South Korean zombie thriller Train To Busan Presents: Peninsula will open UK genre festival FrightFest on October 22 ahead of its UK release by Studiocanal on November 6.
The festival will host 34 features in central London from October 22-25 and has secured seven world premieres and two European premieres.
It will close with the world premiere of US horror Held, directed by Chris Lofing and Travis Cluff, the filmmaking duo behind The Gallows franchise.
Further world premieres include Will Jewell’s Concrete Plans; Leroy Kincaide’s The Last Rite; and Dune Drifter from Marc Price, known for his zombie horror Colin, which was made on a budget of £50.
Also receiving debuts at FrightFest are David Ryan Keith’s Redwood Massacre: Annihilation; Adam Leader and Richard Oakes’ Hosts; and Alien On Stage, directed by Danielle Kummer and Lucy Harvey, which captures a real amateur dramatics group’s stage adaptation of horror classic Alien.
European premieres include Jud Cremata’s Let’s Scare Julie, which was shot in one-continuous take, and Don’t Look Back, from Final Destination creator Jeffrey Reddick, which is set for release in the US in mid-October through Gravitas Ventures.
British director Neil Marshall is set to attend with the UK premiere of The Reckoning alongside co-write and star Charlotte Kirk, following its debut at the Fantasia Film Festival. Fellow British filmmaker Chris Smith will also present his latest haunted house horror The Banishing.
The annual horror film festival, now in its 21st year, was due to run August 27-31 but organisers took the decision to postpone due to coronavirus restrictions. By moving to October, the festival is extending its traditional FrightFest Halloween event across four days.
Frightfest shifted from its traditional August dates due to the Covid-19 pandemic and hosted a virtual edition at the end of August, which included 25 titles and seven world premieres. Details of a virtual FrightFest Halloween edition are expected in the coming weeks.
FrightFest 2020 line-up
Alien On Stage (UK)
Dirs. Danielle Kummer & Lucy Harvey
Archive (UK)
Dir. Gavin Rothery
Benny Loves You (UK)
Dir. Karl Holt
Bianca: Phase 1 (It)
Bianca: Phase 2 (It)
Dir. Federico Zampaglione
Blood Harvest (Can)
Dir. Thomas Robert Lee
Broil (Can)
Dir. Edward Drake
Butchers (Can)
Dir. Adrian Langley
Caveat (UK)
Dir. Damian McCarthy
Concrete Plans (UK)
Dir. Will Jewell
Dead (NZ)
Dir. Hayden J. Weal
Don’t Look Back (US)
Dir. Jeffrey Reddick
Dune Drifter (UK)
Dir. Marc Price
For The Sake Of Vicious (Can)
Dirs. Gabriel Carrer and Reese Eveneshen
Held (US) closing film
Dirs. Chris Lofing and Travis Cluff
Honeydew (US)
Dir. Devereux Milburn.
Hosts (UK)
Dirs. Adam Leader and Richard Oakes
Initiation (US)
Dir. John Berardo
Let’s Scare Julie (US)
Dir. Jud Cremata
Ravage (US)
Dir. Teddy Grennan
Redwood Massacre: Annihilation (UK)
Dir. David Ryan Keith
Relic (Aus)
Dir. Natalie Erika James
Skylin3s (Fr)
Dir. Liam O’Donnell
Slaxx (Can)
Dir. Elza Kephart
Spare Parts (Can)
Dir. Andrew Thomas Hunt
Tailgate (Neth)
Dir. Lodewijk Crijns
The Banishing (UK)
Dir. Chris Smith
The Dark And The Wicked (US)
Dir. Bryan Bertino
The Last Rite (UK)
Dir. Leroy Kincaide
The Owners (UK)
Dir. Julius Berg
The Pale Door (US)
Dir. Aaron B. Koont
The Reckoning (UK)
Dir. Neil Marshall
The Sinners (US)
Dir. Courtney Paige
The Stylist (US)
Dir. Jill Gevargizian
Train To Busan Presents: Peninsula (S Kor) opening film
Dir. Yeon Sang-ho.
Woman Of The Photographs (Jp)
Dir. Takeshi Kushida
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