The FrightFest film festival has brand new artwork every year and this year’s has been inspired by the genre’s most celebrated mad doctors!
FrightFest was conceived by Paul McEvoy, Ian Rattray and Alan Jones and staged its first event in 2000 at the Prince Charles cinema, off London’s Leicester Square. Its August Bank Holiday weekend date has remained a fixture ever since.
The objective of FrightFest was to provide the UK with a horror fantasy festival of similar stature to the market leaders in Europe, Sitges (Spain) and Brussels (Belgium). FrightFest has since evolved into a community where audiences and guests alike travel from all over the world to be part of the event’s unique atmosphere.
Graham Humphreys’ poster design for 2023 marks the 15th FrightFest appearance for his iconic Monster.
“This year’s FrightFest poster share its theme with the annual FrightFest book, exploring the subject of Mad Doctors,” said Graham. “Once again, my artwork needed to be built in multiple parts that could be dismantled and rearranged across different formats, allowing individual elements to work on their own.
“Re-Animator’s Herbert West, is clearly referenced by the FrightFest ghoul. He is surrounded by a series of classic ‘mad doctors’ in film. Unsurprisingly, they are all men!”
This year’s annual Bank Holiday event, the UK’s largest celebration of genre cinema, takes place at Cineworld Leicester Square between Thurs Aug 24 & Mon Aug 28, 2023.
FrightFest 2023’s line-up of films will be announced on Thursday 13th July.
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