Taking place from Thursday 6th March to Saturday 8th March, one of the UK’s most popular horror film festivals will once again be returning to the Scottish city of Glasgow and bringing along with it plenty of frights and delights in the form of 11 feature films and the ever-popular short film showcase.
Kicking off on the evening of Thursday 6th March will be the science-fiction centric Psyche from director Stephon Stewart. Trapped in limbo during a near death experience, Sarah Ritter stars as Mara who, after discovering a vintage 1980s computer, enlists its help to figure out the meaning of life.
The Friday of the festival sees the international premiere of Izzy Lee’s House of Ashes. Mia is a woman under house arrest and at the same time is coming to terms with the mysterious death of her husband. Despite not being able to leave her house, Mia realises her life is in danger when she contends with terrifying phenomena. The documentary The Last Sacrifice will follow from director Rupert Russell with its UK premiere, exploring the shocking real-life witchcraft killing of Charles Walton in 1945 which would go on to inspire the 1973 British folk-horror classic The Wicker Man. The world premiere of By The Throat, directed by David Luke Rees, sees Patricia Allison star as Lizzy, a newly employed housekeeper hoping for distraction from a near fatal tragedy. When Lizzy begins to experience hallucinations and nightmares, she realises evil outside forces may be at work. Taking FrightFest audiences into Friday evening will be the world premiere of alien invasion horror The Doom Busters, directed by Jack Lawrence McHenry, which depicts a bored Home Guard, Arthur, in 1940s Britain who wishes for the adventure of the frontline in the impending war. However, the mantra be careful what you wish for comes into play when an intergalactic invader crashes and Arthur must fight for the fate of the world. Closing Friday is the European premiere of Pedro Kos’ In Our Blood, which sees documentary filmmaker Emily attempt to reconcile with the ghosts of her past by attempting contact with her addict mother.
Saturday morning sees the Brazilian psychological horror A Mother’s Embrace make its UK premiere. Directed by Cristian Ponce, the film portrays emergency services worker Ana and her team attempt to help vacate an old people’s home amongst impending floods, but find much more sinister encounters within the walls of the abode. This is followed by the FRIGHTFEST Short Film Showcase containing seven shorts of various themes both of UK and international origin. Taking audiences through a never-before-seen look at the making of the ninth film in the Friday the 13th franchise is documentary Hearts of Darkness: The Making of the Final Friday from director Michael Flesher before The American Backyard brings audiences into the evening. Directed by cult shocker Pupi Avati, this thriller portrays a troubled man who moves next door to the object of his affections, who in turn has mysteriously disappeared. Paul Boyd’s Scared To Death starring horror icon Lin Shaye sees a horror film production team go in search of authenticity by holding a séance in an abandoned children’s home. The unsuspecting crew soon fall victim to not only the ghosts of the children, but also to something much more sinister.
Closing FRIGHTFEST GLASGOW 2025 is the horror adaptation of children’s fairy tale Rumplestiltskin. Directed by Andy Edwards and having its world premiere, the film sees a young woman promise a deceptive imp her firstborn if he helps her complete tasks set by a King. When she forgoes her end of the bargain, the imp makes a deal with the devil bringing about bloody and nasty consequences.
FRIGHTFEST GLASGOW is held as a strand of GLASGOW FILM FESTIVAL and is held at Glasgow Film Theatre on Rose Street on the 6th, 7th and 8th March. Full lineup and tickets are available here.
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