8TH AUGUST 2024
PIGEON SHRINE FRIGHTFEST ANNOUNCES 2024 SHORT FILM SHOWCASES
FrightFest has presented the best in global genre short film since 2004, and this year’s selection is as bold, diverse and exceptional as ever. From established filmmakers such as Brea Grant, Adam Mason, Zach Parker, Colin Minihan and Jackson Stewart to aspiring debutants, this year’s selection, screened at the ODEON Luxe West End, unleashes the latest genre gems from across the world and includes fourteen World Premieres.
This year’s three showcase line-ups feature a range of International Premieres, including the World Premiere of OPEN YOUR EYES, directed by Samantha Scaffidi, who portrays Victoria Heyes in the Terrifier films. Other US highlights are Colin Minihan’s surreal VFX-inspired TRIP, animation horror VHX, eye-popping horror rom-com HIDE YOUR CRAZY, the twisted, Giallo-inspired BATH BOMB, the atmospheric SHADOW, from Lebanese American filmmaker Kamell Allaway and SKETCH, a creepy, Babadookian romp.
From Germany comes a manipulative love story, FOREVER YOURS; from France, we have the immersive, visually stunning THE COST OF FLESH and GAME OVER, where words can definitely kill. Finally, from Denmark is FOMO/ARMAGEDDON, where family illness and neglect lead to a moving, apocalyptic conclusion.
The UK is represented with twenty-two entries, including the World Premiere of THE AWAKENING, starring Line of Duty actor Daniel Mays. Three returning directors this year are David Yorke, with the World Premiere of SAFE; Tony Hipwell, with the World Premiere of BODY WORN VIDEO; and John Ferrer, with two entries this year—THE MILK SITUATION and 1 STAR REVIEW.
Other highlights are BREAKFAST, the scariest meal of the day; DELIVERANCE, where fast food can be your salvation; OFF CUTS, where fear will eat you, and loneliness kills in the DEAD OF NIGHT. Then there’s the horror of DIY dentistry in THE VAMPIRE THEORY, folk horror mockumentary END OF DAYS, stalker chiller YELLOWMEADS, the sexually charged SKEWERED, and the wrong late-night spirits are served in NYCTOPHOBIA.
Other terror tales include CAKES! where one slice is never enough, the malevolent UNRAVELLING, the delirious, dialogue-free CLUBHAMMER, the poetically subversive THE WEDDING VEIL OF THE PROUD PRINCESS, surreal fantasy PUNCH, demonic love-story IT’S REALLY YOU, the unnerving ROAD AHEAD CLOSED. And, finally, be careful what you fish for in WHAT A CATCH.