By Guest Contributor Marc Lissenburg The biggest accolade I can give the Dead By Dawn International Film Festival is the fact my continued attendance ensures I devour every delectable morsel projected onto the silver screen. Annually, without fail, darkly feverish cinematic delicacies are chosen with unbridled passion and scheduled with logical precision. If you can […]
By Keri O’Shea You’re never going to be short of horror festivals to attend in the UK these days, but when it comes to longevity then Edinburgh’s Dead By Dawn Festival is in a league of its own. As the festival prepares to celebrate its twentieth year of operation – with none other than special […]
Cold Fish (2010) Directed by: Shion Sono Starring: Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Makoto Ashikawa, Denden, Hikari Kajiwara Review by: Keri O’Shea If you’re familiar with the work of Japanese director Shion Sono – the man behind Suicide Circle (with arguably one of the best opening sequences ever committed to horror celluloid) and Hair Extensions – then you’ll know […]
Harold’s Going Stiff (2010) Directed by: Keith Wright Starring: Stan Rowe, Sarah Spencer, Andy Pandini, Lee Thompson Review by: Keri O’Shea Zombies have been used as a metaphor for a range of things over the years: they’ve represented mindless labour, consumerism, contagion, but never, to my knowledge, has zombieism been used as a metaphor for […]