Toby Jones stars in the excellent Berberian Sound Studio Toby Jones stars in the excellent Berberian Sound Studio

Film4 Frightfest is the UK's premiere international fantasy and horror film festival. Its 13th edition runs between 23rd August and 27th August.

The special guest is Italian horror legend Dario Argento.

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Maniac
Maniac
First-person perspective chiller about a serial killer with a fetish for scalping.
V/H/S
V/H/S
A horror anthology based around the theft of an old video tape.
American Mary
American Mary
A disenfranchised medical student goes AWOL into the lucrative underworld of unnecessary surgery.
Dead Sushi
Dead Sushi
Attack of the killer mutant sushi! (from Mars?)
Sinister
Sinister
A ghost story and found footage meet a hackneyed true-crime novelist.
Tower Block
Tower Block
The life and times of the last occupants of Tower Block 31.
Cockneys Vs Zombies
Cockneys Vs Zombies
Bank robbers fight their way out of zombie-infested London.
The Seasoning House
The Seasoning House
Girls kidnapped by soldiers in war-torn zones are prostituted to the military.
The Possession
The Possession
An antique box unleashes doom on a young girl.
Outpost: Black Sun
Outpost: Black Sun
The daughter of a Nazi hunter is looking for revenge and stumbles across an undead Nazi army.
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