August bank holiday is horror Christmas if you’re one of the people who tracks to FrightFest every year to spend the weekend holed up in a dark cinema feasting on grisley delights.
This year’s full line-up how now been announced and as usual there’s plenty to choose from – this includes 20 World, 17 European and 22 UK Premieres. The Fest takes place at the Cineworld Leicester Square and The Prince Charles Cinema from Aug 23 – Aug 27 2018.
Festival passes will go on sale Saturday 30 June at noon via the FrightFest website. You can buy single tickets from Saturday 21 July from 9am.
Opening film is The Ranger, a post-modern slasher from Jenn Wexler – the first time a film directed by a woman has opened the Fest, while Gaspar Noé’s Climax will close. Other notable picks that jumped out to us include Summer of 84 but the guys who made Turbo Kid, Await Further Instructions from Johnny Kervorkian, the guy who made The Disappeared and Joseph Kahn’s Bodied – he’s the guy who made Detention. We’re also really looking forward to Possum from Matt Holness (aka Garth Marenghi), starring Sean Harris, and we’ve heard wonderful things about horror fantasy Tigers Are Not Afraid from Issa López.
Hell, we’re looking forward to all of it. We’re put the full line up below but head over to FrightFest more we’ll see you there!
THURSDAY 23 AUGUST
CINEWORLD LEICESTER SQUARE
ARROW VIDEO SCREEN
6.00 PM – THE RANGER
8.45 PM – SUMMER OF 84
11.00 PM – MEGA TIME SQUAD
HORROR CHANNEL SCREEN
6.30 PM – THE RANGER
9.15 PM – SUMMER OF 84
11.30 PM – MEGA TIME SQUAD
CINEWORLD DISCOVERY SCREEN
8:50 PM – BAD SAMARITAN
11.15 PM – BLOOD FEST
FRIDAY 24 AUGUST 2018
CINEWORLD LEICESTER SQ
ARROW VIDEO SCREEN
11.30 AM – THE CLEANING LADY
1.45 PM – BRAID
4.00 PM – PUPPET MASTER: THE LITTLEST REICH
6.30 PM – THE MOST ASSASSINATED WOMAN IN THE WORLD
9.00 PM – INCIDENT IN A GHOST LAND
11.15 PM – BOAR
HORROR CHANNEL SCREEN
12.00 PM – THE CLEANING LADY
2.15 PM – BRAID
4.30 PM – PUPPET MASTER: THE LITTLEST REICH
7.00 PM – THE MOST ASSASSINATED WOMAN IN THE WORLD
9.30 PM – INCIDENT IN A GHOST LAND
11.45 PM – BOAR
CINEWORLD DISCOVERY SCREEN
11.45 AM – OUR HOUSE
2.00 PM – A BLUEBIRD IN MY HEART
4.00 PM – SHORT FILM
SHOWCASE 1
6.45 PM – PIMPED
9.15 PM – DEAD NIGHT
11.30 PM – CRYSTAL EYES
PRINCE CHARLES CINEMA
PRINCE CHARLES DISCOVERY ONE
11.10 AM – FRIGHTFEST: BENEATH THE DARK HEART OF CINEMA
1.15 PM – A YOUNG MAN WITH HIGH POTENTIAL
3.30 PM – ST AGATHA
6.30 PM – THE GREAT ROCK’N ROLL SWINDLE
9.00 PM – BLUE SUNSHINE
PRINCE CHARLES DISCOVERY TWO
11.20 AM – SEEDS
1:45 PM – FINAL STOP
4.00 PM – PIERCING
6.45 PM – ROCK STEADY ROW
9.00 PM – LIFE CHANGER
SATURDAY 25 AUGUST 2018
