Nezouh
A magical realist, child's-eye view of the civil war in Syria
Kevin Ibbotson-Wight/1 May 2024
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Prey
Awful Christian missionary survival flick suggests the Devil has all the best films too
Infested
Massive scary spiders - and overly zealous policing - terrorise a Parisian apartment block in this skittery, scuttling debut
Film Fest Freebies
Skint over the EIFF? Check out the freebies on offer
Edinburgh International Film Festival: 2011
Anyone for a documentary?
UK Green Film Festival
Glasgow Film Theatre hosts the first UK Green Film Festival
Stake Land
Jim Mickle's gruesome vampire movie darkly depicts the collapse of modern society
The Old Dark House
Though not as scary as it probably once was, this is a piece of cinema that should be in every horror fan’s collection
El Grifo
Simple and scary, El Grifo is a real gem amongst the short films this year
Death and the Blue-Eyed Boy
[rating: 3/5] A menacing vignette that questions just what goes on in the darkest recesses of a child’s mind
You Are So Undead
Alex Epstein's horror/comedy short gives the vampire genre some much needed bite
The Death of Alice Blue
An unpolished but promising addition to the ever-expanding vampire film genre
What You Make It
[rating: 3/5] Take a break from the long films with the What You Make It programme