Arrow Video FrightFest will go virtual for the second time in 2020, having taken the difficult decision to cancel its planned physical event at the Cineworld, Leicester Square.
Continuing COVID restrictions have made the event socially, practically and commercially untenable.
The four day event will now move online and run digitally over the same dates, 22 to 25 October 2020, combining the in-cinema and proposed Halloween digital event into one online festival experience.
The line-up, which will include more than 40 films, will be announced on Thursday 1 October 2020, with tickets going on sale the same day. As with the August online event, passes as well as individual tickets will be available.
Arrow Video will continue as headline sponsor and other partners confirmed at this stage include broadcast sponsor Horror Channel, global entertainment outlet Den of Geek and online pop culture retailer Zavvi.
