GRIMMFEST is one of the UK’s leading festivals of horror, sci-fi, extreme fantasy & cult film. Our 10th anniversary edition took place 4 – 7th October 2018 at the ODEON Manchester Great Northern, UK, with a Preview Night which took place on the 1st October at the Plaza Cinema, Stockport.

Guest of honour for 2018 was genre legend Barbara Crampton, who opened the festival with a special screening of Stuart Gordon’s cult classic RE-ANIMATOR.

We were also delighted to be welcoming back a number of talented filmmakers who’ve shared their work with us over the past decade. Rob Grant (FAKE BLOOD, MON AMI) presented the outrageous shocker, ALIVE. Johnny Kevorkian (THE DISAPPEARED), returned with AWAIT FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS. Chad Archibald (ANTISOCIAL) brought us gothic noir I’LL TAKE YOUR DEAD and the trio behind TURBO KID brought us SUMMER OF ’84. Sonny Laguna and Tommy Wiklund (WITHER) offered us 2 films: future cult classic PUPPET MASTER: THE LITTLEST REICH, and the World Premiere of short film, MYSTERY BOX. Joko Anwar (MODUS ANOMALI) also made a comeback, with Indonesian box office smash SATAN’S SLAVES.

Other Premieres included Daniel Robbins’ PLEDGE, Olivier Afonso’s GIRLS WITH BALLS, Clayton Jacobson’s BROTHERS’ NEST, Lin Oeding’s OFFICE UPRISING and Marc Martínez Jordán’s FRAMED. We also saw Aislinn Clarke’s THE DEVIL’S DOORWAY, Andy Mitton’s THE WITCH IN THE WINDOW, Issa López’s TIGERS ARE NOT AFRAID and Bradford Baruh’s DEAD NIGHT, starring our special guest Barbara Crampton. Another highlight was the UK premiere of NIGHTMARE CINEMA, the much-anticipated horror anthology from a gamut of genre giants including Joe Dante, Mick Garris & David Slade, and starring Mickey Rourke.

All this plus a brutal brace of short film programmes, with a focus on female creators, and a 10th anniversary screening of SPLINTERED. Christmas zombie musical extravaganza ANNA AND THE APOCALYPSE closed the festival and was the perfect film to send everybody off dancing into the night.

The 11th edition of Grimmfest will take place from 3 – 6th October 2019 at Odeon Manchester Great Northern. Stay tuned for more information and announcements over the coming months.