2016 will mark the seventeenth year of ‘the dark heart of cinema’, aka Frightfest, and the team are celebrating in style by expanding again once more. The last two year’s saw the venue switch from the Empire Leicester Square to Vue Leicester Square, but now the festival will move out to Shepherd’s Bush
The move in location will allow the event to expand to a level that it hasn’t been able to before as it takes over all twelve screens at the Vue Shepherd’s Bush. That’s right, a whole twelve screens of the best and brightest in genre films. Frightfest will run from August 25th through to the 29th, once again providing the perfect respite from the inevitable gloomy Bank Holiday weather.
FrightFest co-director Ian Rattray had the following to say about the relocation:
“After much consideration, and in consultation with the Vue Management, we decided the 12-auditoria establishment in Shepherd’s Bush would not only fit our demanding bill, but give us a whole new raft of exciting opportunities to expand all the core FrightFest entertainment values. Our continuing, collaborative partnership with Vue means that FrightFest can grow and continue to offer film-goers a unique cinematic experience”.
In addition to the annual festival, the organisation partnered with Icon Film Distribution last October to bring the new digital platform, Frightfest Presents to the masses (read our reviews here).
This year’s schedule won’t be revealed until late June, but with so many extra screens its likely to surpass last year’s 76 film programme.
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