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Video Review – Rectuma – CowFest #5.1415926
It’s a video review about a mutant giant rectum… what more do you need to know?
It’s Horror Extreme at CowFest
Sorry about the lack of volume but these modern typewriters confuse us…
Video Review – Tucker and Dale vs Evil – CowFest #4.5
Video Review – Tucker and Dale vs Evil – CowFest #4.5
If you thought John Edward was the biggest douche in the universe then you obviously haven’t seen these two. Here they attempt review to “Tucker and Dale vs Evil” for Horror Extreme as part of the International CowFest horror festival…
THERE ARE SPOILERS…. LOTS AND LOTS AND LOTS OF SPOILERS… DO NOT WATCH THE BELOW VIDEO UNLESS YOU LIKE THINGS TO BE SPOILED
Video Review – Slashers: Are You Game? – CowFest #4
As we talk a lot of shit it only seemed fitting that we watched some. So please drop your pants and open your ears for the video review of “Slashers: Are You Game?” from Horror Extreme as part of the International CowFest horror festival…
WARNING: Contains sexism, puerile humour, naughty words and celebrity slander.
DISCLAIMER: Anything said about celebrities is a filthy lie… execpt that one thing…
Find your own damn trailer…
Video Review – Cannibal Ferox – CowFest #3
Video review of “Cannibal Ferox” from Horror Extreme as part of the CowFest horror festival…
No animals were harmed in the making of this video review although one is probably quite embarrassed.
SPOILERS AND FUCKING SWEARING OK?
Video Review – Troll Hunter – CowFest #2
More nonsensical ramblings about films from Horror Extreme from the CowFest film festival. This time about “Troll Hunter”, a movie which in no way resembles “REC”.
If you are offended by anything then don’t click on the video below and instead sit back and ask yourself why you are even looking at this site.
THERE ARE SPOILERS… LOTS OF SPOILERS… and very little genuine reviewing.
…and here is the trailer for Troll Hunter (which is much louder)
Video Review – Gutterballs – CowFest #1
An amateurish video review of “Gutterballs” from Horror Extreme as part of the CowFest Horror Festival. Not safe for work, not safe for children, not safe for adults and probably not worth watching.
Pazuzu loves the eighties, dpm loves to say penis…. that’s the synopsis.
This is our first time so please be gentle.
Go team Horror Extreme!
…and here is the trailer for Gutterballs (which is much louder)
Three’s A Shroud – The Interview
Three’s a Shroud is an upcoming British horror anthology consisting of three short horror films from three directors, Dan Brownlie, David V. G. Davies and Andy Edwards… but don’t let me tell you about it listen to what these three have to say…
Steve: Each director has their own part of the tale to tell but are each of you working completely independently on your own projects or is it more of a group effort with each contributing to the other’s films? The anthology is linked by a narrative, is that a joint effort?
Dan: I gave the other two directors a brief idea of what I wanted their section to be about and then just let them run with it.
They both have such individual styles and ideas that I knew that what ever they came up with would be amazing. We try to be on each others set as much as possible to help out (mainly because we can’t afford anyone else;) but as we’re all so busy it sometimes doesnt work.
The wrap around story is based on a short film I did called Bear Scary and stars one of its leads (Louie Russo Brownlie) as well as Suzi Lorraine and Dani Thompson
Steve: The movie will consist of Don’t Open the Door, Over Developed and The Time Travellers Knife. Is there a common thread throughout the whole movie apart from the narrative? Can you tell us a little about each of the films and some of the influences that inspired them?
Dan: The stories themselves don’t have a common theme but are tied together by a film-within-a-film called Night of the Pouting Dead that will appear in each section at some point.
Don’t Open The Door is a psychological horror which was based on a weird train of thought I had one night. I lived in a flat above some shops and my fiance was running late, I don’t know why but I suddenly thought “what would I do if she called me up and said not to open the door when she buzzed up, but wouldn’t tell me why”. You can’t see the front door from any of the windows so I wouldn’t be able to tell if someone was with her or not. That thought really stuck with me and one day after watching The Woman in Black for the 20th time I decided to turn it into a script.
