Grimmfest 2025 Lineup Includes RABBIT TRAP, THE OTHER, DEAD BY DAWN And More
Manchester's Grimmfest returns to the Odeon Great Northern from October 9 – 12, with a stacked 2025 lineup that includes four World Premieres, seven International Premieres, two European Premieres, four UK Premieres, and four Northern UK Premieres – let's see what goodies an official press release has for us.
Opening this year's fest is the ‘Made in Manchester' thriller Past Life, from Grimmfest directors Simeon Halligan and Rachel Richardson-Jones. Starring Jeremy Piven, Pixie Lott, Aneurin Barnard and Tim McInnerny, Past Life is described as ” a twisted tale of repressed memory, regression therapy, and a series of unsolved murders from the 80s.”
Other World Premieres hitting Grimmfest this fall include cat-and-mouse revenge thriller Syphon from director Tom Botchii (Artik), Manu Herrera's “visually ravishing homage to the horror cinema of the 80s and 90s” Lily's Ritual and Tim Connery's The Driftless, a horror anthology that celebrates the landscapes and mythologies of his Connery's native Mid West.
International Premieres at Grimmfest this year include Remington Smith's sociopolitical shocker Landlord, Jacob Lees Johnson's psychedelic psychodrama I See the Demon, Dan Asma's found-footage cosmic horror Tribe, Gille Klabin's black comedy Weekend At the End of the World, Sergio Pinheiro's parasitic mind-control saga Wormtown, Bari Kang's zombie horror Itch! and Incomplete Chairs, the latest splatter satire from Visitors and Love Will Tear Us Apart director Kenichi Ugana.
Grimmfest's European Premieres see the latest from Pierre Tsigaridis (Two Witches, Traumatika), with Frankie, Maniac Woman described as “a characteristically unflinching evisceration of entertainment industry misogyny”, as well as Jordana Stott's post-apocalyptic Western Forgive Us All starring Evil Dead Rise‘s Lily Sullivan.
UK Premieres include Abel Ferry's “brutal and bloody” Squealers, Paul Etheredge's sociopolitical spin on the trope of the demon child, The Other, Kiah Roache-Turner's survival thriller Beast of War and Emilio Portes' supernatural comedy Don't Leave the Kids Alone.
Last but not least, playing for the first time in the North of England is Bryn Chainey's folk-horror-thriller Rabbit Trap starring Dev Patel, Rosy McEwen and Jade Croot. This Northern premiere is joined by Daniel M. Caneiro's black comedy Deviant, Dawid Torrone's giallo homage Dead By Dawn, and Jake Myers' corporate satire Kombucha.
For more info on all these movies, and to grab yourself tickets/passes, head over to the official Grimmfest site right here.
