Pop-up Cinema with Shorts
Dead Northern X Independent Horror Society
Present Dead Indie -
Summerween Short Film Night
Saturday 12 July 2025
7.00PM till late
148-150 Micklegate Social, York, YO1 6JX
Whatever your horror niche, there will be something there for you — from depressed monsters and cursed waterways, all the way through to possessed household electronics and creepy folk horror. What more do you need?
Live Stage and Shop
Odyssey Video Game Festival 2025
- Saturday 31st May and Sunday the 1st of July 2025
- 12pm to 5pm
- The Old Swan Hotel, Swan Rd, Harrogate HG1 2SR
Visit Dead Northern at the Odyssey Gaming Festival. Where we'll have Mortal Kombat, Ghost and Ghouls and R-Type arcade machines on FREE play. PLUS Play Resident Evil 2 Remake on the Official Resident Evil Custom Build PC!
Pop-up Cinema with Classic Movie
My Bloody Valentine (1981)
Valentines horror popup cinema
- Friday the 14th of Feb 2025
- 7pm Until Late
- Starling Bar, 47 Oxford St, Harrogate HG1 1PW
What better way to spend your Valentines than an evening of beer, pizza and cult horror! Come join us for some tasty bevs and food courtesy of the brilliant Starling team along side a screening of the classic slasher My Bloody Valentine.
Pop-up Cinema with Classic Movie
Happy Horror-days! Festive Popup Cinema
- Sunday the 22nd of December 2024
- 7pm Until Late
- Starling Bar, 47 Oxford St, Harrogate HG1 1PW
Get into the festive spirit with an evening of cult horror classics! Enjoy delicious drinks and food, courtesy of the brilliant Starling team, as we present an exciting double feature of 70s horror. The perfect way to celebrate the season in style!
Dead Northern Stage Event
Thought Bubble Comic Con 2024
- Saturday the 16th and Sunday 17th of November 2024
- 10am to 5pm
- Harrogate Convention Centre, Harrogate
Unmasking the Masters of Horror Comics
Dive into exclusive interviews and Q&A sessions with the legends of horror comics at Thought Bubble Comic Convention. Discover the creative minds behind the nightmares!
Film Festival
Dead Northern V - 2024 Horror Film Festival
- Friday the 27th to 29th of September 2024
- City Screen Picturehouse, 13-17 Coney St, York YO1 9QL
Three days of horror films, thrilling events, Q&As, parties, and fantastic food and drink in the world's most haunted city! With Screenings of All This Time, Fear Cabin, Stickman's Hollow, The Blair Witch Project (1999), Kill Your Lover and more.
Live Stage and Shop
Odyssey Video Game Festival 2024
- Saturday 6th and Sunday the 7th of July 2024
- 10am to 5pm
- The Crown Hotel, Crown Pl, Harrogate HG1 2RZ
Three days of horror films, thrilling events, Q&As, parties, and fantastic food and drink in the world's most haunted city! With Screenings of All This Time, Fear Cabin, Stickman's Hollow, The Blair Witch Project (1999), Kill Your Lover and more.
Exclusive Screening with Q&A
A Midsummer's Nights Scream
- Friday the 14th June 2024
- 7pm Until Late
- City Screen Picturehouse, 13-17 Coney St, York YO1 9QL
The Independent Horror Society has teamed up with the Dead Northern film festival for a killer night of indie horror in York. This is DEAD INDIE.
Dead Northern Stage Event
Thought Bubble Comic Con 2023
- Saturday the 11th and Sunday 12th of November 2023
- 10am to 5pm
- Harrogate Convention Centre, Harrogate
The Horror Behind the Panels. Dead Northern sat down with horror comic icons, uncovering terrifying storytelling secrets and artistic inspirations. Explore the full interviews now!
Film Festival
Dead Northern IV - 2023 Horror Film Festival
- 29 September - 1 October 2023
- City Screen Picturehouse, 13-17 Coney St, York YO1 9QL
The Dead Northern Horror and Fantasy Festival is coming back in 2023. A huge line up of new feature films, classic feature films, short films from some of the world's best up-and-coming horror filmmakers. Including screenings of Free Spirits, The Wicker Man, Isaac, Haunted Ulster Live & More. Plus Q&A's, live music, awards, and our signature horror themed live events. Dead Northern is a Film Festival that pushes the boundaries and puts the FESTIVAL in the Film Festival.
Exclusive Nasty Video Screening
Nasty Video Club - Zombie Flesh Eaters (1979)
- Friday the 25th of August 2023
- 10pm until late
- City Screen Picturehouse, 13-17 Coney St, York YO1 9QL
The infamous revenge thriller returned to the big screen as Dead Northern's Nasty Video Club gave a new generation the chance to witness its unrelenting intensity as intended.
Exclusive Nasty Video Screening
Nasty Video Club - Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)
- Friday the 28th of July 2023
- 10pm until late
- City Screen Picturehouse, 13-17 Coney St, York YO1 9QL
The cult classic came back in all its outrageous horror-comedy glory! Dead Northern revived Killer Klowns from Outer Space for a wild, big-screen spectacle like never before.
