This year’s horror cinema, dissected: the FrightFest 2019 podcast The Mixing Room: conversations about cinema

Demonic oppression was the story of this year’s UK horror film showcase – along with female survivorship, identity differences and the dangers of the internet. Hardy survivors Kim Newman, Anton Bitel and Virginie Selavy explore our latest demons in this roundtable post-mortem.

Under discussion:

Demonic conspiracies and satanic possession in
👻 For We Are Many (Lawrie Brewster, Andrew Ionides, Brad Watson, Mitch Wilson, Carlos Omar De Leon, Matthan Harris, Dane Keil, Mark Logan; UK)
👻 Porno (Keola Racela, USA)
👻 Ready or Not (Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, USA)
👻 Daniel Isn’t Real (Adam Egypt Mortimer, USA)
👻 The Black String (Brian Hanson, USA)

The slipperiness of truth and safety online in
👻 Death of a Vlogger (Graham Hughes, UK)
👻 Deadcon (Caryn Waechter, USA)
👻 Ghost Killers vs Bloody Mary (Fabrício Bittar, Brazil)
👻 Halloween Party (Jay Dahl, Canada)
👻 The Drone (Jordan Rubin, USA)

Differences of sexuality, class and gender in
👻 Spiral (Kurtis David Harder, Canada)
👻 The Dark Red (Dan Bush, USA)
👻 Satanic Panic (Chelsea Stardust, USA)
👻 The Wind (Emma Tammi, USA)
👻 Criminal Audition (Samuel Gridley, UK)
👻 Why Don’t You Just Die! (Kirill Sokolov, Russia)

Female survivors in
👻 A Good Woman Is Hard to Find (Abner Pastoll, UK)
👻 Feedback (Pedro C. Alonso, Spain/USA)

Parental angst in
👻 Freaks (Zach Lipovsky, Canada)
👻 The Deeper You Dig (Toby Poser & John Adams, USA)
👻 Knives and Skin (Jennifer Reeder, USA)

The monstrous in
👻 Rabid (Jen & Sylvia Soska, Canada)
👻 Depraved (Larry Fessenden, USA)