Dave: Over Developed has allowed me to explore an element of story telling that I am particularly fond of, that of delving into the darkest reaches of the inner mind mixed with the genre of body horror. We have all fallen victim to one or more of the 7 deadly sins and my segment explores one of those to its maximum potential. As a filmmaker I have always been fond of the works of David Cronenberg and a true believer of practical effects and puppetry, Over Developed has given me the chance to fulfill the goals of exploring them myself.
Andy: I’m rounding off things with a good-old-fashioned slasher movie. It’s very obviously influenced by Halloween and all of the million girls in peril/masked killer movies that followed in it’s sinister footsteps in the late 70s and early 80s. It’s even set on Halloween. But in a desperate attempt to give it some originality, I’ve added a time travel element, so if you think of Halloween meets Groundhog Day or Back to the Future 2 then you’re not really close, but closer than most. I’m also in charge of the film-within-a-film element, Night of the Pouting Dead, which has allowed me to delve into my zombie-women-in-prison fantasies with disturbing results.
Steve: Why a horror movie? How have horror movies influenced your lives and which areas interest you the most? Favourite horror movie?
Dan: Favourite horror movie of all time is Killer Klowns From Outer Space and if you watch it and then watch the micro horror’s I’ve made you can pick out so many scenes and kill ideas I “borrowed” from it.
General influence for the film is old school British horror anthologies, they rock! With a shorter script you can be a lot more experimental as people will put up with a lot of weirdness for 25 minutes that they won’t for a hour and a half.You can really get to the point and come up with some fun ideas. You can also mix up (as in Three’s a Shroud) different sub genres like ghost story, evil toys, body horror and slasher that wouldn’t normally gel in a single story feature length.
Dave: I’ve been a film fan ever since going to see Jedi at the pictures at an early age, from then on I was hooked on finding out about the workings of puppets and fell in love with the Jim Henson films The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth. An instant love of horror creatures was born from this, Cronenberg’s The Fly, Carpenter’s Thing and I take a guilty pleasure from the Child’s Play series.
Andy: I make horror movies, because they are cheap, and it’s easier than becoming an actual serial killer – fake blood washes out of your clothes much easier than real blood. As for fave films, I love The Shining, The Thing, Texas Chainsaw Massacre and anything by Takeshi Miike.
Steve: You have all had previous experience of the horror movie industry, what brought you together for this project?
Dan: About 3 years ago someone asked me to help out on a film project they were doing for fun. To give you an idea how much I knew about making films then, a film making friend mine was asking about the people who’s house we were filming. She said to me “Do they have lights?” I replied “Of course they do, they live in a house.”
From then on it was just one big learning curve which has resulted in me meeting some fantastic people. I met Andy and Dave through an actress called Sophia Disgrace who had worked with them on several projects, they both really get the genre so it was obvious who I should ask to help make this project happen.
Dave: I started my horror career when I was approached to help out on Animal Soup, a nasty film that taught me and fellow creator J.A.K a lot about film-making, from there I was noticed by GoreZone Magazine and spent 2 years working with them before moving in a more personal direction. It is while working with GZ that i came across the works of Andy and Dan.
Andy: I’ve been making short zombie films for a few years now – the Houseparty of the Dead series. Dave saw HPOTD V and stuck it on a coverdisc for GoreZone, and Dan helped me out on part 6. It became obvious that we were all society’s rejects, and as we’re all too old to form a band, we decided to make a film instead.
Steve: Give some love to the cast and crew. Who else is involved in making this movie happen?
Dan: Much much love to the cast and crew, everyone is working for peanuts (some peanut shells) and they’re all doing it for the love of making horror. Firstly you have my fiance (Lauren Bushby) who runs “Doll’s ‘n’ Skulls” fx and make up, my DOP James Fisher who has been with me since Bear Scary (if someone’s reliable a good keep them at all costs), Angie and Mark DeSpong, Michael Gyekye (who is doing sound but also acting on Dave’s section, Geoff Guardian-angel-to-my-sanity Crown who is acting as my AD. Mike Peel from Rouge Creations is doing all the creature effects so a massive massive thanks to him.
