On Friday 11th September 8-9pm, I host a discussion of the Tubi FrightFest festival on ResonanceFM 104.4 with Kim Newman, author of Nightmare Movies and co-writer of Mark Kermode’s Secrets of Cinema, and film critic Dr Anton Bitel, who guide us through their festival highlights and what they reveal about the current horror film landscape. Tubi FrightFest took place from 27th-31st August 2026 at the Odeon Luxe in Leicester Square, London.
The themes discussed include dystopian worlds, portals, found footage, dysfunctional families, marital issues and blocked writers.
Films mentioned in the following order:
BUNNY RABBIT, THE GLORIOUS DEAD, SPECIES (SANGUINE), GRIND, COLONY, THE LAST TEMPTATION OF BECKY, COMPLIANCE, YOU ARE THE FILM, INVOKING SCREAM, THE ALICE PARADOX, IMPOSTERS, ANOTHER, BUDDY, NERVOUS, MOTHER AND ME, VALLEY VIEW MOTEL, WRATH OF THE GODS, BIG BABY, PITCH FORK RETREAT, THE DEATH OF US, ELECTRIC MEAT, TERRESTRIAL, THE NAMELESS BALLAD, THE PERIL AT PINCER POINT, SLAY, NIGHT AFTER NIGHT, DRACULA: THE NIGHT AROUND US, TRAUMA, OR MONSTERS ALL, DRAG, PONDEROSA, THE BROOK, WELCOME TO G-TOWN.
Virginie Sélavy 