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Back in 1995, Leprechaun creator Mark Jones brought the world a horrific take on the classic fairy tale character Rumpelstiltskin. Thirty years later, a different filmmaker has made their own Rumpelstiltskin horror movie – and you can watch the trailer for the film in the embed above! This Rumpelstiltskin will be premiering at FrightFest Glasgow this weekend, heading for a VOD release in the United States on April 8th.

Miracle Media told our friends at Bloody Disgusting, “The film breathes new life into the age-old children’s story, with eye-popping, gnarly special effects and a potty mouthed female protagonist who isn’t your typical damsel in distress. With bawdy humour and devilishly delightful visuals, this new incarnation certainly packs a punch and is sure to permeate your dreams with nightmare fuel.“

Andy Edwards, whose previous credits include Zombie Spring Breakers and Midnight Peepshow, wrote and directed the film, which stars Hannah Baxter-Eve...

Stars: Annabella Rich, Nikki Marshall, Ross Doney, Cy Henty, Terrence Betts, Brent Hunter, Rae Michaelson, Les Brewster, Wayne Thompson, Dawn Daroczy, Holly McGregor-Ogden | Written and Directed by S N Sibley

Sam Mason Bell produces and worked as a cinematographer on the film, from low-budget filmmaker S N Sibley, but this is a far cry from his film A Final Exorcism. This is more down and dirty Guerilla filmmaking – that looks like it was shot with a digital camera or even iPhone, with in-camera sound that rattles your ears at times.

I’m assuming the low-budget nature of the film is the reason for the largely silent scene-setting opening, which blares out its ominous soundtrack over scenes of our killer, Lewis, walking the streets, taking a victim in a brutal bottle to the stomach (played by Annabelle Rich who looks to be vying for 2025 British scream queen of the year at this rate!

Stars: Stacy Hart, Amber Doig-Thorne, Annabella Rich, Charlie Bond, James Hamer-Morton, Matthew Batte, Rose Granger, Dhean Morris, Andrew Spooner | Directed by Charlie Bond, James Hamer-Morton, Paul Cousins, Geoff Harmer, Chris Josty, James Morrissey, James Plumb, Samuel Rush

Virus Detected is a 2025 British horror anthology that delves into the sinister side of technology. The film is structured around a late-night radio show hosted by “Irritable Jo,” portrayed by Stacy Hart. During an intense electrical storm, Jo receives unsettling calls from a mysterious listener sharing eerie tales of electronic devices behaving malevolently. These narratives form the core of the anthology, each exploring a unique technological terror.

The anthology comprises several segments, each helmed by different directors: Mic Drop, is directed by Charlie Bond and James Hamer-Morton; Bad Penny comes from director Paul Cousins. Meanwhile, director Geoff Harmer helms Shock Jock and The Little Ones; and Chris Josty gives us the film’s first tale Virtual Insanity.

Stars: Amber Doig-Thorne, Laurence R. Harvey, Dani Thompson, Ayvianna Snow, Simon Bamford, David Gelmini, Charlie Bond, Annabella Rich, Rami Hilmi, Sarah Rorbach, James Hamer-Morton | Directed by Angie Darling Baby, Alexander Churchyard, Paul Doherty, Andrew Elias, Bazz Hancher, Jason Impey, Debbie Lant, Tony Mardon, Hannah Paterson, Richard Rowntree, James Saxon, Teddy Saxon

As a fan of the first entry into this now-turned franchise, I was eager to finally get the chance to see the sequel, Video Shop Tales of Terror 2: Lust & Revenge. Like the first film, this second entry into the series promised a return to the nostalgic charm of retro VHS horror – delivering both scores and laughs, just like the first film, and it certainly delivered on both front.

The film comprises multiple segments, each offering a unique blend of terror and dark humour. Video Shop Tales of Terror 2: Lust & Revenge opens with a trailer for “The Beast...

Feed your appetite for the grotesque when Eating Miss Campbell takes a bite out of Blu-ray on March 11 via Troma Entertainment.

Lyndsey Craine (Book of Monsters) and Lala Barlow star in the gory high school horror-comedy from British writer-director Liam Regan (My Bloody Banjo).

Vito Trigo (Return to Nuke ‘Em High), James Hamer-Morton, Charlie Bond, Emily Haigh (Jane Eyre), Michaela Longden (Book of Monsters), Sierra Summers, Alexander J. Skinner, Justin A. Martell (Return to Nuke ‘Em High), Annabella Rich, Dani Thompson, Laurence R. Harvey (The Human Centipede 2) round out the cast.

Of course, Troma president and The Toxic Avenger creator Lloyd Kaufman makes a cameo.

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Introduction From Lloyd Kaufman Audio Commentary 7 Days of Hell: Making of Documentary Deleted Scenes Outtakes Gore Reel VFX Reel Raw B-Roll Cast Interviews Behind the Scenes Footage Frightfest Premiere Trailers

Beth Conner is a vegan-goth introvert who attends an elite high school in England.