Cast you have Suzi Lorraine (who was so helpful she actually ended up co writing her section), Amber Erlandsson (aka Morigan Hel, lead singer of goth,punk rock band Nemhain) who is just amazing, The very talented Brad Moore who has also helped off screen as well as on), Dani Thompson (who is really starting to make a name for herself in horror), my long suffering nephew Louie who first died on screen age seven mainly due to me not sending his father the full script while trying to enlist his help and David V.G. Davies and Andy Edwards for helping me out and taking on roles in this project.
I’d also like to thank Dean Boor from Shock Horror Magazine and Scream Magazine for their support.
Dave: I’ve spent 2 years working with Emily Booth and have experienced her talents as a presenter and have directed her in role that was a caricature of herself so it was only a natural progression we work together on a film and a great pleasure it is working with her, her knowledge both behind and in front of the camera has taught me a great deal. I never wanted to be a director but having worked with her she has allowed me to progress. I also have Eleanor James in my section, Eleanor is an amazing actress who has a very impressive resume and I have interviewed her in the past for a couple of projects and then had the pleasure of directing her in a cameo for my last feature Monitor.
Over the years I have gained an invaluable crew member in Pete Kinman, he knows how my mind works and knows what i want without having to be told. His fx skills have developed so much over the 12 years we have known each other.
Andy: I’ve been busy doing auditions for my section, picking the perfect line-up of girls to be stalked by a killer. I’ve felt like Simon Cowell, but with less repressed homosexuality and high-waisted trousers. I now have my dreamteam of very talented actresses, which includes two of the stars from Zombie Women of Satan (but don’t hold that against them). Crew wise, I’ve got the uniquely-named Eben Bolter on DOP duties. He worked with me on Houseparty of the Dead 6 so is well versed in making schlock look like visual poetry. I must also give a shout-out to the girls of the Pouting Dead, who happily ran around a derelict factory for me half-naked and covered in blood. I haven’t got the heart to tell them that the camera wasn’t even on.
Steve: At what stage of the movie making process are you now? What still needs to happen? When are we going to be able to see Three’s a Shroud?
Dan: We’ve shot the film within a film (Night of the Pouting Dead). We don’t start shooting the main feature until July but have shot a couple of scenes due to stars timetable clashes with other projects.
The film is aiming for a 2012 release but that all depends on post funding, so anyone out there who wants to help out financially on post let me know.
Pazuzu: You have been captured by Dr. Heiter and he is making you three into a human centipede but he gives YOU the choice of the order of the chain. Who goes in which position and why?
Dan: I go first, mainly due to Andy and Dave having shit eating fetishes. And I’m by far the gobbyest so if anyone’s gonna talk him into letting us go it’ll be me.
Dave: I’m not a kiss ass and I’ve dealt with enough assholes over the years to not want to be in 2nd or 3rd but I see Dan answered this first and took the obvious choice of being in the front,
so I guess I’d take 3rd position as i’ve seen the crap Dan eats during a day and I don’t wanna be on the immediate receiving end of that, sorry Andy but you can process that shit and hopefully break it down in to smaller pellets for me, hmmm yum, not!
Andy: Being the last to answer, it seems that my position has already been chosen. However, as one of my main roles in this film is dealing with Dan’s crap and processing it into bite-sized chunks for Dave, it seems pretty apt.
All photos used with kind permission of Three’s A Shroud and Altercarnated Photography
More here:
Official Three’s a Shroud Website
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Three’s A Shroud on Twitter
Horror Extreme Exclusive: “Skeletons”
After years of devoting our energy and Falcor to “comic” reviews, we decided we wanted to try something different. In October of 2009 we bestowed upon the world Surprise, the first zombie film without any actual zombies in it. We did it just to see if we could, and we were quite shocked by the reaction it got (As were the people who only knew us as stoner comic/critics).
