FrightFest 2010
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and Red White & Blue
13 Hours (13Hrs) (Country: UK; Year: 2010; Director: Jonathan Glendening; Writer: Adam Phillips; Stars: Isabella Calthorpe, Tom Felton, Gemma Atkinson, Joshua Bowman, Gabriel Thomson, Peter Gadiot, Antony De Liseo, Sue Scadding, John Lynch, Cornelius Clarke, Simon MacCorkindale)
An isolated house proves a scary place to spend the night, when something nasty comes looking for prey.
Amer (Bitter) (Country: France, Belgium; Year: 2009; Director: Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani; Stars: Marie Bos, Delphine Brual, Harry Cleven, Bianca Maria D'Amato, Cassandra Forêt, Charlotte Eugène Guibeaud, Bernard Marbaix, Jean-Michel Vovk), Official Site
A surreal look at three stages of a woman's life, drawing heavily on the giallo tradition.
After.Life (Country: US; Year: 2009; Director: Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo; Writer: Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo, Paul Vosloo, Jakub Korolczuk; Stars: Christina Ricci, Liam Neeson, Justin Long, Chandler Canterbury, Josh Charles, Celia Weston, Shuler Hensley, Laurel Bryce, Laurie Cole, Mark Gerrard, Anna Kuchma, Malachy McCourt, Rosemary Murphy, Bill Perkins, Luz Alexandra Ramos), Official Site
When a woman wakes in a funeral parlour the owner tells her she's dead. She has other ideas.
Aliens Vs. Ninjas (Country: Japan; Year: 2010; Director: Seiji Chiba; Writer: Seiji Chiba; Stars: Mika Hijii, Shuuji Kashiwabara, Ben Hiura, Yûki Ogoe, Masanori Mimoto, Donpei Tsuchihira)
Does what it says on the tin.
Burning Bright (Country: US; Year: 2010; Director: Carlos Brooks; Writer: Christine Coyle Johnson and Julie Prendiville Roux, from a story by Christine Coyle Johnson, Julie Prendiville Roux and David Higgins; Stars: Briana Evigan, Charlie Tahan, Garret Dillahunt, Meatloaf, Preston Bailey, Mary Rachel Dudley, Peggy Sheffield)
Tiger terror.
Dead Cert Dead Cert
Dead Cert and Burning Bright
Cherry Tree Lane (Country: UK; Year: 2010; Director: Paul Andrew Williams; Writer: Paul Andrew Williams; Stars: Rachael Blake, Jennie Jacques, Tom Butcher, Sonny Muslim, Jumayn Hunter, Ashley Chin, Kieran Dooner, Corinne Douglas)
Urban horror about a culture-clash between an upper-crust couple, and trouble with local boys.
Christopher Roth (Country: Belgium, Italy; Year: 2010; Director: Maxime Alexandre; Writer: Maxime Alexandre; Stars: Joaquim de Almeida, Anna Galiena, Ben Gazzara, Nathalie Rapti Gomez, Francesco Guzzo, Inigo Placido, Jessica Bonanni), Official Site
A horror writer finds its hard to resist the 'thrill' of a real-life 'case' when his path crosses that of a serial killer.
The Clinic (Country: US; Year: 2010; Director: Nathaniel Neko Senpai Meador, Evan Helms; Writer: Evan Helms, Nathaniel Neko Senpai Meador; Stars: Leslie Luna Lilly Gray, Evan Helms, Randy Kilgore, Nathaniel Neko Senpai Meador)
An abducted pregnant woman is abducted and, after waking to find her baby has been removed, begins a deadly game of survival.
The Dead (Country: UK; Year: 2010; Director: Howard J Ford, Jonathan Ford; Writer: Howard J Ford, Jonathan Ford; Stars: Rob Freeman, Glenn Salvage, Dan Morgan, Benjamin James Elliot, Prince David Oseia, David Dontoh, Amir Moallemi, Nelson E. Ward, Ofuya Elias, Mark Loberg, Julia Scott-Russell, Basil Senior, John Reilly, Kerry Moallemi, Edward Bruce), Official Site
After a living-dead virus has struck most of the population a crash-landed pilot battles for survival.
Dead Cert (Country: UK; Year: 2010; Director: Steven Lawson; Writer: Ben Shillito, Steven Lawson, Nick Onsloe, Jonathan Sothcott, Garry Charles; Stars: Jason Flemyng, Dave Legeno, Danny Dyer, Dexter Fletcher, Billy Murray, Craig Fairbrass, Steven Berkoff, Andrew Tiernan, Janet Montgomery, Lucinda Rhodes-Flaherty, Perry Benson, Ian Virgo, Joe Egan, Ciaran Griffiths, Danny Midwinter)
London hard-men discover business has bite, after the businessmen who offer to buy their nightclub turn out to be vampires.
Cherry Tree Lane Cherry Tree Lane
Cherry Tree Lane and Monsters
Dream Home (Wai dor lei ah yut ho) (Country: Hong Kong; Year: 2010; Director: Pang Ho-Cheung; Writer: Pang Ho-Cheung, Kwok Cheung Tsang, Wan Chi-Man; Stars: Josie Ho, Eason Chan, Derek Tsang, Lawrence Chou, Juno Mak), Trailer
Trying to get your ideal home can be murder.
