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Dead Northern Part VI
2025 Horror Film Festival
- Friday the 26th to 28th of September 2025
- City Screen Picturehouse, 13-17 Coney St, York YO1 9QL
Step into the shadows at Dead Northern Horror Film Festival 2025 a thrilling weekend of fear and film set in the eerie heart of York, the world's most haunted city. From September 26th to 28th, experience a bloodcurdling line-up of indie shorts, feature premieres, and iconic horror classics, all haunting the screens of the historic City Screen Picturehouse.
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DEAD NORTHERN 2025 FILM FESTIVAL
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Come on down to Dead Northern
The Festival of Horror returns to York's haunted heart, and this reel is your first taste of the terror. Behind every curtain: new horror films, live events, twisted parties, and a Horror Market packed with cursed curiosities. Lights, screams, action, your nightmare weekend awaits at City Screen Picture House. Watch the reel… if you dare.
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Dead Northern 2025
Festival Film & Event Timetable
| FRIDAY 26/09/2025 | SATURDAY 27/09/2025 | SUNDAY 28/09/2025 |
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| 10:30 - Short Film Showcase | 10:30 - Short Film Showcase | 10:30 - Classic Feature |
| 12:00 - Feature Film Sun (UK Premiere with Q&A) | 12:00 - Feature Film | 12:00 - Feature Film |
| 14:00 - Short Film Showcase | 13:45 - Short Film Showcase | 13:30 - Short Film Showcase |
| 16:00 - Live Event | 15:30 - Feature Film | 14:45 - Feature Film |
| 17:00 - Classic Feature Film | 17:30 - Classic Feature | 16:15 - Feature Film |
| 19:30 - Feature Film | 19:30 - Signature Live Event | 18:00 - Short Film Showcase |
| 21:30 - Live Event | 20:45 - Feature Film | 19:30 - Live Event Dead Talks Part II: When Horror Struck Again - Underated sequels (With special guests) Presented by Independent Horror Society |
| 23:00 - Live event VIP Awards Party @ Picturehouse City Screen | 20:30 - Classic Feature Film |
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FEATURE FILMS - FRIDAY 26/09/2025
12:00 26/09/2025
Sun (UK Premiere with Q&A)
Experience a terrifying unraveling through the eyes of SUN. D L A Films' punishing feature film debut marries intergenerational trauma with bodily posession in this descent into a dark and chaotic hell. Starring Brooklyn Bruk Up and Flex Pioneer Cordell " Storm " Purnell as a haunted dancer who desperately searches for his missing wife, SUN is a relentless nocturnal journey through the most nightmarish reaches of New York City.
- Director: Dominic Lahiff
- Key Cast: Cordell 'Storm' Purnell, Lauren Kelisha Muller, WILLIE The GENIUS, Yvonne Houston, Mark Manno, Synead Nichols, Albert 'The Ghost' Esquilin, Joyia Bradley
- Runtime: 01:15:00
- Horror, Thriller, Mystery
- United States
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FEATURE FILMS - SATURDAY 27/09/2025
12:00 27/09/2025
A Mothers Recall (World Premiere)
A married couple adopts Genaro, and when the boy arrives at his new home he meets his siblings Nuria and Samuel. As the days go by, Genaro suspects that his new family is suffering from a paranormal siege that keeps them in a state of anguish and gloom. Nuria is a teenager who learns the strange and terrifying secrets of her family and manages to forge a special bond with Genaro. Both are united by an evil presence that brings with it a series of sinister events.
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FEATURE FILMS - SUNDAY 28/09/2025
10:30 28/09/2025
Evil Dead (1981)
Five college friends retreat to a remote cabin in the woods for a weekend getaway, only to discover an ancient Book of the Dead hidden in the cellar. When they accidentally unleash a demonic force through incantations, the group is plunged into a night of relentless terror. Possession spreads, sanity fractures, and blood flows as survivor Ash Williams faces the horrors alone in a battle against the undead.
