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Shadows FestShadows @ FrightFest

The UK’s leading fantasy & horror film festival
Held in Leicester Square, London

frightfest site 26th FrightFest
22 - 25 AUGUST 2025
at the Odeon Luxe, Leicester Square

Opening: THE HOME
Closing: INFLUENCERS
 2 0 2 5   F I L M S
213 BONES (Primm, US)
ABOVE THE KNEE (Boe, Nor)
APPOFENIACS (Piliero, US)
THE ARBITER (Price, UK)
THE ARBORIST (Mudge, US)
BAMBI: THE RECKONING (Allen, UK)
BAMBOO REVENGE (Marie, Fr)
A BLIND BARGAIN (Bunnell, US)
BLOCKHEAD (Harlock, UK)
BLOOD SHINE (Bennett, US)
BONE LAKE (Morgan, US)
CAPTURED SOULS: IN CONVERSATION WITH GRAHAM HUMPHREYS (Collier, UK)
THE CARETAKER (Tedder, UK)
COGNAITIVE (Savas, US)
THE CONFESSION (Canon, US)
COVER (Francis, US)
CRUSHED (Rumley, UK)
DAUGHTERS OF DARKNESS (Kumel, 71/Bel)
DEATH CYCLE (Carrer, US)
THE DEGERATE: THE LIFE AND FILMS OF ANDY MILLIGAN (Johnson/Johnson, US)
THE DESCENT (Marshall, 05/UK) - 20th anniversary
DOG OF GOD (Abele/Abele, Lat)
DON'T LET THE CAT OUT (Cruz, US)
DOOBA DOOBA (Hollingsworth, US)
FIVE (Barker, US)
FLUSH (Morin, US)
FOREIGNER (Safai, Can)
GILL (Ahn, Kor)
THE HAUNTED FOREST (Boynton, US)
THE HAUNTING AT JACK THE RIPPER'S HOUSE (Tosini/Staley, UK)
HE KILLS AT NIGHT (Pickering, UK)
HEALING ANDY (Villablanca, UK)
HELLCAT(Bodell, US)
HOLD THE FORT (Bagley, US)
THE HOME (DeMonaco, US)
 HUMAN (Stuertz, US)
IN A COLD VEIN (Owen, US)
INFLUENCERS (Harder, US)
INSTINCT (Albarracin, Sp)
JIMMY AND STIGGS (Begos, US)
KOMBUCHA (Myers, US)
MALPERTUIS (Kumel, 71/Bel)
THE MANNEQUIN (Berardo, US)
MARSHMALLOW (DelPurgatorio, US)
MOTHER OF FLIES (Adams/Adams/Poser, US)
NIGHT OF VIOLENCE (Konstantin, US)
NOSEEUMS (Carter, US)
ODYSSEY (Johnson, UK)
THE ONLY ONES (Miller, US)
THE OTHER PEOPLE (McClarnon, US)
PARASOMNIA (Ross, US)
PIG HILL (Lewis, US)
PORTAL TO HELL (Bess, US)
THE RED MASK (Gupta, US)
REDUX REDUX (McManus/McManus, US)
THE ROWS (Daly, US)
SALT ALONG THE TONGUE (Malfitano, Aus)
SANE INSIDE SANITY (Zerr, Ger)
SELF-HELP (Bloomquist, US)
A SERBIAN DOCUMENTARY (Biro, US)
THE SERPENT'S SKIN (Mackay, Aus)
SICK PUPPY (Reid, Can)
SUPER HAPPY FUN CLOWN (Rea, US)
TOMB WATCHER (Ingkawiwat, Tha)
THE TOXIC AVENGER (Blair, US)
TRANSCENDING DIMENSIONS (Kubozuka, Jpn)
THE WEED EATERS (Devlin, NZ)
WHAT SHE DOESN’T KNOW (Arias Munoz, US)
WHERE IS JUAN MOCTEZUMA? (Rocha, US)
YOUR HOST (Medoff, US)

frightfest site 25th FrightFest
22 - 26 AUGUST and
1 - 2 NOVEMBER 2024
at the Odeon Luxe, Leicester Square


