Our favorite award-winning UK film fest is returning next month. Soho Horror Film Festival is back with a 2024 hybrid edition that might be the event of the winter. The fest is spread over two consecutive weekends and boasts two distinct film programs. Soho returns to the Whirled Cinema, Brixton for its 6th in-person event, followed by a 4-day online home invasion of unique film screenings and special events. The lineup includes over 80 films and spans 17 countries, ensuring this will be the biggest and scariest incarnation yet.
Birdeater (dir. Jack Clark and Jim Weir)
A bride-to-be is invited to join her fiancé’s bachelor party on a remote property in the Australian outback. But as the festivities spiral into beer-soaked chaos, uncomfortable details about their relationship are exposed, and the celebration becomes a feral nightmare.
Birthrite (dir. Ross Partridge)
When a pregnant woman is bequeathed a home from an estranged aunt, she and her girlfriend leave the city behind to begin a new chapter. But when a karmic debt threatens the life of their unborn child, they soon discover their place in the cursed history of the town. U.K. Premiere
Frankie Freako (dir. Steven Kostanski)
After calling a late-night party hotline that promises out-of-this-world fun, uptight yuppie Conor Sweeney must battle the pint-sized forces of evil that get unleashed through his phone line, led by the maniacal rock ‘n‘ roll goblin Frankie Freako. English Premiere.
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In the Room Where He Waits (dir. Timothy Despina Marshall)
A queer theatre actor waits in a hotel room before his father’s funeral. Convinced there is someone or something in the room with him, he must come face-to-face with all that haunts him, in a fight for his life.
Lizzie Lazarus (dir. Aviv Rubinstien)
Summer Solstice, 1990, two strangers carry a corpse through the woods looking for a mythical zone they believe will bring the dead body back to life. But what secrets will come back with it?
Strange Harvest: Occult Murder in the Inland Empire (dir. Stuart Ortiz)
A faux true-crime documentary about two detectives’ pursuit of an infamous serial killer named Mr. Shiny, who terrorized Southern California for almost two decades. Read Jazzmin Crawley’s full review here.
The Soho Horror Film Festival is scheduled for November 22-24 for in-person attendees. The online component will run from November 28 – December 1. Check out the full program and buy your passes at www.sohohorrorfest.com now.
