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FrightFest Glasgow, a new streaming service and what Ben Wheatley did during lockdown
Run Hide Fight: pretty good plot synopsis.
SIX OF THE FEST
Last year’s FrightFest Glasgow was one of the last live events before lockdown landed. Saint Maud showed there, as did Synchronic and Death Of A Vlogger, so the new line-up’s arrival is a bittersweet reminder of what life used to look like. It consists of just six films, which you can watch on demand from 5-7 March. It might not have the same community feeling as the August and October events, but it does sound more manageable. In no particular order: Run Hide Fight is a high school siege movie which styles itself as Die Hard with a schoolgirl protagonist; The Old Ways sees a journalist investigate Mexican folklore; hitman thriller American Badger comes from Canada; so does Vicious Fun, which sees a horror critic contending with a serial killer self-help group. From France, the black and white The Woman With Leopard Shoes sees a thief trapped in a strange house during a party; dark obsession study Out Of The World, also French, features a troubled Uber driver who meets a deaf dancer. Get your tickets here: glasgowfilm.org/festival.