Grimmfest 2015: Full Lineup Announced Including The Hallow, Bloodsucking Bastards, Turbo Kid, Hellions, and Lots More!
Grimmfest, the UK festival of horror, cult, and fantastic film in Manchester, is back; and its 2015 lineup is bigger, bolder, and bloodier than ever before. Read on for all the details!
From the Press Release:
During the first four days of October, Grimmfest will be celebrating its seventh shocking year by screening in Manchester on one of the largest screens in the Odeon’s Northern Flagship venue at The Printworks to unleash their latest and greatest lineup of dark, dangerous, wild, weird, witty, thrilling, chilling, blood-spilling movies, every one of them a premiere of one kind or another.
Highlights include:
Gala Opening Night
The North West Premiere of nerve-racking rural shocker THE HALLOW opens the festival, with special guests director Corin Hardy (who secured directorial duties on the upcoming Crow reboot on the strength of this movie) and star Joseph Mawle (“Game of Thrones,” “Sense8,” Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter).
Next up is the Northern Showcase, at which SFX maestro Shaune Harrison (World War Z, Avengers: Age of Ultron) presents the world premiere of his directorial debut, THE BOX, with the film’s star, Dominic Brunt. This will kick off a selection of the best, most bone-chilling, boundary-pushing films from the North. Rounding off the evening, the regional premiere of savagely funny splatter-satire BLOODSUCKING BASTARDS, starring Fran Kranz (The Cabin in the Woods, Dollhouse) and Pedro Pascal (“Game of Thrones,” “Narcos”).
World Premiere
This year’s closing night film will be the World Premiere of the visually stunning, conceptually-challenging tale of a sub-atomic struggle for the subconscious: DXM. Director Andrew Goth (Gallowwalkers) brings us his Sam Neill-starring explosive, head-spinning fusion of theology, quantum physics, science fiction, and martial arts action that made DXM one of the must-see genre films at Cannes this year. This world premiere screening is guaranteed to bring the festival to a suitably epic conclusion with the director and members of the cast in attendance.
European Premiere
Grimmfest are excited to present the European Premiere of ANTISOCIAL 2, a tale of social media gone rogue and sequel to one of the hits of Grimmfest 2013.
UK Premieres
Punk legend Henry Rollins stars in bar-hopping, biblical vampire vigilante epic HE NEVER DIED; there’s Blade Runner-style cyberpunk noir in the reality-bending SYNCHRONICITY; feminist body-image horror in the queasily satiric EXCESS FLESH, which recently left audiences reeling at the SXSW Festival in Texas; amnesia, loss of self, and love against the odds in viral possession movie THE HIVE; and three Teutonic tales of terror in the portmanteau GERMAN ANGST, featuring the latest harrowing short from the infamous Jorg Buttgereit, director of Nekromantik.
New UK and Irish Movies
Paul Hyett’s gripping werewolves on a train shocker HOWL and David Keating’s eerie rural witchcraft chiller CHERRY TREE both receive their North West Premieres, and cast and crew will be in attendance for both films.
Documentary
THE NIGHTMARE, Rodney Ascher’s chilling follow-up to the acclaimed Stanley Kubrick documentary Room 237, is an exploration of the terrifying phenomenon of sleep paralysis. Steven Paytner, one of the subjects of the film, will be in attendance.
Festival Hits
As ever, Grimmfest offers a chance to catch the very best genre films taking the festival circuit by storm; this year, the mood is decidedly retro. There’s 80s-style post-apocalyptic action in the riotous Mad Max/BMX Bandits mash-up TURBO KID, old-school Lucio Fulci style ghosts and gore in WE ARE STILL HERE, and head-banging heavy metal hellishness in DEATHGASM.
Halloween Horror
In honour of the season, Northern Premieres of HELLIONS, Bruce McDonald’s horrifying hallucinogenic follow-up to Pontypool, and TALES OF HALLOWEEN, an all-star talent anthology that is destined to become a seasonal classic.
Classic Horror
The schedule is so stuffed with premieres that there is only space for a couple of genre classics this year. Grimmfest favourite HELLRAISER celebrates its imminent remastered release from Arrow, and in tribute to the late great Wes Craven there will be a charity screening of SCREAM.
Short Sharp Shocks
As ever, the shorts programme has something for everyone, a plethora of premieres, everything from Johnny Vegas to Stephen King…
Gaming Area and Festival Hub
This year Grimmfest will be hosting a special gaming area where fans get the chance to play a multitude of horror-influenced games from the Eighties through to the present day, including a VR setup, multiplayer, and brand new games from local developers.
Grimmfest runs 1st-4th October at Odeon Printworks, Manchester, UK. Full festival passes and day tickets are now on sale from grimmfest.com.
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