We’re under a week to go until the launch of the 2023 FrightFest her win London. So today we’re taking a look at the full lineup across the four-day event. The action starts on Thursday 24th August and runs through the holiday weekend, finishing on Monday 28th August.
Take a look at the full lineup below:
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EMPIRE STUDIO SCREEN (721)
THURSDAY 24 AUGUST
OPENING FILM – SUITABLE FLESH (European Premiere)
Director: Joe Lynch. With: Heather Graham, Barbara Crampton, Bruce Davison, Johnathan Schaech. USA 2023. 100 mins.
THE DIVE (UK Premiere)
Director: Maximilian Erlenwein. With: Sophie Lowe, Louisa Krause. Germany 2023. 100 mins.
CHEAT (World Premiere)
Directors: Nick Psinakis, Kevin Ignatius. With: Corin Clay, Mick Thayer, Danielle Grotsky, April Clark. USA 2023. 85 mins.
FRIDAY 25 AUGUST
IT LIVES INSIDE (European Premiere)
Director: Bishal Dutta. With: Megan Suri, Neeru Bajwa, Mohana Krishnan, Betty Gabriel. USA 2023. 99 mins.
CREEPING DEATH (World Premiere)
Director: Matt Sampere. With: Monique Parent, Scott Lea, Matt Sampere, Delian Lincourt. USA 2023. 93 mins.
WHERE THE DEVIL ROAMS (European Premiere)
Directors: John Adams, Zelda Adams, Toby Poser. With: John Adams, Zelda Adams, Toby Poser. USA 2023. 90 mins.
NEW LIFE (European Premiere)
Director: John Rosman. With: Sonya Walger, Hayley Erin, Tony Amendola, Ayanna Berkshire. USA 2023. 85 mins.
FACELESS AFTER DARK (World Premiere)
Director: Raymond Wood. With: Jenna Kanell, Danny Kang, Danielle Lynn, Michael Aaron Milligan. USA 2023. 86 mins.
THAT’S A WRAP (International Premiere)
Director: Marcel Walz. With: Cerina Vincent, Monique Parent, Sarah French, Gigi Gustin. USA 2023. 94 mins.
SATURDAY 26 AUGUST
MONOLITH (UK Premiere)
A FrightFest Presentation by the Trieste Science+Fiction Festival
Director: Mark Vesely. With: Lily Sullivan, Ling Cooper Tang, Ansuya Nathan, Erik Thomson. Australia 2022. 94 mins.
COBWEB (International Premiere)
Director: Samuel Bodin. With: Lizzy Caplan, Anthony Starr, Cleopatra Coleman, Woody Norman. USA 2023. 88 mins.
PANDEMONIUM (UK Premiere)
Director: Quarxx. With: Hugo Dillon, Ophelia Kolb, Arben Bajraktaraj, Manon Maindivide. France 2023. 95 mins.
HERD (World Premiere)
Director: Steven Pierce. With: Ellen Adair, Mitzi Akaha, Jeremy Holm, Corbin Bernsen. USA 2023. 96 mins.
FARANG (UK Premiere)
Director: Xavier Gens. With: Nassim Lyes, Olivier Gourmet, Loryn Nounay, Vithaya Pansringarm. France 2023. 96 mins.
TRANSMISSION (World Premiere)
Director: Michael J. Hurst. With: Vernon Wells, Felissa Rose, Dave Sheridan, Sadie Katz. USA 2023. 73 mins.
SUNDAY 27 AUGUST
PIPER (UK Premiere)
Director: Anthony Waller. With: Elizabeth Hurley, Mia Jenkins, Jack Stuart, Robert Daws. USA 2023. 105 mins.
THE SEEDING (European Premiere)
Director: Barnaby Clay. With: Scott Haze, Kate Lyn Sheil, Alex Montaldo, Charlie Avink. USA 2023. 94 mins.
COLD MEAT (World Premiere)
Director: Sébastien Drouin. With: Allen Leech, Nina Bergman, Yan Tual, Sydney Hendricks. UK/Canada 2023. 90 mins.
