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October 6th 2020: This Halloween, the films are coming from inside the house… as the bloodiest event in the Irish film calendar, IFI Horrorthon, goes online nationwide on the IFI’s new video-on-demand platform IFI@Home – www.ifihome.ie – for its 2020 edition. The festival, which opens on Thursday, October 22nd will present 22 features from around the world, plus a special recorded Q&A with the legendary Joe Dante, director of beloved classics including Piranha, Innerspace and Gremlins.
The festival will open with Matthew John Lawrence’s raucous horror comedy Uncle Peckerhead, which sees a man-eating demon tag along as a punk band’s driver, while Damien McCarthy’s Cork-based Caveat will screen on Friday 23rd. Filmed in Bantry, West Cork, the film focuses on a man suffering from memory loss who accepts a job caring for a woman in an isolated and abandoned house.
Speaking about this year’s festival, Horrorthon spokesman Mick Fox said, “In a very, very tough year it was the hardest Horrorthon to put together, but having persevered and sought out truly great titles, the festival is an achievement we did not expect, and is one that we feel will not let the fans down. The main goal was not to disappoint anyone by not having a festival this year, but to fight on, and make it the best event possible, and that’s exactly what it is. Everyone’s in for a great time!”
Charlie Steeds’s hotly-anticipated Death Ranch, which centres on three African American siblings on the run who unwittingly find themselves hiding out on the property of a cannibalistic Ku Klux Klan cult, will screen on Saturday 24th, with Derek Carl’s remake of Joseph Green’s 1962 mad scientist classic The Brain That Wouldn’t Die screening on Monday 26th.
Like last year’s Horrorthon, this year’s line-up features a fantastic array of films from around the world including retro chiller Red Screening from Uruguay, Breeder from Denmark, Violence Voyager from Japan, Butchers from Canada, and Ropes from Spain. Further online screenings include Justin McConnell’s documentary Clapboard Jungle, the H.P. Lovecraft-inspired The Deep Ones, and Slovenian vampire comedy The Curse of Valburga.
Individual online screenings cost €7.50, with great value multi-film packages available – explore the full programme at www.ifihome.ie/page/horrorthon2020.
FULL FESTIVAL SCHEDULE
Thursday, October 22nd 18.30 Uncle Peckerhead 21.00 Red Screening
Friday, October 23rd 13.00 Breeder 15.45 I Am Toxic 18.00 Asylum: Twisted Horror and Fantasy Tales 20.40 Caveat
Saturday, October 24th 13.00 Violence Voyager 14.00 The El Duce Tapes 15.20 Butchers 18.00 An Evening With Joe Dante 19.00 The Deep Ones 20.30 Death Ranch
Sunday, October 25th 13.00 Anonymous Animals 14.00 Purgatory Road 15.00 Ropes 17.30 The Special 19.00 Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business 20.00 Ten Minutes to Midnight
Monday, October 26th 13.00 Short Film Showcase 14.00 The Quarry 15.40 The Oak Room 18.00 The Curse of Valburga
19.00 The Brain That Wouldn’t Die
The IFI acknowledges the financial support of the Arts Council.
ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT 15:50
ANORA 20:10
ARCHIVE AT LUNCHTIME: KEEP THE FAITH (PROGRAMME 1) 13:10
CONCLAVE 13:20, 15:30, 20:30
HOUSEWIFE OF THE YEAR 16:15
ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL 13:15, 18:15 (OC)
RUMOURS 14:00, 20:30
SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE 18:00
The IFI is supported by The Arts Council
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