The 13th Film4 FrightFest will show 48 films on three screens!
The UK’s will take over the Empire Cinema♛ in London’s Leicester Square for an extended, gory weekend from 23 to 27 August. Goosebumps are guaranteed wit💃h a record 15 world and 23 European film premieres.
FOCUS ON ITALIAN HORROR
This year, the festival will plunge into Italian frights with ’s guest icon Dario Argento, a🥃nd screenings of Federico Zampaglione’s TULPA, Manetti Bros PAURA 3D and the documentary EUROCRIME! which celebrates ꦐthe "poliziotteschi" movies that ruled the Italian cinema in the 1970s.
INTERNATIONAL FRIGHTS
Freshly packaged from Spain will be Paco Plaza’s [REC]3 GENESIS and Jaume Balaguero’s thriller SLEEP TIGHT. The Chilean HIDDEN IN THE WOODS will also be in Spanish. The Dutch will bring KILL ZOMBIE! this year, and Germany will showcase ERRORS OF THE HUMAN BODY and WE 🐻ARE THE NIGHT. The Japanese will present their DEAD SUSHI, and there will also be an International Short Film Showcase.
CLASSICS
The newly added Re-Discovery Screen will show fully restored versions of three classics THE DEVIL RIDES OUT, RASPUTI🍃N THE MAD MONK and THE MUMMY’S SHROUD. There is also a special presentation of THE BRIDE OF FRANK🤪ENSTEIN.
OTHER SCREENINGS AND LOADS MORE!
Tickets are on sale now, and you can purchase them via or , but t♔ickets for individual films will be available from the 28 July (bookings on 08 714 71💃4 714 or ).
Be sure to follow SFX 's horror columnist , as she covers the event for us. And FrightFest fans should look out for SFX Special Edition 58 on the newsstands lat🐟♔er this year: it's dedicated to horror.
