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Was totally awesome.
Here are the quick review I posted on Facebook for the ones I saw:
Frightfest Film 1 - Eden Lake. Excellent. Current social commentary mixed with gore, jumps, scares and edge of the seat moments. Great script, excellent young cast incl. Thomas Turgoose from 'This Is England' 8/10
Frightfest Film 2 - I know how many runs you scored last summer. Low budget, bad script, wooden acting mixed in with some gratuitous nudity. Great fun 5/10
Frightfest Film 4 - Time Crimes. Twists within time travel ad infinitum. Gorgeous and gripping. 8/10
Frightfest Film 5 'The Substitutes' was substituted for Spanish 'King Of The Hill'. Looks beautiful, sounds great but didn't really go anywhere 6/10
Frightfest Film 6 - Trailer Park Of Terror. Schlock southern america gore fest. Very samey but entertaining nonetheless 5/10
Frightfest Film 7 - Mum & Dad. Quintessential British horror set at the end of Heathrows runways. Deranged incestuous family come cannibals prey on loners - gory, gritty and fun. 8/10
Frightfest Film 8 - The Strangers. Scares by numbers with several good scenes. Gert plot holes but will do well due to stars and it being a hollywood blockbuster 6/10
Frightfest Film 9 - Freakdog. Better work this time from the director of Schrooms but not great. Tired and formulaic death scenes and the story has been done before and no real improvement this time round 4/10
Frightfest Film 10 - Bad Biology. New film from Frank Henenlotter (Basket Case, Brain Damage) and what a return after a 16yr break. Gross, funny and brilliantly irreverant. Beware the 24inch steroid pumped, drug addled cock! 9/10
Frightfest Film 19 - Let The Right One In. Gorgeous looking, in depth exploration of a vampire and its new child recruit. Beautifully crafted 8/10
Frightfest Film 20 - The Broken. British horror with Lena Headey (Sarah Connor Chronicles). Well paced but so the twist stood out a mile. Got to see her naked though so an extra point added :) 5/10
Frightfest Film 21 - Autopsy. Looks great, well scripted and fun. Some great scenes and director was nervous but very honest and funny. 7/10
Frightfest Film 22 - Martyrs. Thrilling and visually stunning, this chilling tale of abuse and revenge has plenty of gore and lots of shocks. People have walked out to sick up apparently - we just clapped and Ooh'd in the right places 7/10
Frightfest Film 23 - Jack Brooks Monster Slayer. Jack Brooks is a plumber with a problem - everytime he hears Bobby Darins 'Beyond the sea' he goes mental! But them he puts his anger to good use when his science teacher morphs into a beast. This was awesome - comedy action horror at its best. Sequel is planned, but i think a tv series would be cool. Out on dvd next month 8/10
Frightfest Film 24 - The Dead Outside. Low budget viral apocalypse horror. Great look, grim feel and well acted. Not great though 5/10
Frightfest Film 25 - Short Film Showcase. Ranging from the brilliant to the 'what the fuck?'. Enjoyed all but the turkish entry... Sounds like the eurovision :)
Frightfest Film 26 - The Disappeared. New British talent and brilliantly done. Some jumps, some twists and looked and acted superb. Highly recommended (although i spotted the final twist within 5 mins of that thread starting) 7/10
Frightfest Film 27 - Mirrors. Alexandre Aja returns with a remake of the korean 'in the mirror'. Leaving aside the hammy lines from Jack Bauer, sorry, Keifer Sutherland, its got scares galore, action, genuinely creepy bits and a fantastic ending. 9/10
Frightfest Film 28 - Death Race. Superb remake. Take your brain out and enjoy it. Paul W S Anderson finally comes through with a good film. Nice fight scenes (it has got Jason Statham in the lead so what do you expect) and the driving action scenes are superb. Will want to watch this again 8/10
I missed the whole of the Saturday line-up due to coming back to Weston for Mark and Marks civil partnership. It was great. A lovely day was had by all and I even had to cover the DJ for a while while the Cabaret act (Dr Beverley Ball Crusher) was on. Had a great time and spent a whole load of time with John. Funniest bit - just after the ceremony was finished and they were signing the register I said "Hang on! This is a gay wedding?". Had a couple of rows of people in stitches :D
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