From Friday February 24th to Saturday February 25th, the UK's favourite horror fantasy festival returns to its second home at the Glasgow Film Festival for the 8th year with an impressive slate of the hottest new horror films, plus a hit Norwegian TV series.

Some of the genre's biggest hitters take centre-stage this year, with UK premieres for Eli Roth's re-calibrated disaster movie, Aftershock, Neil Jordon's surreal vampire myth, Byzantium and Rob Zombie's darkest horror yet, The Lords Of Salem (pictured). Plus the mother of all anthology movies The ABC's Of Death, receives its first showing in the UK and there's the chance to sample red-hot Chilean grindhouse in Bring Me The Head Of The Machine Gun Woman. Then there is the creepiest found-footage feature of them all - »

One of the finest horror movies of 2012 is set to open in select UK cinemas courtesy of FrightFest Presents from 11th January 2013 - the viscerally thrilling and darkly seductive American Mary. Additionally, Canadian-born writer/directors Jen and Sylvia Soska, and Mary Mason herself - lead actress Katharine Isabelle (Gingers Snaps) will all be returning to the UK to introduce the screenings.

Ian Rattray of FrightFest Presents commented: "After the fantastic reception both American Mary and the Soska Sisters got at FrightFest, we're immensely proud to be able to partner Universal Pictures UK for the theatrical opening of the film. This is FrightFest Presents' first step into theatrical distribution and American Mary is the perfect fit ... »

FrightFest Originals, created by Alex Chambers and Ian Rattray, launches this week with a limited edition four colour screen print by Nat Marsh of Zombie Flesh Eaters.

The fledgling company aims to produce a number of limited edition 30 X 40 UK Quad prints featuring designs by the hottest talents around the world, including Graham Humphreys, Aiheads, Brandon Schaefer, The Silent Giants, Derek Gabrysek, Connor Martyn, Ghoulish Gary and Luke Insect. In the pipeline are Razorback, Martyrs, The Wickerman and Candyman.

Nat Marsh commented, "Zombie Flesh Eaters is for me THE defining zombie movie. They're coming out of the ground, they're all messed up and they're shambling, very slowly, towards the living. Brilliant! That's the ... »

Only a few days now until the FrightFest All-Nighter Spooktacular at the Vue West End kicks-off the Halloween season with a six pack of shock sensation. But Team FrightFest wanted to give you the heads up on what you can expect on October 27th from the witching hour of 6pm onwards.

The already announced line-up of the most must-see movies of the moment includes Excision, The Tall Man, Bait 3D, The Helpers, plus their showcase retrospective Zombie Flesheaters. Now they can reveal that the title of their Surprise Film is the World Premiere of director Andrew Goth's controversial Gallowwalkers. Sergio Leone meets Alejandro Jodorowsky in the cowboy zombie mash-up about a mysterious gunslinger and his curse from God - everyone he shoots returns to life. S ... »

The FrightFest Halloween All-Nighter returns to the Vue in London's Leicester Square on Saturday October 27th for another helping of choice shock around the clock horror. And this year horror fans around the country can join in the fearful fun as, on Saturday November 3rd, the event travels to the Picturehouse Cambridge, the Empires in Sunderland and Newcastle and The Watershed Bristol.

Note that the regional venues will not be playing all of the titles screening at the London event so please check local listings

London line-up:

6.30pm - Excision (UK Premiere)
Alienated and mentally unhinged teen Pauline struggles with the pressures of high school, pleasing her demanding mother and loosing her virginity. With a grotesque curiosity fo ... »

One of the stand-out pieces at FrightFest 2012, personally speaking was Grabbers.

This superb creature feature was written by the very talented Kevin Lehane (picture left). We had a quick chat to him about this inventive crowd pleaser and what future plans he has.

HC: Are you a fan of the creature feature genre?

KL: Yeah, absolutely. What I love about Creature Features is the creativity involved in making them. At their best they're intelligent, character driven stories about survival and societal ills. Alien, Tremors, Jaws, Predator, An American Werewolf In London, Attack The Block, they're all fantastic films and great examples of 'elevated genre', and I'd argue they are a ... »

The FrightFest Discovery Screen contained some real gems this year.

One of the stand- out pieces was Errors Of The Human Body written and directed by Eron Sheean.

Eron had co-wrote another FrightFest favourite The Divide so we decided to have a quick chat to him about his latest work.

HC: Have you always been a fan of horror cinema?

ES: Yes, as far back as I can remember I was drawn to it. I used to ride my BMX into town where there was a great deal, ten weekly VHS tapes for five dollars, so I used to load up on them. Mum was very worried about me… I was fascinated how Horror Films could confront taboos in our society.

HC: I first became aware of your work a couple of years back when I saw »

Cockneys Vs Zombies, the bloody and brilliant new Brit horror is opening at cinemas this Friday. The movie plays like a cross between Eastenders, Dawn Of The Dead and The Long Good Friday and has a cast of London born legends.

Just as brothers Terry and Andy Macguire decide to rob a bank, workers on a Docklands building site uncover a burial ground sealed up in 1666. However some of the corpses aren't brown bread at all and before you know it London's East End is infested with hungry zombies.

Can the two dodgy Hamptons get to the Bow Bells Care Home run by their granddad in time to rescue all the Raspberry Ripples under siege with only their Zimmer frames and wheelchairs to kick some zombie Khyber Pass?

Would you Adam and Eve it w ... »

FrightFest The 13th was without doubt one of the finest yet with a programme bursting with originality from all over the globe.

It's always difficult to pick highlights and with 48 movies to choose from and countless shorts the decision this year is that much harder. The programme was so strong with a huge mix of movies that touched upon nearly every horror genre there is.

The event kicked off with the very sombre shocker The Seasoning House but was in the realm of gruesome laughs with the cracking double header of Cockneys Vs Zombies and Grabbers, two films that mixed big laughs with big set-pieces of gore and humour.

Stand-out movies included the stunning »

Regular viewers to the Horror Channel will know about Jen and Sylv Soska. These talented Canadians gave the world Dead Hooker In A Trunk which received its world premiere on the Horror Channel last year.

They came to FrightFest The 13th and blew everyone away with their latest movie, American Mary which has become, for many, the best of the fest. Here, in the second part of an exclusive interview conducted before American Mary was screened,Jen and Sylv chat about FrightFest and their plans for the future.

HC: You're in the UK for American Mary's UK premiere, are you ... »

And that, as they say was that. FrightFest The 13th has come to its conclusion. 5 days, 48 movies, a short film showcase and countless pieces of exclusive footage has entertained thousands of horror fans.

Horror Channel has been there every step of the way and has plenty more to bring you from this incredible celebration of all things horror.

We still have interviews to publish, photos to post and gossip to talk about. Plus the Horror Channel itself will be broadcasting all the interviews and footage that we managed to grab over the long weekend in the very near future. If you were asked to talk to us on camera then look out you may be on sometime soon!

Tomorrow I'll compose the annual FrightFes ... »

A couple of days ago we chatted to James Moran about his work and how he felt by having two movies at FrightFest. Here he's back to chat about the closing movie to this year's event, Tower Block.

HC: Hello again, let’s chat about Tower Bock. This is in total contrast to Cockney’s Vs Zombies; how do you approach a more serious piece?

JM: Same way I approach any piece - what's the core idea, who are the characters, how do I throw obstacles in their path and have them react believably? Every story has to stand on its own two feet, whether it's deadly serious, or very silly! I just have to resist the urge to puncture the tension with a well timed joke - I love it when characters comment on the extremes of the situation, b ... »