Chris Cooke

The curtain in Screen 1 at the Broadway Cinema in Nottingham, lit in blue and with the Mayhem Film Festival logo projected on it in white.

Poster for Bone Lake, featuring a close-up of a woman licking blood from a knife. The tagline reads: "This movie gives great word of mouth."

Poster for Dead by Dawn, featuring the greyscale, illustrated side profile of a man in a leather coat, wearing a mask covered in human eyes. The title is in red.

Posted for Redux Redux, featuring a woman standing over a burning man tied to a chair. The tagline reads: "Revenge is a vicious cycle."

Had an amazing time at @mayhemfilmfestival.bsky.social last weekend as ever. Highlights: Bone Lake (a twisty erotic thriller with great gore effects), Dead by Dawn (an inventive and very Polish neo-giallo) and Redux Redux (lo-fi sci-fi with a Terminator vibe), plus Bulk, Portal to Hell and Mag Mag.

First review's in for GAME:

‘A gripping, darkly funny watch’ ★★★★ Rolling Stone UK
Buy tickets for our Screening/Q&A tour here: linktr.ee/InvadaFilmsG...

The team from GAME - screenwriter Rob Williams, director and co-writer John Minton, actor and co-writer Marc Bessant, actor Jason Williamson and producer and co-writer Geoff Barrow with Mayhem co-director Steven Sheil, on the stage in Screen One at Broadway Cinema. Photo by Tom Morley.

Director Ben Wheatley and producer Andy Starke on stage with festival co-director Steven Sheil. Photo by Tom Morley.

The team from The Arbiter director Marc Price and cast members Georgina Leonides, Jasmine Sumner and Michael Geary on stage with festival co-director Meli Gueneau. Photo by Tom Morley.

Kier-La Janisse, writer and director of The Occupant Of The Room, onstage at the festival. Photo by Emma Gray.

Now the dust has settled a little, a big thanks to everyone who came to Mayhem this year, especially our fantastic guests. Loved having so many terrific Q&As, and hoping very much to see all these filmmakers back at the festival in the future.

2 screenings of Yuriyan Retriever's debut MAG MAG #禍禍女 are coming to the UK over the next month!
Brings a new life to J-Horror!!
Oct 18 - Nottingham @mayhemfilmfestival.bsky.social
www.broadway.org.uk/whats-on/may...
Nov 1 - London @frightfest.bsky.social
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See the brilliant BONE LAKE at Mayhem on Sunday 19th October - tickets here:

www.broadway.org.uk/whats-on/may...

The Mayhem Film Festival logo, done out in neon colours of yellow green and blue and looking like a kind of 1980s version of a computer future.

With just a month to go before our 21st edition takes place, we're excited to reveal this year’s full festival line-up!

www.mayhemfilmfestival.com/news/2025/09...

A very limited amount of Full Festival Passes are still available. Tickets for individual films are on sale from Fri 19 Sept at 12pm.

Mayhem 2025: The Short Films A story on Letterboxd.

We've announced the 2 Shorts Programmes for this year's festival: 17 films in total, which includes 7 UK Premieres plus a few returning Mayhem alumni.

More details on all the films on our Letterboxd page here:
letterboxd.com/mayhemfilmfe...

Catch up soon!

Full Passes, Individual Tickets and "Frankenstein" Passes on sale now for @mayhemfilmfestival.bsky.social -

www.mayhemfilmfestival.com/line-up

New Midlands short Personal Growth aims to explore the lingering effects of grief & asks what does it manifest into. Black Country writer-director Andrew Rutter & his team has created a new trailer & crowdfunder to finish production. Find out more:

www.midlandsmovies.com/upcoming-sho...

Support this great film!

Something Is Growing... And It Needs You.

New Midlands production Personal Growth aims to explore the effects of grief in a new short which has just released an early teaser trailer and a new crowdfunder. Check out both on our latest Spotlight

www.midlandsmovies.com/upcoming-sho...

YouTube video by Extra History Dracula - Bram Stoker - So You Haven't Read

Your Daily Dracula – So You Haven’t Read Bram Stoker’s Dracula (2021)
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The logo for Mayhem Film Festival - it has a retro 80s computer game look, in bright yellow, green and blue, with the letters of the name forming a kind of neon skyline.

📣📣 We're excited to bring you a second wave of announcements ahead of our 21st edition! You also only have a handful of days left to take advantage of our Early Bird Pass price which will expire on Sunday so don't miss out!

The Arbiter from Marc Price plays at MAYHEM FILM FESTIVAL in Nottingham (16-19 October). Inspired action, splattery, stabby follow up to Nightshooters... book Early Bird passes NOW:

broadway.org.uk/whats-on/may...

EARLY BIRD MAYHEM PASSES ON SALE NOW:

www.broadway.org.uk/whats-on/may...

Mayhem Film Festival 2025 - Early Bird Pass Mayhem Film Festival returns to Broadway on Thu 16 - Sun 19 October 2025 to showcase the best in international horror, sci-fi and cult cinema. The first three films for Mayhem's 2025 edition have been...

Early Bird Passes for this year's Mayhem Film Festival are now on sale! 16-19 October @broadwaycinema.bsky.social

broadway.org.uk/whats-on/may...

YouTube video by The Overlooked Hotel Jaws: A Personal History

Jaws: A Personal History.
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And allows him to trip you up like he is in an MR James story.

New Toxie wielding a radioactive mop with toxic green fumes swirling around him on vibrant green background

Peter Dinklage is... THE TOXIC AVENGER.

Here's our new official poster for Macon Blair's fresh take on the Troma classic, in theaters on August 29!

On this flaming July day here’s a cool update on Michael Doyle’s hotly anticipated book BRINGING DARKNESS INSTEAD OF LIGHT. The delay is due to all the surprises we have in store. Be assured we'll continue to toil on it throughout the summer to ensure we deliver every John Carpenter fan’s dream.

YouTube video by Lalo Schifrin - Topic Enter The Dragon - Main Title

Lalo Schifrin, RIP. Thanks for some really cool music, including this:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ylos...

I suspect those Xmas plunges are more dangerous than a big hungry fish.

I think I remember it was December Boxing Day that the UK release happened. Just in time for the crazy cold Boxing Day dips across the country.

CONGRATULATIONS!

We have a brand new trailer for this year's Mayhem Film Festival, made for us by students at NTU! Thanks to Rory Blizard and his team (full credits in alt text) for doing a brilliant job. Look out for it playing at ‪@broadwaycinema.bsky.social‬ over the coming months!

Don't forget, MAYHEM are screening DEMONS at Broadway Cinema's first ever ALL-NIGHTER... 21/22 June.

Tickets: www.broadway.org.uk/whats-on/hor...

‘Space travel is queer’: the unstoppable film-maker skewering Bezos and Musk’s macho fantasies She founded Nasa’s orchestra and has bounced heartbeats off the moon. Now Nelly Ben Hayoun-Stépanian has made a hilarious film taking issue with the tech bros’ dreams of celestial conquest

In Ben Hayoun-Stépanian’s mind, space exploration forces us to reimagine everything. “It’s queer. It’s decolonial. It’s pluralistic.” We need to let go of the binaries and borders, she says.