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Mayhem Film Festival 2023: River

Continuing our guide to the Nottingham festival’s highlights with a look at the most charming piece of time slip sci-fi that you’ll ever see.

Mayhem Film Festival 2023: Door

Opening our preview of Mayhem Film Festival highlights with a look at an extraordinary and forgotten Japanese study in obsession and psychosis.

Sleepwalker And The Insomniac – Buried Treasures Of The Full Supporting Feature

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A once-lost, now beloved British short that is perhaps not quite the masterpiece that some would claim.

Traffic Is Hell: Remembering The Car

The simple pleasures of an underrated 1970s demonic horror oddity.

Gore Blimey: The Zombie Holocaust World Of Dr Butcher

One of the more outrageous films from the Golden Age of Italian exploitation cinema.

1970s Worm Food: The Slimy Joys Of Squirm

Jeff Lieberman’s 1970s eco-horror movie is better than many of its more acclaimed genre rivals of the time.

Experiments In Drinking: Thornbridge Czech Mates

The craft beer pioneers launch a new lager – whatever next?

The Meandering Pleasures Of Smoking Causes Coughing

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Quentin Dupieux’s superhero satire has some interesting moments but is not the gut-busting comedy classic that you might have expected.

Stage Fright – The Last Gasp Of Classic Italian Genre Cinema

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Michele Soavi’s theatrical slasher film feels like an extravagant end-of-an-era production.

Pondering The Mystery Of William Shatner

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The legendary actor’s most personal recording – a look at life and seemingly imminent death – celebrates its tenth anniversary.

Classic Albums Revisited: Driving Mrs Satan’s Popscotch

Italian lounge-metal covers that work more effectively than you might expect.

The Wonderfully Absurd Pleasures Of Cocaine Bear

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If you go down in the woods today, you’re sure of a big surprise – this high-concept monster movie is the most shamelessly fun film to come along in ages.