Stars: Samara Weaving, Vic Carmen Sonne, Katariina Unt, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett | Written by Simon Barrett Simon Barrett | Directed by E. L. Katz

Across its 25 year history, FrightFest has been a film festival that has championed showing underseen classics and highlighting exciting new voices in cinema. They are also fond of screening new works by returning filmmakers, many of whom came up with the festival, which effectively allows an audience to get hyped for new instalments from reliable creatives. Azrael: Angel of Death is a collaboration from two such filmmakers; director E. L. Katz, and screenwriter Simon Barrett. To quote Mr. Peanutbutter, “What is this, a crossover episode?”

Set many years after the apocalypse, a devout cult of mute zealots hunt down Azrael (Samara Weaving), a young woman who escaped her imprisonment. Upon being recaptured, it becomes clear that Azrael is intended as a sacrifice to pacify an ancient evil lurking within the surrounding wilderness.