‘Vintage FrightFest’ Part Of NYX UK August Line Up

Another summer month is nearly, August is just around the corner and NYX UK have got Horror fans covered for their essential viewing. A month that will have ‘Vintage FrightFest‘ as part of the monthly line up ahead of 25th Anniversary edition!

August will have nine horrific channel premieres in August, headed up by The Last Horror Movie (Friday 9th August, 9pm). Plus Summer Scars (Tuesday 20th August, 9pm), both disturbing psychological horrors are directed by Julian Richards and star Kevin Howarth in two of his most memorable roles. The month will also have premiere of Darklands (Thursday 13th August, 9pm), another British horror film directed by Julian Richards, which delves into the world of ancient pagan rituals and modern-day conspiracies and stars Craig Fairbrass.

Other 9pm primetime channel premieres include The Greywood Plot(2021) an inventive horror-comedy film directed by Josh Stifter (Friday 2nd August), the atmospheric, twisty Inner Demon (2014), written and directed by Australian Ursula Dabrowsky (Thursday 8th August), Hell House LLC (2015), an American found footage horror film written and directed by Stephen Cognetti (Thursday 16th August) and Pin (1988), a Canadian psychological chiller which offers a daring exploration of a very unconventional family, directed by Sandor Stern.

Then on Thursday 22nd August and Friday 23rd August at 9pm the channel premieres Part 1 & 2 of Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History Of Friday 13th (2013) – an exhaustive documentary that delves deep into the history and impact of the “Friday the 13th” franchise, one of the most enduring and influential horror series in cinema history.

On Tuesday 6th August, the channel celebrates the birthday of Italian genre master Umberto Lenzi with a double-bill of his most challenging films. At 9pm there is a rare opportunity to see Man From A Deep River (1972), a film that marked the cinematic beginnings of the cannibal genre, and then at 11pm is Nightmare City, which remains a beloved piece of zombie cinema for its daring approach and its influence on the evolution of the genre.

For the full listings head over to NYX UK website.