14:30 27/09/2024

FEAR CABIN - World Premiere

Six friends rent a cabin in the middle of the woods on the last weekend of summer and set out to have an amazing time full of partying and drinking. Little do they know that they will be sharing this cabin with an unexpected guest, will they make it out alive?

• Director: Brian Krainson
• Key Cast: Jeremy London, Brody Wellmaker, Violet SinClair, Brian Krainson, Jennifer Barlow, Mackenzie Messick, Wyatt London, Lily Misticawi, Jeff Holcomb, Parker Denning, Bianca Medeiros Krainson
• Runtime: 92m
• Horror, Cabin in the Woods, Comedy
• USA

19:15 27/09/2024

STICKMAN'S HOLLOW + Q&A
UK Premiere

A young couple on a fishing trip with their son decide to explore an area of remote wilderness known as the Stickman's Hollow. Told through the surviving pieces of footage from their fateful trip, the film documents the family's holiday as they are mercilessly hunted in the forest by an unknown force, and the dark past of the hollow is brought to light.

• Director: Jack Cox
• Key Cast: Thomas Cadrot, Michael Adamthwaite, Jason Simpson, Lucy McNulty, Aidan Drummond
• Runtime: 83 Min
• Horror, Found Footage,
• Canada

21:00 27/09/2024

The Blair Witch Project (1999)

Three film students vanish after traveling into a Maryland forest to film a documentary on the local Blair Witch legend, leaving only their footage behind.

• Directors: Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sánchez
• Key Cast: Heather Donahue, Joshua Leonard, Michael C. Williams, Bob Griffin, Jim King, Sandra Sánchez, Ed Swanson, Patricia DeCou, Mark Mason, Susie Gooch
• Runtime: 81 Min
• Horror, Found Footage
• USA

12:45 29/09/2024

Strike

When the lonely and isolated Francine is gifted a case of matches made in her controlling husband's factory, she discovers that within the flames of each match resides the tortured soul of a deceased factory worker, cursed to appear with every strike.

Set against the Matchgirl Strikes of 1888, Strike is a gothic story about friendship and the toxicity that can be hidden behind the guise of love. As we still battle for better working conditions and campaign for equality, this timely short film shows us how far we've come by standing still.

• Director: Mark Patterson
• Key Cast: Gracie LeClere, James Viller, Amy Anderson
• Runtime: 27 minutes
• Drama, Short, History, Supernatural, Gothic
• United Kingdom

18:30 29/09/2024

The Monster Beneath Us

Yorkshire, 1898. A grieving woman and her son move back to the unoccupied house of her ex-husband, recently found dead, but they discover that they are not alone inside the house.

• Director: Sophie Osbourne
• Key Cast: Becca Hirani, Jack Forsyth-Noble, Nicola Wright
• Runtime: 1h 43m
• Horror, Mystery, Thriller
• United Kingdom

15:45 29/09/2024

The Black Quarry

In this film by HorrorWeb Productions, a black metal band travels to an abandoned quarry to film a music video as intense as their sound. Although the lead singer has his own sinister motivations in mind for shooting there, what lurks beneath the quarry proves to be more menacing than his twisted intentions.

• Director: Corey Jason Trahan
• Key Cast: Sarah Webb Scotty Walker, Jason Rouse, Charles Nestell
• Runtime: 48 Minutes
• Horror, Comdey, Music
• USA

18:30 29/09/2024

Kill Victoria

Thirty-something couples PAULA & PETE and JACKY & NIGEL, along with their perpetually single pal NICK (30s) have been best friends for years. Since grade school, the quintette has been inseparable. Until...Nick finally gets engaged to a girl named VICTORIA (28). From that moment, he seems to change. As far as the other four are concerned, driving a wedge through such a tight friendship is unforgivable. One night, the quartet jokingly speculate on how they would kill Victoria in order to save Nick from making "the worst mistake of his life'' by marrying her. However, when Nick brings Victoria on the annual weekend cottage trip, the killing joke turns into a real plot when Victoria manages to uncover a dark secret about each of the four. It seems that none of their lives are as squeaky-clean as they'd previously let on. Submerged in this private panic, the four decide to re-explore the discussion of how to KILL VICTORIA. Only now, it's about saving themselves.

And this time, it's not a game.

• Director:Robin Dunne
• Key Cast: Laura Vandervoort, Sara Canning, Michael Xavier, Aaron Poole, Gia Sandhu, Robin Dunne
• Runtime: 1h 30m
• Horror, Thriller
• Canada

20:30 29/09/2024

Lake Jesup

The year is 2003 and 11 people have gone missing since a killer gator named Bonecrusher was released under suspicious circumstances from local attraction Gator Galaxy. Rumored to be intentionally released into LAKE JESUP for nefarious reasons - people are now dying and the owner of Gator Galaxy is not only NOT taking any responsibility for it — he is cashing in on the mania of it all.

Former Gator Galaxy wrangler and ex con Bubba Coggins, newly out of prison, is presented with the opportunity to have his record expunged if he can find, catch and kill Bonecrusher. Desperate to clean up his past and begin a new life with his daughter and grandson, Bubba's moral compass becomes immediately challenged when he finds himself willing to do ANYTHING, even kill, to accomplish his task of extinguishing Bonecrusher's reign of terror.

