FrightFest 2013 : The Line-Up

Our lovely friends at Film4 and founders, Paul McEvoy, Ian Rattray and Alan Jones return with FrightFest Horror Film Festival in August. Currently in it's fourteenth year, the festival takes place in the lavish and huge Empire Cinema in Leicester Square from 22nd August until 26th August. Showcasing 51 films over the course of a long weekend. 

The crowd at FrightFest feels more like an odd, huge family get together than a festival. Strangers enthusiastically speak to each other, it's a safe haven for genuine horror geeks to roam around expressing their passion for this fascinating, fiercely entertaining film genre. 

My top five pics for this year are as follows: 

1) Big Bad Wolves (Dir. Aharon Keshales & Navot Papushado) 2013

A fathers revenge after the  brutual murder on his daughter. 

Organisers of FrightFest have said to expect,

"...a teasingly twisting plot that’s part OLDBOY, part Hitchcock, part Coen Brothers..."







2) Curse of Chucky (Dir. Don Macini) 2013 

The European premiere of Macini's latest, highly popular feature, killer doll, Chucky!

The blue eyed, ginger doll is causing more mayhem and havoc than ever. 














3) V/H/S 2 (Dir. Simon Barrett, Jason Eisener, Gareth Evans, Gregg Hale, Eduardo Sanchez, Timo Tjahjanto & Adam Wingard) 2013

After seeing V/H/S (the first one) at FrightFest last year, I am extremely excited about the follow up.

With a team of seven directors, these short films combined into one appear to be edgier and more slick than ever.








4) We Are What We Are (Dir. Jim Mickle) 2013

Two daughters are forced to deal with the loss of their mother. Instructed by their stern father to partake in an ancestral ritual, this promises to be art house in style and extremely gorey. 

Expect a lot of blood, a lot of cannibalism..



















5) Nosferatu (Dir. F.W. Murnau) 1922

One from the retro stems is Murnau's expressionistic vampire story.

A truly iconic film. A visual treat. 













Other great films include Odd Thomas, I Spit On Your Grave 2,Your Next, The Dead 2: India & Cheap Thrills.

For the complete line-up please click here.