25th Jan2021

’12 Hour Shift’ VOD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Angela Bettis, David Arquette, Chloe Farnworth, Mick Foley, Kit Williamson, Nikea Gamby-Turner, Tara Perry, Brooke Seguim, Dust Warren, Tom DeTrinis, Thomas Hobson, Juilanne Dowler, Briana Lane, Taylor Alden, Scott Dean | Written and Directed by Brea Grant Brea Grant, at least for me, first came to prominence after appearing in Heroes, the mid-2000s superhero […]

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16th Apr2020

‘We Summon the Darkness’ Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Alexandra Daddario, Maddie Hasson, Johnny Knoxville, Keean Johnson, Logan Miller, Amy Forsyth, Allison McAtee, Austin Swift, Stephanie Moroz, Tanner Beard | Written by Alan Trezza | Directed by Marc Meyers Heavy metal and horror seem to go hand in hand. Many people who like one, will like the other, so it’s maybe a bit […]

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11th Jul2019

‘They Look Like People’ VOD Review

by Jack Kirby

Stars: MacLeod Andrews, Evan Dumouchel, Margaret Ying, Mick Casale, Elena Greenlee | Written and Directed by Perry Blackshear The opening scene of They Look Like People sets the tone for the rest of the film to follow: it’s minimalist, thought-provoking and creepy as hell. We see nothing more than a man lying in bed staring […]

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11th Jun2019

‘Terror of Hallow’s Eve’ VOD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Caleb Thomas, JT Neal, Annie Read, Juliet Landau, Eric Roberts, Doug Jones, Sarah Lancaster, Christian Kane | Written by Ronald L. Halvas, Todd Tucker, Zack Ward | Directed by Todd Tucker Growing up is hard and for fifteen-year-old Timmy Stevens it’s no exception. Scrawny and nerdy, he’s relentlessly tormented by the town bullies. His only […]

23rd May2019

‘The Siren’ DVD Review

by Matthew Turner

Stars: Margaret Ying Drake, MacLeod Andrews, Evan Dumouchel | Written and Directed by Perry Blackshear [NOTE: With the film now available to buy, here’s a reposting of our review of The Rusalka, now retitled The Siren for its DVD and Digital release, from the films UK debut at Frightfest earlier this year] Writer-director Perry Blackshear […]

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07th May2019

Frightfest Presents… Phase Three in Podcasts!

by Stuart Wright

Following the successful launch of Phase One and Two, the third wave of titles to be released under the FrightFest Presents banner are now officially confirmed. Which give us the opportunity to revisit a couple of Frightfest preview podcasts and get under the hood of these films before they’re available in the UK TERROR OF […]

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05th Nov2018

Competition: Win fear flick ‘Secret Santa’ on DVD

by Phil Wheat

To celebrate the home entertainment release of Secret Santa, available on DVD from the 5th November and Digital HD 3rd December, we have a copy of the DVD up for grabs, courtesy of FrightFest Presents! The second film to be released under the FrightFest Presents label, the new venture from leading independent distributor Signature Entertainment […]

19th Oct2018

Competition: Win FrightFest Presents! flick ‘The Dark’ on DVD

by Phil Wheat

To celebrate the home entertainment release of The Dark, available on Digital HD and DVD 22nd October, we have a copy of the DVD up for grabs, courtesy of FrightFest Presents! Synopsis: An undead young woman, Mina, stalks the ‘Devil’s Den’ woods where she was killed. If anyone enters the woods, she kills them and […]

30th Apr2018

Frightfest and Signature team for rebirth of ‘Frightfest Presents’

by Phil Wheat

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 […]

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28th Mar2017

Competition: Win new “FrightFest Presents” release ‘My Father Die’

by Phil Wheat

To celebrate the release of My Father Die – out now on Digital Download and available on DVD/VOD 3rd April – we are giving away a copy on DVD courtesy of FrightFest Presents and Icon Film. Part revenge thriller, part pure horror, writer/director Sean Brosnan’s debut is an all-out assault on the senses that might […]

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18th Apr2016

Interview: Eugene McGing talks ‘The Unfolding’

by Stuart Wright

A fearful world stands on the brink of nuclear catastrophe. A young researcher in psychical events, together with his girlfriend, travel to the legendary wilds of Dartmoor, England, to investigate a rambling, centuries old building – here they find themselves drawn into a murder mystery from the past, a mortal confrontation with pure evil, and […]

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03rd Mar2016

‘The Unfolding’ VOD Review (Frightfest Presents)

by Richard Axtell

Stars: Lachlan Nieboer, Robert Daws, Nick Julian, Kitty McGeever, Lisa Kerr | Written and Directed by Eugene McGing It is 2016 and a fearful world seems to be on the brink of a nuclear catastrophe. A researcher in psychical events and his girlfriend travel to deepest Dartmoor to investigate a centuries-old building. What they unlock and […]

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09th Dec2015

Six more terror tales come to ‘Frightfest Presents’

by Phil Wheat

Following the successful launch of the worlds foremost horror label in October this year the second wave of titles to be released under the Frightfest Presents banner are now officially confirmed: The Lesson, Last Girl Standing, Landmine Goes Click, Curtain, The Unfolding and Emelie… From February 29th terror once again comes home with the release […]

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26th Oct2015

Interview: Isaac Gabaeff discusses ‘The Sand’

by Phil Wheat

After an all-night graduation beach party, a group of hung-over twenty-somethings awake to a beating sun, and a seemingly carnivorous beach that devours anything with a heartbeat that touches… The Sand. With The Sand available now on all major platforms including iTunes, Virgin Movies, Blinkbox, Google Play, Amazon, Xbox Video, Wuaki, Talk Talk and Volta […]

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17th Oct2015

Frightfest Presents: ‘Estranged’ Review

by Paul Metcalf

Stars: Craig Conway, James Cosmo, Bob Duff, James Lance, Amy Manson, Faye McLoughlin, Eileen Nicholas, Nora-Jane Noone, Simon Quarterman, Joy Sanders | Written by William Borthwick, Simon Fantauzzo | Directed by Adam Levins When January (Amy Manson) is almost killed in a traffic accident, she and her boyfriend Callum (Simon Quarterman) head to her family […]

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16th Oct2015

Frightfest Presents: ‘AfterDeath’ Review

by Paul Metcalf

Stars: Miranda Raison, Sam Keeley, Daniella Kertesz, Elarica Gallacher, Lorna Nickson Brown | Written by Andrew Ellard | Directed by Gez Medinger, Robin Schmidt The human race is obsessed with what happens when we die, depending on your beliefs there is heaven or hell, an afterlife or even just nothing. AfterDeath raises a few questions […]

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11th Sep2015

Icon announce 3 more ‘FrightFest Presents’ titles

by Phil Wheat

Icon Film Distribution and FrightFest have announced a further three films – all of which are personal faves of mine from this years festival – which will be released under the curated banner FrightFest Presents. The new titles are: Night of the Living Deb, directed by Kyle Rankin starring Maria Thayer (Forgetting Sarah Marshall), Michael […]

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13th Apr2015

Frightfest and Icon team for ‘FrightFest Presents’

by Phil Wheat

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 […]

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