10th Apr2024

‘Burnt Flowers’ Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Amber Doig-Thorne, Ayvianna Snow, Alice Stevenson, Dani Thompson, Michael Fausti, Roe Haven, Laurence R. Harvey | Written and Directed by Michael Fausti Burnt Flowers, the new film from writer/director Michael Fausti (Exit, Video Shop Tales of Terror), begins with a series of scenes swiftly moving back and forth between London’s Rose Bar in 1968, […]

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05th Mar2024

HorRHIFFic 2024: ‘Horror-Scopes 2: Chinese Zodiac’ Review

by Phil Wheat

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, […]

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04th Mar2024

HorRHIFFic 2024: ‘Slasher Hous3: Rebooted’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Redd Nicholson, Carley Halse, Paris Rivers, Luna Wolf, Lewis Cooper, Cy Henty, Aileen Daly, Pauline Per, Nicholas Vince, Dani Thompson, Jack Glanville | Written and Directed by MJ Dixon British independent film company Mycho, made up of MJ Dixon and Anna Dixon – the husband and wife filmmaking team behind the Mycho Entertainment Group […]

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12th Dec2023

‘Nightmare on 34th Street’ VOD Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Caroline Boulton, Lucy Pinder, Dani Thompson, Ewen MacIntosh, Andy Gatenby, Adam Greaves-Neal | Written and Directed by James Crow With a title like Nightmare on 34th Street, I was initially hoping for a horror take on the classic Christmas story Miracle on 34th Street but I soon realised this wasn’t the case as this […]

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19th Oct2023

‘The Caller’ VOD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Sarah Alexandra Marks, Eric Roberts, Colin Baker, Dani Thompson, Meghan Adara, Amber Doig-Thorne, Chrissie Wunna, Karl Kennedy-Williams, Judson Vaughan, Anna Tammela, Daisy Boyden | Written and Directed by Richard Anthony Dunford Originally entitled Minacious (which means ‘of a menacing or threatening character’), British horror The Caller is part horror and part wish-fulfilment. Why? Well […]

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24th Aug2023

‘The Pocket Film of Superstitions’ Review

by Jim Morazzini

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 […]

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03rd Jan2023

‘Video Shop Tales of Terror’ Review

by Kevin Haldon

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 […]

07th Oct2022

‘Demons at Dawn’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Dani Thompson, Amber Doig-Thorne, Bill Victor Arucan, Stacy Johnson, John Altman, Andy Gatenby, William ‘Bill’ Connor, Chris Sanders, Crystal J. Huang, Ben Silver, Hans Hernke, Michael Della Pia | Written by Chris Sanders | Directed by Randy Kent Based on the artwork that accompanied the original crowdfunding campaign for this film, I was expecting […]

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02nd Sep2022

Frightfest 2022: ‘Powertool Cheerleaders vs. The Boyband of the Screeching Dead’ Review

by Phil Wheat

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 […]

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31st Aug2022

Frightfest 2022: ‘Eating Miss Campbell’ Review

by Phil Wheat

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 […]

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11th Nov2020

‘Clownface’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Hannah Douglas, Dani Tonks, Richard Buck, Philip John Bailey, Abigail Wisdom, Leah Solmaz, Thomas Loone, Chloe Rose Fisher, Richard Hobday, Matt Allen, Deborah McEwan, Jack Gunner, Dani Thompson, Nigel Buckley, Kiah Reeves, Alex Bourne, Finley Baker, Theo Cane Garvey, Laura Sian Dixon, Jack Strange, Luke Junior, Jon Vangdal Aamaas, Mark Adams | Written and […]

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07th Apr2020

‘I Scream on the Beach!’ Review

by Kevin Haldon

Stars: Hannah Paterson, Dani Thompson, Lloyd Kaufman, Reis Daniel, Jamie Evans, Leigh Trifari, Martin W. Payne, Rosie Kingston | Written and Directed by Alex Churchyard, Michael Holiday It is 1986 and it’s nearing Halloween in the small sleepy town of Mellow Coast as we join Emily and her friends. Emily has spent the last 10 […]

