Irish Film Institute -IFI HORRORTHON 2020

IFI HORRORTHON 2020

IFI Horrorthon returns from October 22nd to 26th 2020 with five days of frights and fun. Full festival pass and multi-film passes available at IFI Box Office.
Horrorthon 2020: RED SCREENING
The audience attending the last showing of a horror film in a small downtown cinema are joined by a murderer who begins to pick them off, one by one. The…
Thursday 22nd Oct 2020 On IFI@Home from 21.00 Friday 23rd Oct 2020 On IFI@Home Saturday 24th Oct 2020 On IFI@HomeSunday 25th Oct 2020 On IFI@Home Monday 26th Oct 2020 On IFI@Home
Horrorthon 2020: UNCLE PECKERHEAD
Waitress Judy (Chet Siegel) gives up her day job in order to fully commit to her punk band and its upcoming tour. Working on a budget, they hire Peckerhead (David…
Thursday 22nd Oct 2020 On IFI@Home from 18.30 Friday 23rd Oct 2020 On IFI@Home Saturday 24th Oct 2020 On IFI@Home Sunday 25th Oct 2020 On IFI@Home Monday 26th Oct 2020 On IFI@Home
Horrorthon 2020: ASYLUM
This anthology collection from the producer of last year’s festival selection A Night of Horror: Nightmare Radio features the work of a number of international directors taking on a variety…
Friday 23rd Oct 2020 On IFI@Home from 18.00 Saturday 24th Oct 2020 On IFI@Home Sunday 25th Oct 2020 On IFI@HomeMonday 26th Oct 2020 On IFI@Home
Horrorthon 2020: BREEDER
From director Jens Dahl, a frequent collaborator of Nicolas Winding Refn, comes this disturbing tale concerning a young woman, Mia (Sara Hjort Ditlevsen), who is drawn into her husband’s involvement…
Friday 23rd Oct 2020 On IFI@Home from 13.00 Saturday 24th Oct 2020 On IFI@Home Sunday 25th Oct 2020 On IFI@Home Monday 26th Oct 2020 On IFI@Home
Horrorthon 2020: CAVEAT
The debut feature from Irish director Damian McCarthy is an unsettling and claustrophobic film which sees drifter Isaac (Jonathan French) agreeing to care for the troubled Olga (Leila Sykes). Confined…
Friday 23rd Oct 2020 On IFI@Home from 20.40 Saturday 24th Oct 2020 On IFI@Home Sunday 25th Oct 2020 On IFI@HomeMonday 26th Oct 2020 On IFI@Home
Horrorthon 2020: I AM TOXIC
In the aftermath of the zombie apocalypse, a man with no memory is saved from attack by a man who subsequently offers him refuge in his family’s compound. However, their…
Friday 23rd Oct 2020 On IFI@Home from 15.45 Saturday 24th Oct 2020 On IFI@Home Sunday 25th Oct 2020 On IFI@Home Monday 26th Oct 2020 On IFI@Home
Horrorthon 2020: AN EVENING WITH JOE DANTE
The festival is delighted to present an exclusive recorded career interview with the legendary Joe Dante, hosted by filmmaker and editor of rte.ie, Derek O’Connor. From his early days working…
Saturday 24th Oct 2020 On IFI@Home from 18.00 Sunday 25th Oct 2020 On IFI@Home Monday 26th Oct 2020 On IFI@Home
Horrorthon 2020: BUTCHERS
In this impressively grimy Canadian slasher from prolific director Adrian Langley, a group of friends stranded in an isolated area of the countryside must defend themselves from a family of…
Saturday 24th Oct 2020 On IFI@Home from 15.20 Sunday 25th Oct 2020 On IFI@Home Monday 26th Oct 2020 On IFI@Home
Horrorthon 2020: DEATH RANCH
Taking its cue from ‘70s-style grindhouse, Death Ranch follows the misadventures of a trio of African-American siblings on the run from police who, unfortunately for them, choose as their hideout…
Saturday 24th Oct 2020 On IFI@Home from 20.30 Sunday 25th Oct 2020 On IFI@Home Monday 26th Oct 2020 On IFI@Home
Horrorthon 2020: THE EL DUCE TAPES
1980s band The Mentors were one of the music scene’s most deliberately offensive groups. This new documentary, co-directed by Rodney Ascher (Room 237), tells the story of frontman El Duce.…
Saturday 24th Oct 2020 On IFI@Home from 14.00 Sunday 25th Oct 2020 On IFI@HomeMonday 26th Oct 2020 On IFI@Home
Horrorthon 2020: VIOLENCE VOYAGER
