Bleeding‑edge festival announcements, film drops, submission calls, and backstage dispatches from Dead Northern, everything you need to know to plan, attend, and submit to our next scare.
Straight from Dead Northern's 2026 festival line-up is 'The First Day', a hauntingly terrifying zombie feature displaying the first 24 hours of a vicious outbreak
Dead Northern Horror Film Festival is thrilled to announce Behaviour Interactive's Dead by Daylight as the festival's Headline Partner for 2026, bringing the world of the hugely popular multiplayer horror game to York for a weekend of unique horror experiences.
Jane Schoenbrun is back with a bang, following her hauntingly beautiful I Saw the TV Glow (2024), a divisive yet poignant film that explored repressed gender euphoria and self-acceptance, showing the loneliness and isolation someone suffers from such a complex struggle.
Eli Roth is back, and better than ever with his ambitious and boundary breaking Ice Cream Man. A cautionary tale that is so technically brilliant, and well written you almost forget its not real life. Watch out Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026) August’s crown has already been taken…
Sony Pictures has released the final trailer for Insidious: Out of the Further, giving horror fans their most terrifying look yet at the next chapter in the long-running supernatural franchise ahead of its 21 August 2026 cinema release.
Director Kane Parson’s brings his web series phenomenon to the big screen with a bang, blowing our minds with a narrative/found footage formula that engages and grips from minute one.
Obsession exploded on to cinema screens and absolutely crushed it at the box office, and for good reason. Obsession is horrifying, intense and honestly a breath of fresh air. It is absolutely evident that this was a labour of love from the jump, presented in a 1.5:1 aspect ratio and stunning visuals throughout, Director Curry Barker and his team delivered a masterpiece.