- Director: Sam Raimi
- Key Cast: Bruce Campbell, Sarah Berry, Dan Hicks
- Runtime: 84 minutes
- Horror, Comedy, Supernatural
- United States
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LIVE EVENTS - FRIDAY 26/09/2025
16:00 26/09/2025
DEAD TALK - Don't call me a count! - Dracula's mysterious connection to York
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LIVE EVENTS - SATURDAY 27/09/2025
19:30 27/09/2025
Spirits With Spirits - Cocktails and Ghost Stories
Sponsored by Villains Rum
A cocktail of the uncanny and the unforgettable. Join us for a night where mixology meets the macabre. Featuring live cocktail crafting, a complimentary drink courtesy of Villains Rum, and chilling ghost stories told in the flickering glow of candlelight. Whether you're here for the spirits in your glass or the ones that haunt the room, this signature event promises a potent blend of flavour, folklore, and fright.
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LIVE EVENTS - SUNDAY 28/09/2025
19:30 28/09/2025
DEAD TALKS II
With the Independent Horror Society
Dead Talks - Part II: When Horror Struck Again - Underated sequels (With special guests)
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STUDENT SHORT FILM & MUSIC VIDEOS
FRIDAY 26/09/2025 - 10:30
The Ferris Wheel
A serial killer, after death, is destined to meet his victim. A little girl expects retribution but doesn't realize a creature loves the killer so deeply that this love protects him from the abyss of hell.
- Director: Victoria Mukhonko
- Key Cast: Elizaveta Rufina, Alexandr Marin, Grigoriy Mosoyants
- Runtime: 15 minutes
- Russian Federation
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MUSIC VIDEOS - FRIDAY 26/09/2025 - 10:30
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Snails - Music Video
Zombies aren't always trying to kill you—sometimes they just want to party.
- Director: Martyn Thomas
- Key Cast:
- Runtime: 3 minutes
- United Kingdom
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SHORT FILMS - Teeth, Claws, Tentacles & clowns
FRIDAY 26/09/2025 - 14:00
Killergotchi
Pepa gets the virtual baby of her dreams, but playing mother soon turns into a nightmare.
- Director: Carlos Cobos
- Key Cast:
- Runtime: 12 minutes
- Spain
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SHORT FILMS - Flesh & Bone
Saturday 27/09/2025 - 10:30
The Itch
A young man awakens in an unfamiliar apartment, decaying rapidly and under surveillance. He relies on mysterious vaccines to slow his decline, but soon plots revenge on his unseen watcher.
- Director: Gordon Phillips
- Key Cast: Nathan Nagvajara, John Potvin
- Runtime: 14 minutes
- Mexico, United States
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SHORT FILMS - Twisted Tales
Saturday 27/09/2025 - 13:45
A Good Death
When a devoted death doula arrives at the home of her new clients, she immediately begins to suspect that something is very wrong.
- Director: Kaz PS
- Key Cast: Tracie Thoms, Stefanie Estes, Jenny O'Hara
- Runtime: 11 Min
- Horror
- United States
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SHORT FILMS - Spectres & Shadows
Sunday 28/09/2025 -13:30
OK/NOTOK
A genre-bending love story set in the near future with a darkly comic edge. Loretta, a working-class British Asian woman, navigates a turbulent world, a new stranger, and unskippable adverts.
- Director: Pardeep Sahota
- Key Cast: Bairavi Manoharan, Jay Taylor, Viraj Juneja
- Runtime: 13 minutes
- United Kingdom
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SHORT FILMS - Inside the Mind
Sunday 28/09/2025 -18:00
NAP
Four people are about to undergo a dangerous experiment. The rules are simple: you will have to sleep if you want to live.
- Director: Javier Chavanel
- Key Cast: Carlos de Austria, Alejandro Siguenza, Laura Rozalen, Luis Miguel Jara, Enric Benavent
- Runtime: 14 minutes
- Spain
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REELS, SCREAMS & BEHIND THE SCENES
Step into the fear-soaked heart of York at the 2025 Dead Northern Horror Film Festival. Celebrating 2,000 years of haunted history, this year's event unleashes a chilling lineup of independent horror premieres, blood-curdling classics, and immersive experiences—all unfolding beside one of the city's ancient crypts.
New for 2025, our Dead Talks Q&A series brings you face-to-face with the minds behind the monsters. From directors to special effects artists, these sessions dive into the craft, inspiration, and mayhem of horror filmmaking—offering intimate access and unforgettable insights.
It's not just a film festival—it's a descent into darkness with the creators who conjure it.
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The Highlights of the 2024 Dead Northern Horror Film Festival
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