s August event at the Empire Cinema, Leicester Sq. From James Moran’s sickly slick serial killer tale and Dominic Brunt’s ghastly vision of war time Hell, to Will Gilbey’s hard-boiled noir cop thriller and Mike Mort’s even harder puppet cop hero Chuck Steel, the line-up represents a rich tapestry of talent, with casts that include Hannah Tointon, Neil Maskell, Ed Speleers, Alfie Allen & Jack Gordon.

Paul McEvoy, Co-director of FrightFest & Horror Channel programme co-ordinater said: “This year’s brilliant and insane mix of shorts includes outstanding World Premieres from some FrightFest favourites and some exciting new cinematic blood. Behold and enjoy!”

Programme

Main Screen

Friday Aug 23

16:15 Crazy For You (World Premiere)

Director: James Moran. Cast: Arthur Darvill, Hannah Tointon. UK. 2013. 10 mins

It’s difficult to...

From the press release:

Are you ready for a spine-chilling global avalanche of Indian zombies, Israeli oldboys, vengeance-crazed Vikings, Swedish mesmerists, Irish telekinesis, Argentine undead, Aussie bone-crushers, murderous Mormons and Chilean assassins?

Film4 FrightFest 2013, returning for its 4teenth year, has unveiled its biggest line-up in history. From Thurs 22 August to Monday 26 August, the UK’s leading event for genre fans will be at the Empire Cinema in London’s Leicester Square to present 51 films on three screens. Empire 1 will house the main event while the Discovery strands will play in Empires 2 & 4. The new FrightFest Xtra strand, also in Screen 2, will allow fans to catch up with sold-out performances of the most popular attractions.

This year there are eleven countries representing five continents with a record-breaking thirty-three UK or European premieres and ten world premieres.

The world premieres include our opening night attraction The Dead 2: India from the Ford Brothers,...

Fancy your chances at making a winning short horror flick with a budget of only £666 plus further restrictions? Then you'll be interested in the 666: Short Cuts to Hell competition created by the guys behind the UK's Film4 FrightFest, Horror Channel and Movie Mogul - and we just learned that Human Centipede director Tom Six has joined the crew of judges!

From the Press Release:

Tom Six (pictured), currently in the States shooting Human Centipede 3, will help select the winner of the 666: Short Cuts to Hell short film competition, fronted by FrightFest and Movie Mogul, in association with Horror Channel.

Six said today that he was 'delighted' and 'flattered' to be invited to join the panel and was looking forward to hopefully meeting the six finalists at this year's FrightFest event in August.

Rosie Fletcher, Total Film Magazine’s genre expert, is also part of the ‘6 of the best’ panel,...

Can you make a short film that can cut it in hell? Have you got some killer ideas? Well this news may just get you a little excited!

FrightFest and Movie Mogul, in association with Horror Channel, are challenging aspiring filmmakers to make a short horror film – the best six of which will be shown on Horror Channel and at the 2013 Film4 FrightFest event. The overall winner will receive a prize fund of £6,666 and the opportunity to develop a horror short or feature idea under mentorship from Movie Mogul, for a possible 2014 production.

666 Short Cuts To Hell is no ordinary film competition though. Entrants will have to follow a series of ‘killer’ restraints such as a maximum of 6 lines of dialogue, a maximum of 6 cast of and crew members and a maximum budget of £666.

Chris Sharp, Chief Operating Officer for CBS Chello Zone Channels, commented: “Horror Channel has a rich...

The giallo film has been away for way too long. And because of that fact this news makes me happy. So if you're one of those lucky sods who'll be at London's Film4 FrightFest this weekend, you'll have an opportunity to dig on this promising throwback thriller.

From the film's Facebook page: Yellow is the story of a man obsessed with hunting down a vicious serial killer committing a series of gruesome murders across the neon lit city of 1980's Berlin. At its core Yellow is a character study of human frailty and the discovery of dark secrets.

It was directed by UK-based Ryan Haysom, and the FX are from German gore maestro Olaf Ittenbach.

"Film 4 FrightFest are thrilled to be presenting the world premiere of Ryan Haysom's brilliant short Yellow. Fitting perfectly with some of our Italo themed FrightFest 2012 line-up (Tulpa, Paura 3D, Eurocrime!, Berbian Sound Studio, and...