Horror-on-Sea
Horror-on-Sea is one of the biggest genre film festivals in the UK, it takes place every January in Southend. Here at Blazing Minds, we have been honoured with running a series of reviews, interviews and more about the upcoming event, this is the archive to find check out those articles from Philip Rogers with many Horror-on-Sea exclusives.
May
05
2026
Film Name: Darner
Director: James Edward Newton
Writers: Lauren Jane Barnett
Starring: Lauren Jane Barnett, Tony Mardon
Darner is a brutal and intimate portrait of a couple consumed by a woman's dire need to preserve her terminally ill husband.
In a new interview on...
May
04
2026
Film Name: Darner
Director: James Edward Newton
Writers: Lauren Jane Barnett
Starring: Lauren Jane Barnett, Tony Mardon
Darner is a brutal and intimate portrait of a couple consumed by a woman's dire need to preserve her terminally ill husband.
In a new interview on...
Jan
25
2026
Film Name(s): H.E.X.A.G.O.N. : Episode 1
Director: MJ Dixon
Writer(s): MJ Dixon, Jack Granville Starring: Episode 1 – Donal McLaughlin, Sean Botha, Thomas Asante-Gregory, Lewis Cooper, Jack Granville, Lois Gardner
In 1977 General James Cook under the government branch HEXAGON formed a...
Jan
24
2026
Film Name: A Mormons Guide to Home Invasion
Director: Jack Burney
Writers: Christopher Roberts, Jack Burney
Starring: Grant Liston, Cassandra Hasswell
When Brother Grant encounters a lost soul who spends their time practising sex, witchcraft, and caffeinated drinks, he realises he must do...
Jan
24
2026
Film Name: Exhibition of Evil – Segment: Salt
Director: SN Sibley
Writer: Georgia Brawn
Cast: Caroline Oakes, Simon BerryA curator unveils a most sinister collection, each with its own tale of terror.
In a new exclusive interview on Blazing Minds, I got the...
Jan
24
2026
Film Name: Magenta House
Directors: Bill Ross, Z.G. Taylor, Freddie Skerritt, Jake Bebbington
Writer: Bill Ross, Z.G. Taylor, Freddie Skerritt, Jake Bebbington
Starring: Connor Pracy
Three patients escape from an experimental facility, what will happen to the world around them?
In a new exclusive...
Jan
24
2026
Film Name: Once Upon a Time in the Apocalypse
Director: Tiago Pimentel
Writers: António Miguel Pereira, Tiago Pimentel
Starring: Paulo Calatré, Sérgio Godinho, Mariana Pacheco
In the aftermath of a nuclear war, totalitarian regimes disrupt world order. Ernesto is hiding a secret, and...
Jan
23
2026
Film Name: Bannister Doll Heist
Director: MJ Dixon
Writers: MJ Dixon
Starring: Angelique Taylor, Philip Andrew Rogers, Petrina Richardson, Jack Granville, Christopher Morley, William Marshall
The Bannister Doll has spent years locked away in an old evidence locker, tonight 4 thieves are about...
Jan
20
2026
Film Name: Dawn
Director: Hayden Devlin
Writer: Hayden Devlin
Starring: Samantha Sherratt, Philip Hulford, Christan Ndonda, Tabatha Adams
Returning from travels, a young woman's life is turned upside down as she struggles to tend to herpartner, a proud man who battles a growing...
Jan
20
2026
Film Name: God Squad
Director: James Plumb and James Morrissey
Writer: Lucas Eisele
Starring: Rob Murphy, Lucas Eisele, Earl Palmer, Rose Granger, Ceri Mears and Beatrice Plumb.
Set in a barren hellscape, otherwise known as present day South Wales, a force for good...
Jan
19
2026
Film Name: Magenta House
Directors: Z.G. Taylor, Freddie Skerritt, Jake Bebbington
Writer: Z.G. Taylor, Freddie Skerritt, Jake Bebbington
Executive Producer: Bill Ross
Starring: Neil Duffield, Ellie Medlock
Three patients escape from an experimental facility, what will happen to the world around them?
In a new...
Jan
19
2026
Film Name: Magenta House
Directors: Bill Ross, Z.G. Taylor, Freddie Skerritt, Jake Bebbington
Writer: Bill Ross, Z.G. Taylor, Freddie Skerritt, Jake Bebbington
Starring: Bradley Jack Williams
Three patients escape from an experimental facility, what will happen to the world around them?
In a new...