Exclusive Nasty Video Screening
Nasty Video Club - I Spit on Your Grave (1978)
- Friday the 23rd of June 2023
- 10pm until late
- City Screen Picturehouse, 13-17 Coney St, York YO1 9QL
Dead Northern resurrected Lucio Fulci's gore-soaked masterpiece, bringing eye-gouging terror and flesh-ripping horror back to the silver screen for a new wave of horror fans.
Live Event
My Bloody Valentine - Ouija
- Saturday the 11th Feb 2023
- 7pm Until Late
- The Yorkshire Hotel, Prospect Pl W Pk, Harrogate HG1 1LA
Celebrate Valentine's Day in true style at the eerie rooftop floor of The Yorkshire Hotel in Harrogate as we recreate an authentic Séance.
Social & Networking Event
The Gathering - Friday the 13th
- Friday the 13th of January 2023
- 7pm Until Late
- Manahatta Bar, 3 Little Stonegate, York YO1 8AX
The Gathering - Networking event for film-makers, artists and creative industries - Join us for a gathering of creatives, filmmakers and alternative businesses on one of the spookiest nights of the year!
Dead Northern Stage Event
Thought Bubble Comic Con 2022
- Saturday the 12th and Sunday 13 November 2022
- 10am to 5pm
- Harrogate Convention Centre, Harrogate
Inside the Pages — Horror Creators Speak. Step into the chilling world of horror comics with Dead Northern's exclusive Q&A sessions. Meet the visionaries behind the ink!
Film Festival
Dead Northern III
2022 Horror Film Festival
- Friday the 23rd to Sunday the 25th September 2022
- City Screen Picturehouse, 13-17 Coney St, York YO1 9QL
The Dead Northern Horror and Fantasy Festival made its mark in 2022 with three unforgettable days of horror films, engaging Q&As, thrilling events, parties, and fantastic food and drink. Held in the world's most haunted city, it also featured unique experiences like pop-up cinemas and year-round horror-themed activities. Our 2022 line up included After She Died, The Lies of Our Confines, Searching for Veslomy, The Stranger, Eating Miss Campbell, The Creeping and more.
Pop-up Cinema
Friday the 13th 3D Party
- Friday the 13th May 2022
- 7pm Until Late
- North Bar, 2D, Oxford Buildings, Cheltenham Parade, Harrogate HG1 1DA
Celebrate 40 Years of Friday the 13th Part 3 with us at North Bar Harrogate. Our Pop-Up Cinema will be screening the 80's classic slasher. Then hang around and join us for a pint of one of North Bar's amazing craft beers.
Live Event
My Bloody Valentine II Seance
- Saturday the 12th Feb 2022
- 7pm Until Late
- Masonic Hall, Station Ave, Harrogate HG1 5NE
The ultimate alternative Valentine's date. A haunting live Seance with Paul Forster. Then we raise some spirits at the after party.
Film Festival
Dead Northern II - 2021 Horror Film Festival
- Friday the 24th to Sunday the 26th of September 2021
- City Screen Picturehouse, 13-17 Coney St, York YO1 9QL
The 2021 Film Festival lineup includes; An American Warewolf in London, From Dusk Til Dawn, Red Snow, Censor, Blood Thirsty, Wyvern Hill and local Feature Zomblogalypse and More. Plus, Live Awards, Live Music, Live entertainers, and after-parties.
Film Festival
Dead Northern - 2020 Horror Film Festival
- Friday the 30th of October to the 1st of November 2020
- Crown Hotel, Crown Pl, Harrogate HG1 2RZ
The 2021 Film Festival lineup includes; Host with Q&A from director Rob Savage, Dawn of the Dead, Friday the 13th, Ten Minutes to Midnight, Danni and the Vampire, Hellraiser, VideoDrome and local feature Chestersberg from director Jamie McKeller.
Exclusive Screening
In Search of Darkness UK Premiere
- Saturday 31st of October 2020
- Everyman Cinema, Westgate House, Albert St, Station Parade, Harrogate HG1 1HQ
As part of the 2020 Dead Northern Film Festival, we will be showing the UK Premier of In Search of Darkness. Your chance to see this classic documentary on the big screen.
Live Event
My Bloody Valentine
- Saturday the 14th February - 2020
- Cold Bath Clubhouse, 44 King's Rd, Harrogate HG1 5JW
Dead Northerns evening of love and guts, My Bloody Valentine. Our pop-up cinema comes to Cold Bath Brewery with a screening of the classic Hitchcock movie Psycho over a three-course meal. Followed by Burlesque and Live table magic and mentalism. A red rose and a box of chocolates just won't cut it!
Horror Prom
- Saturday 2nd of November - 2019
- W Park, Harrogate HG1 1BL
A prom wouldn't be complete without a candlelit three-course meal, live acoustic covers of classic Horror soundtracks, topped with a disco and dance. All in an amazing horror themed venue, Halloween fancy dress is a must!
Film Festival
Harrogate Horror Film Festival - 2019
- Thursday the 31st of October to the 2nd of November 2019
- West Park URC Church, W Park, Harrogate HG1 1BL
The Harrogate Horror Film Festival. The event that started it all. A screening of Lost Boys in a candle lit Church. Gremlins, Zombieland, and even a Halloween Party with a bouncy castle and prizes for best horror costume.
