Gorehounds, fright fetishists and genre geeks take note: the annual A Night of Horror film festival starts in Sydney at the end of this month and runs till April 8. The fest features a good selection of both Australian and International films, shorts, Q&As and a free screenwriting forum – the full program is reprinted below.
For me (having not seen any of the films yet), some the highlights are the opening night film The Tunnel, set in Sydney’s underground throughways, the spoofish-looking, The Last Lovecraft: Relic of Cthulhu, which has the distinction of featuring Martin Starr from Party Down (if you haven’t seen that show, do), the Lance Henriksen-starring Wilderness, and the closing night film, Absentia, which looks like a low-budget treat.
Full Program:
Saturday, March 26 – Mu-Mesons Archives, Annandale
8:00pm – Pre-festival Double Feature: Skew / Ludlow
Thursday, March 31 – Dendy Newtown
7:00pm – Opening Night: The Tunnel
9:00pm – Wound
Friday, April 1 – Dendy Newtown
7:00pm – Dead Hooker in a Trunk
9:00pm – The Reef
Saturday, April 2 – Dendy Newtown
4:00pm – Shorts Program #1: Monster Mash-Up
7:00pm – Descendents
9:00pm – Hybrid 3D
11:00pm – Blood Junkie
Sunday, April 3 – Dendy Newtown
4:00pm – Shorts Program #2: LOVECRAFTIAN LUNACY
7:00pm – The Last Lovecraft: Relic of Cthulhu
9:00pm – The Afflicted
Monday, April 4 – Dendy Newtown
7:00pm – Shorts Program #3: NIGHT OF THE EVIL DEAD
Tuesday, April 5 – Dendy Newtown
7:00pm – Shorts Program #4: CRAZY MOFOS
Wednesday, April 6 – Dendy Newtown
7:00pm – Wilderness
Wednesday, April 6 – Metro Screen, Paddington
6:30pm – Shorts Program #5: AUSTRALIAN HORROR SHOWCASE 1
9:00pm – Shorts Program #6: AUSTRALIAN HORROR SHOWCASE 2
Thursday, April 7 – Dendy Newtown
7:00pm – Midnight Son
9:00pm – #12
Thursday, April 7 – Surry Hills Library
9:00pm – Horror Screenwriting Forum Free Event
Friday, April 8 – Dendy Newtown
7:00pm – Closing Night: Absentia
For further details check out the fest’s website, http://www.anightofhorror.com
Tickets are available now from Dendy Newtown on (02) 9550 5699, or at www.dendy.com.au.