SAINT CLARE
MAIN SCREEN
SUNDAY 25 AUGUST - 6.15 PM
Director: Mitzi Peirone.
With: Bella Thorne, Rebecca De Mornay, Ryan Phillippe, Frank Whaley.
USA 2024. 92 mins.
UK PREMIERE -To the world, sixteen-year-old Clare Bleecker appears to be a normal teenager, A Catholic school student, an animal lover and devout vegan living with her grandparents. But like the small town Pickman Flats she lives in, Clare is more than she appears to be. Underneath her reserved appearance lives a sociopath with dissociative identity disorder - a serial killer. Based on the best-selling novel ‘Clare at 16’ by Don Roff, what secret lies hidden beneath Pickman Flats? And who is Clare, really? If you want answers, well…there’s only one way to find out—even if it kills you.
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Director: Bella Thorne.
With: Bella Thorne, Jason Parks, Chris Zylka, Chris Santos
USA 2024. 15 mins.
UK PREMIERE - Showing for the first time in the UK, Bella Thorne makes her directing debut with a short film about a young gay man seeking to bring his tormentors to justice in Bible Belt Oklahoma. Bella is currently adapting this true story into the feature COLOR YOUR HURT.
FrightFest features horror, fantasy, science fiction and thriller films with an overall 18 rating. Therefore, all films will feature an assortment of the following: supernatural/alien threats, strong language, upsetting scenes, violence, gore, blood, suicide, monstrous menace, tobacco products, creature mayhem, psychological intimidation, sexual imagery, death, child endangerment, maiming, religious profanity, abusive behaviour, bullying, nudity, drug use, strobe lighting and racial stereotyping.