Five FrightFest Facts From Richard Bates Jr. director of King Knight

2021 has been a strange year and although things may not have completely returned to normality one thing to be thankful for is the return of the Arrow Video FrightFest which takes place for real this year at Cineworld, Leicester Square in central London.

The annual five-day four-screen 50+ film extravaganza runs between 26th and 30th August and after a year online, it is wonderful to have FrightFest back with a hybrid event featuring in-cinema and online components bringing audiences a whole host of truly terrifying and terrific horror films.

Below we feature one of those monstrously amazing movies with our regular exclusive interview feature Five FrightFest Facts From and these five are from Richard Bates Jr. director of King Knight:

1. Tell us about your film?
Nickelodeon meets The Holy Mountain.

2. How did you get into making horror movies?
I loved to watch them with my Dad.

3. What film would you love to see screened at FrightFest and why?
Babe: Pig in the City. Quite possibly the darkest children’s film ever made. Poignant and beautiful. A slept-on masterpiece.

4. If you could create your own award to give at the FrightFest, what would it be and why?
The Mid-Life Crisis Award for most out-of-left-field addition to a fil-mography.

5. If your life was made into a horror film, what would it be called and who would play the starring role?
If my life was made into a horror film it would be Let’s Scare Jessica to Death and I would be played by a cross between Oliver Platt and Brendan Fraser.

King Knight plays SUNDAY 29TH AUGUST 2021 – 10.55 & 11.20 AM Find our more and book your tickets HERE