Using the Japanese style of animation known as gekimation, which utilises painstakingly detailed, hand-painted paper cutouts to strange and unusual effect, this surreal story of two boys who have strange…
Saturday 24th Oct 2020 On IFI@Home from 13.00 Sunday 25th Oct 2020 On IFI@Home Monday 26th Oct 2020 On IFI@Home
Horrrothon 2020: THE DEEP ONES
Inspired by the stories of H.P. Lovecraft, whose work has been hugely influential in both literary and cinematic horror, The Deep Ones sees a couple recovering from loss take a…
Saturday 24th Oct 2020 On IFI@Home from 19.00 Sunday 25th Oct 2020 On IFI@Home Monday 26th Oct 2020 On IFI@Home
Horrorthon 2020: ANONYMOUS ANIMALS
This enigmatic and surreal debut feature from director Baptiste Rouveure depicts a world where humans are kept captive, and frequently abused and degraded, by beings with human bodies topped with…
Sunday 25th Oct 2020 On IFI@Home from 13.00 Monday 26th Oct 2020 On IFI@Home
Horrorthon 2020: CLAPBOARD JUNGLE: SURVIVING THE INDEPENDENT FILM BUSINESS
This fascinating documentary offers great insight into the struggles faced by independent filmmakers. Recounting the director’s own struggles with funding and logistics, facing defeat more often than victory, it also…
Sunday 25th Oct 2020 On IFI@Home from 19.00 Monday 26th Oct 2020 On IFI@Home
Horrorthon 2020: PURGATORY ROAD
In the American South, brothers Vincent (Gary Cairns), a priest, and Michael (Luke Albright) remain scarred by the suicide of their father following a ruinous robbery. Travelling around with a…
Sunday 25th Oct 2020 On IFI@Home from 14.00 Monday 26th Oct 2020 On IFI@Home
Horrorthon 2020: ROPES
Ropes tells the story of Elena (Paula del Río), left in a wheelchair following a car accident. When the dog trained to help her contracts rabies, Elena is forced to…
Sunday 25th Oct 2020 On IFI@Home from 15.00 Monday 26th Oct 2020 On IFI@Home
Horrorthon 2020: TEN MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT
Amy Marlowe (Caroline Williams) is having a bad night. On arriving at the radio station where she’s worked as a DJ for the last 30 years, she discovers that this…
Sunday 25th Oct 2020 On IFI@Home from 20.00 Monday 26th Oct 2020 On IFI@Home
Horrorthon 2020: THE SPECIAL
From the director of Camp Dread and Death House, The Special sees fed-up Jerry (Davy Raphaely) introduced by a friend to the pleasures of a strange brothel, where he is…
Sunday 25th Oct 2020 On IFI@Home from 17.30 Monday 26th Oct 2020 On IFI@Home
Horrorthon 2020: SHORT FILM SHOWCASE
Despite the obvious difficulties presented in programming this year’s festival, there was never any doubt that this consistently popular slot would feature in the line-up. Curators Lorcan Dillon Kelly and…
Monday 26th Oct 2020 On IFI@Home from 13.00
Horrorthon 2020: THE BRAIN THAT WOULDN’T DIE
This remake of the 1962 B-movie classic sees a gifted surgeon deal with the tragedy of his girlfriend’s decapitation in a car accident by doing whatever is necessary to keep…
Monday 26th Oct 2020 On IFI@Home from 18.00
Horrorthon 2020: THE CURSE OF VALBURGA
Hoping to make some easy money, two brothers plan to scam tourists by bringing them on guided tours of a supposedly haunted local castle. Unfortunately for them, there proves to…
Monday 26th Oct 2020 On IFI@Home from 19.00
Horrorthon 2020: THE OAK ROOM
Cody Calahan (Antisocial and Let Her Out, both of which featured in previous festivals) returns to Horrorthon with this admirably crafted (and crafty) film. A guy (R.J. Mitte, Breaking Bad)…
Monday 26th Oct 2020 On IFI@Home from 15.40
Horrorthon 2020: THE QUARRY
The Quarry is a film throughout which the tension mounts exquisitely. Alicia (Paula Silva) returns home with her new boyfriend, and the couple spends a day with two male friends…
Monday 26th Oct 2020 On IFI@Home from 14.00