Opening: BROKEN BIRD
Closing: THE SUBSTANCE
 2 0 2 4   F I L M S
7 KEYS (Wilkinson, UK)
THE A-FRAME
AGATHA
AZRAEL: ANGEL OF DEATH
BOGIEVILLE
BOOKWORM
BOUTIQUE: TO PRESERVE AND COLLECT
BROKEN BIRD (Mitchell, UK)
THE BUNKER
CARA
CARNAGE FOR CHRISTMAS
CHARLOTTE
CHILDREN OF THE WICKER MAN
CINDERELLA'S CURSE
COLD WALLET
CURSED IN BAJA
THE DAEMON (Devino/Yohe, US)
DARK MATCH
DEAD MAIL
THE DEAD THING (Kane, US)
DELIRIUM
DERELICT (Zaurin, UK)
A DESERT
DRIVE BACK
DUKE MITCHELL FILM PARTY
THE FREAKS OF FANCY
FRIGHT (Dudley, UK)
FROM DARKNESS
GENERATION TERROR
THE GHOST
GHOST GAME
HAPPY HALLOWEEN
I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU ALONE
IN THE NAME OF GOD
INVADER
 THE INVISIBLE RAPTOR
LADYBUG (Cruz, US)
THE LAST ASHES
THE LAST PODCAST
THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE DEMETER (Ovredal, Ger)
THE LIFE AND DEATHS OF CHRISTOPHER LEE
THE LONELY MAN WITH THE GHOST MACHINE
MEMBERS CLUB (Coleman,UK)
MERMAID LEGEND
THE MONSTER BENEATH US
MUTILATOR 2
NEVER HAVE I EVER
PROTEIN
RAZOR BLADE SMILE
SAINT CLARE
A SAMURAI IN TIME
SCARED SHITLESS (Caldinelli, Can)
SCARLET BLUE (Mengin, Fr)
SCHLITTER: EVIL IN THE WOODS
SCOPOPHOBIA
SHELBY OAKS
SO UNREAL
STRANGE DARLING (Mollner, US)
THE SUBSTANCE (Fargeat, Fr)
SURVIVE
TEST SCREENING
THINGS WILL BE DIFFERENT (Felker, US)
TIME TRAVEL IS DANGEROUS (Reading, UK)
TOUCHDOWN
TRAUMATIKA (Tsigaridis, US)
VIDEO VISION (Turney, US)
YEAR 10

frightfest site 24th FrightFest
24 - 28 AUG 2023
at Cineworld and
Prince Charles Cinema,
Leicester Square



Opening: SUITABLE FLESH
Closing: THE SACRIFICE GAME
 2 0 2 3   F I L M S
1982: THE GREATEST GEEK YEAR EVER
ALLIGATOR
BLACK MOLD
THE BLACK PASS
THE BLUE ROSE
CHEAT
COBWEB (Bodin, US)
COLD MEAT (Drouin, UK)
CREEPING DEATH
THE DARKSIDE OF SOCIETY
DEPARTING SENIORS
THE DIVE (Erlenwein, Ger)
DOCTOR JEKYLL
EIGHT EYES
ENTER THE CLONES OF BRUCE
THE EXORCIST (Friedkin, US)
FACELESS AFTER DARK
FAILURE (Kahuam, US)
FARANG
FOUNDERS DAY (Bloomquist, US)
THE GHOST STATION
THE GLENARMA TAPES
GOOD BOY
HAUNTED ULSTER LIVE
HERD (Pierce, US)
HERE FOR BLOOD (Turres, Can)
HOME SWEET HOME: WHERE EVIL LIVES (Sieben, Ger)
HOSTILE DIMENSIONS
HOW TO KILL MONSTERS
I AM MONSTERS
ISAAC
IT LIVES INSIDE (Dutta, US)
THE J-HORROR VIRUS
KIM'S VIDEO
 THE KNOCKING
LORE
MANCUNIAN MAN
A MILLION DAYS
MINORE (Koutsoliotas, Gr)
MONOLITH
THE MOOR (Cronin, UK)
MY MOTHER'S EYES
NEW LIFE (Rosman, US)
PANDEMONIUM (Quarxx, Fr)
PIPER
POUNDCAKE
PUNCH
THE PUPPET ASYLUM
RAGING GRACE (Zarcilla, US)
[REC] TERROR WITHOUT PAUSE
RIVER
THE SACRIFICE GAME
THE SEEDING (Clay, US)
SPOOKT
SUITABLE FLESH
SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL
T BLOCKERS
THAT'S A WRAP (Walz, US)
THORNS
TO FIRE YOU COME AT LAST
TRIGGERED
TRANSMISSION (Hurst, US)
TRIM SEASON
THE WEIRD KIDZ (Passero, US)
WEREWOLF SANTA
WHAT YOU WISH FOR (Tomnay, US)
WHERE THE DEVIL ROAMS (Adams/Adams/Poser, US)
frightfest site 23rd FrightFest
25 - 29 AUG 2022
at Cineworld and
Prince Charles Cinema,
Leicester Square



