James R | On 27, Mar 2021

Grimmfest is returning to our screens this April for its first Easter horror showcase, and it’s going online to share its cracking collection with audiences across the UK.

Running from 1st to 5th April, the five-day event will feature 14 feature films, 16 short films and 12 Q&As, with titles hailing from the US, Australia, Sweden, Spain, Russia, Korea and more, plus stars including Donald Sutherland (Don’t Look Now), Tyler Posey (Teen Wolf), Mena Suvari (American Beauty), Sergi Lopez (Pan’s Labyrinth) Shahab Hosseini (The Salesman), Lyrica Okano (Marvel’s Runaways), and Margaret Cho (All-American Girl). Three of the films will be world premieres, 2 of them international premieres, 5 European premieres and 14 UK premieres. Grimmfest is also teaming up with Arrow Video to preview two upcoming titles from the genre label and its new streaming service, Arrow.

Tickets cost £10 for each individual night – comprising both feature films, plus shorts and filmmaker Q&As – or a pass for the whole festival costs £38, which also includes exclusive access to Sleepless Beauty and Rendez-vous. The Arrow Presents double-bill will cost £13.90 (with 30% off for passholders) and the opening night double-bill costs £12.50 (with 30% off for passholders).

For each of the main evening double-bills, you have 4 hours to start watching and, once started, 8 hours to finish watching (before 6am the following morning). The Arrow Presents titles and passholder exclusives are available throughout the festival on-demand.

To book tickets, head here – or read on below for a full rundown of the schedule:

1st April

Shorts – Free

Four new horror short film premieres from Grimmfest alumni: #MEOWTOO from Fried Barry director Ryan Kruger, Don’t Go Outside, from Natasha Halevi, The Gloom from Limbo’s Dani Viquiera and Transfer from Tabula Rasa director Jonas Govaerts. Available free on-demand throughout the festival.

Available from 4pm

The Night

An Iranian couple living in the US become trapped inside a hotel when insidious events force them to face the secrets that have come between them, in a night that never ends. Tickets cost £13.90 (part of opening night double-bill).

Available from 6pm

The Barcelona Vampiress

In early 20th century Barcelona, little Teresa goes missing shocking the country. When police start investigating Enriqueta Martí, the “Vampiress of Raval”, they cover a much more sinister affair. Tickets cost £13.90 (part of opening night double-bill).

Available from 6pm

2nd April

Sleepless Beauty – Passholder Exclusive
A young woman, Mila, is kidnapped by a mysterious organization known as Recreation. Her abductors taunt her though a loudspeaker, and set strict rules: she cannot sleep and has to fulfil bizarre and violent tasks if she hopes to stay alive. At first, it looks like someone’s sick idea of entertainment but as the demands become more intense, Mila begins to realize that she is a pawn in a twisted and deadly psychological experiment.

Available from 4pm

Rendez-vous – Passholder Exclusive

A young woman meets up for a date with a man she has met online. But is he who he seems? And is she?

Available from 4pm

Threshold – Arrow Presents
Sent by their mother to check on his sister, Virginia, who has a history of substance abuse, Leo discovers her in a state of disorientation, convinced that she has been cursed, and that in order to break the spell, they need to go in search of the man to whom she has been “bound”. He agrees to the trip with one caveat: if there’s nothing at their destination, she goes straight to rehab… Tickets cost £12.50 (part of Arrow Presents double-bill).

Available from 4pm

Clapboard Jungle – Arrow Presents

Writer-Director Justin McConnell offers a candid portrait of the film industry, and a survival guide for the modern independent filmmaker, as he chronicles several years of his struggles to get films made. Tickets cost £12.50 (part of Arrow Presents double-bill).

Available from 4pm

Final Days (Alone)
As a viral outbreak ravages the country, Aidan barricades himself inside his apartment and starts rationing food. His complex is overrun by infected “Screamers”, and with the world falling apart into chaos, he is left completely alone fighting for his life. Tickets cost £10 (part of double-bill).

Available from 6pm

Sweet River

Hannah’s search for her son’s body leads her to sleepy Billins, where her investigations uncover more than she expected and threaten to expose the town’s dark secrets….secrets that both the living and the dead will fight to protect. Tickets cost £10 (part of double-bill).

Available from 6pm

3rd April

The Other Side

A widowed father moves into a new house with his son and new girlfriend. While he’s out of town working, the son makes a new “friend” next door. Tickets cost £10 (part of double-bill).

Available from 6pm

Mara
After a traumatic experience leads to the break-up of his marriage, Andrey seeks help from Mara, a psychic, to help his wife Olga forget what has happened, in the desperate hope of salvaging their relationship. But Mara is not quite what she seems, and has a terrifying agenda of her own… Tickets cost £10 (part of double-bill).

Available from 6pm

4th April

Trans

Minyoung Go is a young girl with an eating disorder who dreams of becoming a transhuman. Following a serious assault, she plans revenge on the boys that attacked her by making her dreams into a reality. Tickets cost £10 (part of double-bill).

Available from 6pm

Red River Road

A family of four isolating against a pandemic virus that spreads through the internet and robs you of your ability to perceive reality–often violently–begins to unravel when they suspect one or all of them might be infected. Tickets cost £10 (part of double-bill).

Available from 6pm

5th April

Keeping Company
A fateful chain of events begin to unravel after two brash insurance salesmen go knocking on the wrong door and find themselves trapped in a stranger’s basement. Tickets cost £10 (part of double-bill).

Available from 6pm

Paradise Cove

A contractor and his wife move to Malibu to flip his mother’s beach house and are terrorized by the deranged homeless lady living under the house. Tickets cost £10 (part of double-bill).

Available from 6pm

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