Eggshells (Country: US; Year: 1969; Director: Tobe Hooper; Writer: Tobe Hooper; Stars: Ron Barnhart, Pamela Craig, Allen Danziger, Sharon Danziger, Mahlon Foreman, Kim Henkel, Amy Lester, David Noll, Jim Schulman)
Hooper's first film is a celebration of peace and love as seen through a group of hippies sharing a house.
F (Country: UK; Year: 2010; Director: Johannes Roberts; Writer: Johannes Roberts; Stars: David Schofield, Eliza Bennett, Ruth Gemmell, Juliet Aubrey, Emma Cleasby, Finlay Robertson, Roxanne McKee, Tom Mannion, Max Fowler, Mike Burnside, Christopher Adamson, Jamie Kenna, Tina Barnes, Alexander Ellis, Ian Cullen), Trailer
School may be out for the day... but violence is in, as a group of hooded hooligans terrorises a school after hours.
Fan Boys (Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Kyle Newman; Stars: Sam Huntington, Kristen Bell, Dan Fogler, Chris Marquette, Jay Baruchel)
Star Wars fan boys aim for the ultimate badge of honour - stealing an early copy of Phantom Menace.
Finale (Country: US; Year: 2009; Director: John Michael Elfers; Writer: John Michael Elfers; Stars: Carolyn Hauck, Suthi Picotte, Elizabeth Holmes, Steven Nieport, James Johnson, Brad Barnes, Warren Bryson, Maria Jenkins, Domiziano Arcangeli, Regina Ashkinadze, Michelle Aston, Natasha Blasick, Geoff Burkman, Cream Cabahug, Shuo Chen), Official Site
A family descend into paranoia after their son's death is labelled a 'suicide'.
We Are What We Are We Are What We Are
We Are What We Are and Red Hill
Hatchet II (Country: US; Year: 2010; Director: Adam Green; Writer: Adam Green; Stars: Danielle Harris, Tony Todd, Kane Hodder, Tom Holland, R.A. Mihailoff, Parry Shen, AJ Bowen, Alexis Peters, Ed Ackerman, Colton Dunn, David Foy, Rick McCallum, John Carl Buechler, Erika Hamilton, Kathryn Fiore)
Victory Crowley sharpens his axe for a slasher sequel.
Higanjima: Escape From Vampire Island (Country: South Korea, Japan; Year: 2009; Director: Kim Tae-gyun; Writer: Kôji Matsumoto, Tetsuya Ôishi; Stars: Dai Watanabe, Asami Mizukawa, Kôji Yamamoto, Hideo Ishiguro, Miori Takimoto, Tomohisa Yuge), Official Site
A brother goes in search of his sibling to an island from which no one has returned.
Isle Of Dogs (Country: UK; Year: 2010; Director: Tammi Sutton; Writer: Sean Hogan; Stars: Barbara Nedeljakova, Edward Hogg, Andrew Howard, Gwilym Lee, Laura Pyper, Stuart McQuarrie, Del Synnott, Dennis Smith, Steff Edwards), Official Site
A small-time hood finds he must kill or be killed after crossing a gangland boss.
I Spit on Your Grave (Year: 2010; Director: Steven R Monroe; Stars: Daniel Franzese, Chad Lindberg, Tracey Walter, Sarah Butler, Jeff Branson, Andrew Howard, Rodney Eastman, Saxon Sharbino, Mollie Milligan, Amber Dawn Landrum), Official Site
Remake of the 1979 exploitation flick sees a city girl turn the tables on her red neck tormentors.
Kaboom (Country: US, France; Year: 2010; Director: Gregg Araki; Writer: Gregg Araki; Stars: Thomas Dekker, Juno Temple, Haley Bennett, Chris Zylka, Roxane Mesquida. Nicole LaLiberte), Official Site
Sexual awakening and conspiracy in southern California.
Dream Home Dream Home
Dream Home and F
The Last Exorcism (Country: US; Year: 2010; Director: Daniel Stamm; Writer: Huck Botko, Andrew Gurland; Stars: Patrick Fabian, Ashley Bell, Louis Herthum, Iris Bahr, Caleb Landry Jones, Tony Bentley, Becky Fly, Shanna Forrestall, Denise Lee, Logan Craig Reid, Cy Fahrenholtz, Geraldine Glenn, Cynthia LeBlanc, Elton LeBlanc, Ace LeBleu), Official Site, Trailer
An evangelical preacher sets out to debunk myths of exorcism with a documentary crew... only to be faced with the real deal.
The Loved Ones (Country: Australia; Year: 2009; Director: Sean Byrne; Writer: Sean Byrne; Stars: Xavier Samuel, Jessica McNamee, Richard Wilson, Victoria Thaine, Robin McLeavy, John Brumpton, Fred Whitlock, Eden Porter), Official Site
The father of teenager Lola will go to any lengths to get her the boy of her dreams... including kidnap and torture. Plus read our with Robin McLeavy.
