The British Horror Film Festival – held on 18th and 19th October – is an annual celebration of British filmmaking with an obvious focus on horror! The festival showcases mainly shorts but also new features. This year’s event is being held at the Empire cinema, in London’s Leicester Square, culminates in a number of awards and is being sponsored by Haunted Digital Magazine: After Dark. Tickets can be bought at the official website
The features being shown this year are Henri Li’s Fortune Cookie Prophecies, In the House of Flies (starring Henry Rollins) and Entity.
The shorts are:
Spira by Jon James Smith - This psychological horror thriller follows Eric, a psychologist appointed to determine the mental state of a dangerous psychiatric resident. As their sessions develop, Eric falls into an unsettling world of mental and physical disarray.
Tumbling After by Nicholas Humphries - Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water. Jack fell down and broke his crown, but Jill would not tumble after…A dark, disturbing take on the popular nursery rhyme Jack and Jill.
Left Hand Billy in the Second Solution by Gabriele Zuccarini - n a dusty Arizona motel, Pete awaits Bokor priest ‘Left Hand’ Billy who holds a dark, magical answer to his terrible problem. Voodoo, tequila and undying love collide with violent consequences in this twisted tale.
82 by Calum Macdiarmid - A postman lets us into his dark world in quiet suburbia.
Honeymoon Suite by Zao Wang - A hotel manager in Beijing, China must tame an American guest who may not even be human…
The Meeting by Karen Lam - In a weekly church meet-up, four serial killers confess their darkest sins, hoping to cure themselves of their homocidal tendencies. When pretty blonde Harriet joins them, the men are torn between wanting her to stay and claiming her as another victim. But then Harriet reveals her darkest secret…
Moment of Clarity by James Fisher - A contemporary thriller about a man who wakes up after a night out, not knowing where he is, who he’s laying next to and what dangers lurk in the room.
Belly of the Wolf by Mark Fisher – Tells the story of a young boy, Daniel Parker, who finds himself wandering alone on an old, abandoned army airbase. When Daniel stumbles across a blood stained jacket it triggers a chain of events he could never have imagined.
Dia De Los Muertos by Gigi Saul Guerrero - In a run down strip club in Northern Mexico, a group of abused women are forced together under the command of Madame Dona Luz. On the celebratory night of ‘Dia de Los Muertos’ the strip club welcome all men who enter. Unbeknownst that this is no ordinary club, the men face much more than a show…
Vengeance Rhythym by Christopher Ullens – The story of a very, very angry teddy bear.
Sleep Now in the Fire by Sean Pollaro & Elliot Pollaro - Based in the 1940s, an American soldier is forced to face his own nightmare.
Happy Birthday Mr. Zombie by David Leclercq - Mr. Zombie comes back home after a hard day’s work. He opens the door, the light goes on and…surprise!
Lonely Hearts by Leon Chambers - Serial killer Henrik may have found a kindred spirit. But the course of true crime never did run smooth.
Decapoda Shock by Javier Chillon – An astronaut returns to Earth after an accident on a different planet. When he discovers he has been the victim of a sinister plot, he decides to take revenge on those responsible.
Lot 254 by Toby Meakins - A collector repairs a vintage cine camera unlocking the hidden terror of Lot 254.
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