That was just a glimpse of our dark side. It was also an incentive to try and hurt as many people as possible with our work… occasionally.
Ladies and gentlemen, we are proud to present… “SKELETONS”.
Abertoir Film Festival Schedule
Schedule 2010
Wednesday 10th November
Thursday 11th November
0000: Mystery Grindhouse with Nicko and Joe’s Bad Film Club
Friday 12th November
Saturday 13th November
Sunday 14th November
Films 2010
AMER
A unique homage to giallo, this visual trip through the aesthetics of the genre taps into its very psyche. Following the girl Ana through three phases in her life (childhood, adolescent and adult), it is a film driven by the experience of being seen. Bolstering a fabulous soundtrack taken straight from the original movies, the attention to detail is phenomenal and perfectly captures the feel and even editing style of the original classic giallo pictures.
This screening will have an introduction by renowned Giallo expert Mikel Koven.
THE CAT AND THE CANARY with live piano accompaniment
A classic silent horror film adaptation of John Willard’s 1922 black comedy play of the same name. Directed by German Expressionist filmmaker Paul Leni, this highly influential film follows the story of Annabelle and her family who must spend the night in their uncle’s haunted mansion where they are stalked by a mysterious figure. Meanwhile, a lunatic known as “the Cat” escapes from an asylum and hides in the mansion.
Director Paul Leni was known for blending expressionism with humour and this film was extremely influential in the “old dark house” genre of films popular from the 30’s through to the 50’s. It was also a very early horror entry for Universal Studios and is considered the cornerstone of Universal’s school of horror.
We are delighted to welcome back silent film pianist Paul Shallcross, who will be playing a score specially commissioned by the Abertoir Horror Festival.
COUNTESS DRACULA with introduction by Dr Kate Egan
Based on the true story of Elisabeth Bathory (Ingrid Pitt), the eighteenth-century Transylvanian Countess who indulged herself in an orgy of murder and vampirism.
The ageing Countess discovers by accident that the blood of young virgins has an unnatural restorative effect on her celebrated beauty. Years later, she becomes engaged to a handsome young Hussar and is forced to repeat vile atrocities with ever-increasing regularity to hold off old age.
DEAD HOOKER IN A TRUNK plus recorded introduction
Set in beautiful Vancouver, four friends set out on an everyday errand and end up in a fight for their lives when they discover the body of a dead hooker left in their trunk. Lead by a sexy, impulsive Badass (Sylvia Soska), her distant Geek twin sister (Jen Soska), their bible thumping, Jesus loving Goody Two Shoes friend (CJ Wallis), and a chaotic, rockstar Junkie pal (Rikki Gagne), the group has to put aside their differences to dispose of the body before they’re next.
Thrown into their own personal purgatory, they face off against persistent police, a sleazy motel manager, chainsaw wielding triads, and a brutal serial killer. All the while they are followed by a mysterious Cowboy Pimp (John Tench) who wants to claim the corpse for his own. Will they uncover the truth behind the body and be able to stand up to their demons? Buckle up and get ready for the ride of your life filled with gun fights, extreme violence, blood, guts, gore, and goats!
Dead Hooker In A Trunk is the unexpected first feature film written and directed by identical twin sisters, Jen and Sylvia Soska. The newcomers created an impossible film that is an underground sensation, destined to be a cult classic and will make you fall in love with films again!
THE FAMILIAR
Sam has always been obsessed with vampires from the time he was a child. On Sam’s 21st birthday, a mysterious gentleman offers him a peculiar career choice: become an assistant to a real life Vampire. Intrigued and enthusiastic, Sam takes the job but soon realizes that it is not so cool or pleasant to serve his master’s corrupt and neurotic behaviour.
