Barbara
Crampton, Rick Wakeman, James Cosmo, Toyah Willcox, Neil Marshall and Bernard
Rose amongst dazzling array of guests set to re-animate FrightFest
Scream
Queen legend Barbara Crampton is Film4 FrightFest’s special guest
icon, appearing in no less than four films in this year’s line-up. She stars in
WE ARE STILL HERE, ROAD GAMES and SUN CHOKE plus makes a cameo
appearance in TALES OF HALLOWEEN. Not only will Barbara be introducing all her
films, she’ll also be talking about her amazing career during a special
interview event, hosted by Alan Jones, on Sun 30 Aug, 9.15pm.
She
said today: To say that I am overjoyed, excited and eager to attend FrightFest
as a guest is putting it mildly. This festival has been on my radar for some
time and to be included and have four films screening is a welcome nightmare
from which I hope never to wake”.
FrightFest
also celebrates the prolific and enduring artist Graham Humphreys, who will be
talking about his career designing posters in the DRAWING BLOOD event on Sun 30
Aug, 7pm. Another special event to look forward to is Film4’s own
Catherine Bray, who will be hosting a DIY FILMMAKING panel discussion on
Sun 30 Aug, 11.15am.
FrightFest
is also delighted to host British writer/director Bernard Rose. The director of
the highly acclaimed cult horrors PAPERHOUSE and CANDYMAN makes a triumphant
return to the fear forefront with his FRANKENSTEIN reboot.
There
will be a stellar line-up for both the opening and closing films. In attendance
for CHERRY TREE will be director David Keating and leading cast members Anna
Walton, Naomi Battrick, Sam Hazeldine, Patrick Gibson and Minnie Phipps. For
TALES OF HALLOWEEN there will be three of its directors – FrightFest veteran
Neil Marshall, Axelle Carolyn and Mike Mendez.
The eclectic mix of guests also includes AAAAAAAAH! debut director &
actor Steve Oram and his co-stars rock legend Toyah Willcox, Julian Rhind-Tutt,
Noel Fielding and Alice Lowe; Director Corin Hardy will be taking time out of
prepping his reboot of THE CROW to present THE HALLOW; director, and
‘Emmerdale’ soap opera legend, Dominic Brunt, will be there with his latest
thriller BAIT, alongside leading cast members Joanne Mitchell and Rula Lenska
and Paul Hyett will be introducing the world premiere of his creature feature
HOWL with cast members including Rosie Day and Ed Speelers. We also have HAWK
THE SLAYER director Terry Marcel with star Ray Charleson and composer Rick
Wakeman and for CAPTAIN KRONOS: VAMPIRE HUNTER, Brian Clemens sons, Sam and
George Clemens, will attend, alongside Hammer Horror legend Caroline Munro.
Directors
will be out in force this year. Joining us in the main screens are NINA FOREVER
directors Ben and Chris Blaine, CURVE director Iain Softley, ROAD GAMES
director Abner Pastoll, DEATHGASM director/writer Jason Lei Howden,
JERUZALEM directors Doran and Yoav Paz, NIGHT FARE director Julien Seri, SOME
KIND OF HATE director Adam Egypt Mortimer, THE DIABOLICAL director Alistair
Legrand and WE ARE STILL HERE director Ted Geoghegan.
Given
the expansion of the Discovery Strand it’s no surprise there are a record
number of directors supporting their films. These include SUMMER CAMP director
Alberto Marini, Director Valentin Javier Diment, who will be coming from
Argentina to present THE ROTTEN LINK and Nathan Ambrosioni, the 14-year-old
French director of HOSTILE, who, legally won’t be allowed to watch his own
movie.
Let’s
hear it too for directors Mark Murphy (AWAITING), Adam Levins (ESTRANGED), Russell
Freidenberg (WINDWALKERS), Liam Regan (BANJO) Jaron Henrie-McCrea (CURTAIN),
Benjamin J Cresciman (SUN CHOKE) Ruth Platt (THE LESSON) Eugene McGing (THE
UNFOLDING), April Mullen (FARHOPE TOWER), John Fallon (THE SHELTER) and Paul
Goodwin (FUTURE SHOCK! THE STORY OF 2000AD), who is attending alongside regular
FrightFest guest, producer Sean Hogan.
There’ll
be other familiar faces too…HANGMAN director Adam Mason is back, alongside MOST
LIKELY TO DIE director Anthony DiBlasi, NEVER LET GO director Howard Ford and
WORRY DOLLS director Padraig Reynolds.
The
stars of the films are here in their charismatic numbers (with more to be
confirmed) and include Diana Vickers (AWAITING), Abigail Hardingham and Cian
Barry (NINA FOREVER), Andrew Simpson (ROAD GAMES), James Cosmo, Amy Manson and
Nora-Jane Noone (ESTRANGED), J.LaRose and Castille Landon (WIND WALKERS),
Laurence R. Harvey and Dan Palmer (BANJO), Angela Dixon (NEVER LET GO), Robert
Hands, Evan Bendall, Martin Pryca and Michaela Prchalova (THE LESSON) and GODDESS
OF LOVE star, co-writer and producer Alexis Kendra.
Key
producers and writers attending include DEATHGASM producer Sarah Howden,
producers Junyoung Jang and Guillaume Benski (ROAD GAMES), producer Shaked
Berenson (JERUZALEM), WIND WALKERS producers Strath Hamilton, Marcy Hamilton,
Heather Rae and Dori Sperko, CURTAIN producer/co-writer Carys Edwards, III
producer Frank Ellrich, THE SHELTER Exec Producer Berge Garabedian and
CONTRACTED: PHASE 2 writer Craig Walendziak.
Festival
promo trailer: http://youtu.be/VVN7WRjOrVs
Single
tickets cost £13.25 and go on sale Sat 25 July at noon and will only
be available online at: https://live.advancedticketing.co.uk/k?v=frightfest
Screens
5, 6 & 7 will house the main event while the Discovery strands will play in
Screens 3 & 8. The Discovery at The Prince Charles cinema strand will
be in Screen 1.
For
full programme details go to: www.frightfest.co.uk
Follow: @film4frightfest @cloutcomcouk
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