RAGING GRACE (English Premiere)
Director: Paris Zarcilla. With: Jaeden Paige Boadilla, Max Eigenmann, David Heyman, Leanne Best. UK 2023. 99 mins.
MANCUNIAN MAN: THE LEGENDARY LIFE OF CLIFF TWEMLOW (World Premiere)
Director: Jake West. With: Barry Twemlow, Oliver Tobias, Ginette Gray, John Saint Ryan. UK 2023. 124 mins.
MONDAY 28 AUGUST
MY MOTHER’S EYES (International Premiere)
Director: Takeshi Kushida. With: Akane Ono, Mone Shitara, Takuma Izumi, Shusaku Uchida. Japan 2023. 94 mins.
FOUNDERS DAY (International Premiere)
Director: Erik Bloomquist. With: Devin Druid, Emilia McCarthy, Amy Hargreaves, Catherine Curtin. USA 2023. 95 mins.
HOME SWEET HOME: WHERE EVIL LIVES (World Premiere)
Director: Thomas Sieben. With: Nilam Farooq, David Kross, Justus von Dohnányi, Olga Von Luckwald. Germany 2023. 84 mins.
THE EXORCIST
Warner Bros 50th Anniversary Exclusive Screening, hosted by Mark Kermode
Director: William Friedkin. With: Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair, Max Von Sydow, Jason Miller. USA 1973. 122 mins.
CLOSING FILM – THE SACRIFICE GAME (European Premiere)
Director: Jenn Wexler. With: Mena Massoud, Olivia Scott Welch, Chloe Levine, Gus Kenworthy. USA 2023. 90 mins.
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SUPER SCREEN (375)
EMPIRE STUDIOS DISCOVERY SCREEN 1
THURSDAY AUGUST 24
PUNCH (World Premiere)
Director: Andy Edwards. With: Alina Allison, Kierston Wareing, Jamie Lomas, Faye Campbell. UK 2023. 80 mins.
LORE (World Premiere)
Directors: James Bushe, Patrick Ryder, Greig Johnson. With: Ben Crompton, Bill Fellowes, Richard Brake, Andrew Lee Potts. UK 2023. 87 mins.
FRIDAY AUGUST 25
A MILLION DAYS (World Premiere)
Director: Mitch Jenkins. With: Simon Merells, Kemi-Bo Jacobs, Hermione Corfield, Darrell D’Silva. UK 2023. 83 mins.
TRIM SEASON (International Premiere)
Director: Ariel Vida. With: Alex Esoe, Bethlehem Million, Ally Ioannides, Marc Senter. USA 2023. 100 mins.
HOW TO KILL MONSTERS (World Premiere)
Director: Stewart Sparke. With: Lyndsey Crain, Arron Dennis, Fenfen Huang, Daniel Thrace. UK 2023. 95 mins.
DOCTOR JEKYLL (World Premiere)
Director: Joe Stephenson. With: Eddie Izzard, Scott Chambers, Lindsay Duncan, Simon Callow. UK 2023. 90 mins.
HERE FOR BLOOD (English Premiere)
Director: Daniel Turres. With: Shawn Roberts, Maya Misaljevic, Joelle Farrow, Dee Snider. Canada 2022. 100 mins.
SATURDAY AUGUST 26
SHORT FILM SHOWCASE 2 (Line-up tp be announced on Aug 8)
THE CONJURING
Warner Bros 100th Anniversary Celebration Screening
Director: James Wan. With: Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Ron Livingston, Lili Taylor. USA 2013. 112 mins.
THE MOOR (World Premiere) *PART OF THE FIRST BLOOD STRAND
Director: Chris Cronin. With: Sophia La Porta, David Edward Robertson, Bernard Hill, Elizabeth Dormer-Phillips. UK 2023. 122 mins.
ISAAC (World Premiere) *PART OF THE FIRST BLOOD STRAND
Director: Tariq Sayed. With: Johnny Vivash, Catriona MacColl, Bosco Hogan, Kathryn Louise. UK 2023. 87 mins.
