Martin Unsworth

Following Werewolf Santa, writer/director Airell Anthony Hayles returns to the festive season with a creepy shocker in which a social media streamer obtains a supposedly cursed advent calendar. We caught up with the busy indie filmmaker to learn more about Advent… STARBURST: Could you tell us a little bit about the film? Airell Anthony Hayles: […]

Over the past week, the Trieste Science+Fiction Festival has taken place, where upwards of 20,000 people enjoyed an array of movies, shorts, presentations, and more. The event’s culmination was a ceremony in which several prestigious awards were presented. The winners were… Asteroid Award The Asteroid Award elects the best science fiction, horror, and fantasy film […]

The line-up and fantastic guest list for this year’s Pigeon Shrine FrightFest Halloween event, which takes place at the Odeon Luxe West End on Friday, November 1st and 2nd. Opening the event is Sam Yates’ Magpie, an intense psychological thriller starring Daisy Ridley, who will be attending the screening alongside her husband and Magpie writer/producer […]

This October on NYX UK promises to be extra horrific with 12 channel premieres, a celebration of Bela Lugosi in honour of his birthday, and a fitting screening of a John Carpenter classic. Amongst the premieres are Alejandro Jodorowsky’s superb Santa Sangre (1989), Stewart Sparke’s indie goryfest Book of Monsters (2018), Hank Braxton’s zom-com Glowzies […]

Ten Films Not to Miss at Pigeon Shrine FrightFest 2024

Broken Bird is the feature debut of Joanne Mitchell, who expands her 2018 short Sybil. The film follows a meek undertaker’s assistant who hides a dark side. Ahead of the movie’s world premiere at Pigeon Shrine FrightFest, we caught up with Joanne to learn more about making the film… STARBURST: First off, congratulations on the […]

The award-winning documentary (K)nox: The Rob Knox Story, which tells the story of the Harry Potter actor who was tragically killed, is getting a special screening at Picturehouse Central in London on Saturday, September 28th. The film was followed by a panel discussion with BAFTA-nominated actor Ray Winstone – patron of the Rob Knox Film […]

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The World’s Longest Running Magazine of Fantastic Films & Television

The World’s Longest Running Magazine of Fantastic Films & Television