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FrightFest

25 August – 29 August 2022

This year's Frightfest opens with Neil Marshall's The Lair and features contributions from 17 countries, presenting some of the very best horror cinema from around the world. It will be held in its traditional home at London’s Cineworld Leicester Square and the Prince Charles Cinema, and accompanied by a virtual edition.

The festival runs from 25 to 29 August.

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  • Everyone Will Burn
    Review preview for Everyone Will Burn

    A treat for the eyes, if not the ears.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    In a small village in Leon, Spain, María José prepares to end her life after failing to get over the suicide of her bullied son years before. Everything changes when she receives a visit from Lucía, a strange little girl who could be connected to a local legend about stopping an impending apocalypse.
  • The Lair
    Review preview for The Lair

    Much more fun than, by any reasonable standard, it ought to be.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    When Royal Air Force pilot Lt. Kate Sinclair is shot down over Afghanistan, she finds refuge in an abandoned underground bunker where deadly man-made biological weapons - half human, half alien - are awakened.
  • Mad Heidi
    Review preview for Mad Heidi

    Accuracy is not the primary consideration here.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    In a dystopian Switzerland under the rule of a fascist cheese magnate, Heidi lives a simple life in the mountains protected by her grandfather. Her longing for personal freedom leads to her abduction by brutal government storm troopers, sparking a revolution.
  • She Came From The Woods
    Review preview for She Came From The Woods

    The killings are varied and suitably unpleasant, albeit not quite as unpleasant as some of the characters, who, of course, receive their due.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    In 1987, a group of counsellors accidentally unleash a decades' old evil on the last night of summer camp.
  • Huesera
    Review preview for Huesera

    Wonderfully uncomfortable.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    Valeria has long dreamed about becoming a mother. After learning that she’s pregnant, she expects to feel happy, yet something’s off. Nightmarish visions and an unshakeable paranoia have her questioning what she wants, and an ancient evil spirit may be the cause.
  • Candy Land
    Review preview for Candy Land

    The characters are wonderfully drawn, each with their own complexities which go beyond their reasons for doing this job, and the acting is strong all round.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A seemingly naïve and devout young woman finds her way in the underground world of truck stop sex workers a.k.a. 'lot lizards'.
  • Croc!
    Review preview for Croc!

    Everybody is glamorously dressed and there’s a lot of screaming and running about.

    Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5
    Deep in the English countryside, Lisa and George prepare for their wedding at a Tudor mansion. But an angry crocodile lies in wait, determined to ruin their big day.
  • The Offering
    Review preview for The Offering

    Corduner is on exceptional form and imbues the early part of the film with warmth and hope.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    Saul works as the undertaker for the local Hasidic community, and a corpse carries a Jewish demon with plans for his unborn child. His family must dive into Kabbalah lore to ward off the entity and protect their future.
  • Living With Chucky
    Review preview for Living With Chucky

    A film full of great stories and packed with details which will fascinate fans.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A filmmaker who grew up alongside Chucky the killer doll seeks out the other families surrounding the Child's Play films as they recount their experiences working on the ongoing franchise and what it means to be a part of the Chucky family.
  • Raven's Hollow
    Review preview for Raven's Hollow

    It’s hard to imagine that [Poe] would have been anything other that appalled by this shoddy exercise in pilfering the most superficial aspects of his work.

    Jennie Kermode · 1.5 out of 5
    West Point cadet Edgar Allan Poe and four other cadets on a training exercise in upstate New York are drawn by a gruesome discovery into a forgotten community.

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