Stars: Marta Svetek, Ayvianna Snow, Charlie Bond, Ciaron Davies, Annabella Rich, Ben Manning, Ray Whelan, Jasmine Sumner | Written and Directed by Steve Lawson

On a trip to Dublin to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, four friends agree to spend the night in an abandoned tavern, where they are stalked by an undead killer in search of revenge for a tragedy that occurred centuries before

In the rich vein of holiday-themed slashers, dating back to the original Halloween, through to more modern fare, as bloodily illustrated by Eli Roth in, Thanksgiving (2023), we have a new entry in killer days, with, St Patrick’s Day Massacre, directed by Steve Lawson ( ).

A rich tale, with compelling characters and a real reflection of modern-day Ireland…this is not. Being of Irish descent and a huge fan of the stalk and slash format, I can stomach, tolerate and happily consume many a substandard Friday the 13th rip-off.

Multi-Award Winning British Team Behind Cult Hit Dead Air Team Up with Multi- Award Winning New York Creator for Spooky Comedy Horror Web Series Frightseers Multi-award winning team behind cult hit Dead Air Peter Hearn (writer/producer) & Geoff Harmer (director/producer) announce their collaboration with multi-award winning New York actress & creator Candice Palladino, for the new spooky comedy horror web series Frightseers now almost 70% funded on Indiegogo.

Written by award winning filmmaker Peter Hearn (Scrawl starring Star Wars: The Force Awakens Daisy Ridley), Frightseers consists of 42 female-led, interconnecting live action webisodes and audio dramas. Inspired by Ghostbusters, Extra Ordinary, The Burbs, British Sitcoms of the 1980’s, Public Information Films of the 1970’s, along with web-series such as The Guild and Dr. Horrible’S Sing-a-long Blog, Frightseers is best described as Agatha Christie with ghosts.

With a gaggle of ghouls and ghosts realised entirely with practical effects including a 7ft tall Death...

Stars: Dorothea Jones, William Marshall, Kimberley Lane, Eliza Leonard, Mark Sears, Lauren Jane Barnett, Tony Marion, Mike Butler, Judy Matheson, Dani Thompson, Annabella Rich, Hannah Paterson, Joseph Simpson-Bushell, Tony Sands. James Wren, Mark Lyminster, Rio Daniel Thomas, Mia Gill, Mireia Espluga, Catherine Mieses, Morten Fausboll, Nicole Katherine Riddel, Harry Vinall, Eve Oliver, Martin W Payne, Michael Hutchinson, Anna Dixon | Written and Directed by Alexander Churchyard, Anna Dixon, Mj Dixon, Richard Elson, Andre Harrison, Davin Jeayes, Tony Mardon, Maria Lee Metheringham, Eve Kathryn Oliver, Martin W. Payne, Bob Pipe, Tony Sands, Dani Thompson

The signs of the zodiac hold many mysteries, Some believe that to follow their path is to find good fortune, but others believe that to be guided by the stars will bring nothing but pain, misery and for some, something much worse.

Horror-Scopes 2: Chinese Zodiac is the second in a series of annual anthology collections from independent film studio Mycho,...

Stars: Anaïs Marden, Annabella Rich, Nicole Katherine Riddell, Eliot Gibson, Aidan Harris, Jack Perry, James Hamer-Morton, Chris Mills | Written by Chuck Wagner | Directed by Sam Mason-Bell

Devil May Care is the latest film from Sam Mason-Bell. He’s a very busy man, with seventy-six credits as a director, eighty as a producer and then there are the ones as writer, cinematographer, etc. all since 2008. One wonders when he manages to sleep.

His latest attempt to keep everyone else from sleeping takes place in the woods outside of a sleepy English town. Three girls, Elaine (Anaïs Marden; For the Love of Eve), Missy and Pam hook up with three guys, Tom, Brad and Mac (Jack Perry). Their plans involve hiking out to the abandoned, and of course haunted, theatre out in the woods to drink, have sex and do anything else that might get them killed.

Like most of Mason-Bell’s films,...

We can reveal today that ‘The Foreboding: Fractured’, a short horror film will be having its world premiere at the Horror-On-Sea Film Festival on Saturday 20th January 2024 at 5:30Pm screening at the Park Inn By Radisson Palace Hotel in Southend-On-Sea, Essex, U.K.

Peter Tilley, Alex Staunton-Hill, Eve Kathryn Oliver, Olivia Bennett and Sienna Shih shape up the cast of the film, with Peter and Alex being heavily involved within the creative process. Peter is the producer and co-creator of the project, with Alex taking centre stage as the writer, creator and also has a leading role in the film.

Kemal Yildirim signed onto the project back In July, joining as Director, Editor and Director Of Photography. Kemal makes a triumphant return to the Horror-On-Sea Film Festival in 2024, after having his own feature film ‘The Haunting Of The Lady Jane’ which premiered at the festival in January 2023 and was welcomed with a positive reception.