DREAM HOME
Probably the first horror film about the sub-prime mortgage crisis, this enjoyably violent film tells of a frustrated prospective home-buyer who will do anything to reduce the price of a Hong Kong apartment she has her eyes on…..
Screening sponsored by the Lampter Confucius Institute
R.I.P.
Jan Doense, Netherlands 2003, 7mins
Night has fallen. A thunderstorm approaches. In a lonely house a young woman mourns her deceased husband. In the cemetery across the street the shape of a man rises from his grave…
UK PREMIERE - EXORCISMUS
From the producers of REC, this latest film follows 15-yr-old Emma Hawkins. Restless, tired of her overprotective parents and sick of having to watch her younger brother all the time, she hopes to get away and have a life of her own. Suddenly, Emma’s life changes in an unexpected way when she starts having frightening fits. Although her parents attribute her behaviour to psychological problems, Emma senses that something much darker is hiding inside her. As the situation gradually worsens, it becomes clear that whatever is hiding inside her won’t be hiding for much longer. Starring Stephen Billington and Abertoir favourite Doug Bradley.
UK PREMIERE - FIRED
Joy Mittal, the arrogant CEO of H.W.L.S, in a hardnosed decision to repair his scandal ridden work record, and prove his ability to emerge as a pioneering leader in times of financial crisis, fires all the employees from his London office. Amongst the sacked employees is Ruby Herminson, an alluring, sophisticated, career-driven woman, with whom a married Joy is having a long affair. Joy fires Ruby along with the rest of the people he considers expendable.
After a trying day, Joy wraps up some paperwork and tries to head home, but soon realizes that the only possible way of leaving the office is the one he least bargained for. Cornered in a deserted office, Joy discovers the monstrosity of the gruesome supernatural force in the building, which is hell-bent on extracting revenge for his ruthless actions.
A film that caused controversy in India, this is a fascinating movie that plays out in real-time.
THE HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL
What Abertoir festival is complete without our unofficial patron saint Vincent Price making an appearance? A rich millionaire (Price) invites a group of people to his mansion with the promise that if they survive the night, they will receive $10,000. Castle was a fond lover of gimmicks, and frequently employed a number of surprises for the audiences who attended his films. However, we do stress that this particular screening is so frightening that you should only attend if you’re sure you can stand it… we wouldn’t want to have to remove you now would we?
IRON DOORS
A young man wakes up in a cellar with no windows, an eerie neon light and a huge vault door made of impenetrable steel. The room is empty, except for a dead rat and a mysterious rusty locker he doesn’t have the key for. The man thinks he’s the victim of a particularly cruel practical joke, but soon he realises he’s going to die of thirst and hunger if he doesn’t quickly figure out how to escape. However, it seems there’s no way out…
I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE
Not released until February 2011, this is a special advance screening of the new remake of Meir Zarchi’s controversial 1978 cult horror film. A beautiful woman from the city, Jennifer Hills, rents an isolated cabin in the country to write her latest novel. Soon, a group of local lowlifes subject Jennifer to a nightmare of degradation, rape and violence. Left for dead, she returns for vengeance, trapping her male attackers one-by-one…
MUTANT GIRLS SQUAD
Noboru Iguchi, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Tak Sakaguchi, Japan 2010, 90mins, subtitled
From Kurosawa and Ozu through to modern day directors such as Yôji Yamada, Japanese cinema has also been renowned for its subtle expression of human emotions and family drama. If you are a connoisseur of this unique heritage of cinema, then we recommend renting Rashomon and staying far far away…
Yes, this is the ultimate in Japanese splatter, teaming up three of the country’s leading gore experts: Noboru Iguchi (ROBO-GEISHA, THE MACHINE GIRL), Yoshihiro Nishimura (TOKYO GORE POLICE, VAMPIRE GIRL VS. FRANKENSTEIN GIRL) and Tak Sakaguchi (DEATH TRANCE, VERSUS, SAMURAI ZOMBIE).