THE GLENARMA TAPES (International Premiere) *PART OF THE FIRST BLOOD STRAND
Director: Tony Devlin. With: Warren McCook, Emily Lamey, Ryan Early, Sophie Hill. UK 2023. 78 mins.
HAUNTED ULSTER LIVE (World Premiere) *PART OF THE FIRST BLOOD STRAND
Director: Dominic O’Neill. With: Aimee Richardson, Mark Claney, Antoinette Morelli. UK 2023. 78 mins.
SUNDAY AUGUST 27
[REC] TERROR WITHOUT PAUSE (UK Premiere)
Director: Diego López. With: Jaume Balaguero, Paco Plaza, Javier Botet, Manuela Velasco. Spain 2022. 85 mins.
ENTER THE CLONES OF BRUCE (European Premiere)
Director: David Gregory. With: Bruce Li, Bruce Le, Bruce Lo, Bruce Liang. US 2023. 93 mins.
THE BLUE ROSE (World Premiere)
Director: George Baron. With: George Baron, Olivia Scott Welch, Ray Wise, Logan Miller. USA 2023. 105 mins
SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL (European Premiere)
Director: Yuval Adler. With: Nicolas Cage, Joel Kinnaman, Kaiwi Lyman, Nancy Good. USA 2023. 90 mins.
MONDAY AUGUST 28
FAILURE! (World Premiere)
Director: Alex Kahuam. With: Ted Raimi, Merrick McCartha , Noel Douglas Orput, Melissa Diaz. Mexico 2023. 87 mins.
OTTO BAXTER: NOT A F**KING HORROR STORY + THE PUPPET ASYLUM (London Premiere)
Directors: Otto Baxter, Bruce Fletcher. With: Paul Kaye, Adeel Akhtar, Myanna Buring, Dexter Fletcher. UK 2023. 31 mins + 83 mins
SHORT FILM SHOWCASE 3 (Line-up to be announced)
IT FOLLOWS: 4K RESTORATIVE WORLD PREMIERE
Directed by David Robert Mitchell. With Maika Monroe, Mike Lanier, Jake Weary, Keir Gilchrist, Lily Sepe, Ruby Harris. USA 2014, 100 mins.
CINEWORLD SCREEN 2 (76)
DISCOVERY SCREEN 2
FRIDAY AUGUST 25
BLACK MOLD (International Premiere)
Director: John Pata. With: Agnes Albright, Andrew Bailes, Jeremy Holm, Caito Aase. USA 2023. 92 mins.
SHORT FILM SHOWCASE 1 (Line-up to be announced)
WHAT YOU WISH FOR (European Premiere)
Director: Nicholas Tomnay. With: Nick Stahl, Tamsin Topolski, Randy Vasquez, Penelope Mitchell. USA 2023. 102 mins.
POUNDCAKE (International Premiere)
Director: Onur Tukel. With: Ron Brice, Eva Dorrepaal, Pia Paez, Onur Tukel. USA 2023. 90 mins
WEREWOLF SANTA (World Premiere)
Director: Airell Anthony Hayles. With: Emily Booth, Joe Bob Briggs, Mark Arnold, Katherine Rodden. UK 2023. 70 mins.
SATURDAY AUGUST 26
RIVER (UK Premiere)
Director: Junta Yamaguchi. With: Saori, Riko Fujitani, Kazunari Tosa, Shiori Kubo. Japan 2023. 86 mins.
SPOOKT (World Premiere)
Director: Tony Reames. With: Christen Sharice, Hayley Leary, Erin Brown, Eric Roberts. USA 2023. 80 mins.
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TO FIRE YOU COME AT LAST (European Premiere)
Director: Sean Hogan. With: Mark Carlisle, James Swanton, Harry Roebuck, Richard Rowden. UK 2023. 43 mins.
THORNS (World Premiere)
Director: Douglas Schulze. With: Doug Bradley, Cassandra Schomer, Jon Bennett, Bob Shumaker. USA 2023. 91 mins.
