Five FrightFest Facts From Ayvianna Snow narrator of Orchestrator of Storms & star of Lola

The fantastic FrightFest returns to London for another year, bringing with it a gigantic horde of horror films playing across the August bank holiday weekend in Cineworld Leicester Square and the wonderful Prince Charles Cinema.

And if the brilliant blood filled horror festival is back so too are Love Horror’s Five FrightFest Facts, our exclusive series of interviews with the stars and creatives behind the horror that has been running since 2016.

Below we speak to Ayvianna Snow narrator of Orchestrator of Storms which played on Friday 26th August and star of Lola which receives it ENGLISH PREMIERE in the ARROW SCREEN 27 AUGUST 4.00 PM and SHUDDER SCREEN 27 AUGUST 4.30 PM.

1. Tell us about your film’s?
LOLA is directed by Andrew Legge and also stars Emma Appleton and Stefanie Martini, it’s a sci-fi film set in 1941. Two sisters create a time machine, allowing them to explore the punk generation before it even existed. With World War II escalating, they decide to use the machine as a weapon of intelligence, with world-altering consequences. I plays the character Rebecca Cavendish who works as a reporter and I love that the film centres the relationship between two women and explores female solidarity in exceptional circumstances. I am thrilled to have worked with such an exciting creative team.

I also narrate Orchestrator of Storms, a fascinating documentary about the life and work of Eurocult director Jean Rollin – purveyor of New Wave surrealist fantastique via distinctive and unique films such as The Rape of The Vampire, The Iron Rose, Fascination, Lips of Blood and The Living Dead Girl. As an actress who works mainly in the horror genre, I am thrilled to be part of this film, as Jean Rollin is, in many ways, the father of modern horror. His influence on horror has been so far-reaching.

2. How did you get into making horror movies?
My first horror film was Paul Hyett’s “Heretiks” which screened at FrightFest a few years ago, in which I played a zombie nun with no eyes! I had such a great time on set and Paul is such a kind, warm director to work with, I just fell in love with the genre and wanted to do more.

3. What film would you love to see screened at FrightFest and why?
I would love to see more films from female directors being given a platform at Fright-Fest; FrightFest is such an amazing platform for emerging directors as they can see their film on a huge screen in front of an audience of several hundred people in Leicester Square. It’s important that emerging talent get that opportunity to showcase their work.

4. If you could create your own award to give at the FrightFest, what would it be and why?
I think there needs to be a Best Scream award to honour all the scream-ing that actors have to do!

5. If your life was made into a horror film, what would it be called and who would play the starring role?
I think it would be called “Woman on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown” and I would play myself!

Get your tickets for Lola playing ARROW SCREEN 27 AUGUST 4.00 PM and the SHUDDER SCREEN 27 AUGUST 4.30 PM HERE