FrightFest 2015

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The Lesson The Lesson
The Lesson and The Nightmare
Aaaaaaaah! (Country: UK; Year: 2015; Director: Steve Oram; Writer: Steve Oram; Stars: Steve Oram, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Toyah Willcox, Noah Fielding, Julian Barratt)
Alpha Male Smith and his Beta, Keith, move to take over a local community. They hook up with restless Female, Denise, igniting a deadly feud in which emotions run high and deep-seated grudges resurface amongst the tribe. Are we not men?
Awaiting (Country: UK; Year: 2015; Director: Mark Murphy; Stars: Tony Curran, Diana Vickers, Rupert Hill, Peter Woodward, Adrian Bouchet)
Rescued by his psychotic kidnapper's innocent daughter, a travelling businessman finds himself trapped in a house full of secrets.
Bloodsucking Bosses (Bloodsucking Basards) (Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Brian James O'Connell; Writer: Dr. God, Ryan Mitts, Ryan Mitts; Stars: Fran Kranz, Emma Fitzpatrick, Joey Kern, Jacquelyn Palmquist, Pedro Pascal)
A vampire infestation in the office is the last thing our hard-pressed hero needs.
Estranged (Country: UK; Year: 2015; Director: Adam Levins; Writer: William Borthwick, Simon Fantauzzo; Stars: James Cosmo, Amy Manson, Nora-Jane Noone, James Lance, Craig Conway)
After an accident abroad leaves her amnesiac and dependent on a wheelchair, a woman needs help from a family she cannot remember, and gradually discovers why she left in the first place.
Future Shock! The Story Of 2000AD (Futureshock! 2000 AD) (Country: UK; Year: 2014; Director: Paul Goodwin; Stars: Dan Abnett, Geoff Barrow, Emma Beeby, Karen Berger, Lauren Beukes, David Bishop, Brian Bolland, Will Brooker, D'Israeli, Will Dennis, Andy Diggle, Ian Edginton, Gary Erskine, Carlos Ezquerra, Henry Flint)
Study of the British sci-fi comic's evolution.
These Final Hours These Final Hours
These Final Hours and Night Of The Living Deb
Goddess Of Love (Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Jon Knautz; Stars: Alexis Kendra, Monda Scott, Elizabeth Sandy, Woody Naismith, Ray Grady)
A jilted stripper gradually loses her mind.
The Hallow (The Woods) (Country: UK; Year: 2015; Director: Corin Hardy; Writer: Corin Hardy, Felipe Marino; Stars: Bojana Novakovic, Joseph Mawle, Michael Smiley, Michael McElhatton, Charlotte Williams)
When a visiting conservationist accidentally trespasses in an ancient wood, its denizens set their sights on his family.
Howl (Country: UK; Year: 2015; Director: Paul Hyett; Stars: Ed Speleers, Shauna Macdonald, Rosie Day, Sean Pertwee, Duncan Preston)
A young ticket collector finds himself responsible for passengers after the last train out of London hits something in the dark - and the driver who has gone to investigate fails to return.
The Lesson (Country: UK; Year: 2015; Director: Ruth Platt; Writer: Ruth Platt; Stars: Robert Hands, Evan Bendall, Michaela Prchalová, Rory Coltart, Joshua Wedge)
Two teenage wasters upset the wrong person.
Most Likely To Die (Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Anthony DiBlasi; Stars: Heather Morris, Ryan Doom, Perez Hilton, Chad Addison, Tess Christiansen)
Once popular high school students are slaughtered one by one at their ten year reunion.
Never Let Go Never Let Go
Never Let Go and The Hallow
Never Let Go (Country: UK; Year: 2015; Director: Howard J Ford; Writer: Howard J Ford; Stars: Angela Dixon, Rami Nasr, Nigel Whitmey, Lisa Eichhorn, Velibor Topic, Heather Peace, Sarah Perles, Sanita Simms, Glenn Salvage, Samantha Bolter, Michael Xavier)
A single mother on holiday in India faces murder charges when her daughter is kidnapped by traffickers.
The Nightmare (Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Rodney Ascher; Stars: Yatoya Toy, Siegfried Peters)
A documentary about the experiences of eight people who suffer from sleep paralysis.
Night Of The Living Deb (Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Kyle Rankin; Writer: Kyle Rankin, Andy Selsor; Stars: Maria Thayer, Michael Cassidy, Ray Wise, Chris Marquette, Julie Brister)
When an awkward girl wakes up with a pretty boy, she soon finds herself rejected - until he realises they're in the middle of a zombie apocalypse.
Over Your Dead Body (Year: 2014; Director: Takashi Miike; Stars: Ko Shibasaki, Ebizo Ichikawa, Miho Nakanishi, Hideaki Ito, Hitomi Katayama)
Jealousies swirl around a beautiful young theatre actress starring in a classic ghost story, with bloody consequences.
Pod (Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Mickey Keating; Stars: Lauren Ashley-Carter, Brian Morvant, Dean Cates, John Weselcouch, Larry Fessenden)
When two siblings take their mentally fragile brother for a holiday in a cabin in the woods, they meet a raving stranger who says the government are after him because of a secret military pod he's hidden in the cellar.
Aaaaaaaah! Aaaaaaaah!
Aaaaaaaah! and They Look Like People
Russell Friedenberg (Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Russell Friedenberg; Stars: Zane Holtz, Glen Powell, Kiowa Gordon, Philip Burke, Castille Landon)
A holidaying group of family and friends find themselves hunted in the Everglades.
Summer Camp (Country: Spain; Year: 2015; Director: Alberto Marini; Stars: Diego Boneta, Maiara Walsh, Jocelin Donahue, Andres Velencoso, Rick Zingale)
Four young Americans helping out at a European summer camp ind themselves in peril as a rage-inducing virus takes hold of their young charges.
Sun Choke (Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Ben Cresciman; Stars: Sarah Hagan, Barbara Crampton, Sara Malakul Lane, Evan Jones, Jim Boeven)
A young woman trying to recover from a violent psychotic break is subjected o a bizarre wellness regime.
These Final Hours (Country: Australia; Year: 2013; Director: Zak Hilditch; Writer: Zak Hilditch; Stars: Nathan Phillips, Angourie Rice, Sarah Snook, Jessica De Gouw, Daniel Henshall)
The world is about to end and a young man is heading to one last party when he encounters a young girl searching for her father.
They Look Like People (Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Perry Blackshear; Writer: Perry Blackshear; Stars: MacLeod Andrews, Evan Dumouchel, Margaret Ying Drake, Elena Greenlee, Mick Casale)
A man staying with a friend he hasn't seen for years receives a call, in the wee small hours, telling him to prepare for war, leave the city and beware of infection. Should he protect his friend from the impending apocalypse, or from himself?
Wind Walkers Wind Walkers
Wind Walkers and Future Shock! The Story Of 2000AD
Wind Walkers (Windwalkers) (Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Russell Friedenberg; Writer: Russell Friedenberg; Stars: Glen Powell, Phil Burke, Zane Holtz, Rudy Youngblood, Johnny Sequoyah, Castille Landon, Kiowa Gordon, J LaRose)
Friends returned from war run into trouble on a hunting trip in their local swamp. Have they fallen foul of an ancient curse?
Worry Dolls (Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Padraig Reynolds; Stars: Christopher Wiehl, Kym Jackson, Samantha Smith, Kennedy Brice, Tina Lifford.)
A detective battles to save his daughter's life as a dead serial killer's talismans, mistakenly sold as worry dolls, begin to drive their owners to murderous madness.
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