Hello. Second time of the night for an update via the clunky method of emailing from my iPhone. New Brit shocker A Lonely Place To Die is one of the highlights at this years Film4 FrightFest. More below...
Film4 FrightFest 2011 announces opening & closing night films.
The Guillermo del Toro produced creature creeper DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK is set to open this year's Film4 FrightFest. Starring Katie Holmes, Guy Pearce and directed by comic book artist Troy Nixey, this will be the film'sUK premiere ahead of a planned nationwide release in September, courtesy of Optimum Releasing.
Based on the 1973 US TV movie and bearing del Toro's distinctive touch of class, first-time director Nixey explores a demonic tooth fairy myth in a tense flight of terrifying fantasy orchestrated with stylish verve and stunning sound design that will rock the Empire cinemato its rafters.
Film4 FrightFest will close with theEuropean premiere of the harrowing and nerve-jangling British survival shocker A LONELY PLACE TO DIE, directed by Julian Gilbey andstarring Melissa George (pictured right). Set in the Scottish Highlands, a group of mountaineers discover a young Serbian girl buried alive in the wilderness. In their attempt to get the girl ro safety they become caught up in a terrifying game of cat and mouse.
Spencer Bright, CEO of UK distributor KaleidoscopeEntertainment, commented: "We are delighted to be chosen as the closing night's film at Frightfest this year. We've enjoyed a great relationship with the festival over the last three years and to have the final film at this year's festival - without doubt the biggest and best to date, it's a real honour".
A LONELY PLACE TO DIE will be released in UK cinemas from Sept 9.
Film4 FrightFest 2011, the UK's biggest genre film fest,runs from Thursday 25 August to Monday 29 August at the Empire Cinema, Leicester Square. The full line up will be announced on 1st July. Festival & day passes go on sale from 2nd July. Tickets for Individual films on sale from Ist August.
FrightFest was created in 2000 by film producer Paul McEvoy, journalist and broadcaster Alan Jones and film distributor/booker Ian Rattray. Greg Day, the festival's long standing PR, became a joint director in 2007. From its cult roots at the Prince Charles Cinema it has grown to become one of the genre's most vibrant, credible and recognisable brands, helping to launch the careers of directors such as Simon Rumley, Christopher Smith, Eli Roth, Neil Marshall and Simon Hunter. Apart from the annual 5-day event in London, FrightFest has a strand at the Glasgow Film Festival and hosts a Halloween all-night horrorthon. Dubbed "the Woodstock of Gore" by director Guillermo Del Toro, the festival has attracted sponsorship and media partnerships with such leading brands as Film4, Total Film Magazine, FIVE, Volkswagen, play.com, The Times, XFM, Atari. Ign.com, Soho House, The Horror Channel and Bizarre Magazine.
www.frightfest.co.uk
Monday 13 June 2011
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