Argento, Rollin, Bava, Corman and Vadim spearhead month of must-see cult favourites

Argento, Rollin, Bava, Corman and Vadim spearhead month of must-see cult favourites
Summer might be in it’s final weeks, it’s going out as a scorcher. To many the next big celebration will be Christmas unless your Shudder. From 1st September , they will kick off its annual…
It’s a generic-sounding title – not what you’d expect from a director with a reputation for courting controversy – but Gaspar Noe has pinpointed the perfect word for his latest. Vortex. An environmental phenomenon, described…
He’ll always be director provocateur to many, Gaspar Noé will always be known for his edgy sometime controversial films. Sometimes those filmmakers change and for Noé latest Vortex he direction has drastically changed. Today Picturehouse…
A 4K UHD Argento, a controversial horror classic, a cult slasher, and five by Chabrol
If you think Chucky from Child’s Play and Annabelle are scary – well, it’s time you met their Italian predecessors, a pair of very creepy dolls that play key roles in the classic giallo Deep…
A new cult gem, midnight movie classics, Sergio Martino’s giallos, and a sci-fi epic in UHD
Dario Argento’s staggeringly assured debut The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, a film which redefined the ‘giallo’ genre of murder-mystery thrillers and catapulted him to international stardom, and established the key traits that would define…
Arrow Video have unveiled their February films with the return of an legendary B-Horror Doctor, an extraordinary and unmissable shock rock doc. Dario Argento produced Demonic horror favourites and a dark and disturbing gem from…
Twenty Bloody years, for FrightFest so the dark heart of cinema will be bringing you something special. This Saturday (21st July) single tickets will go on sale, Arrow Video FrightFest announces their current slate of…
legendary Italian director Dario Argento is a master of horror especially the Giallo sub-genre. This January Arrow Video is bringing back The Cat O’Nine Tails.The dark, gripping and superbly entertaining mystery thriller starring Karl Malden…
I’ve never quite understood the greatness of Dario Argento or even the Giallo genre in general with the exceptions of Mario Bava’s early Giallos like The Girl Who Knew Too Much or Blood and Black Lace. Naturally anytime…
Despite the gruesome creatures, flying limbs and buckets of blood, horror as a genre can feel pretty stale. For every excellent film there is a dozen forgettable or terrible ones. And there are so many…
“FrightFest’s mandate has always been to showcase the best the genre has to offer ” – Alan Jones Frightfest Joint director