Film4 FrightFest Announces Guest Line-up for Glasgow FF 2012
Steve Barton
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Oh, Frightfest. How we love thee. You make traveling halfway around the world seem so very worth it! Check out the details of who will be making that journey right here!
From the Press Release
Audiences at this year’s Film4 FrightFest event at the Glasgow Film Festival are in for a treat as no less than six directors will be attending.
One of the most eagerly anticipated movies in the Film4 FrightFest Glasgow line-up is THE RAID. This action film to end all action films is virtually guaranteed to blow the roof off the Glasgow Film Theatre with its ramped up sequences of super-exhilaration and has already been snapped up for a major Hollywood remake. So we are thrilled to welcome Welshman director Gareth Evans to Scotland, via his home in Indonesia, to discuss all things Glock and roll and star Iko Uwais.
CRAWL director Paul China and his producer brother Ben China are traveling from Australia to share the excitement their superbly slow-burning thriller is currently generating across the globe.
Another set of brothers will be arriving from Rome to present L’ARRIVO DI WANG/THE ARRIVAL OF WANG. Antonio and Marco Manetti, collectively known as the Manetti bros. have become a major force in Italian fantasy over the past few years with such movies as ZORA THE VAMPIRE and THE 17th FLOOR. Their wonderful slice of playful sci-fi will reveal in no uncertain times why they have been asked to direct the remake of STAGE FRIGHT and a sequel to TORSO.
From Los Angeles comes Padraig Reynolds, director of the shocker fantasy RITES OF SPRING, who will be talking about rising horror star AJ Bowen and why he’s thanked on Ti West’s THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL.
Another key Italian figurehead, who is traveling from Rome to join us, is SHADOW man Federico Zampaglione. The Italian Rob Zombie is bringing over the opening sequence of his new giallo horror TULPA to show in public for the very first time. This is a world premiere from the lead singer of the Italian rock band Tiromancino you will not want to miss.
Festival co-director Alan Jones said: “We know it’s important to our audience that they meet the talent behind the terror, and it’s that respectful interaction that makes FrightFest extra special within the fan community”.
The UK’s favourite horror fantasy festival returns to its second home at the Glasgow Film Festival for the 7th year from Friday, February 24, to Saturday, February 25. Eleven new must-see genre titles will be screened, ten of which are UK premieres.
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