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06th Mar2020

‘Pandamonium’ DVD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: David Hon Ma Chu, Oriana Charles, Dani Thompson, Will Jones, James Hamer-Morton, Lee Mark Jones, Charlie Bond | Written by Anna Dixon | Directed by MJ Dixon A spin-off from Mycho Pictures’ Slasher House series, Pandamonium tells the story of Jacob Jakushi (David Hon Ma Chu), the infamous ‘Stripper Ripper. With an oversized Panda […]

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30th Oct2019

‘Pumpkins’ Review

by Chris Cummings

Stars: Maria Lee Metheringham, Dani Thompson, Terry Wood, Will Metheringham, Craig Edwards, Samantha Hindman, Marcella Edgecombe-Craig, Georgia Annable, George Walker, Stacey Gough | Written by Maria Lee Metheringham, Will Metheringham | Directed by Maria Lee Metheringham There aren’t too many horror flicks set in the county of Yorkshire, so when one comes along, my Yorkshireman […]

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16th Jan2019

Horror-On-Sea 2019: ‘Cute Little Buggers’ Review

by Philip Rogers

Stars: Kristofer Dayne, Steve Aaron-Sipple, Dan Abrams, Lydie Misiek, John R. Walker, Caroline Munro, Honey Holmes, Gary Martin, Dani Thompson | Written by Garry Charles, Andy Davie, Tony Jopia, Kristofer Dayne | Directed by Tony Jopia If Monty Pythons and the Holy Grail (1975) and Watership Down (1978) taught me anything growing up, if it […]

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31st Jul2018

‘Carnivore: Werewolf of London’ DVD Review

by Andy Stewart

Stars: Ben Loyd-Holmes, Atlanta Johnson, Gregory Cox, Molly Ruskin, Ethan Ruskin, Matthew Bancroft, Adam Logan, Yana Penrose, Dani Thompson, Shaquille Taylor, Adrian Blake, James Ayling | Written and Directed by Simon Wells [Note: With the film now released on DVD in the UK, here’s a repost of our review of Carnivore: Werewolf of London from its VOD […]

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21st May2018

‘Carnivore: Werewolf of London’ Review

by Andy Stewart

Stars: Ben Loyd-Holmes, Atlanta Johnson, Gregory Cox, Molly Ruskin, Ethan Ruskin, Matthew Bancroft, Adam Logan, Yana Penrose, Dani Thompson, Shaquille Taylor, Adrian Blake, James Ayling | Written and Directed by Simon Wells I love werewolf movies. I really do. The struggle between man and the beast within is a timeless idea and one that, told well, can […]

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19th Jan2018

Horror-On-Sea 2018 Interview: Dani Thompson talks ‘Pumpkins’

by Philip Rogers

Pumpkins is new 80’s style horror from writer and director Maria Lee Metheringham, which has been selected to play at the Horror-on-Sea Film Festival on Sunday 21st January. I got chance to ask actress Dani Thompson a few questions about her character, what makes Pumpkins stand out in the horror genre and her favourite scenes […]

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18th Oct2017

‘Cute Little Buggers’ Review

by Philip Rogers

Stars: Kristofer Dayne, Steve Aaron-Sipple, Dan Abrams, Lydie Misiek, John R. Walker, Caroline Munro, Honey Holmes, Gary Martin, Dani Thompson | Written by Garry Charles, Andy Davie, Tony Jopia, Kristofer Dayne | Directed by Tony Jopia If Monty Pythons and the Holy Grail (1975) and Watership Down (1978) taught me anything growing up, if it […]

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31st Aug2015

Frightfest 2015: ‘Banjo’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: James Hamer-Morton, Damian Morter, Laurence R. Harvey, Dan Palmer, Dani Thompson, Vito Trigo, David Curtis, Eloise Daye | Written and Directed by Liam Regan It’s a credit to a film festival like Frightfest that so many of its attendees not only are wannabe filmmakers, but actually put their proverbial money where their mouth is […]

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