Monsters (Country: UK; Year: 2010; Director: Gareth Edwards; Writer: Gareth Edwards; Stars: Whitney Able, Scoot McNairy)
A human/extra-terrestrial love story cum road movie.
Outcast (Country: UK, Ireland; Year: 2010; Director: Colm McCarthy; Writer: Colm McCarthy, Tom K. McCarthy, Tom McCarthy; Stars: Therese Bradley, Niall Bruton, Claire Catterson, James Cosmo, Kate Dickie, Christopher Downie, Karen Gillan, Andrew Martin, Sean McCarthy, Ciarán McMenamin, James Nesbitt, Daniel Porter, Hanna Stanbridge, Christine Tremarco, Wendy Wason)
Beasties, romance, black magic, comedy and horror - sounds like it's got it all!?
The Pack (La meute) (Country: France, Belgium; Year: 2010; Director: Franck Richard; Writer: Franck Richard; Stars: Yolande Moreau, Émilie Dequenne, Eric Godon, Philippe Nahon, Benjamin Biolay, Brice Fournier)
A woman finds herself caught up in ritual sacrifice.
The Loved Ones The Loved Ones
The Loved Ones and Kaboom
Primal (Country: Australia; Year: 2009; Director: Josh Reed; Writer: Nigel Christensen, Josh Reed; Stars: Krew Boylan, Ch'aska Cuba de Reed, Santiago Cuba de Reed, Lindsay Farris, Rebekah Foord, Damien Freeleagus, Stephen Shanahan, Wil Traval, Zoe Tuckwell-Smith), Official Site
Ozploitation film sees a camping trip go south after friends turn predatory.
Red Hill (Country: Australia; Year: 2010; Director: Patrick Hughes; Writer: Patrick Hughes; Stars: Ryan Kwanten, Steve Bisley, Tommy Lewis, Claire van der Boom, Christopher Davis, Kevin Harrington)
Life proves tough for a young police officer in a small town, as he begins to wonder if he'll make it through his first day alive.
Red White & Blue (Country: UK, US; Year: 2010; Director: Simon Rumley; Writer: Simon Rumley; Stars: Noah Taylor, Amanda Fuller, Marc Senter, Nick Ashy Holden, Patrick Crovo, Jon Michael Davis, Sally Jackson, Lauren Schneider, Julian Haddad, Kevin LaVoie, Pete O. Partida, Eryn Brooke, Mary Mathews, Matteson Claus, Laurie Foxx), Official Site
A damaged woman strikes up a tentative bond with an Iraq veteran in this psychological horror.
A Serbian Film (Srpski Film) (Country: Serbia; Year: 2009; Director: Srdjan Spasojevic; Writer: Aleksandar Radivojevic, Srdjan Spasojevic; Stars: Srdjan Todorovic, Sergej Trifunovic, Jelena Gavrilovic, Katarina Zutic, Slobodan Bestic, Ana Sakic, Lena Bogdanovic, Luka Mijatovic, Andjela Nenadovic, Nenad Herakovic, Carni Djeric, Miodrag Krcmarik,Lidija Pletl, Tanja Divnic, Marina Savic)
Controversial film about a porn star's descent into depravity.
The Tortured (Country: US, Canada; Year: 2010; Director: Robert Lieberman; Writer: Marek Posival; Stars: Erika Christensen, Jesse Metcalfe, Bill Moseley, Chelah Horsdal, Aaron Pearl, Viv Leacock, Yee Jee Tso, Fulvio Cecere, Stephen Park, Samantha Gutstadt, Bill Lippincott, Jessie Rusu, Kurt Max Runte, Sheila Shah, Alfonso Quijada)
After their only child is kidnapped and killed a couple become obssessed with seeking justice the tough way.
The Last Exorcism The Last Exorcism
The Last Exorcism and A Serbian Film
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre) (Country: US; Year: 1974; Director: Tobe Hooper; Writer: Tobe Hooper, Kim Henkel; Stars: Marilyn Burns, Gunnar Hansen, Paul A Partain, Allen Danziger, Edwin Neal, William Vail, Terri McMinn, Jim Siedow)
A tragedy that befalls five youths in the Texas outback takes horror to a new dimension.
Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship And Video Tape (Year: 2010; Director: Jake West)
Documentary charting the history of "video nasties".
We Are What We Are (Somos lo que hay) (Country: Mexico; Year: 2010; Director: Jorge Michel Grau; Writer: Jorge Michel Grau; Stars: Francisco Barreiro, Alan Chávez, Paulina Gaitan, Carmen Beato, Jorge Zárate, Esteban Soberanes, Humberto Yáñez), Official Site
A sinister family face tough times after their "breadwinner" dies.
Wound (Year: 2010; Director: David Blyth; Stars: Kate O'Rourke, Sandy Lowe, Brendan Gregory, Maggie Tarver, Omar Al-Sobky, Andy Sophocleous, Te Kaea Beri, Campbell Cooley, Ian Mune)
Tale of possession and obsession, involving retribution from beyond the grave.
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