FRIGHTFEST
It’s that other time of year again! After the rousing success of August’s FrightFest, the festival returns once again for spooky season with its annual two day Halloween event, taking place on 31st October and 1st November. FrightFest will be bringing nine premieres to the Odeon Luxe West End with a schedule of distinctive films from across the globe displaying the genre's diversity and rude health.
Kicking off with the UK premiere of Johannes Roberts PRIMATE, the weekend will see other eagerly awaited titles such as cult director Mickey Reese’s EVERY HEAVY THING, Can Evrenol’s THE TURKISH COFFEE TABLE, his remake of the notorious 2022 shocker and closing out with Japanese comedian Yuriyan Retriever’s MAG MAG, the first J-Horror from Takashi Miike and Hirokazu Horeeda’s production company K2 Pictures. For the full list and programme, head over to FrightFest’s website.
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FRIGHTFEST REVIEWS
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MAG MAG
The closing film of this year's Halloween FrightFest is a dizzying take on J-Horror from Japan’s most popular comedian Yuriyan Retriever. Iain MacLeod reviews this genre mash-up that combines long haired, shuffling ghosts, musical sequences and reality TV to massively entertaining effect.
SUPER HAPPY FUN CLOWN
A downtrodden woman finds release when converting to her killer clown alter-ego Jenn-O The Clown in this character driven horror comedy that received its UK Premiere at FrightFest. Steven West reviews this pleasing spin on a well worn genre.
THE DOOM BUSTERS
THE DOOM BUSTERS - Keep calm and slaughter aliens. A small group of Home Guard soldiers soon find themselves in the thick of a different kind of action as a bloodthirsty alien turns a small village into a hunting ground. David Gelmini reviews this melding of British comedy, war pic and sci-fi that recently received its world premiere at Glasgow FrightFest.
