Northern Frights Festival is back this weekend!

The Northern Frights Festival is back for their fourth year and the lineup is horrifying! Haven’t heard of the Northern Frights Festival? Well, you’ve been missing out. The Northern Frights Festival is an international festival that screens some of the best short horror films from around the globe here in Sudbury. Many of the films you can see at the festival are being shown in Canada for the first time.

The festival takes place this Saturday, October 20^th at the Sudbury Theatre Centre and starts off with the Mad Matinee. The Mad Matinee runs from 2:00pm – 3:30pm and tickets are only $10. If you want to spend the entire day at the festival, you can get your $20 ticket and after the Mad Matinee you’ll be able to check out the Murder Matinee from 4:15pm – 5:45pm and the Evil Evening which runs from 7:30pm – 10:30pm. So prepare yourself for a full day of terrifyingly terrific films!

There are four films from local northerners that you can catch at the fest this year – The Philanthropist, Dead Serious, Clown and Wisp.

The Philanthropist ~ Dir. Jayson Stewart  ~ Massey, Canada ~ 2018 ~13:00 ~ World Premiere

He will give you everything you could possibly want. Or take it all away.

Dead Serious ~ Dir. Daniel Carriere ~ Ontario, Canada. 2018 ~ 13:12

A zombie horde descends upon a rural neighbourhood. A father and daughter enlist their friends to help deal with the problem, but the solution might not be what they expected.

Clown ~ Dir. David Briggs ~ Northern Ontario, Canada ~ 2018 ~ 6:00 

​A young woman’s nightmares become her ultimate fantasy.

Wisp ~ Dir. Jimmie Chiverelli ~ Sault St. Marie, Canada. 2018 ~ 10:58

​Melinda and Dave return home to find a curious item that wasn’t there when they left.

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You can see the full lineup of films here.