Day two - Frightfest

Film 4 - Rogue river
Not a bad start to the day, but not the best film. Eased me into the day, not too much gore and relied on the twist for more shock value. Except you could see it a mile off.(6/10)

Film 5 - The holding
Shot in near Buxton, this was a very good thriller, well acted and well written. The direction was pretty good as well. It rained a lot, but you are near Manchester so what do you expect.(8/10)

Film 6 - Midnight Son (discovery screen)
Wow this film was brilliant, fantastic acting from the lead role, and a great take on the vampire theme. Really enjoyed this.(9/10)

Film 7 - Urban explorers
Creep in Germany, and a lot of German speaking scenes with no subs, which put you in a position of the non-speaking German members of the cast, they didn't know what was going on either. Turned into a typical psycho on the loose feature in the end.(7/10)

Film 8 - The glass man
Brilliant, from the direction to the script and Andy nyman and James cosmos. But Nyman was just outstanding, the best performance at Frightfest this year. Loved the film as well. To easy to spoil writing about it, needs watching.(9/10)

Film 9 - Tucker and dale vs evil.
This was so funny, possibly the funniest movie I have seen at Frightfest ever. The hill billy theme is done to death, but this was just brilliant.(9/10)

Film 10 - Vile
Last film of the day and a good concept on the torture porn films, quite liked it in the end.(6/10)

Day 2 done.

Day five - Frightfest

Just too tired to write this last night.

Film 23 - A night in the woods
Missed this as it was shaky cam, and I hate them as they make me ill.

Film 24 - Deadheads
Great cast and crew who we met before the film, I dislike zombie movies but gave it a go. I liked this lot if film pop culture, great gore and very funny.  Enjoyed it.(8/10)

Film 26 - Curse of the alps
This was pretty good, good use of a swiss legend, well directed. Cast were good, but it got a little confusing at times.(7/10)

Film 27 - Inbred
Loved this, the humour was great, good cast, didn't hang around straight into the action, loads of gore.  Bloody good fun.(8/10)

Film 28 - A lonely place to die.
Top notch thriller, good story, great cast. Amazing cinematography ,Scotland looked stunning. Really enjoyed the film one of the best this weekend.(9/10)

And that is it, missed one film, enjoyed the majority, loved the atmosphere. Met some great people, the cast and crew of Deadheads were terrific. Adam and Jo, sneaked a picture with john simm.

Overall a fantastic weekend.

Day four - Frightfest

Film 17 - The divide
Thought this was brilliant, great cast, well written, wonderful to look at. And pretty scary all in all. One of my festival favourites.(9/10)

Film 18 - Rabies (discovery screen)
This didn't happen as I couldn't get up to q for tickets.

So we watched the short film showcase instead, which was excellent.

Film 19 - The innkeeper
Old fashioned ghost story with a great lead actress, very well written. West uses the camera beautifully, the sound was brilliant and the film built to a scary ending.(9/10)

Film 20 - Sint
Funny, creepy and a good Xmas horror movie. Action, gore and comedy, all well done, an enjoyable film.(7/10)

Film 21 - Kill list
The film everybody wanted to see, and while not a let down, it didn't blow me away. It's a well directed piece, very well acted, and looked great. But the payoffs and shocks were a little obvious and just took the edge of the film. Still one of best films this weekend.(9/10)

Film 22 - Detention
I loved this film, pop culture films do it for me, and this is one of the best. Heathers, donnie dark, Scott pilgrim, scream, all rolled into one, plus more culture references than you can mention. Funny, it had gore, it had aliens, time machines and it was brilliant.(9/10)

And that was day 4.

Day three - Frightfest

Film 11 - Troll hunter
Even though I struggle with these films due to the shaky cam, this was really well put together. The actors were all good and their characters likable. The setting was superb, and the trolls were great.(8/10)

Film 12 - The wicker tree
I don't like the original and this was only just better, but it lacked tension and scares. For me the worst film so far. (4/10)

Film 13 - Panic button
Good concept borrowed heavily from saw and the cube, but was well acted. Though the reason why was a little weak, but what was the panic button? (6/10)

Film 14 - Fright night 3D
Really liked this, enough to make it different from the original. Strong cast, not badly written. Not sure it needed the 3d, but will be going to see this in 2d. (8/10)

Film 15 - The woman
Brilliant film, well written, directed, and the sound was amazing. Strong performance from the lead actress and some good twists and shocks. Plus it never over played the abuse.(9/10)

Film 16 - Chillerama
WTF? this was mad from start too finish, each segment was just messed up, but who cares it was great fun and a good end to the day. (8/10)

Day one - Frightfest

The fifth year for me and tony at London's premier horror film festival, and the opening night has one film I've been looking forward too for a while, Don't be afraid of the dark.

Film 1 - Don't be afraid of the dark
Really liked this a good scary thriller, a throw back to the old scary films, all about the jumps rather than the gore. Though not many Frightfesters seemed happy with it.(8/10)

Film 2 - Final Destination 5
You know what you get with a Final Destination film, however after the above average 4th one, it was a take it or leave it film. But with this crowd it could be good.

It wasn't good it was bloody brilliant, from the script to the acting, the score and the brilliant deaths it was just the best one of the 5 for me. And with a quite brilliant ending, this was the film of the night.(9/10)

Film 3 - The theatre bizarre
The trouble with the late night films they tend to be viewed as the senses dull, and it really needs something brilliant to wake you up, like the loved ones last year.

This had it's moments but it was a little strange most of the time. The accident segment was brilliant, sweets was gross, and the mother of toads good. I liked it in the end.(7/10)

Mobile blogging

Well might as well give it a go. Maybe I will be able to keep it more up to date.

Plus with Frightfest only 2 days away, should be quite cool to blog the experience from the event.

Double bill tonight, The inbetweeners and then the skin I live in.

By the way this years films have been pretty good, I do think this is my best year of movies. Then again it could all go down hill from here.