Ted Raimi led psychological thriller Failure! will have its World Premiere at FrightFest on August 28th. The film also stars Merrick McCartha (Senior Year), Melissa Diaz (Ruthless), John Paul Medrano (Seven Days) and Daniel Kuhlman (Voodoo MacBeth) and Noel Douglas Orput.
Failure! follows James (Raimi – The Quarry, Ash v Evil Dead, Creepshow) who has a big debt with the bank and is given one hour to choose between financial ruin or murder in order to protect his family. As the hour progresses he finds his home and phone invaded by multiple characters pulling him in different directions, gradually adding to his distress and his unravelling. But who is real and who isn’t?
Director Alex Kahuam returns to FrightFest after his 2021 genre film debut, Forgiveness. Portrayed in three acts, his psychological thriller Failure! is shot in a single 87-minute take, making him the first Mexican director to do so in the United States.
Raimi says, “Insanely excited to show British audiences this film — I really am — as I’m mostly known to my fans as ‘the horror guy’. I’m proud of that, but this movie is going to show a different side of me that the fans will really dig. Also, it’s at FrightFest, the biggest horror and thriller event in the UK — my kind of moviegoers!”
Director, Alex Kahuam, adds, “In 2021 I had the incredible opportunity to have the world premiere of my previous film Forgiveness at FrightFest and now this year we are coming back with Failure! I’m very grateful to Alan, Paul, Ian and Greg for believing in different films who break the traditional and normal form of narrative. The British audiences have always been outstanding supporters of the genre films and we are looking forward to giving them a one-take thriller with black comedy starring brilliant horror icon Ted Raimi.”
Paul McEvoy of FrightFest says, “Ted Raimi is sensational in the central role giving a tour de force performance. A dark thriller with an underlying sadness and desperation, Failure! perfectly reflects the mood of our contemporary times.”
Brett Walker, President at Alief, which picked up worldwide rights at the Cannes Film Festival in May after Failure! made its debut at the Fantastic Pavillion, says “We are proud to have Alex Kahuam’s kinetic thriller World Premiere, Failure! in London. FrightFest and its’ genre audiences are a perfect springboard to launch this intense and wonderfully shot film.”
Running from Thursday August 24 – Monday 28, FrightFest, the UK’s biggest, best and most beloved community-driven horror & fantasy film festival, returns to the Cineworld Leicester Square, London, for its 24th edition.
Watch the teaser trailer for Failure!
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