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The UK’s leading fantasy & horror film festival
Presented by Pigeon Shrine; held in Leicester Square, London

frightfest site 24th FrightFest
24 - 28 AUGUST 2023
at Cineworld and
Prince Charles Cinema,
Leicester Square

Opening: SUITABLE FLESH
Closing: THE SACRIFICE GAME

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2 0 2 3   F I L M S
1982: THE GREATEST GEEK YEAR EVER
ALLIGATOR
BLACK MOLD
THE BLACK PASS
THE BLUE ROSE
CHEAT
COBWEB (Bodin, US)
COLD MEAT (Drouin, UK)
CREEPING DEATH
THE DARKSIDE OF SOCIETY
DEPARTING SENIORS
THE DIVE (Erlenwein, Ger)
DOCTOR JEKYLL
EIGHT EYES
ENTER THE CLONES OF BRUCE
THE EXORCIST (Friedkin, US)
FACELESS AFTER DARK
FAILURE (Kahuam, US)
FARANG
FOUNDERS DAY (Bloomquist, US)
THE GHOST STATION
THE GLENARMA TAPES
GOOD BOY
HAUNTED ULSTER LIVE
HERD (Pierce, US)
HERE FOR BLOOD (Turres, Can)
HOME SWEET HOME: WHERE EVIL LIVES (Sieben, Ger)
HOSTILE DIMENSIONS
HOW TO KILL MONSTERS
I AM MONSTERS
ISAAC
IT LIVES INSIDE (Dutta, US)
THE J-HORROR VIRUS
KIM'S VIDEO
 THE KNOCKING
LORE
MANCUNIAN MAN
A MILLION DAYS
MINORE (Koutsoliotas, Gr)
MONOLITH
THE MOOR (Cronin, UK)
MY MOTHER'S EYES
NEW LIFE (Rosman, US)
PANDEMONIUM (Quarxx, Fr)
PIPER
POUNDCAKE
PUNCH
THE PUPPET ASYLUM
RAGING GRACE (Zarcilla, US)
[REC] TERROR WITHOUT PAUSE
RIVER
THE SACRIFICE GAME
THE SEEDING (Clay, US)
SPOOKT
SUITABLE FLESH
SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL
T BLOCKERS
THAT'S A WRAP (Walz, US)
THORNS
TO FIRE YOU COME AT LAST
TRIGGERED
TRANSMISSION (Hurst, US)
TRIM SEASON
THE WEIRD KIDZ (Passero, US)
WEREWOLF SANTA
WHAT YOU WISH FOR (Tomnay, US)
WHERE THE DEVIL ROAMS (Adams/Adams/Poser, US)
frightfest site 23rd FrightFest
25 - 29 AUG 2022
at Cineworld and
Prince Charles Cinema,
Leicester Square



