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Grimmfest

3 October – 6 October 2024

This year's edition of the Manchester festival offers attendees the chance to see some of the hottest horror tickets on the festival circuit along with exciting premières.

The festival runs from 3 to 6 October.

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  • Tim Travers And The Time Traveler's Paradox
    Review preview for Tim Travers And The Time Traveler's Paradox

    Successful films like this are few and far between, whilst the genre is littered with the bones of those that didn’t make it.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    A scientist creates a time machine and kills his younger self to see what would happen. That self-obsessed, misanthrope, mad genius of a scientist is Tim Travers, and the universe was bad enough with only one of him.
  • Strange Harvest: Occult Murder In The Inland Empire
    Review preview for Strange Harvest: Occult Murder In The Inland Empire

    Ortiz, like many a filmmaker before him, acknowledges a debt to HP Lovecraft, but his work here is more in tune with that author’s style than most, in that it resists the temptation to reveal too much or to offer reasoned explanations.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    A faux true-crime documentary about two detectives pursuit of an infamous serial killer named Mr. Shiny, who terrorised Southern California for almost two decades.
  • Traumatika
    Review preview for Traumatika

    It is at its most effective when honing in on the psychological and the social, looking at how easy it is for children – and adults – to find themselves in trouble.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    Mikey’s night terrors become reality when his mother begins showing signs of demonic possession. What he’s about to experience will haunt him for the rest of his life and claim countless lives across generations.
  • Children Of The Wicker Man
    Review preview for Children Of The Wicker Man

    The popular concept of genius is thoroughly subverted here.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A documentary about The Wicker Man and its legacy.
  • Self Driver
    Review preview for Self Driver

    It’s well handled throughout and effectively shows off Pierro’s talent for creating tension.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    Facing mounting expenses and the unrelenting pressure of modern living, a down-on-his-luck cab driver is lured onto a mysterious new app that promises fast, easy money.
  • The Substance
    Review preview for The Substance

    Brutal, bloody and enriched with a specific dark humour.

    Marija Lukarevska · 4 out of 5
    A fading television star tries to restore her fame with the help of a suspicious drug.
  • Dead Mail
    Review preview for Dead Mail

    Everything here looks grimy, as if the film itself had been lying around in poor conditions for years, and colours and patterns are artfully mismatched.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    An ominous, bloody help note finds its way to the desk of a seasoned 'dead letter' investigator at a 1980's Midwestern post office, leading him down a violent, unforeseen path to a kidnapped keyboard engineer and his demented business associate.
  • The Well
    Review preview for The Well

    The distilled essence of European Gothic.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A budding art restorer travels to a small Italian village to bring a medieval painting back to its former glory. Little does she know the sinister secret behind it - or what is going on down in the cellar.

Features

  • Necessary weird
    Felicia Day on getting creative and Tim Travers And The Time Traveler's Paradox
  • Wisdom known only to the worm
    Stuart Ortiz, Peter Zizzo and Terri Apple on Strange Harvest: Occult Murder In The Inland Empire