As FrightFest 2023 gets underway, we look back and recreate the first annual Shock Around the Clock film festival, the place where it all started.

As FrightFest 2023 gets underway, we look back and recreate the first annual Shock Around the Clock film festival, the place where it all started.
An arrestingly minimalist and slow-paced look at architecture, nature and the nature of the outsider.
Jasmine Trinca’s tale of narcissism, mother and daughter bonding and a road trip gone bad is not exactly fun but is nevertheless oddly rewarding.
When a festival continually emails you to say that your non-existent film has been accepted for screening and awards, you might raise an eyebrow or two.
Fans of shoot-ups, fist-fights and general on-screen chaos now have their very own film festival.
Oliver Morris explores the new normal of the 2021 Mayhem Film Festival and finds it better than ever.
The rise and fall of subversive late-night programming at The Festival Of Fantastic Films.
A limited-edition collection of increasingly strong and adventurous Imperial Stouts with a horror movie theme – what’s not to like?
A horror film performed live via video conferencing that has more ambition than scares.
Tradition and revenge in the wild west of modern Poland.
An impressively old-school yet very modern crime thriller that keeps you guessing throughout its many twists and turns.
A quiet, cynical and darkly humorous look at Ukrainian life and hopeless dreams of escape that feels both alien and entirely relatable.