Daisy Ridley in Magpie

Pigeon Shrine FrightFest Halloween Line Up Will Be Meta And Gory

Pigeon Shrine FrightFest celebrated it’s 25th anniversary in August, later this month Halloween takes centre stage Today FrightFest reveal the Hallow’s Eve line up that promises to be ‘meta and gory’.

The UK’s most popular genre film festival returns to the Odeon Luxe West End in Leicester Square. Taking over both screens on Friday 1st November and Saturday 2nd November. The special weekender will feature nine premiere titles from around the world showcasing the global talent that genre has to offer.

The event will open with the UK premiere of Sam Yates’s Magpie, a darkly intense psychological thriller which thrives in its classic neo-noir atmosphere, eliciting tension that is seconds away from permanently snapping. Daisy Ridley plays a neglected wife on the edge, and will be in attending the screening alongside her husband, actor Tom Bateman, writer/producer of Magpie.

The second film on the Friday is the UK premiere of Parvulos, a thought-provoking, zombie ‘Lord of the Flies’, helmed by Mexican director Isaac Ezban, whose fantastic eye for gothic tableaux makes for a powerful and shocking treat.

The first day closes with the World premiere of Airell Hayes’ Adevnt. Charting one woman’s countdown decent into Xmas supernatural hell. Inspired by the terrifying true story of the blue whale game, this is a new kind of Christmas ghost story.

Saturday kicks off with the World premiere of Guido Tölke’s The Bitter Taste. An outlandish tale of the undead, full-bore gore, chainsaws, eye-grazing stunts and one of the best OTT scores by Clemens Damerau.

Then we have the UK premiere of Alien Country, a balls-to-the-wall, extraterrestrial invasion comedy, directed by popular Youtubers Boston McConnaughey, Renny Grames. Fist-pumping Indonesian body count terror The Draft! which delights in honouring horror cliches while subverting them totally into a gruesome gore-fest.

Meta-universe comedy fantasy of the year Time Travelling Is Dangerous from the Shakespeare Sisters and co-written and directed by Chris Reading. The film stars British comedy royalty in Johnny Vegas, Sophie Thompson, Jane Horrocks, Mark Heap, and is narrated by Stephen Fry. Catch A Killer, which will receive its International premiere. Grennan has fashioned one of the most exciting neo-noir serial killer thrillers of the year

This year’s Pigeon Shrine FrightFest Halloween scream fest  will close with the UK Premiere of Emma Benestan’s Animale. A shape-shifting horror drama that takes toxic masculinity by the horns.

Paul McEvoy, FrightFest co-director, said today: “What a perfect Halloween Treat we have lined-up for everyone this year. A wonderful movie mix-tape of nine exciting, exceptional, new and varied genre titles. There is something for every film fan along with an incredible list of guest attendees. This will be a sensational end to our 25th Anniversary banner year and we hope you all enjoy.”

Passes and tickets go on sale at noon on Saturday 5th October.

Prices: Two-day pass – ÂŁ79 | Friday 1st day pass – ÂŁ33 | Saturday 2nd Day pass – ÂŁ59
Single tickets – ÂŁ14.99

Head to the FrightFest website to book your passes or tickets.


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