FrightFest Glasgow 2023 Line Up Promises To Be ‘Malevolent’

2022 witness the film festival circuit return to some form of normality. After ‘coming home’ in 2022  FrightFest Glasgow will be bring it’s cold dark heart back to Glasgow in March. Today FrightFesters learn what devilish and dread filled delights await them with 2023 line up. A line up that promises to be full of atmosphere and malevolence.

Returning for a 18th year to Scotland’s largest city and to the iconic Glasgow Film Theatre, GFT. 13 maybe unlucky for some but for those heading to the fest will be treated to 13 films over 3 days. From 9 countries around the world with a genre fest mix of World, International and UK premieres.

The Thursday before the traditional 2 day weekender has now become part of the FrightFest folklore. Kicking off this year not just one pre-fest treat but two that will be gory and gross-out hilarious.

First of the two special screenings will be absurd in the grand Gallic style with the UK premiere of Smoking Causes Coughing.Jalmari Helander nerve-shredding and spectacularly gory WW2 action epic Sisu.

Friday 10th March the traditional proceedings kick-off with the international premiere of Travis Bible‘s found footage comedy horror #chadgetstheaxe. Will you enter the haunted ‘Devil’s Manor’? Then we travel into an ancient mythological world for the UK premiere of Irati. The latest dark Spanish epic adventure from Paul Urkijo Alijo (Errementari).

The UK premiere of Marie Alice Wolfszahn‘s Mother Superior will be next up. This stylish feature film debut is a brooding occult chiller with the evils of nationalism rippling beneath the surface. 2022 we’ve been hearing about Winnie The Pooh horror and that film Winnie The Pooh: Blood And Honey will make it’s UK Premiere. Rhys Frake-Waterfield’s debut slasher parody takes us on a journey into Hundred Acre Wood as you’ve never seen it before. Friday evening climaxes with the UK Premiere of Pensive, director Jonas Trukanas’ inventively gripping horror ride into the prom night from hell.

The final day’s malevolent menu starts with Ryan Thiessen and Greg Swinson intensely violent thriller Hunt Her, Kill Her, which uses time and space to maximize suspense. Another international premiere is up next with Andrew Bowser ‘s wild comic ride Onyx The Fortuitous And The Talisman Of Souls. Bowser also stars in the film based on his viral internet character which is a joyful celebration of weirdos of all kinds.

Things will be demonic in the European premiere of Christopher Smith’s (Severance) Consecration. We find ourselves at a mysterious Scottish convent exploring the dark recesses of the mind. Smith’s graphic and psychologically disturbing supernatural thriller stars Jena Malone, Danny Huston and Janet Suzman.

The night opens with the World premiere of and Matthias Hoene’s atmospheric thriller Little Bone Lodge,  this highly effective bone-chiller stars Joely Richardson. Things will then get campy and splatter happy with the premiere of Daniel Turres‘ tongue in cheek horror comedy Here For Blood. The film stars Shawn Roberts and promises high body-count as the blood rains down.

All things must come to an end with the International premiere of 13 Exorcisms. Inspired by recent events in Spain, where it was a box-office smash, this supernatural chiller hits home with relentless suspense and skin-crawling horror.

Festival co-director Alan Jones commented, “FrightFest is one of the most potent forces on the horror, science fiction and extreme thriller landscape, a reputation that has firmly placed it in the Top 10 Essential Fantasy Festivals List. And we aim to stay ahead of the chiller curve, returning to the incomparable Glasgow Film Festival with a shiver and shudder showcase of epic proportions”.

FrightFest Weekend es are £75 and available from noon on Wednesday 18th January.  es will be exchanged for ission wristbands, which must be worn at all times to access all FrightFest films on Friday 10th March and Saturday 1th March ONLY.

Tickets for SMOKING CAUSES COUGHING and SISU, plus individual tickets for the Fri/Sat films are on sale Monday 30th January, from noon. Price: £11.50 / £9.30 (concessions)

You can book your tickets and es, three ways – Online at www.glasgowfilm.org/festival, Telephone: 0141 332 6535 (£1.50 fee per transaction, voice-mail available during peak business periods. Or in person from Glasgow Film Theatre, 12 Rose Street, Glasgow G3 6RB during normal box office hours – Friday & Sunday to Thursday from 12:00 to 15 Minutes after the last performance starts. Saturday from 11am to 15 minutes after the last performance starts.

2023 Arrow  FrightFest Glasgow will take place  between 9th and 11th March.