World, European & UK premieres dominate as Film4 FrightFest celebrates 11th year at Glasgow Film Festival with record-breaking thirteen titles
Based out of the
historic Glasgow Film Theatre, and regularly welcoming over 40,000
admissions, Glasgow Film Festival is one of the largest film festivals
in the UK. The twelfth annual Glasgow Film Festival will run from 17 –
28 February 2016.
The line-up starts at 9pm on Thurs 25 Feb with the UK Premiere of THE FOREST starring Natalie Dormer searching for her twin sister in Japan’s most haunted location, the fabled Sea of Trees. The ‘Game of Thrones’ star is making her first appearance at Glasgow Film Festival and is thrilled to be headlining this gala event the day before the film’s UK release.
Friday’s fearsome line-up kicks off with the UK Premiere of THE HEXECUTIONERS, Jesse Thomas Cook’s love letter to the rural horror genre, which is an atmospheric, tense and bloody treat. This is followed by the UK Premiere of Sonny Mallhi’s eerie, jittery and surprisingly moving ANGUISH, the creepiest and most resonant American independent horror since It Follows, Next up is the much-anticipated World Premiere of CELL. Starring John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson, this adaptation of Stephen King’s acclaimed apocalyptic nightmare is a sobering reminder of the FrightFest mantra to ‘Turn Off Your Bloody Phone’!
The 9pm slot goes to THE MIND’S EYE, directed by Joe Begos. Begos’ directorial debut Almost Human was a FrightFest Glasgow 2014 highlight, so the organisers are thrilled he will be returning to present his second award-winning feature, a loving and thrilling tribute to iconic horror heroes David Cronenberg and Brian De Palma. Expect bloody fireworks, mutant mayhem and exemplary special effects. Rounding off the evening in gory style is the
European premiere of Tyler MacIntyre’s PATCHWORK, a modern spin on Mary Shelley mythology, mixed with fun gore and a cheeky tone which will delight fans of classic 1980’s scream fests.
Getting the packed Saturday programme off to a spine-tingling start is the Scottish Premiere of Roar Uthaug’s epic action-thriller THE WAVE, the most successful movie of the year in Norway, and a Scandinavian smash hit sensation. This is followed by the chiller compendium SOUTHBOUND, a uniquely solid, grim and gritty excursion into the dark side of the soul which is a shining example why Anthology horror is back in vogue.
The ‘horror tsunami’ continues with the jaw-dropping martial arts extravaganza SPL2: A TIME FOR CONSEQUENCES. Superbly entwining operatic outbursts of heart-stopping emotion, spectacular choreography and balletic bone-crunching violence, this was the third biggest box-office hit in Asia in 2015. Next up is the European premiere THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DOOR, directed by rising British talent Johannes Roberts. Roberts will be in attendance to discuss his eerie, evocative and sinister shock spectacular.
Hold on to your entrails as Saturday evening unfolds in gruesome style with BASKIN, Can Evrenol’s fiendish adaptation of his short film. Loaded with surreal chills, atmospheric dread, extreme gore and unsettling perversity. this marks the Turkish director as a bright talent on the international genre landscape and FrightFest is thrilled Can will be attending.
In 2008 Pascal Laugiers shocked the world with MARTYRS, which became one of the last decade’s most controversial horror movies. Now comes the UK premiere of the highly anticipated American version, produced by the house of Jason Blum and helmed by the Goetz Brothers. Be prepared for an equally unsettling ride!
To end this year’s carnival of carnage is an bloody explosion of heavy metal, murder and mayhem in the eagerly-awaited UK premiere of Sean Byrne’s creepy, brain-freezing THE DEVIL’S CANDY, an instant cult classic and one of the scariest ‘under the radar’ movies of the year.
Programme details
THURS 25 FEB – GFT Screen 1
THE FOREST (UK Premiere)
FRI 26 FEB – GFT Screen 1
13:30 THE HEXECUTIONERS (UK Premiere)
15:40 ANGUISH (UK Premiere)
18:30 CELL (World Premiere)
21:00 THE MIND’S EYE (UK Premiere)
23:15 PATCHWORK (European Premiere)
SAT 27 FEB – GFT Screen 1
10:00 14:15 THE WAVE (Scottish Preview)
12:10 SOUTHBOUND (UK Premiere)
14:05 SPL2: A TIME FOR CONSEQUENCES (Preview)
16:40 THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DOOR (European Premiere)
19:05 BASKIN (UK Premiere)
21:30 MARTYRS (UK Premiere)
23:30 THE DEVIL’S CANDY (UK Premiere)
For further information: http://www.frightfest.co.uk
The full 2016 programme of UK, European and world premieres, as well as a ground-breaking pop-up cinema strand, will be launched on the evening of Wednesday 20 January and will be online from Thursday 21 January, with tickets on sale from Monday 25 January at 10am.
FrightFest
Passes are £70 and available from noon on Tuesday Jan 12, 2016. Passes
cover all films on Fri 26 & Sat 27 Feb ONLY.
Tickets
for ‘The Forest’ and individual tickets for the Fri/Sat films will go
on sale Mon 25 Jan from 10am. Prices: £9.50 / £7.50 concessions.
To book tickets:
+44 (0)141 332 6535
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