CINEWORLD LEICESTER SQ
ARROW VIDEO SCREEN
11.00 AM – RAVERS
1.20 PM – HERETIKS
3.45 PM – CHUCK STEEL: NIGHT OF THE TRAMPIRES
6.20 PM – WHAT KEEPS YOU ALIVE
8.45 PM – UPGRADE
11.00 PM – FRIGHT FEST
HORROR CHANNEL SCREEN
11.30 AM – RAVERS
1.50 PM – HERETIKS
4.15 PM – CHUCK STEEL: NIGHT OF THE TRAMPIRES
6.50 PM – WHAT KEEPS YOU ALIVE
9.15 PM – UPGRADE
11.30 PM – FRIGHT FEST
CINEWORLD DISCOVERY SCREEN
11.15 AM – KILLING GOD
1.30 PM – THE ARROW VIDEO PODCAST
4.00 PM – THE LAPLACE’S DEMON
7.00 PM – DEMENTIA PART II
9.15 PM – TBC
11.30 PM – TBC
PRINCE CHARLES CINEMA
PRINCE CHARLES DISCOVERY ONE
11.00 AM – BOOK OF MONSTERS
2.15 PM – CTRL
4.20 PM – THE DEVIL’S DOORWAY
6.30 PM – F.U.B.A.R.
8:45 PM – PERFECT SKIN
11.10 PM – THE DUKE MITCHELL FILM CLUB!
PRINCE CHARLES DISCOVERY TWO
11.15 AM – THE TOKOLOSHE
1:45 PM – ONE CUT OF THE DEAD
4.15 PM – BLOOD FEST
6.45 PM – SEEDS
9.00 PM – LIFE AFTER FLASH
11.00 PM – LASSO
SUNDAY 26 AUGUST 2018
CINEWORLD LEICESTER SQ
ARROW VIDEO SCREEN
10.45 AM – HELL IS WHERE THE HOME IS
1.00 PM – THE MAN WHO KILLED HITLER
AND THEN THE BIGFOOT
3.30 PM – HE’S OUT THERE
6.15 PM – TERRIFIED
8.30 PM – ANNA AND THE APOCALYPSE
HORROR CHANNEL SCREEN
11.15 AM – HELL IS WHERE THE HOME IS
1.30 PM – THE MAN WHO KILLED HITLER
AND THEN THE BIGFOOT
4.00 PM – HE’S OUT THERE
6.45 PM – TERRIFIED
9.00 PM -ANNA AND THE APOCALYPSE
CINEWORLD DISCOVERY SCREEN
11.00 AM – THE NIGHT EATS THE WORLD
1.15 PM – LUCIFERINA
3.45 PM – HAMMER HORROR: THE WARNER BROS. YEARS
6.30 PM – VIDEOMAN
8.45 PM – THE NIGHT SITTER
PRINCE CHARLES CINEMA
PRINCE CHARLES DISCOVERY ONE
11.00 AM – SHORT FILM SHOWCASE 2
1.20 PM – WHITE CHAMBER
3.45 PM – BODIED
6.30 PM – AWAIT FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS
9.00 PM – TIGERS ARE NOT AFRAID
PRINCE CHARLES DISCOVERY TWO
11.15 AM – LIFE CHANGER
1:30 PM – GHOST STORIES
4.00 PM – GHOST MASK SCAR
6.30 PM – PIERCING
8.30 PM – CULT OF TERROR
MONDAY 27 AUGUST 2018
CINEWORLD LEICESTER SQ
ARROW VIDEO SCREEN
10.45 AM – OPEN 24 HOURS
1.05 PM – THE FIELD GUIDE TO EVIL
3.30 PM – THE DARK
6.15 PM – THE GOLEM
8.45 PM – CLIMAX
HORROR CHANNEL SCREEN
11.15 AM – OPEN 24 HOURS
1.35 PM – THE FIELD GUIDE TO EVIL
4.00 PM – THE DARK
6.45 PM – THE GOLEM
9.15 PM – CLIMAX
CINEWORLD DISCOVERY SCREEN
11.00 AM – SECRET SANTA
1.20PM – THE WITCH IN THE WINDOW
3.45 PM – FRANKENSTEIN’S CREATURE
6.30 PM – SCREEN INTERNATIONAL GENRE RISING STAR AWARD
PRINCE CHARLES CINEMA
PRINCE CHARLES DISCOVERY ONE
11.00 AM – WOLFMAN GOT NARDS
1.20 PM – SHORT FILM SHOWCASE 3
3.45 PM – POSSUM
6.15 PM – BLACK SITE
PRINCE CHARLES DISCOVERY TWO
11.30 AM – ROCK STEADY ROW
1:35 PM – CRYSTAL EYES
4.00 PM – THE TOKOLOSHE