The UK’s annual genre festival Arrow Video FrightFest is going virtual this year, and the organisers have announced its line-up for the Digital Edition, which is set to run between Friday August 28th and Monday August 31st.
FrightFest 2020 consists of 24 feature films, two short film showcases and two events, along with a warm-up evening on August 27th which features a free film quiz and a screening of the Nazi sharksploitation genre mash-up Sky Sharks (not part of the festival pass).
Single tickets will be available priced at £5 plus fees, with a festival pass (13 features/events plus the two short film showcases) priced at £60, and tickets will go on sale on August 1st. Check out the full schedule of feature films here…
SKY SHARKS (UK Premiere)
Director: Mark Fehse. With: Tony Todd, Lyn Lowry, Mick Garris, Barbara Nedeljakova. Germany 2020. 110 mins.
THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS VAMPIRES (World Premiere)
Director: Logan Thomas. With: Meg Foster, Raphael Sbarge, Emma Holzer, Maria Olsen. USA 2020. 81 mins.
12 HOUR SHIFT (UK Premiere)
Director: Brea Grant. With: Angela Bettis, David Arquette, Chloe Farnworth, Mick Foley. USA 2020. 86 mins.
I AM LISA (World Premiere)
Director: Patrick Rea. With: Kristen Vaganos, Jennifer Seward, Manon Halliburton, Carmen Anello. USA 2020. 92 mins.
TRIGGERED (UK Premiere)
Director: Alastair Orr. With: Reine Swart, Sean Cameron Michael, Liesl Ahlers, Craig Urbani. South Africa 2020. 90 mins
BLIND (UK Premiere)
Director: Marcel Walz. With: Sarah French, Jed Rowen, Caroline Williams, Tyler Gallant. USA 2020. 88 mins.
THE COLUMNIST (UK Premiere)
Director: Ivo van Aart. With: Genio de Groot, Katja Herbers, Rein Hofman, Bram van der Kelen. The Netherlands 2019. 86 mins.
THE HORROR CROWD (World Premiere)
Director: Ruben Pla. With: Russell Mulcahy, Lin Shaye, Darren Lynn Bousman, Ryan Turek. Mike Mendez, Brea Grant USA 2020. 92mins.
DON’T CLICK (World Premiere)
Directed by G-Hey Kim. With: Valter Skarsgård, Mark Koufos, Catherine Howard, Ry Barrett. Canada 2020. 90 mins
THE HONEYMOON PHASE (UK Premiere)
Director: Phillip G. Carroll Jr. With: François Chau, Tara Westwood, Ione Butler, Mike Sutton. USA 2020. 89 mins.
PLAYHOUSE (World Premiere) FIRST BLOOD
Directors: Toby Watts, Fionn Watts. With: Julie Higginson, James Rottger, Helen Mackay, Rebecca Calienda. UK 2020. 87 mins.
THEY’RE OUTSIDE (World Premiere) FIRST BLOOD
Directors: Airell Anthony Hayles, Sam Casserly. With: Emily Booth, Nicholas Vince, Tom Clayton-Wheatley, Chrissy Randall. UK 2020. 83 mins.
DARK PLACE (UK Premiere)
Directors: Kodie Bedford, Liam Phillips, Robert Braslin, Perun Bonser, Bjorn Stewart. With: Nelson Baker, Katherine Beckett, Shakira Clanton, Bernard Curry. Australia 2019. 75 mins.
SKULL: THE MASK (UK Premiere)
Directors: Armando Fonseca, Kapel Furman. With: Natalia Rodrique, Tristan Aronovich, Guta Ruiz, Eduardo Semerjia.Brazil 2020.
HALL (World Premiere)
Director: Francesco Giannini. With: Carolina Bartczak, Yumiko Shaku, Mark Gibson, Bailey Thain. Canada 2020. 85 mins.
HAIL TO THE DEADITES (International Premiere)
Director: Steve Villeneuve. With: Patricia Tallman, Ellen Sandweiss, Kassie Wesley DePaiva, John Fallon. Canada 2020. 79 mins.
A GHOST WAITS (English Premiere)
Director: Adam Stovall. With: MacLeod Andrews, Natalie Walker, Sydney Vollmer, Amanda Miller. USA 2020. 79 mins.
CLAPBOARD JUNGLE: SURVIVING THE INDEPENDENT FILM BUSINESS (European Premiere)
Director: Justin McConnell. With: Guillermo del Toro, Buddy Giovinazzo, Charles Band, Frank Henenlotter. Canada 2020. 98 mins.
TWO HEADS CREEK (UK Premiere)
Director: Jesse O’Brien. With: Kerry Armstrong, Kathryn Wilder, Gary Sweet, Stephen Hunter. Australia 2019. 93 mins.
AV THE HUNT (UK Premiere)
Director: Emre Akay. With: Ahmet Rifat Sungar, Baki Kaymaz, Yagizcan Konyah, Billur Melis Koç. Turkey 2019. 86 mins.
AQUASLASH (UK Premiere)
Director: Renaud Gauthier. With: Nicolas Fontaine, Brittany Drisdelle, Lanisa Dawn, Nick Walker. Canada 2019. 92 mins.
DARK STORIES (UK Premiere)
Directors: François Descraques, Guillaume Lubrano. With: Kristanna Loken, Michelle Ryan, Dominique Pinon, Delphine Chaneac, John Robinson,Tiphaine Daviot, Sebastien Lalanne, Dorylia Calmel, Slimane Baptiste Berhoun, Loup Denis Elion, Julien Pestel, Florent Dorin, Thierry Fremont.. France 2019. 97 mins.
ENHANCED (UK Premiere)
Director: James Mark. With: George Tchortov, Alanna Bale, Adrian Holmes, Chris Mark. Canada 2019. 99 mins.
BLINDERS (UK Premiere)
Director: Tyler Savage. With: Christine Ko, Vincent Van Horn, Michael Lee Joplin, Dusty Sorg. USA 2020. 90 mins.
THE SWERVE (UK Premiere)
Director: Dean Kapsalis. With: Azura Skye, Bryce Pinkham, Ashley Bell, Zach Rand. USA 2018. 95 mins.
What do you make of this year’s FrightFest line-up? Let us know in the comments or on our social channels @FlickeringMyth, and for more information including timings and ticket purchases, visit the official website here.
Originally published July 29, 2020. Updated December 10, 2022.