TRIGGERED (UK Premiere)
Director: Richard Somes. With: Arjo Atayde, Julia Montes, Sid Lucero, Kokoy De Santos. The Philippines 2023. 112 mins.
SUNDAY AUGUST 27
KIM’S VIDEO (International Premiere)
Directors: David Redmon, Ashley Sabin. With: Yongman Kim, Isabel Gillies, Robert Greene, Eric Hynes. USA 2022. 88 mins.
THE BLACK MASS (International Premiere)
Director: Devanny Pinn. With: Jeremy London, Kathleen Kinmont, Lisa Wilcox, Jennifer Wenger. USA 2023. 85 mins.
ALLIGATOR (Retrospective)
Director: Lewis Teague. With: Robert Forster, Robin Riker, Henry Silva, Dean Jagger. USA 1980. 91 mins.
T BLOCKERS (European Premiere)
Director: Alice Maio Mackay. With: Lauren Last, Lewi Dawson, Etcetera Etcetera, Lisa Fanto. Australia 2023. 74 mins.
THE J-HORROR VIRUS (World Premiere)
Directors: Sarah Appleton, Jasper Sharp. With: Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Takashi Shimizu, Rie Inoo, Shinya Tsukamoto. UK 2023. 95 mins.
MONDAY AUGUST 28
I AM MONSTERS! (World Premiere)
Director: Nick Vince. With: Nick Vince. UK 2023. 71 mins.
GOOD BOY (UK Premiere)
Director: Viljar Bøe. With: Gard Løkke, Katrine Lovise Øpstad Fredriksen, Nicolai Narvesen Lied, Viljar Bøe. Norway 2022. 76 mins.
DEPARTING SENIORS (World Premiere)
Director: Clare Cooney. With: Ignacio Diaz-Silverio, Yani Gellman, Ireon Roach, Maisie Merlock. USA 2023. 85 mins.
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DISCOVERY SCREEN 3
FRIDAY AUGUST 25
EIGHT EYES (International Premiere)
Director: Austin Jennings. With: Emily Sweet, Bradford Thomas, Bruno Veljanovski. USA 2023. 86 mins.
THE WEIRD KIDZ (European Premiere)
Director: Zach Passero. With: Sean Bridgers, Ellar Coltrane, Angela Bettis, Brian Ceely. USA 2023. 80 mins.
THE KNOCKING (UK Premiere)
Directors: Joonas Pajunen, Max Seeck. With: Inka Kallén, Saana Koivisto, Olga Temonen, Mikko Leppilampi. Finland 2022. 87 mins.
THE GHOST STATION (UK Premiere)
Director: Yong-ki Jeong. With: Bo-ra Kim, Jae Hyun Kim, Shin So-yul. South Korea 2022. 80 mins.
SATURDAY AUGUST 26
COBWEB (CLOSED CAPTION SCREENING)
HOSTILE DIMENSIONS (World Premiere)
Director: Graham Hughes. With: Graham Hughes, Stephen Beavis, Annabel Logan, Andy Stewart. UK 2023. 80 mins.
MINORE (European Premiere)
Director: Konstantinos Koutsoliotas. With: Davide Tucci, Efi Papatheodorou, Daphne Alexander, Apolon Bollas. Greece 2023. 111 mins.
1982: THE GREATEST GEEK YEAR EVER! (UK Premiere)
Director: Roger Lay Jr. With: Mick Garris, Barry Bostwick, Adrienne Barbeau, David L. Snyder. USA 2022. 140 mins.
SUNDAY AUGUST 27
THE WEIRD KIDZ
THE KNOCKING
THE GHOST STATION
EIGHT EYES
MONDAY AUGUST 28
HOSTILE DIMENSIONS
MINORE
THE DARKSIDE OF SOCIETY (World Premiere)
Director: Larry Wade Carrell. With: Julian Sands, Brian Yuzna, Screaming Mad George, Richard Stanley. USA 2022. 80 mins.
