DEUS (2022) Review by Steve Kirkham 3 stars 4Digital Media. US release: DVD and Digital. Out Now Claudia Black has plenty of science fiction on her CV, from Farscape to Stargate SG-1 — so no surprise to see her headlining…

WHEN DARKNESS FALLS (2022). Reviewed by Steve Kirkham 4 stars Shepka Productions. Out Now. DVD via MOD. Digital platforms. TVOD (Transactional VOD) and AVOD (Advertising based VOD) When you are watching films as a critic how do you compare a…

THE RETALIATORS (2021) *** Better Noise Films. UK Cinemas 14th September The Retaliators opens with a portentous voiceover: “When do the sins of a good man make him bad — I guess it all comes down to choices”. I have…

Dark Side Magazine at FrightFest 2022 – James Whittington talks to  Arnaud Tabarly co-director of Super Z Splatter movies can go either way super serious, or super silly and Super Z is the latter. It’s a wild, gory, blood drenched…

Killer clowns, Hitler’s skull and lashings of vertigo – James Whittington on Day 5 of FrightFest 2022 Somehow day 5 of FrightFest arrived suddenly and out of nowhere but the event did end with a bang, well, with a movie…

The Gothique’s Dave Simpson just sent us the brochure for the legendary film society’s 56th season, and here it is! Here’s the lowdown in Dave’s words: In any ‘ordinary’ season, Kim’s appearance (introducing an Edgar Wallace double in December) would…

Dark Side Magazine at FrightFest 2022 – James Whittington interviews Sophia Cacciola, co-writer and co-director of The Once and Future Smash DS: Where did the idea for The Once and Future Smash come from? SC: With the rise of horror…

Dark Side Magazine at FrightFest 2022 – Interview with Ian Tripp writer and co-director for Everybody Dies by the End Fancy a meta-movie with just the right amount of psychological tensions? If so, then Everybody Dies by the End is…

Hypnosis, kidnapping and thespians! – James Whittington on Day 4 of FrightFest 2022 Sunday is usually one of the quieter days of FrightFest, to give the audience time to recover from the first three days, but this year the team…

Dark Side Magazine at FrightFest 2022 – James Whittington catches up with Kimberly Laferriere, star of Do Not Disturb Kimberly Laferriere is one of the most exciting actresses around and her latest role in Do Not Disturb proves this. We…