Director: Wes Craven
Cast includes: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Drew Barrymore
Hosted by Emily Booth, with intro from kim taylor-foster
111 mins / 1996 / USA

Fright Night logo, with blood dripping off the letters

Classic meta-horror to launch the summer holidays!

A series of mysterious deaths befalls a small town, and an offbeat group of friends led by Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) become the target of a masked killer. As the body count begins to rise, Sidney and her friends find themselves contemplating the "rules" of horror films as they find themselves living in a real-life one.

Also starring David Arquette, Courteney Cox, and Skeet Ulrich.

Introduction by Kim Taylor-Foster

Kim Taylor-FosterIntroducing the screening is Kim Taylor-Foster, a film and TV critic, journalist, broadcaster, and author. Her books include 'Why We Love The Matrix' and 'Why We Love Die Hard'.

About your Fright Night host, Emily Booth

Emily Booth sitting on chair with knifeEmily Booth is “one of the iconic women of horror”- an actress, presenter and all-round cult-movie buff who has presented shows on Channel 4, Channel 5, Bravo, and Dave, including her own cult film show Shock Movie Massacre.

Emily was the face and voice of the Horror Channel for 15 years, and has presented at many horror festivals. She has also interviewed Dario Argento, Tinto Brass and Lloyd Kauffman as part of her presenting roles. 

As an actress Emily has starred in several horror films including Cradle of Fear (2001), Evil Aliens (2005), Doghouse (2009 with Danny Dyer and Stephen Graham), Shed of The Dead (2019) and They’re Outside (2020). She also wrote, produced and starred in her own short film SELKIE which premiered at Frightfest in 2014.

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