• Director: Michael Houston King
• Key Cast: Danny Nucci, Derek Russo, Sarah Voigt, Kent Shocknek, Michael Houston King, Nick Schroeder, Katie Gibbons, Jeff Benninghofen, Savannah Grace Elmer, Essex O'Brien, Grant Jay, Simon Lee, Alexia Aldebol, Scot Scurlock, Mario Xavier, Finley Raser, Kelley Mauro
• Runtime: 1h 27m
• Horror, Action, Comedy
• USA

VHX

A collection of home movies languish on a shelf, longing to be watched again. Little do they know, there's a fate far worse than being forgotten. VHX is a stop-motion animated short made with real vintage VHS tapes.

• Director: Alisa Stern
• Key Cast: Scott Ampleford Alisa Stern, Scott Ampleford Erin Natal, Scott Ampleford, Henry Thompson
• Runtime: 5 Min
• Horror, Animation
• United States

Merkurio

In the Basque Country, a gigolo flirting with a very old woman has no idea what kind of evil forces he will deal with...

• Director: Sebastien Pesle
• Starring: Sebastien Pesle, James Ferrux, Olga Martinez
• Runtime: 5 Min
• Horror, Mysterious
• France

Fisitor

Stalked by grief for his husband and a nightmarish creature from Welsh folklore, Ioan must do his best to survive Christmas Eve. 

O dan gysgod galar am ei ŵr a chreadur hunllefus o lên gwerin Cymru mae Ioan yn ceisio'i orau i oroesi Noswyl Nadolig.

• Director: Llyr Titus Llyr
• Key Cast: Titus Gwion Morris Jones, Sion Emlyn
• Runtime: 15 Min
• Horror, Mystery
• United Kingdom

Lord of the Free range

• Directed by Simon Dymond
• Key Cast: Joseph Willis, Simon Dymond, Richard Glover, Stacey Norris, Charlie Westlake, Dominic Garfield
• Runtime: 14 Min
• Horror, Mystery
• United Kingdom

Demons in the closet

A resident is challenged by demons from another realm in his closet.

• Directed: James Smith
• Runtime: 2 Min
• Horror, Animation
• Germany

Skulk

In the dead of night, creatures slink through the streets of London. Foxes howl to warn when they are close. A woman wakes up in the night to the sound of foxes and shortly after notices a strange figure outside her home.

• Director: Max Ward
• Key Cast: Elina Gavare, Alejandro Augustin
• Runtime: 2 Min
• Horror
• United Kingdom

Body Worn Video

A child abuse call isn't the best way to end a day, but for officers Cane and Adel, it's not just their shift that's about to end in this chilling new-found footage horror from the creative team behind The Lure and The Heritage.

• Director: Tony Hipwell
• Key Cast: Chantelle Alle, Oliver Devoti.
• Runtime: 11 Min
• Horror
• United Kingdom

THE CURSE OF THE VELVET VAMPIRE

Two Chinese horror aficionados, meet in a cult video store to watch the mysterious vampire film called "The curse of the velvet vampire". The film tells the story, of a metal band called 802 and a lot of beautiful vampire girls. However, the film is not to everyone's taste, and slowly the reality of the film and the world of the two Chinese begin to merge. Something terrifying has been brought back to life and now, only fear and death await them.

• Director: Christoffer Sandau Schuricht
• Runtime: 14 Min
• Horror
• Denmark

Nervous Ellie

Ellie, new to dating and painfully shy, struggles to control her nerves during a date with Danni, resulting in some unexpecting and shocking results.

• Director: David Yorke
• Key Cast: Kelsey Cooke, Sophia Capasso
• Runtime: 7 Min
• United Kingdom

Black Hole Barry

Right before Scott's boyfriend moves in with him, he decides to go on a series of hookups to get the most out of his last week living alone, a decision he's going to regret forever.  With Joseph Potter (Interview with the Vampire S2, My Policeman), Michael Batten and Michel Alexandre Gonzalez.

• Director: Alejandro Alberola
• Key Cast: Joseph Potter, Michael Batten, Michel Alexandre Gonzalez
• Runtime: 10 Min
• Horror, Comedy
• United Kingdom

The Mannequin

An aspiring seamstress thinks she can solve all her creative problems by creating a mannequin. But after some strange events, she suspects that the mannequin has aspirations of its own.

• Director: Emelie Dahlskog
• Key Cast: Emelie Dahlskog, Merja Tamminen, Michelle Ljungcrantz
• Runtime: 4 Min
• Horror
• Sweden

What A Catch

On a late night trip to the lake, a victorian fisherman's evening takes a sinister turn.

• Director: Thomas Pickering
• Key Cast: Nathan Geering
• Runtime: 5 Min
• Horror
• United Kingdom

Little Brown Bird

On the shortest day of the year, an overworked farmer must care for her father, who is living with dementia, as he becomes increasingly convinced something is hunting them.

Director: Peter Rogers

Key Cast: Eliza Butterworth, John Rhys-Davies

Runtime: 19 Min

United Kingdom

DO NOT OPEN

Three friends drive out to a lonely countryside house for a big weekend away, only to realise far too late that the house has a fourth guest stalking them throughout their trip, a creature that can only be seen when it wants to be.  DO NOT OPEN is a found footage horror film shot and animated entirely on Super 8.

• Director: Samuel Terence McNally
• Key Cast: Leah Rogers, Josh Sinclair Evans, Adam Deary
• Runtime: 11 Min
• Horror
• United Kingdom