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This year's Grimmfest is a treat for horror-fans, with a line-up which barely overlaps at all with 2025's other big genre festivals. opening with festival directors Simeon Halligan and Rachel Richardson-Jones' own Manchester-made thriller Past Life, it features the latest work of Shawnee Smith, Jeremy Pivan, Dev Patel and more. There's lots to look forward to.
The festival runs from 9 to 12 October
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Grimmfest Latest Reviews
Amid a mysterious deadly outbreak called the Itch. A widower and his estranged young daughter take sanctuary in a department store, only to realise the real terror is inside with them.
Battling against the legacy of childhood trauma, internalised misogyny, and the image-obsessed fat shaming of the LA music business, aspiring singer-songwriter Frankie Ramirez finally snaps, with bloody results
When a musician and her husband move to a remote house in Wales, the music they make disturbs local ancient folk magic, bringing a nameless child to their door who is intent on infiltrating their lives.
A group of young soldiers, fresh out of boot camp, find themselves stranded on a raft in the middle of the ocean after their ship is sunk by the enemy, and must battle for their lives against a giant hungry great white shark.
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