Opening: THE LAIR
Closing: FALL

 2 0 2 2   F I L M S
B*TCH ASS (Posley)
BARBARIAN (Cregger, US)
BITE
THE BREACH
BURIAL (Parker, UK)
CANDY LAND (Swab)
CEREBRUM
CONTROL (Mark, Can)
THE CREEPING
CROC! (Franklyn, UK)
CULT OF VHS
DARK GLASSES (Argento, It)
DAUGHTER (Deshon/Van Dien)
DEADSTREAM (Winter)
DEEP FEAR (Beghin, Fr)
THE DEVIL'S HOUR
DO NOT DISTURB (Ainslee)
EATING MISS CAMPBELL (Regan, UK)
END ZONE 2 (Cacciola/Epstein)
EVERYBODY DIES BY THE END
EVERYONE WILL BURN
THE EYES BELOW (Bruchon)
FALL (Mann, US)
FAMILY DINNER
FINAL CUT (Hazanavicious, Fr)
FOLLOW HER (Caminer)
THE GHOST WRITER (Wilkins, UK)
THE GHOSTS OF MONDAY
THE GROUP (Hugo, UK)
HAZARD (Govaerts, Bel)
THE HARBINGER (Mitton)
HOLY SH*T!
HOUNDED
HUESERA (Cervera, Mex)
HYPOCHONDRIAC (Heimann, US)
INCREDIBLE BUT TRUE (Dupieux, Fr)
THE LAIR (Marshall, UK)
THE LAST CLIENT
THE LEECH (Pennycoff, US)
LIVING WITH CHUCKY (Gardner)
LOLA (Legge, Ire)
MASTEMAH (Daarwin)
 MEAN SPIRITED (Ryan)
MIDNIGHT PEEPSHOW
NEW RELIGION (Kondo, Jpn)
NEXT EXIT (Elfman)
NIGHT OF THE BASTARD (Boccio/May)
NIGHT SKY (Gentry)
THE ONCE AND FUTURE SMASH (Cacciola/Epstein)
THE ONES YOU DIDN'T BURN
ORCHESTRATOR OF STORMS: THE FANTASTIQUE WORLD OF JEAN ROLLIN (Ballin/Ellinger, US)
PIGGY (Pereda, Sp)
POWERTOOL CHEERLEADERS VS THE BOYBAND OF THE SCREECHING DEAD (Higgins, UK)
THE PRICE WE PAY (Kitamura)
PUSSYCAKE
RAVEN'S HOLLOW (Hatton, UK)
THE RETALIATORS (Smith/Gonzalez, US)
SCARE PACKAGE II: RAD CHAD'S REVENGE
SHE CAME FROM THE WOODS (Bloomquist)
SISSY (Barlow)
SOMETHING IN THE DIRT (Benson/Moorhead)
SORRY ABOUT THE DEMON (Hagins)
SPLINTER (Ryan)
STALKER (Johnson, UK)
THE SUMMONED
SUPER Z
SWALLOWED (Smith, US)
TERRIFIER 2
THEY WAIT IN THE DARK (Rea)
TINY CINEMA (Cornack)
TORN HEARTS (Grant)
THE VISITOR FROM THE FUTURE
WALKING AGAINST THE RAIN (Lyus, UK)
WHO INVITED THEM
WOLF MANOR (Brunt)
WOLFKIN
A WOUNDED FAWN (Stevens)
WRECK

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