Irish Film Institute -HORRORTHON 2015

HORRORTHON 2015

IFI Horrorthon 2015 ran from October 22nd to 26th 2015. Back to the Horrorthon Archive.
HORRORTHON: THE INVITATION
When Will and his girlfriend attend his ex-wife’s dinner party, they quickly realise the ulterior motives behind her seeming kindness in this tense and unnerving thriller.
Thursday 22nd Oct 2015 19.00
HOWL
The breakdown of a late-night train during a full moon forces the passengers to band together as an unseen presence begins to pick them off.
Thursday 22nd Oct 2015 21.00
TURBO KID
In post-apocalyptic 1997, one brave kid stands up to evil overlord Zeus (Michael Ironside) in this riotous and endearing homage to ’80s action movies.
Thursday 22nd Oct 2015 22.50
CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT
A journalist discovers a remote orphanage populated by child vampires, who are being groomed to eradicate humanity, and the organisation dedicated to stopping them.
Thursday 22nd Oct 2015 23.00
MANIA
A guest at last year’s festival, Jessica Cameron’s second feature sees a lesbian couple fleeing across America after a brutal murder in their hometown.
Thursday 22nd Oct 2015 23.00
IFI HORRORTHON HONOURS CHRISTOPHER LEE: THE HOUNDS OF THE BASKERVILLES
IFI HORRORTHON HONOURS CHRISTOPHER LEE: Lee plays the endangered Sir Henry Baskerville, watched over by Peter Cushing’s Sherlock Holmes in Terence Fisher’s adaptation of the detective’s most famous adventure.
Friday 23rd Oct 2015 13.00
LAST GIRL STANDING
The bleak Last Girl Standing follows Camryn as she attempts to deal with the guilt of being the sole survivor of a massacre five years previously.
Friday 23rd Oct 2015 14.50
DUST DEVIL
A distinctive and underappreciated film, filled with ideas, Dust Devil follows Wendy, who is being pursued by a mysterious shape-shifter who preys on the lonely. Director Richard Stanley will introduce…
Friday 23rd Oct 2015 16.45
GOODNIGHT MOMMY
Two young twin boys become increasingly convinced that the woman returning home from hospital, face hidden under surgical bandages, is no longer their mother.
Friday 23rd Oct 2015 19.10
DEATHGASM
This irreverent and very funny New Zealand ode to heavy metal horror sees an ancient entity summoned by two high school guitarists, with serious consequences.
Friday 23rd Oct 2015 21.10
TRIBUTE TO WES CRAVEN: THE SERPENT AND THE RAINBOW & THE PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS
Screening in memory of horror maestro Wes Craven, this double bill highlights two of his lesser celebrated films, each deserving of greater recognition.
Friday 23rd Oct 2015 23.00
WORRY DOLLS
Worry Dolls sees a notorious serial killer’s collection of talismans spreading an ancient curse in a peaceful town, causing a series of random and horrific murders.
Friday 23rd Oct 2015 23.00
FEED THE DEVIL
Outsiders who trespass on Native American land while chasing easy money face the consequences in Feed the Devil, as myth becomes terrifying reality.
Friday 23rd Oct 2015 23.10
NINA FOREVER
Rob’s new relationship with coworker Holly becomes complicated when Nina, his dead girlfriend, appears every time he and Holly have sex, taunting them.
Saturday 24th Oct 2015 13.00
THE HALLOW
The safety of a couple’s newborn son is put at risk when the denizens of the forest surrounding their home are disturbed in this atmospheric chiller.
Saturday 24th Oct 2015 14.45
EMELIE
Babysitter Anna subjects her charges to an escalating series of psychological torments, malicious and often perverse, in this tense and genuinely discomfiting debut feature.
Saturday 24th Oct 2015 16.45
FUTURE SHOCK! THE STORY OF 2000AD
The history of cult comic 2000AD, home of Judge Dredd, is traced from inception to present in this definitive and engaging documentary. Producer Sean Hogan and artist Kevin O’Neill will…
Saturday 24th Oct 2015 18.30