Belfast Film Festival Horror Weekend

Belfast Film Festival Horror Weekend

1 - 2 April 2011

Programme:
Friday 7pm: The Whisperer in Darkness
Saturday 2pm: Horror Anthologies
Saturday 9pm: Horror All-Nighter

The Whisperer in Darkness– 2010 (European Premiere)

Friday, 7pm

A European première of the adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s ‘The Whisperer in the Darkness’ from the makers of The Call of Cthulhu, the HP Lovecraft Historical Society.

A local hermit discovers a race of aliens living in the rural Massachusetts mountains. After an historic flood, the reports of strange bodies floating in local rivers catch the attention of mythology professor, Albert Wilmarth...

The film will be accompanied by a full support programme of short and feature length films programmed by the The H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society.

Horror Anthologies - Portmanteau Afternoon

Black Sabbath / Creep Show / Tales from the Crypt / Dead of Night and more.

Saturday, 2pm

In this afternoon dedicated to the lost art of the anthology, the Horror Weekend will be picking the best bits from the best anthologies, like Black Sabbath, Creep Show, Tales from the Crypt and Dead of Night.

Horror All-Nighter Saturday, 9pm

Four brand new films guaranteed to keep sleep at bay

Wound – 2010 (New Zealand)

Exploring the dark worlds of mental illness, incest, revenge and death, the audience follow Tanya as she returns from the dead to search for Susan, the mother she has never met, in turn sending Susan into a state of madness and gore-filled retribution. A dark, disturbing look into a haunted woman’s mind. This is one terrible dream you will never wake up from. Outcast - 2010 (UK)
Mary and her son Fergal live their lives on the run, using an ancient form of magic to hide from a terrifying hunter who is intent on seeking them out and killing them. When Fergal falls in love with his beautiful neighbour, the stakes are raised and the consequences of his actions are far more frightening than anyone could imagine.

The Pack (La Meute) - 2010 (France)

In the middle of a snowy no man`s land Charlotte picks up hitchhiker Max. They stop in a truck-stop restaurant but, when Max disappears and Charlotte returns to look for him, she finds much more than she bargained for.

The Taint - 2010 (USA)

The water is tainted, poisoning the minds of the men and creating a psychopathic rabble bent on destruction. This low-budget horror flick is a testament to guerilla style filmmaking with a classic mix of gore and horror.

Fourth film to be confirmed