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There were six European premières among the films at 2019's Grimmfest in Manchester, which had a focus on women in horror and opened with Abigail Blackmore's Tales From The Lodge.
The festival ran from 3 to 6 October.
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![Blood Vessel](/images/stills/b/blood_vessel_2019.jpg)
Somewhere in the North Atlantic, late 1945. A lift raft adrift at sea, and in it, the survivors of a torpedoed hospital ship: With no food, water, or shelter, all seems lost - until an abandoned German minesweeper drifts ominously towards them, giving them one last chance at survival.
![The Wretched](/images/stills/w/wretched_2019.jpg)
A defiant teenage boy, struggling with his parent's imminent divorce, faces off with a thousand year-old witch, who is living beneath the skin of and posing as the woman next door.
![1BR](/images/stills/0/1br_2019.jpg)
Terror in an apartment complex.
![The Shed](/images/stills/s/shed_2019.jpg)
Stan lives with his abusive grandfather and tries to protect his best friend from high school bullies. When he discovers a murderous creature has taken refuge inside his tool shed, he tries to battle the demon alone until his bullied friend discovers it and develops a far more sinister plan.
![Artik](/images/stills/a/artik_2019.jpg)
A comic book obsessed serial killer teaches his son how to get away with a series of brutal murders until the boy befriends a mysterious man who threatens to expose everything.
![Rabid](/images/stills/r/rabid_2019.jpg)
A remake of David Cronenberg's original, in which experimental plastic surgery leads to a sudden outbreak of disease.
![A Serial Killer's Guide To Life](/images/stills/s/serial_killers_guide_to_life_2019.jpg)
A frustrated thirtysomething woman stuck in a small seaside town meets a charismatic life coach who promises to transform her world with alternative therapy - and who is also a serial killer.
![Why Don't You Just Die](/images/stills/w/why_dont_you_just_die_2018.jpg)
A dark action comedy about a group of people brought together in the apartment of police detective Andrei: his resentful daughter, an angry thug and a cheated cop. Each one of them have a reason to want revenge.
![Harpoon](/images/stills/h/harpoon_2019.jpg)
Rivalries, dark secrets, and sexual tension emerge when three best friends find themselves stranded on a yacht in the middle of the ocean under suspicious circumstances.
![Satanic Panic](/images/stills/s/satanic_panic_2019.jpg)
A pizza delivery girl at the end of her financial rope has to fight for her life - and her tips - when her last order of the night turns out to be high society Satanists in need of a virgin sacrifice.
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