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Festival coverage

Dead By Dawn

2008

What is known as Scotland's International Horror Film Festival (posh title for superior nasties) ran at from April 24-27 for three days of blood letting and supernatural monstrousness. The originator and queen of the dark, Adele Hartley (adele@deadbydawn.co.uk), is once more in charge of your sleepless nights and fearful days.

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  • Doomsday
    Review preview for Doomsday

    If you like the post-apocalypse films of the Eighties and fancy seeing another one that just happened to have been made 19 years late, this is the film for you.

    Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
    Many years after a plague has devastated Scotland, it reappears in London, and a special team is sent north in search of a rumoured cure.
  • Outpost
    Review preview for Outpost

    In short, Outpost is exactly what a horror film should be.

    Anton Bitel · 3.5 out of 5
    A group of soldiers find themselves facing an ancient and seemingly unstoppable enemy.
  • Mother Of Tears
    Review preview for Mother Of Tears

    Never comes close to matching the stunning colour-saturated aesthetic of its two predecessors.

    Anton Bitel · 3 out of 5
    A witch wreaks death and destruction in the final part of the Three Mothers trilogy.
  • Suspiria
    Review preview for Suspiria

    Those who doubt the artistic potential of the horror genre should be nailed down and made to watch this.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    A young ballet dancer uncovers a sinister conspiracy in this masterpiece of surrealist horror.