Burning Bright Burning Bright

Notching up its 11th year as the UK's leading horror and fantasy film festival, this year's FrightFest will run from August 26 to 30.

View Complete Schedule

View previous years coverage of the FrightFest festival:

Box office and information

Frightfest Latest Reviews

Red White & Blue
Red White & Blue
A damaged woman strikes up a tentative bond with an Iraq veteran in this psychological horror.
The Pack
The Pack
A woman finds herself caught up in ritual sacrifice.
Kaboom
Kaboom
Sexual awakening and conspiracy in southern California.
Amer
Amer
A surreal look at three stages of a woman's life, drawing heavily on the giallo tradition.
Dream Home
Dream Home
Trying to get your ideal home can be murder.
We Are What We Are
We Are What We Are
A sinister family face tough times after their "breadwinner" dies.
A Serbian Film
A Serbian Film
Controversial film about a porn star's descent into depravity.
F
F
School may be out for the day... but violence is in, as a group of hooded hooligans terrorises a school after hours.
Dead Cert
Dead Cert
London hard-men discover business has bite, after the businessmen who offer to buy their nightclub turn out to be vampires.
The Last Exorcism
The Last Exorcism
An evangelical preacher sets out to debunk myths of exorcism with a documentary crew... only to be faced with the real deal.
A-Z of FrightFest 2010 reviews >>>

FrightFest Features

The road to Cherry Tree Lane
Director Paul Andrew Williams reveals his motivations for his latest urban chiller.
A bloody good time at FrightFest
This year's horror showcase proves a killer.
Surviving the Film4 FrightFest 2010
Tips and recommendations for London's annual horror extravaganza

FrightFest News

A Serbian Film dropped from FrightFest
Organisers refuse to screen 'heavily cut' version of controversial horror.
News

59th New York Film Festival early bird highlights Futura, Jane By Charlotte, James Baldwin: From Another Place and The Velvet Underground

More news and features

Playing Now

Eye For Film continues to support festivals both locally and across the world. At the moment, we're covering:

Human Rights Watch Film Festival
Showcase of films with a humanitarian focus

Flare

South by Southwest

New York's Rendez-Vous With French Cinema
Celebration of Gallic cinema

Glasgow Film Festival
The 20th anniversary edition of Scotland's liveliest film festival

In the Archive


Archive of festival coverage.

Daily diary and reviews from 2005-2018.

Coverage of the lynchpin German festival.