Stars: Shend, Gary Baxter, Caroline Munro, Annabella Rich, Dani Thompson, Lynn Lowry, Martin W. Payne, Michael Fausti, Lou Nosbod, Bazz Hancher | Written and Directed by Thomas Lee Rutter

The Pocket Film of Superstitions opens with a title card that reads “The Following Moving Picture Presentation May Contain Scenes of Irreverence”, and irreverent is a very apt way to describe the latest film from writer/director Thomas Lee Rutter.

It’s shot with the visual stylings of an old silent movie complete with the blue tint they used to indicate a night scene and the occasional title card. But it isn’t a silent film, there are sound effects and occasional short exchanges of dialogue. But most of the information is relayed to the viewer via narration by Shend, which is probably the best choice for a film like this.

That’s because The Pocket Film of Superstitions is, for all intents and purposes,...

BayView Entertainment will summon British horror anthology Ouija Experiment to Blu-ray in the USA on 25th April 2023.

Synopsis:

Five participants take part in a psychology experiment on the aftereffects of a Ouija board session, finding something far more sinister than they could ever expect.

Ouija Experiment is a horror anthology that was Directed by Sam Mason-Bell (Home Is Where I Lay), Martin W. Payne, Jackson Batchelor, Mike Peter Reed and Simon Berry.

The film stars Annabella Rich, Chris Mills, Jessica Hunt, Eve Kathryn Oliver, Mark Margason, Teodora Dumitriu, Annabella Rich, Chris Wrein, Sophie Atkinson, Jack Grist, Katie Watson, Simon Berry and Stephen Longhurst.

Ouija Experiment will be released to Blu-ray in the USA from BayView Entertainment on 25th April 2023.

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Stars: Dani Thompson, Laurence Harvey, Annabella Rich, Martin W Payne, Tony Mardon, Singh Lall, Rami Hilmi, Cy Henty, Andrea Sandell, Eve Oliver, Peter Tilley, Faith Elizabeth, Charlie Bond, Mike Butler, Allan Bryce | Directed by Alexander Churchyard, Mj Dixon, Sam Mason Bell, Tony Mardon, Max Davenport, Tom Lee Rutter, Michael Fausti, Andrew Elias, Geoff Harmer

An anthology of tales paying the ultimate homage to the 70/80s Video Nasty Tromaesque-era, from a team of some of the best writers/directors in the lower budget UK horror scene. A carefully curated selection of shorts all with varying degrees of depravity broken up by a wrap around story of the Video Dungeon, all delightfully introduced by Brit Scream Queen royalty Dani Thompson (putting in a number of roles throughout). Anthology movies do seem to be making somewhat of a comeback as of late and have a bit of a tendency of “trying too hard...

“Home is Where I Lay” comes to Blu-ray on October 4th, 2022 from Bayview Entertainment. Director, Sam Mason-Bell Stars, Jackson Batchelor & Annabella Rich Synopsis: The night before Lily and Joe make the move into their new home, Lily has a premonition of her death. Can she stop it, or will the house take her? …

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“Home is Where I Lay” comes to Blu-ray on October 4th, 2022 from Bayview Entertainment.

Director, Sam Mason-Bell

Stars, Jackson Batchelor & Annabella Rich

Synopsis:

The night before Lily and Joe make the move into their new home, Lily has a premonition of her death. Can she stop it, or will the house take her? It needs her to know, this is His house.

Pre-Order “Home is Where I Lay”

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Stars: Charlie Bond, James Hamer-Morton, Justin Chinyere, Dani Thompson, Faith Elizabeth, Megan Rose Buxton, Carrie Thompson, Liz Soutar, Annabella Rich, Lancelot Narayan, Rohin Dale, David Schaal | Written and Directed by Pat Higgins

On the eve of a televised talent show, an enthusiastic but dysfunctional cheerleading troop is on the brink of falling apart. But when a cursed necklace turns their rival boy band act into a screeching gang of zombies, the girls must learn to use their wits, friendship, and assorted power tools—before the TV finale takes a turn for the apocalyptic…

You know, I had no idea I needed another horror musical in my life after Anna and the Apocalypse but Powertool Cheerleaders vs. The Boyband of the Screeching Dead proved me wrong!

Much like Eating Miss Campbell, which also featured Charlie Bond and James Hamer-Morton, Powertool Cheerleaders vs. The Boyband of the Screeching Dead feels very much like a Troma movie.

Stars: Lyndsey Craine, Lala Barlow, Vito Trigo, James Hamer-Morton, Charlie Bond, Emily Haigh, Michaela Longden, Sierra Summers, Alexander J Skinner, Justin A. Martell, Annabella Rich, Dani Thompson, Laurence R. Harvey | Written and Directed by Liam Regan

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, despite the obvious age difference, I share writer-director Liam Regan’s fondness for satellite TV channel Bravo – especially during the “horned devil” logo years, where late nights were made up of cult TV shows, weird obscure films and a Ton of Troma movies. So much so that I too consider that period of the channel as a now legendary time in UK broadcasting. It was the channel that introduced me to a wider range of Troma movies outside of The Toxic Avenger and Class of Nuke’Em High (which were stalwarts of my local video shop And that guy that used to rent tapes...