Opening: THE LAIR
Closing: FALL

 2 0 2 2   F I L M S
B*TCH ASS (Posley)
BARBARIAN (Cregger, US)
BITE
THE BREACH
BURIAL (Parker, UK)
CANDY LAND (Swab)
CEREBRUM
CONTROL (Mark, Can)
THE CREEPING
CROC! (Franklyn, UK)
CULT OF VHS
DARK GLASSES (Argento, It)
DAUGHTER (Deshon/Van Dien)
DEADSTREAM (Winter)
DEEP FEAR (Beghin, Fr)
THE DEVIL'S HOUR
DO NOT DISTURB (Ainslee)
EATING MISS CAMPBELL (Regan, UK)
END ZONE 2 (Cacciola/Epstein)
EVERYBODY DIES BY THE END
EVERYONE WILL BURN
THE EYES BELOW (Bruchon)
FALL (Mann, US)
FAMILY DINNER
FINAL CUT (Hazanavicious, Fr)
FOLLOW HER (Caminer)
THE GHOST WRITER (Wilkins, UK)
THE GHOSTS OF MONDAY
THE GROUP (Hugo, UK)
H4Z4RD
THE HARBINGER (Mitton)
HOLY SH*T!
HOUNDED
HUESERA (Cervera, Mex)
HYPOCHONDRIAC (Heimann, US)
INCREDIBLE BUT TRUE (Dupieux, Fr)
THE LAIR (Marshall, UK)
THE LAST CLIENT
THE LEECH (Pennycoff, US)
LIVING WITH CHUCKY (Gardner)
LOLA (Legge, Ire)
 MASTEMAH (Daarwin)
MEAN SPIRITED (Ryan)
MIDNIGHT PEEPSHOW
NEW RELIGION (Kondo, Jpn)
NEXT EXIT (Elfman)
NIGHT OF THE BASTARD (Boccio/May)
NIGHT SKY (Gentry)
THE ONCE AND FUTURE SMASH (Cacciola/Epstein)
THE ONES YOU DIDN'T BURN
ORCHESTRATOR OF STORMS: THE FANTASTIQUE WORLD OF JEAN ROLLIN (Ballin/Ellinger, US)
PIGGY (Pereda, Sp)
POWERTOOL CHEERLEADERS VS THE BOYBAND OF THE SCREECHING DEAD (Higgins, UK)
THE PRICE WE PAY (Kitamura)
PUSSYCAKE
RAVEN'S HOLLOW (Hatton, UK)
THE RETALIATORS (Smith/Gonzalez, US)
SCARE PACKAGE II: RAD CHAD'S REVENGE
SHE CAME FROM THE WOODS (Bloomquist)
SISSY (Barlow)
SOMETHING IN THE DIRT (Benson/Moorhead)
SORRY ABOUT THE DEMON (Hagins)
SPLINTER (Ryan)
STALKER (Johnson, UK)
THE SUMMONED
SUPER Z
SWALLOWED (Smith, US)
TERRIFIER 2
THEY WAIT IN THE DARK (Rea)
TINY CINEMA (Cornack)
TORN HEARTS (Grant)
THE VISITOR FROM THE FUTURE
WALKING AGAINST THE RAIN (Lyus, UK)
WHO INVITED THEM
WOLF MANOR (Brunt)
WOLFKIN
A WOUNDED FAWN (Stevens)
WRECK
frightfest site 22nd FrightFest
26 - 30 AUG 2021
at Cineworld, Leicester Square





Opening: DEMONIC
Closing: THE SADNESS

Rising Star Award:
Prano Bailey-Bond (CENSOR)
 2 0 2 1   F I L M S
THE ADVENT CALENDAR
ANTIDOTE
ARE WE MONSTERS (Cox)
AS IN HEAVEN, SO ON EARTH (Erba)
BAD CANDY
BEWITCHED
BEYOND THE INFINITE TWO MINUTES
BLOODTHIRSTY (Moses, Can)
BOY#5 (Steele)
BRAIN FREEZE (Knafo)
THE BRILLIANT TERROR (Hunt/Kauffman)
BRING OUT THE FEAR (Waters)
BROADCAST SIGNAL INTRUSION
CAPTIVE
CENSOR (Bailey-Bond, UK)
THE CHANGED (Mongillo)
COMING HOME IN THE DARK
CRABS!
DAWN BREAKS BEHIND THE EYES
DEMONIC (Blomkamp, Can)
EVIE (Brunt)
THE EXORCISM OF CARMEN FARIAS (Fiallega)
FOLLOWERS (Harben, UK)
THE FOUND FOOTAGE PHENOMENON
FORGIVNESS (Kahuam)
GAIA
GREYWOOD'S PLOT
HOTEL POSEIDON (Lernus)
ISOLATION
JOHN AND THE HOLE (Sisto, US)
KILLER CONCEPT (Payne/Dillard)
THE KINDRED
 KING KNIGHT
KNOCKING (Kempff, Swe)
LAGUNA AVE
THE LAST RITE (Kincaide)
THE LAST THING MARY SAW (Vitaletti)
THE MAID (Noyer)
MOTHERLY
MYSTERY SPOT (House)
NIGHT DRIVE
NO MAN OF GOD (Sealey, US)
NOCTURNA: THE GREAT OLD MAN'S NIGHT (Calzada)
OFFSEASON (Keating)
THE PARKER SESSIONS (Simmons)
POST MORTEM (Bergundy)
PRETTY BOY (Walz)
PRISONERS OF THE GHOSTLAND (Sono, Jpn)
RED SNOW
THE RETALIATORS
THE SADNESS (Jabbaz)
SHADOW OF THE CAT (Cicala)
SHE WATCHES FROM THE WOODS (Ballinger)
THE SHOW (Jenkins, UK)
SLAPFACE
SOUND OF VIOLENCE
SWEETIE, YOU WON'T BELIEVE IT (Nurgaliyev, Kaz)
TOUCH
ULTRASOUND (Schroeder)
THE UNBURIED (Arazi)
WHEN THE SCREAMING STARTS (Buro, UK)
WOODLANDS DARK AND DAYS
frightfest site 21st FrightFest


