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Festival coverage

Grimmfest

5 October – 8 October 2023

Manchester's annual festival of sinister cinema returns with another strong line-up of thrills and chills from around the world. We're just adding the details now, so watch this space for more.

The festival runs from 5 to 8 October.

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Latest reviews

  • The Coffee Table
    Review preview for The Coffee Table

    It’s cleverly written, beautifully performed and quite unforgettable, and yet I hesitate to recommend that anybody watch it.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    Black comedy about a couple facing a tricky moment in their relationship.
  • 8 Found Dead
    Review preview for 8 Found Dead

    It’s a cute idea but a tricky one to pull off.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    Two couples go on a weekend getaway in the middle of the desert, only to discover that their Airbnb is already occupied. It's a long and bloody night told from four points-of-view.
  • What You Wish For
    Review preview for What You Wish For

    Elegantly styled and smoothly delivered, the film takes a hard look at corporate culture.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A chef with gambling problems flees to a Latin American villa where he assumes another man's identity.
  • The Sacrifice Game
    Review preview for The Sacrifice Game

    Wexler makes a number of interesting directorial choices.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    The story of Samantha and Clara, two students who are staying behind for the holidays at their boarding school, who must survive the night against uninvited visitors.
  • Give Me An A
    Review preview for Give Me An A

    Give Me An A is a vital piece of filmmaking.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    16 women filmmakers make their voices heard with this anthology of genre-themed short films, all made in direct response to the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade.
  • Abruptio
    Review preview for Abruptio

    Abruptio...stands out because of its format but has a strong narrative and smart ideas behind it.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    A man who is down on his luck wakes up one day to find that an explosive device has been implanted in his neck.
  • Mother Superior
    Review preview for Mother Superior

    Mother Superior often puts style over substance, but that style is a real treat for fans of the Gothic.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    1975, Rosenkreuz Manor. Sigrun Fink, desperate for information about her biological family, starts a new position as nurse to the aging, ill and eccentric Baroness Heidenreich. For a shared longing binds them together: the old lady’s memory contains the secret to Sigrun's true identity; the nurse’s lifeforce holds the key to the future for the Baroness.

Features

  • Finding the magic
    Jenn Wexler on her approach to filmmaking, The Ranger and The Sacrifice Game
  • The believers
    Jenn Wexler on exploring her favourite horror tropes in The Sacrifice Game
  • A taste of honey
    Nicholas Tomnay on the corporate nightmare in What You Wish For
  • Pulling the strings
    Evan Marlowe on the holes in cinema, working with puppets, and Abruptio
  • Strange bedfellows
    Marie Alice Wolfszahn on hidden history and Mother Superior