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.
Dec
26
2025
Film Name: Angel Lust
Director: Michael Fausti
Writer: Michael Fausti
Starring: Roe Haven, Alex Nathan-Woods, Susanna Louise, Autumn Shields, Andrew Elias, Asena Roberts, Faith Elizabeth, Michal Szpunt, Lutricia Norris, with Laurence R Harvey.
In 1782, Ophelia Danube faces the hangman’s noose for defying...
Dec
19
2025
Film Name: Antebody
Director: James P. Gleason
Writer: James P. Gleason
Starring: Henry LeBlanc, Kristin Carey, Herb Mendelsohn, Pierre Stahre, John Steven Rocha
The police may know how Marty died, Lois may know how Marty lived, but there's something you don't know about...
Dec
17
2025
Film Name: Forty-Five
Director: Bazz Hancher
Writers: Bazz Hancher, Michael Walcott
Starring: Kemal Yildirim, Grace Woolgar, Scott Mullins, Andrew Elias, Laurence Saunders,Micheala Revel-Maton, Laura Liptrot, Sean Botha, John R. Walker, Sarah Rorbach
First, he destroys his mind, then he destroys his body.
In a...
Dec
17
2025
Film Name: Absorption
Director: Debbie Lane
Writer: Debbie Lane
Voices: Debbie Lane, Jes Hammond
Musical Score: Adrian Lane
In the dark depths of the underground, the cave dweller lurks. Watching and waiting patiently for a chance to be reborn. Drawing on her powerful dark-arts...
Dec
15
2025
Film Name: Medieval Maze
Director: Nina Romain
Writer: Nina Romain
Starring: Aoife Hogan and David Matthew Ryan
When two friends visit a recreated medieval village off the beaten track for a fun day out, they're horrified to find they’ve been trapped in the...
Dec
15
2025
Film Name: Ol’ Silus
Director: Phillip Trow
Writer: Phillip Trow
Starring: Belinda Owusu and Ethan Lawrence
Two strangers form a suicide pact when Wodenleigh's ancient curse is awakened and begins passing on a grisly demise through the lens of a camera, but will...
Dec
15
2025
Film Name: Lily’s Ritual
Director: Manu Herrera
Writers: Javier Fernández Moratalla, Manu Herrera
Starring: Mike Fajardo, Elena Gallardo, Maggie García, Patricia Peñalver, Eve Ryan
Four friends meet at a remote cabin for a witch initiation ritual. Things turn sinister when Lily learnsshe's meant...
Dec
15
2025
Film Name: Lenore
Director: David Ward
Writers: Josie Hess, David Ward
Starring: Nicholas Jaquinot, Ruby Duncan, Sam Macdonald, Caithlin O'Loghlen, Scott Mackenzie
When a controversial influencer suddenly disappears, a terminally online sycophant goes hunting for answers, but comes face-to-face with the monstrosity of...
Dec
11
2025
Film Name: Dracula: Rise of the Vampire
Director: Dean Meadows
Writer: Dean Meadows
Starring: Peter Jakeson, Dean Meadows, Eileen Daly, Emma Fletcher, Ailsa Roanne, Pauline Peart
When a cult hellbent on raising Count Dracula commits a bloodthirsty massacre in a church, former disgraced...
Dec
10
2025
Film Name: Dorothea
Director: Chad Ferrin
Writer: Chad Ferrin
Starring: Susan Priver, Pat McNeely, Ezra Buzzington, Robert Rhine, Ginger Lynn
She lures the vulnerable, kills without remorse, and buries secrets in her garden. You'll never trust a kindly old granny again!
In a new...
Dec
10
2025
Film Name: Evil Within
Director: Rodrigo Aragão
Writer: Rodrigo Aragão
Starring: Lorena Corrêa, Caio Macedo, Leonardo Magalhães, Gilda Nomacce
A girl's quest to find her mother, who vanished during Carnival, brings her to an abandoned building where supernatural forces lurk in the shadows.
In...
Dec
10
2025
Film Name: The Resilience
Director: Vadir Sottelo
Writers: Vadir Sottelo, Lizbeth de la Torre
Starring: Fricia Kelley, Daniel Alejandro
A young seamstress experiences a physical nightmare when a cockroach invades her ear, triggering a physical and mental metamorphosis. Between horror and transformation, her...
