Organisers have promised a curated programme of new features and shorts which showcases the mix of talented filmmakers currently bursting onto the genre films scene.
The programme includes four world premiere features, while the short film showcase highlights filmmakers exclusively from the UK and Ireland, including two from Scotland.
FrightFest co-director Alan Jones said: “There has never been a better time to be a fan of the horror, fantasy and science fiction genre and FrightFest, the UK’s biggest and most influential event, plays its vital part in spreading the communal message.
“This includes our residency at the Glasgow Film Festival, where the FrightFest audience is vibrant, welcoming and eager to embrace the dark unknown, and we absolutely love being a strand of such a truly interactive experience with the art of film”.
A scene from Psyche (Image: Frightfest) FrightFest, dubbed “the Woodstock of Gore” by director Guillermo Del Toro, was set up in 2000 and held its first Glasgow edition in 2006.
It has grown in size and stature and is internationally renowned for discovering exciting and original horror and fantasy genre films, and for supporting the talent behind them.
Careers of directors as Simon Rumley, Christopher Smith, Eli Roth, Neil Marshall and Issa Lopez have all had a boost from their films being showcased.
Over the years the festival directors, Greg Day, Alan Jones, Paul McEvoy and Ian Rattray, have developed FrightFest into a brand leader for horror film, joining forces with the Glasgow Film Festival for the Scottish three-day event.
The full programme for Glasgow Film Festival 2025 will be announced on Tuesday 21st January.
This year’s festival will run from Thurs 6 March to Sat 8 March.
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Highlights include:
PSYCHE
Directed by Stephon Stewart (Bigfoot County), this thought-provoking sci-fi thriller boasts a riveting performance by Sarah Ritter, as Mara, who, with the aid of a vintage 1980s computer, embarks on a surreal journey where nothing is as it seems. Director Stewart will attend the screening.
HOUSE OF ASHES
FrightFest’s traditional two-day pass event kicks off on Friday 7 March with the UK premiere of House of Ashes, Izzy Lee’s highly anticipated feature debut – an unpredictable and wonderfully deranged ghost story, complete with thought-provoking gender commentary and Joe Lynch as a nosy jogger.
Izzy Lee, lead actress Fanya Shanchez and writer / producer Steve Johanson will host the screening.
THE LAST SACRIFICE
The UK premiere of THE LAST SACRIFICE, a documentary by filmmaker Rupert Russell framed as an unsettling true-crime investigation that probes into the eerie, enigmatic cultural undercurrents that shaped the 1970s folk horror genre. The filmmaker will join the audience for the screening.