FrightFest, the UK’s biggest, best and most beloved community-driven horror & fantasy film festival, returns in a blaze of gory glory to the Cineworld Leicester Square, London, for its 24th edition, this year with pioneering technology & entertainment company Pigeon Shrine as its headline sponsor.
***
CHEAT
Running from Thursday to Monday, August 24-28, 2023, Pigeon Shrine FrightFest is a joyful big screen celebration of genre cinema, offering a carnival of carnage, a smorgasbord of shock and a tableau of terror. This year, over five days, audiences can explore the magic of menace, mayhem and mischief with seventy films programmed across four screens. There are twenty-five world, twenty-three International / European and twelve UK premieres, with fourteen countries represented, spanning five continents.
FULL LINE UP BY SCREEN:
CINEWORLD LEICESTER SQUARE
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.
SUITABLE FLESH
*
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.
TRANSMISSION (World Premiere) Director: Michael J. Hurst. With: Vernon Wells, Felissa Rose, Dave Sheridan, Sadie Katz. USA 2023. 73 mins.
HERD
* 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.
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.
Doctor Jekyll
*
SATURDAY AUUST 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.
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.
Failure!
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.
SPOOKT (World Premiere) Director: Tony Reames. With: Christen Sharice, Hayley Leary, Erin Brown, Eric Roberts. USA 2023. 80 mins.
PIGEON SHRINE SPONSOR LIVE PODCAST DEBATE (Free event) AI in Entertainment – Where Do We Go from Here?
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.
We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it.
CHEAT
