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Film4 Frightfest is back with another selection of films to send shivers down your spine. Held at the Vue West End cinema in London's Leicester Square, it's the biggest event on the UK's horror film calendar. This year guests include Robert Englund, Maika Monroe and the legendary Alan Moore, plus there's the usual line-up of eagerly anticipated premières, much loved classics and curious obscurities onscreen. Attendees can also expect competitions, giveaways and more.
Film4 Frightfest runs from 21 to 25 August.
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Young Australians setting out to disprove an urban legend find themselves caught up in a different supernatural horror.

A group of travellers captured by outlaws face a bigger threat - a creature known by natives as a skinwalker.

Young tourists who visit an abandoned fort once used by the Nazis encounter a seductive and deadly mythical creature.

A documentary exploring the zombie genre.

Three college students disappear under mysterious circumstances while tracking a computer hacker through the Southwest.

A young police officer is drawn into a mysterious maniac's murderous plans.

Documentarians exploring monster art meet a man who claims the monsters are real - and that he knows where to find them.

A retirement community is threatened by werewolves.

A gang of cheerleaders embark on a supernatural path of vengeance.

A lazy small town policeman becomes a lycanthropic crime fighting hero when the moon is full.
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Filming sensations Mathieu Amalric on Pierre Léon, Jeanne Balibar and the sounds and colours of Barbara
Character arc Seth A Smith on filming with a two-year-old and bringing marbling to life in The Crescent
Keeping up appearances Marcello Martinessi on cultural conservatism and filmmaking honesty in The Heiresses
A different space Kelly Macdonald on working with Marc Turtletaub on Puzzle
Out of the past Susanna Nicchiarelli on Trine Dyrholm and the costume design in Nico, 1988
The iconic man Jonathan Baker on Becoming Iconic and Inconceivable
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