glasgow film festival – Warped Perspective

Frightfest Glasgow: The Old Ways (2020)

Posted on March 6, 2021March 6, 2021 by Keri O'Shea

Possession horrors are almost always based around Catholic lore, and demons are dispensed with via Catholic means. But this, surely, isn’t the whole picture: other traditions and cultures must have their own spin on this kind of horror. Well, The Old Ways at least initially purports to provide a different spin on the genre; however […]

A Ghost Waits (2020)

Posted on March 11, 2020March 11, 2020 by Keri O'Shea

Unorthodox stories of the afterlife seem to offer a great deal of potential for exploring fundamental ideas about what it means to be alive: when faced with disruptions to what we know, or think we know, or believe in, we’re encouraged to think differently, or given a new focus on what’s important. A Ghost Waits […]