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GRIMMFEST 2020 – FULL LINE UP AND GUESTS ANNOUNCED


The Grimmfest Online Edition will present over 20 feature film premieres, two short

film showcases, Q&As, seminars, an exclusive audience with one of the genre's

foremost movers and shakers, the inimitable Mick Garris (MASTERS OF HORROR,

STEPHEN KING’S THE STAND), and extra exclusive content for full pass holders;

across five days in early October (7 th - 11th Oct).

The festival will open with the European premiere of John Hyams' harrowing

psychological thriller, ALONE, featuring a powerhouse performance from Jules

Willcox as a grieving widow who finds herself caught up in a savage game of cat and

mouse with Marc Menchaca's ruthless and relentless misogynous psychopath.

A focus on iconic female horror stars will feature Adrienne Barbeau (THE FOG)

confronting a Faustian pact with a fracking company in the European Premiere of

UNEARTH. Grimmfest favourite Pollyanna MacIntosh (THE WALKING DEAD) revs

up for the European premiere of girl-gang biker revenge flick REVENGE RIDE and,

34 years after TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 2, Caroline Williams returns to

Stretch's midnight DJ slot for the European Premiere of vampire flick TEN MINUTES

TO MIDNIGHT and writer-director Brea Grant and actress Angela Bettis team up for

the blisteringly brutal hospital-based black comedy 12 HOUR SHIFT. There’s also

Fiona Dourif as a troubled psychic facing malevolent Malaysian mysticism and her

own dark past, in the World premiere of haunted house shocker, THE MEDIUM.


There's more female-centred horror, as a wheelchair-bound woman finds herself

trapped in an isolated house with a rabid dog, in the tense and claustrophobic

ROPES, and an alienated young housewife begins to fear she's a malfunctioning

android in the icy I AM REN, both UK Premieres.

Elsewhere, and in direct contrast, Grimmfest present a trio of films exploring the

darker side of masculinity. Paranoid jealousy leads to total meltdown, as a

commitment-phobic schlub and his long-suffering girlfriend return to his family home

only to encounter a bizarrely obsessive boyhood friend in the UK Premiere of the

darkly comic IT CUTS DEEP. A desperate need for friendship leads an alienated

middle-aged loner into an increasingly disturbing relationship with a VHS tape, in the

European premiere of the unsettling RENT-A-PAL; while a laconic bar-room shaggy

dog story escalates into a gory and claustrophobic Noir nightmare, in the UK

premiere of THE OAK ROOM, from Grimmfest favourites Cody Calahan and Chad

Archibald.


Grimmfest continues to champion independent voices in horror, with a selection of

soon-to-be cult classics. Chad Ferrin screened at the very first Grimmfest, so

Grimmfest are pleased to be welcoming him back with the European Premiere of the

genre savvy H.P. LOVECRAFT’S THE DEEP ONES, a mischievous fusion of

Lovecraft and Ira Levin, by way of Corman and Charles Band. FATAL ATTRACTION

meets THE BLOB as misogynous sexual mores encounter old school EC Comics

style poetic justice in the World premiere of B. Harrison Smith’s THE SPECIAL.

There's a night on the town you'll never forget, in the UK premiere of synapsis-

sizzling South African psychedelic drug-trip alien possession movie, FRIED BARRY.

Body jacking parasites disrupt a polite dinner party with gory consequences in the

European premiere of outrageous black comedy AN IDEAL HOST. THE BIG CHILL

meets BATTLE ROYALE as a college camping trip turns into a fight for survival in

TRIGGERED. And an African American family on the run collides with cannibal

Klansmen in the World premiere of DEATH RANCH, Charlie Steeds' delirious tribute

to Seventies grindhouse and blaxploitation cinema.

Seventies cult cinema is evoked, too, in the UK premiere of URUBU, Alejandro

Ibáñez Nauta's homage to his own father, Spanish genre legend Narciso Ibáñez

Serrador, whose most famous and notorious film, COULD YOU KILL A CHILD? is

ruthlessly reimagined for a new generation.

Nimbly surfing the wave of retro-80s nostalgia, the World premiere of THEY REACH,

pays pitch-perfect homage to the US teen-orientated genre cinema we all grew up

with, while the UK premiere of THE UNHEALER offers a more contemporary take on

the high school horror film, and some fine supporting roles for Lance Henriksen and

Natasha Henstridge.

The Online format has also opened up possibilities for additional programmes, so

Grimmfest are taking advantage of our newfound scheduling flexibility to add some

additional, exclusive content that will only be available to full festival pass holders.

Features include a ruminative reimagining of the old school “demon child” movie in

the UK premiere of emotionally devastating STRAY. A timely documentary

celebration of what binds us together as a community, in THE HORROR CROWD.

Tables are turned to terrifying effect, in the UK premiere of the visceral and

confrontational ANONYMOUS ANIMALS. Long form shorts include the UK premiere

of BLUE & MALONE in which a weary journalist has an eye-opening encounter with

her own past, there's an encounter with the in-laws from hell in the UK premiere of

PATRICK IS OUTSIDE, and we've squirm-inducing body horror in the stomach-

churning HUNGRY JOE and the utterly nightmarish THE ALTRUIST, which receives

its UK Premiere.

Grimmfest will also host an exclusive panel on Iconic Women in Horror, featuring

some of the stars of this year's selected films, talking about their careers. Guests are

already lining up for Grimmfest 2020. Lance Henriksen (ALIENS), Pollyanna

McIntosh (THE WALKING DEAD), Caroline Williams (TEXAS CHAINSAW


MASSACRE 2) and Adriene Barbeau (THE FOG) will all join us for Q&As, with many

more yet to be confirmed.

Grimmfest 2020 will also host two short programmes packed full of premiere

screenings. Details will be announced soon.

Steve Balshaw, chief programmer, said: "It's been a challenging process translating

the Grimmfest experience into an online festival, that people can enjoy from the

safety of their own home, but we're truly proud of this year's line-up. We've secured

some fantastic feature and short film premieres, and we'll also have guests galore

joining us via live linkups for Q&As and seminars”.

Simeon Halligan, festival director said: “We can’t wait to unleash this wonderful

selection of movies on Grimmfest fans. Online, at home, but together in spirit. We

hope everyone joins in, watches all the films and connects with all the amazing film

makers. This year, you won’t be able to chat to them at the bar, but you can ask

them questions as part of our ‘Live’ online Q&As. So, grab your popcorn and settle

down at home, for five ‘full on’ days of brilliant movie premieres. It’s gonna be a

blast!”

Grimmfest 2020 full festival ‘Online’ passes are available now, from

www.grimmfest.com

 
 
 

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