FrightFest is returning to Glasgow this year with a programme of new features and shorts which showcase the vibrant mix of talented filmmakers bursting onto the genre scene. The spooktacular event will take place from Thursday 6–Saturday 8 March and tickets are on sale now. 

Kicking off the festival will be Psyche, director Stephon Stewart ‘s follow-up to the well-received Bigfoot County. A sci-fi thriller with surreal overtones, it finds Mara (Sarah Ritter) embarking on a journey where nothing is as it seems, aid by a 1980s computer. 

Receiving world premieres this year are By The Throat, a story of trauma and recovery set in a country home; The Doom Busters, a horror sci-fi taking place at the dawn of the Second World War; and Hearts Of Darkness: The Making Of The Final Friday, which takes horror aficionados behind the scenes of the ninth entry in the Friday The 13th series.

They’ll be joined by films like House Of Ashes, The Last Sacrifice, A Mother’s Embrace, Rumplestiltskin and American Backyard, as well as a packed screening schedule of shorts. 

FrightFest co-director Alan Jones said, ‘There has never been a better time to be a fan of the horror, fantasy and science fiction genre and FrightFest, the UK’s biggest and most influential event, plays its vital part in spreading the communal message. This includes our residency at the Glasgow Film Festival, where the FrightFest audience is vibrant, welcoming and eager to embrace the dark unknown, and we absolutely love being a strand of such a truly interactive experience with the art of film’. 

Established in 2000, FrightFest began at London’s Prince Charles Cinema before expanding to host special events across the UK and joining forces with the Glasgow Film Festival to host a yearly event at the Glasgow Film Theatre. It has previously helped launch the careers of luminaries such as Simon Rumley, Christopher Smith, Eli Roth, Neil Marshall and Issa Lopez.

FrightFest, Glasgow Film Theatre, Thursday 6–Sunday 8 March.