FrightFest Glasgow
FrightFest, the UK's No.1 horror & fantasy film event, returns to Glasgow Film Festival for its 21st edition, with three days of trauma, terror and tantalising thrills!
About FrightFest Glasgow
It’s full scream ahead as FrightFest, the UK’s No.1 horror & fantasy film event, presents three days of trauma, terror and tantalising thrills.
Once again housed at the iconic Glasgow Film Theatre, the nation’s “Woodstock of gore” embraces the latest genre discoveries from around the world, including five world premieres, with eight new feature films, plus a short film showcase which highlights filmmakers exclusively from the UK and Ireland.
FrightFest Passes are £88 and available from 10am on Friday 16 January 2026.
Passes will be exchanged for admission wristbands, prior to the first screening on March 6, which must be worn at all times to access all FrightFest films on Friday 6 March and Saturday 7 March ONLY.
Tickets for JAILBREAK, plus individual tickets for the Friday and Saturday films, are on sale to CineCard / CineCard+ members from Friday 23 January from 10am.
General sale starts on Monday 26 January 2026 at 10am.
Please be aware that the FrightFest Thursday night film is not part of the Friday and Saturday pass. This film requires attendees to purchase a separate single ticket.
2026 Programme Details:
THURSDAY 5 MARCH – GFT Screen 1
8.45pm JAILBROKEN (World Premiere)
On the eve of his release, violent criminal Joe receives a call that shatters his world: his ex-wife and son have been kidnapped, and unless he follows the caller’s demands, they will die. Armed only with a mobile phone, Joe must race against time to save his family and himself. Ruthless prison officers only add to Joe’s woes in a razor-sharp, gripping descent into suspenseful chaos with intense emotional stakes where every second counts and freedom come at a deadly price.
FRIDAY 6 MARCH – GFT Screen 1
1.30pm BURY THE DEVIL (UK Premiere)
When a hospice nurse finds herself trapped with a dementia patient, she suspects something else is wrong with the woman, that she is harbouring dark secrets, something otherworldly, and must fight to survive the night. Opting for an ambitious single-take approach to the supernatural-tinged home invasion tale, director Adam O’Brien ratchets up the tension to depict the most harrowing 86 minutes of the nurse’s life.
3.50pm BONE KEEPER (World Premiere)
A cosmic fireball crashes into remote woodland, awakening a terrifying creature hidden in the depths. 1976: James Wheeler enters a cave determined to uncover the truth – and is never seen again. Now Wheeler’s granddaughter, along with five explorers, set out to investigate the legend of the ‘Bone Keeper’. But deep in the caves, they realise they are being hunted and the line between hunter and prey blurs. Will they uncover the truth and escape the creature – or become the next missing souls?
6.10pm BOORMAN & THE DEVIL (UK Premiere)
After the success of Point Blank and Deliverance, Warner Bros. offered John Boorman the chance to direct a sequel to their 1973 blockbuster hit, The Exorcist. The result was one of the biggest disasters in movie history, which nearly ended Boorman’s career. But to be an artist is to be a risk-taker. In super-fan David Kittredge’s eye-opening documentary, Boorman, stars Linda Blair and Louise Fletcher and many more reflect back on the ambition of Exorcist II: The Heretic, the artistry and craft, and the value of big creative swings.
8.50pm THE RESTORATION AT GRAYSON MANOR (UK Premiere)
Irish playboy Boyd Grayson delights in bringing men home to his sprawling family estate for sex, just to spite his legacy-obsessed mother, reminding her she’ll never get the grandchildren she craves. When an accident leaves him incapacitated, Boyd finds himself handless, helpless and at the mercy of her care. Luckily, family wealth means he will be the first person in history to pilot an experimental technology: nano-tech mechanical hands controlled entirely by his subconscious. Soon, however, the hands begin to move on their own.
11.05pm THE CURSE (UK Premiere)
After seeing her friend’s disturbing social media posts, beauty salon receptionist Riko intervenes but fails to prevent her from dying a mysterious, violent death. Convinced there is more to the story than a suicide, Riko dives into a world of memes, influencers, and posting for attention. As the pile of bodies grows, and Riko faces her own possible curse, she and her friends travel to Taiwan to find the community horror source of this demonic social media killer.
SATURDAY 8 MARCH – GFT Screen 1
10.35am VIOLENCE (International Premiere)
Living in an alternate 1980s filled with graffiti-covered squalor and danger around every corner, antihero Henry Violence comes to the rescue of his ex-lover as she sinks deeper into their treacherous world of drugs and crime. Unfortunately, Henry gets entangled in a brutal gang war as rival cartels battle for supremacy and must double-cross a powerful drug lord, setting in motion turbo-charged, blood-drenched carnage.
12:50 SHORT FILM SHOWCASE
3.10pm THE CONVENIENCE STORE (International Premiere)
Based on the acclaimed video game, a college girl works the night shift at a local convenience store. She must handle multiple customers and perform menial tasks, but as the nights go by, she discovers strange things starting to happen around the store. Then a deliveryman gives her a package and her whole life changes because what’s inside forces her to make the darkest of decisions. Is it all in her imagination? Or is the store truly haunted? Or has she awakened something far worse?
5.30pm RED RIDING (World Premiere)
After her mother’s overdose, troubled teen Redele Riding is sent from her London council estate to live with her estranged aristocratic grandmother in the Scottish Highlands. At first, Red is captivated by the grand estate, but beneath the elegance, she uncovers disturbing secrets: vanished children, whispers of a monstrous wolf stalking the woods, and a sinister control exerted by her grandmother and the menacing gamekeeper. As folklore and reality blur, Red struggles to make sense of cryptic warnings left by her mother and a dark family legacy.
8.00pm KAMADONNA (UK Premiere)
Yelena’s third pregnancy trimester is complicated by an enigmatic phone call from a voice claiming to be a God. After a sinister demonstration of the self-proclaimed deity’s powers, she’s offered an ultimatum: murder a select list of individuals or lose her unborn child. So Yelena descends into the hellish Serbian criminal underworld to cross names off a divine hit list, from corrupt cops to toxic social-media influencers.
10.45pm DEATHKEEPER (World Premiere)
Reclusive Luke is a near-immortal angel and stands on the side of good. He is an eternally cursed young man who only ages when he saves lives. However, as he ages, he can only become young once again by taking another life. Drawn to a possessed woman seeking refuge, a series of murders ensues whilst the evil Malagor pursues Luke and amasses an army of the dead. Only Luke can defeat him in a battle of Good vs Evil. But Luke must protect the innocent, aided by his lover, a troubled cop, a local priest and a mysterious wanderer.
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