Irish Film Institute -IFI HORRORTHON 2021

IFI HORRORTHON 2021

We could not be happier to welcome you back to our Eustace Street home for 2021’s IFI Horrorthon. For those of you who may be unable to join us, we are pleased to once again offer the opportunity to enjoy the festival on our online platform, IFI@Home, which will feature all but a very few of this year’s selections. Although the event will be one day shorter than usual, in order to take full advantage of the lifting of restrictions on cinema capacity beginning on October 22nd, this is still a full programme, make no mistake. This year’s line-up includes 26 new features from Ireland to Kazakhstan and beyond, offering a wide variety of the best new horror films (only a few of which will remind you of recent events). We’re really looking forward to seeing you again.  October 22nd - 25th. 
In-cinema multi-film passes available: 5-film pass for €50; 10-film pass for €90. Four-day pass: €140. Available from the IFI Box Office/ by phone on 01-6793477.
HORRORTHON: CYST
Nurse Patricia (Eva Habermann) is leaving the employment of the bullying Dr Guy (George Hardy), whose supposedly revolutionary new method of treating cysts has some unexpected side effects. Faces from The Room and Troll 2 are among…
Friday 22nd Oct 2021 13.00
HORRORTHON: MIDNIGHT
Kyung Mi (Ki-joo Jin) is frustrated and excluded at her workplace because of her deafness. Inadvertently rescuing a young woman from a serial killer stalking the women of Seoul, she…
Friday 22nd Oct 2021 14.35
HORRORTHON: SWEETIE, YOU WON’T BELIEVE IT
In this superbly chaotic horror-comedy from Kazakhstan, three friends’ plans for a simple weekend away fishing are utterly derailed when they encounter not only a murderous criminal gang, but also…
Friday 22nd Oct 2021 16.50
HORRORTHON: WHEN THE SCREAMING STARTS
Documentary filmmaker Norman (Jared Rogers) hopes that his big break will come from embedding himself with an aspiring serial killer and his fledgling ‘family’. However, the killer’s inability to actually…
Friday 22nd Oct 2021 18.45
HORRORTHON: THE DEEP HOUSE
From the directors of Inside (2007) and Leatherface (2017) comes this extremely atmospheric and unusual take on the classic ‘haunted house’. A pair of social media wannabes who post videos of themselves exploring…
Friday 22nd Oct 2021 20.45
HORRORTHON: FORGIVENESS
Having taken part in an apparent joint act of retribution, three women wake up alone in a hospital having been respectively made blind, deaf, and dumb. They must try to escape…
Friday 22nd Oct 2021 22.40
HORRORTHON: RED SNOW
Vampire-obsessed Olivia (Dennice Cisneros) is struggling to get her supernatural romance novel published. While working on it in a secluded cabin, she encounters the real thing in the form of…
Friday 22nd Oct 2021 23.00
HORRORTHON: WOODLANDS DARK AND DAYS BEWITCHED
Kier-La Janisse, noted writer and expert academic on horror, presents this detailed and illuminating documentary tracing the development of the sub-genre from films such as Witchfinder General (Michael Reeves, 1968) and The Wicker Man (Robin…
Saturday 23rd Oct 2021 12.00
HORRORTHON: BEYOND THE INFINITE TWO MINUTES
Café owner Kato (Kazunari Tosa) discovers that the live security video feed into his upstairs apartment allows him to see two minutes into the future, and to interact with those…
Saturday 23rd Oct 2021 15.45
HORRORTHON: DAWN BREAKS BEHIND THE EYES
This homage to European horror films of the ‘60s and ‘70s is, in the vein of Cattet-Forzani, a visually ravishing piece that is strong on mood, atmospherics, and an astonishing…
Saturday 23rd Oct 2021 17.20
HORRORTHON: DITCHED
Following a road accident, concussed paramedic Melina (Inuit actor Marika Sila) comes to in an overturned ambulance with no memory of the event. She is not alone, surrounded by people…
Saturday 23rd Oct 2021 19.00
HORRORTHON: ANTLERS
From producers Guillermo del Toro and David S. Goyer, and director Scott Cooper, Antlers sees an Oregon schoolteacher (Keri Russell) and her brother (Jesse Plemons), the local sheriff, become convinced that…
Saturday 23rd Oct 2021 20.50
HORRORTHON: ISOLATION
This anthology feature, from directors such as Larry Fessenden (Wendigo, 2001), takes its cue from recent events in framing its stories around a pandemic, although one much more destructive in…
Saturday 23rd Oct 2021 22.50
HORRORTHON: NIGHT AT THE EAGLE INN
Fraternal twins Sarah (Amelia Dudley) and Spencer (Taylor Turner) were born under mysterious circumstances at the Eagle Inn, where their mother died and their father disappeared. They return to seek…
Saturday 23rd Oct 2021 23.10
HORRORTHON: POST MORTEM
Billed as Hungary’s first horror film, Post Mortem focuses on Tomás (Viktor Klem), a photographer specialising in taking pictures of the recently deceased as mementos for loved ones while the Spanish flu…
Sunday 24th Oct 2021 13.00
HORRORTHON: ALIEN ON STAGE
This tribute to the efforts an amateur dramatic group of Dorset bus drivers to adapt and perform Ridley Scott’s Alien (1979) is an absolutely charming and very funny documentary that follows…
Sunday 24th Oct 2021 15.15
HORRORTHON: THE RETALIATORS
Sixteen-year-old Rebecca (Abbey Hafer) dies violently, collateral damage in a drug deal gone wrong. Her grief-stricken father, a pastor who believes in pacifism, must wrestle with his conscience and base…
Sunday 24th Oct 2021 17.05
HORRORTHON: CRABS!
Following in the footsteps of such deliberately schlocky delights as WolfCop and Zombeavers (both 2014), Crabs! is a hilarious love letter to low-budget creature-features that sees a small seaside town invaded by mutant crustaceans on prom…
Sunday 24th Oct 2021 19.10
HORRORTHON: BROADCAST SIGNAL INTRUSION
Video archivist James (Harry Shum Jr.) lives alone, in anguish, three years after the mysterious disappearance of his wife. Happening upon a copy of a broadcast that was somehow hacked…
Sunday 24th Oct 2021 20.50
HORRORTHON: BUZZ CUT
This debut feature from New Zealand is a throwback to classic ‘80s slashers (including an appearance from legendary scream queen Linnea Quigley) that laces its gore with typical Kiwi humour.…
Sunday 24th Oct 2021
HORRORTHON: VAMPUS HORROR TALES
This Spanish anthology film sees a sinister gravedigger (Saturnino García) recount four of his favourite tales of love gone awry in horrific fashion, from an anniversary celebration on a ghost…
Monday 25th Oct 2021 13.00
HORRORTHON: AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON
We're delighted to present this 40th anniversary screening of John Landis's classic. Screening as part of Horrorthon 2021, October 22nd-25th.  
Monday 25th Oct 2021 15.05
HORRORTHON: BRING OUT THE FEAR
As this new Irish feature begins, Dan and Rosie set out on a walk in the woods. He wants to get married while she wants to break up. Their day…
Monday 25th Oct 2021 17.10
HORRORTHON: WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING
As the days pass, a family taking shelter in their bathroom from a storm come to realise that whatever has happened outside is utterly catastrophic, and that the real horrors…
Monday 25th Oct 2021 19.00
HORRORTHON: THE SADNESS
One year into coping with a relatively benign pandemic, the people of Taiwan grow frustrated with restrictions and society opens up. The virus mutates, and causes the infected to become…
Monday 25th Oct 2021 21.00