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As was announced yesterday, The Pigeon Shrine FrightFest, celebrating its 25th anniversary, has announced its scream-inducing lineup for 2024. Taking place from Thursday, 22 August to Monday, 26 August, the festival will be hosted at the Odeon Luxe Leicester Square, London, utilising all seven screens for this year’s horror extravaganza. We have already detailed what will be on offer in Discovery Screen 1 across the long weekend.

Now we have yet more horror for you, below is the detailed programme for the Odeon Luxe West End Screen 2 (75 capacity).

Pigeon Shrine FrightFest 2024 – Discovery Screen 2 Thursday, 22 August 2024

8:10 Pm – I Will Never Leave You Alone (International Premiere) Directed by Dw Medoff and starring Ken Trujillo, Katerina Eichenberger, Emma Anne Wedemeyer, and Chris Genovese, this film explores the psychological horrors faced by a man recently released from prison who must stay in a haunted house or return to jail. Medoff aims to address mental health themes,...

Ahead of the film’s market premiere at Berlin’s European Film Market, Beta Cinema has announced first deals for “Operation Napoleon” to France (Mediawan), Spain (Twelve Oaks), Poland (Hagi Film), Former Yugoslavia (MegaCom), Japan (Tohokushinsha) and Taiwan (Av-Jet).

The English-language thriller is based on the eponymous best-selling novel by Icelandic crime author Arnaldur Indriðason and stars Icelandic newcomer Vivian Ólafsdóttir (“It Hatched”) and Iain Glen, best known for his role as Dr. Alexander Isaacs in the “Resident Evil” film series and as Ser Jorah Mormont in “Game of Thrones.”

The sweeping story takes us from modern Iceland to America and Nazi Germany at the end of World War II. It centers on young Icelandic lawyer Kristin, who gets drawn into the vortex of an international conspiracy when she receives grainy footage of an old airplane wreck, recently revealed by the melting of one of Iceland’s largest glaciers.

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Munich-based sales agency Beta Cinema has picked up international thriller “Operation Napoleon,” and will kick off presales at the Cannes Film Market.

Shooting wrapped recently at the Langjökull glacier in Iceland, and the production has now moved to Mmc Studios in Cologne, Germany.

The Icelandic-German co-production is based on the eponymous best-selling novel by Iceland’s Arnaldur Indriðason, and features a stellar cast, led by Icelandic newcomer Vivian Ólafsdóttir (“It Hatched”), Jack Fox and Scottish actor Iain Glen, best known for his role as Dr. Alexander Isaacs in the “Resident Evil” film series and as Ser Jorah Mormont in “Game of Thrones.”

The sweeping story takes the viewer from modern Iceland to America and Nazi Germany at the end of World War II. It centers on young Icelandic lawyer Kristin, who gets drawn into the vortex of an international conspiracy when she receives grainy footage of an old airplane wreck,...