Taking place every August Bank Holiday weekend, has become a staple film festival for those with a taste for the macabre. This year’s event sees a location change from the Empire on Leicester Square, to the Vue on Leicester Square. The reason for this is to give the event more space which as attendance grows each year is very much in demand.
Today the oragnisers has revealed the full line-up for the weekend long festival. See all the info from their press release below:
So what can you look forward to?
For a start the latest works by all your favourite cult directors: Eli Roth’s THE GREEN INFERNO, Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo’s AMONG THE LIVING, Fabrice Du Welz’s ALLELUIA, Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller’s SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR, Nacho Vigalondo’s OPEN WINDOWS and EXTRATERRESTRIAL, John McNaughton’s THE HARVEST, Nicolas McCarthy’s HOME, Tommy Wirkola’s DEAD SNOW 2: RED VS. DEAD, Luck McKee and Chris Sivertson’s ALL CHEERLEADERS DIE, Adrian Garcia Bogliano’s LATE PHASES, Greg Mclean’s WOLF CREEK 2, Adam Green’s DIGGING UP THE MARROW, Ate de Jong’s DEADLY VIRTUES, Milan Todorovic’s NYMPH, Eduardo Sanchez’s EXISTS and Alan Moore’s SHOW PIECES.
Then there are the movies that have been garnering massive critical attention from other signature festivals such as Sundance, Cannes and Tribeca; the moving and charming LIFE AFTER BETH, the laugh-out-loud crowd-pleaser ZOMBEAVERS, the utterly beguiling THE BABADOOK, the extraordinary German slasher THE SAMURAI, the ‘Glee’-ful STAGE FRIGHT, the Hollywood rags to witches STARRY EYES, the hugely entertaining HOUSEBOUND, the cult of the damned FAULTS, the mumblecore insidious CREEP, the intestinal gag-filled BAD MILO!, the unique R100, the shattering TRUTH OR DARE, the surprising ALTERGEIST, the king of the hill PRESERVATION and the bodysnatching HONEYMOON.
Not to mention our own discoveries that will have you desperate to comment/twitter about first like Guy Pigden’s Kiwi corker I SURVIVED A ZOMBIE HOLOCAUST, Matthew A. Brown’s startling neo-noir revenge thriller JULIA, Jay Weisman’s sci-fi mindbender SHOCKWAVE DARKSIDE 3D, Casey La Scala’s rapture survival THE REMAINING, Chad Archibald’s maniac-franchise-in-the-making THE DROWNSMAN. And the brilliant documentaries DOC OF THE DEAD, DREW: THE MAN BEHIND THE POSTER and LOST SOUL – THE DOOMED JOURNEY OF RICHARD STANLEY’S ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU that will fill in some of the darker corners of your film knowledge.
It has always been important to Film4 FrightFest to highlight local British talent and we are proud of our ace selection this year. You’ll be amazed and astounded by Luke Hyams’ unusual X MOOR, Phil Hawkins’ THE LAST SHOWING, featuring horror icon Robert Englund in his best starring role in years, Adam Spinks’ creature feature THE EXPEDITION, John Shackleton’s multi-dimensional THE SLEEPING ROOM, Ivan Kavanagh’s sinister THE CANAL, Oliver Frampton’s urban nightmare THE FORGOTTEN, Jeremy Wooding’s wild western BLOOD MOON, Edward Boase’s spooky THE MIRROR and Simeon Halligan’s truly shocking WHITE SETTLERS.
And there’s even more with THE HOUSE AT THE END OF TIME, the first ever horror movie from Venezuela, Lowell Dean’s hilarious midnight movie WOLFCOP, the cyber chiller THE DEN, the Australian urban legend LEMON TREE PASSAGE, Ben Wagner’s intimate DEAD WITHIN, the giallo-infused ANOTHER, the inevitable WRONG TURN 6 and a special presentation of COHERENCE by THE DUKE @ FILM4 FRIGHTFEST plus their in-house party. Our retrospective selection this year includes restored versions of Stanley Kubrick’s THE SHINING, Wes Craven’s A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, Jorg Buttgereit’s NEKROMANTIK and Giulio Paradisi’s cult exploiter THE VISITOR, each with significant talent attachment.
THN are most excited that SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR is featured on the bill and personally I’m looking forwards to STARRY EYES, a horror that has gone down well on teh American festival circuit and stars our favourite under rated actor Noah Segan.
Ticket information can be found by clicking here.
Source: Frightfest Website
