James R | On 05, Oct 2021

Grimmfest is back for another season of scares this October, and, after a year of horror at home, it’ll be back at the Odeon in Manchester for four days of horror.

Running from 7th to 10th October, the in-person event will kick off with the English premiere of Jim Cummings and PJ McCabe’s The Beta Test, but the festival will also take place online, with a virtual edition that will present a selection of spooky cinematic treats to stream in your living room.

The online event will run from 14th to 17th October, with 24 feature films streaming across the four days. The programme will be split into double-bills, beginning with Shudder’s Slapface and including everything from King Knight to Hotel Poseidon. It will be accompanied by four collections of short films. Each package will cost £10 to rent, with films launching daily throughout the event and available to stream from 1.30pm. The films will only be available for a limited window – and, once you begin watching, you have 12 hours to finish watching, even if that takes you outside the initial viewing window.

Powered by Eventive, the platform will support Apple TV, Fire TV, Roku and Chromecast, as well as Android devices (using the Chrome browser) and iOS devices (using the Safari browser). Book tickets here – and read on below for the full virtual line-up.

Slapface & the Night Belongs to Monsters – 14th October

A boy deals with the loss of his mother by creating a dangerous relationship with a monster rumoured to live in the woods.

17-year-old Sol and her mother move to a new town, and into the home of her mother’s new boyfriend, Gonzalo. Encountering only hostility and bullying at her new and harassment from Gonzalo at home, Sol takes to the streets where she crosses paths with a mysterious white dog. From then on, any time she finds herself in danger, the dog appears, seemingly out of nowhere, to protect her…

Available for 10 hours.

For Roger & Father of Flies – 14th October

After receiving word of his partner Clara’s passing, Roger travels to the desolate family cabin where they would often vacation together. As he pours over the home videos recorded during their trips, Roger begins to realize that someone has been watching them from the woods for years.

Available for 3 days.

Happy Times & King Knight – 14th October

Over the course of a Shabbat dinner at a fancy Hollywood Hills mansion, a toxic mix of alcohol, egos, cultural differences, lust and greed derails the evening rather quickly and things spin out of control. Secrets are revealed, relationships are tested and getting out in one piece will be the ultimate challenge.

The High Priest of a modern-day coven finds his life thrown into turmoil and ventures out on a journey of self-discovery.

Available for 10 hours.

Shorts Programme 1 to 4 – 14th October

Films from Ryan Kruger, Damien Fannon, Brodi-jo Scalise, Natasha Halevi, Alisa Stern, Chloe Wicks and I-Hui Lee are mong thi year’s

Available for 3 days.

Night at the Eagle Inn & Val – 15th October

Fraternal twins spend a hellish night at the remote inn their father disappeared from the night they were born.

Fin is a criminal on the run, wanted for the murder of his boss and the accidental shooting of a police officer. He breaks into the home of a high-class escort, only to discover that she was expecting him all along.

Available for 10 hours.

Motherly & Shot in the Dark – 15th October

A woman and her young daughter, living in witness protection in a remote farmhouse find their lives in danger when the past catches up with them.

Two years ago, William Langston made a mistake that would affect the course of his life. Now, with a killer loose in his home town and his circle of friends falling away one at a time, William faces his greatest fears as well as his own mortality.

Available for 10 hours.

The Spore & Pizzagate Massacre – 15th October

The lives of ten strangers intersect through a terrifying chain of events as a mutating fungus begins to spread through a small town wiping out everyone that comes into contact with it.

An ambitious amateur journalist and an unstable far-right militiaman team up to expose the ugly truth behind rumours involving sex cults, a pizza place and the lizard people…

Available for 10 hours.

Night Drive & Midnight – 16th October

A ride share driver’s life is turned upside down after an unexpected series of misfortunes.

A life-threatening hide-and-seek between a psychopathic killer and a deaf woman.

Available for 10 hours.

Faceless & We’re All Going to the World’s Fair – 16th October

After a gruesome attack, George wakes up in a hospital room with total memory loss, the recipient of a full-face transplant. Plagued by flashbacks and uncertain what is real and what is imaginary, he struggles to recover his sense of self. But the only way he can find out who he is is to confront the demons that brought him to this place..

“I want to go to the World’s Fair. I want to go to the World’s Fair. I want to go to the World’s Fair.” Say it three times into your computer camera. Prick your finger, draw some blood and smear it on the screen. Now press play on the video. They say that once you’ve seen it, the changes begin… In a small town, a shy and isolated teenage girl becomes immersed in an online role-playing game.

Available for 10 hours.

The Free Fall & On the 3rd Day – 16th October

Sara wakes from a coma to a life she doesn’t remember; a fragile, slippery reality that spirals into a nightmare where nothing is as it seems.

Three days after Cecilia and her son Martín are involved in a serious car accident, she wanders into a service station, traumatised and suffering from amnesia. There is no sign of Martin. As she struggles to remember what happened with the help of a doctor and psychiatrist, the police hunt a vicious killer. Is he just a religious maniac, or is there method in his madness?

Available for 10 hours.

The Guest Room (aka La Stanza) & Hotel Poseidon – 17th October

The morning Stella decides to take her own life, a stranger knocks at her door claiming he has booked the guest room for the night. Surprised but charmed by this man who seems to know her very well, Stella decides to let him in. But when Sandro, the man who broke Stella’s heart, joins them at home, this odd situation turns immediately into chaos..

Dave inherited the dingy and dilapidated Hotel Poseidon from his late father. He lives there and works as manager, and rarely seems to leave the place. The days and nights all bleed together. His existence is a hopeless one. When a young woman knocks at the hotel’s doors one night looking for a room, and his best friend shows up wanting to throw a party in the backroom, Dave’s world starts to spiral out of control, and his sense of reality starts to be shaken by recurring nightmares.

Available for 10 hours.

Forgiveness & Two Witches – 17th October

Three women mysteriously wake up in a hospital and discover that one of them is deaf, one is mute and the other one is blind; together they will have to figure out why they are there and how to get out.

A matriarchal witch passes on her sinister inheritance to her grand-daughter, triggering horrific curses..

Available for 10 hours.

Tarumama & The Righteous – 17th October

Sara and Oscar hope to rebuild their relationship following the death of their new-born baby with a family trip to a remote cabin in the Colombian mountains. But their peace is disturbed by a mysterious woman who roams the woods at night, crying for her own lost baby…

A burdened man feels the wrath of a vengeful God after he and his wife are visited by a mysterious stranger…

Available for 10 hours.

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