Rin is a seemingly normal Japanese high school girl. Yet after witnessing her mother’s face blown into bits and her fatherʼs severed head falling into her birthday cake, Rinʼs dormant mutant abilities are suddenly awakened transforming her into a brutal killing machine…. Going on the run, she encounters a group of girl mutants including one who can grow a chainsaw from her body, and another one who can grow tentacles from her fingers. The team hone their skills to take revenge on the Japanese population and transform the country into a mutants only zone.
Think X-Men with tentacles…
MYSTERY GRINDHOUSE In Association with Nicko & Joe’s Bad Film Club
A long-standing tradition in the Abertoir schedule is our extremely popular Mystery Grindhouse. A film so terrible and cringe-worthingly bad, that we have to clean our screens after showing 90 minutes of pure crap. Well, this year will be no exception, and we are delighted to welcome comedians Nicko and Joe who will provide a live commentary to destroy what little shreds of credibility this mystery film ever held.
For the first time the shackles of polite cinema etiquette are discarded as the audience are encouraged to jeer, heckle and participate with the film creating a unique interactive cinema experience. Because, as we know, nothing is as much fun as watching a bad film with friends but, then again, nothing can be more soul destroying than watching one alone…
“Taking the piss out of such movies in the rowdy, bear-pit atmosphere that Nicko and Joe encourage is, I think, a way of reclaiming some of the time we’ve lost to all those bad films…I suspect this goes to the heart of the Bad Film Club’s appeal.” Time Out
RARE EXPORTS
In the depths of the Korvatunturi mountains, 486 metres deep, a team of experts are drilling for something. When a herd of reindeer is brutally ripped apart and children start to disappear, it appears the Christmas stories of Santa could not be more wrong. Stylish, award-winning film with a brilliantly warped sense of Tim Burton-esque humour.
THE SILENT HOUSE
With expert direction and camerawork, this is a film guaranteed to make you jump out of your seat. Not content with a regualr setup, The Silent House goes one further, and that’s because it was shot in just one single take. With great attention paid to the production values, and a true maturity to handle the shocks, this is a technical, visual and atmospheric achievement unlike any other in horror history.
Laura and her father arrive at a remote cottage on the eve before their contract to renovate it begins. Dank, dark, gloomy and bereft of electricity – forcing the pair to rely on battery lanterns and candles – they sit and wait alone while the house owner heads out for food. He leaves them with only one instruction: Don’t Go Upstairs. When her father does just that to investigate some strange noises, Laura’s stark staring fright night commences… Strong, compelling and mesmerising, THE SILENT HOUSE is a remarkable exercise in spine-chilling terror.
WORLD PREMIERE - SIREN plus Q&A with producer Christopher Granier-Deferre
Escaping the city for a weekend away, company man Ken and his girlfriend Rachel meet up with an old friend, the exotic and worldly Marco. Their plan is simple — tour the local coast for a relaxing weekend in the wilderness. Things hit a snag when Marco spots a beautiful young girl, the sultry and seductive Silka, waving for help off the shore of one of the many secluded islands. But if anyone needs help now, it’s them… SIREN is a terrifying tale of lust and revenge set on an abandoned island in the Mediterranean.
We are delighted to welcome producer Christopher Granier-Deferre for a Q&A after the screening.
VAMPIRES plus Q&A with producer John Engel
Brilliantly funny mockumentary focussing on a family of modern-day vampires living in Belgium. Bored with immortality, they spend their time going about their ordinary lives: attending classes on blood-sucking, eating illegal immigrants, children and handicapped folk, and taking every advantage they can to suck out of the country’s social system. Samson, a seventies throwback, lives his 55th year like he’s forever 20. Grace, an eternal teenager bent on being human again, keeps committing suicide. While George, the patriarch, manages as best he can, heading the eccentric family and its on-going squabbles with the neighbouring vampires…
We are delighted to welcome the film’s producer John Engel here to Aber for a Q&A following the screening.