Held virtually:
27 - 31 AUG 2020 and
22 - 25 OCT 2020

 2 0 2 0   F I L M S
12:00 DON'T LOOK BACK (Reddick, US)
ALIEN ON STAGE (Kummer/Harvey, UK)
AQUASLASH (Gauthier, Can)
ARCHIVE (Rothery, UK)
AV: THE HUNT (Akay, Tur)
THE BANISHING (Smith, UK)
BENNY LOVES YOU (Holt, UK)
BLIND (Walz, US)
BLINDERS (Savage, US)
BLOOD HARVEST (Lee, Can)
BROIL (Drake, Can)
BUTCHERS (Langley, Can)
CAVEAT (McCarthy, UK)
CLAPBOARD JUNGLE (McConnell, Can)
THE COLUMNIST (van Aart, Ned)
CONCRETE PLANS (Jewell, UK)
THE DARK AND THE WICKED (Bertino, US)
DARK PLACE (Bedford/Phillips/etc, A US)
DARK STORIES (Descraques/Lubrano, Fr)
DON'T CLICK (Kim, US)
DEAD (Weal, NZ)
DUNE DRIFTER (Price, UK)
ENHANCED (Mark, Can)
FOR THE SAKE OF VICIOUS (Carrer/Eveneshen, Can)
A GHOST WAITS (Stovall, US)
HAIL TO THE DEADITES (Villeneuve, Can)
HALL (Giannini, Can)
HELD (Lofting/Cluff, US)
HONEYDEW (Milburn, US)
THE HONEYMOON PHASE (Carroll, US)
 THE HORROR CROWD (Pla, US)
HOSTS (Leader/Oakes, UK)
HOUR SHIFT (Grant, US)
I AM LISA (Rea, US)
INITIATION (Berardo, US)
THE LAST RITE (Kincaide, UK)
LET'S SCARE JULIE (Cremata, UK)
THE OWNERS (Berg, UK)
THE PALE DOOR (Koontz, US)
PENINSULA (Yeon, Kor)
PLAYHOUSE (Watts/Watts, UK)
RAVAGE (Grennan, US)
THE RECKONING (Marshall, UK)
REDWOOD MASSACRE: ANNIHILATION (Keith, UK)
RELIC (James, Aus)
THE SINNERS (Paige, US)
SKULL: THE MASK (Fonseca/Furman, Br)
SKY SHARKS (Fehse, Ger)
SKYLIN3S (O'Donnell, Fr)
SLAXX (Kephart, Can)
SPARE PARTS (Hunt, Can)
THE STYLIST (Gevargizian, US)
THE SWERVE (Kapsalis, US)
TAILGATE (Crijns, Ned)
THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS VAMPIRES (Thomas, US)
THEY'RE OUTSIDE (Hayles/Casserly, UK)
TRIGGERED (Orr, SA)
TWO HEADS CREEK (O'Brien, US)
WOMAN OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS (Kushida, Jpn)

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