THE VIOLENT KIND
Troubled Cody (Cory Knauf), a second-generation member of a violent and notorious biker gang, rides out with his friends to a party at a farmhouse located deep within the redwood forest. At the end of the wild evening, things take a turn for the worse when Cody’s ex-girlfriend Michelle (Tiffany Shepis) is discovered wandering aimlessly and covered in blood, screaming and convulsing. Cody and the others desperately try to get help for Michelle while stuck in the middle of nowhere, but their plans are quickly ruined when another malicious gang turns up. But what they want is far worse than just picking a fight….
The Violent Kind is a rare film, blending genres and twisting expected storylines to give a memorable and fun film. We dare you to guess the ending.
GLOW
In the Valleys of South Wales a lonley spirit lingers in the dark, searching for his lover.
UK PREMIERE - WAKE
Driving to a wedding in LA through the Mojave Desert, Paul and Adrienne pull off the highway and into Roy’s Motel and Café. This roadside artifact proves to be a strange and surreal place with an unsettling mix of travellers, who force our couple to discover the horrifying secret hidden between them. Directed by the producer of the excellent All the Boys Love Mandy Lane.
WE ARE WHAT WE ARE
Already being heralded as the new “Let the Right One In”, this Mexican film is a powerful and compelling look at cannibals in a modern-day society. After a middle-aged man dies in the street, he leaves his widow and three sons destitute. The devastated family is confronted not only with his loss but with a terrible challenge – how to survive. As cannibals, they have always existed on a diet of human flesh consumed in bloody ritual ceremonies… and the victims have always been provided by the father. Now that he is gone, who will hunt? Who will lead them? How will they feed their horrific hunger?
INTERCAMBIO
In a village in Eastern Europe, beset by soldiers, its people seek different strategies to survive. But gradually the situation is complicated to limits that were never suspected
Abertoir Horror Festival Announces Fifth Birthday Schedule
Wales’ National Horror Festival, Abertoir has announced its 2010 line up.
The festival which runs between Wednesday 10 – Sunday 14 November at Aberystwyth Arts Centre will show more than twenty films, including UK premieres, cult screenings and classics from around the world, as well as a whole host of special guests, talks, masterclasses, live music and theatre events. Enthusiastic fans will flock to the seaside town for a programme that is guaranteed to be scary, creepy and quirky!
“As Abertoir turns five years old, the team has worked tirelessly to put together a fantastic line up of films from around the world – from genre-defining classics, to the latest offerings in horror, we’re looking forward to meeting new festival-goers and welcoming old friends.”
Legendary band The Damned will provide music on the Friday evening, supported by Abertoir favourites Zombina and the Skeletones. On the Saturday evening, Robert Lloyd Parry presents his acclaimed one-man show with a creepy candle lit telling of two ghost stories by M R James in A Warning to the Curious. The ever-popular Mystery Grindhouse screening returns for another year this time with a hilariously sarcastic commentary provided by Nicko and Joe’s Bad Film Club. As always the festival will feature a classic silent horror film, this year The Cat and the Canary, with live piano accompaniment by Paul Shallcross playing a score especially commissioned by Abertoir. Wicker Man director Robin Hardy (who helped to launch the festival five years ago) also returns to discuss and show scenes from his brand new film The Wicker Tree. Director Nicholas David Lean presents an exclusive horror film making masterclass, while while occult expert Gavin Baddeley will be giving a tongue-in-cheek talk on vampire hunting.
Big screen highlights include the world premiere of British psychological horror Siren, as well as UK premieres of Exorcismus, Fired and Wake. Classics include Hammer Horror’s Countess Dracula and William Castle’s The House on Haunted Hill while the rest of the lineup features a terrific selection of brand new films from across the globe. All of which, except for the classics, will be the first time screened in Wales.
Abertoir’s short film competition celebrates its third year, and this year offers entrants the exciting prospect of having their films considered alongside winning short films exhibited at film festivals across Europe. Now a member of the European Fantastic Film Festivals Federation, Abertoir is delighted to be awarding the winning short film a nomination for the Méliès d’Or decided each year at the Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival.
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