IFI HORRORTHON 2019

IFI Horrorthon returns from October 24th to 28th 2019 with five days of frights and fun. Full festival pass and multi-film passes available at IFI Box Office.

The 2019 IFI Horrorthon brochure can be viewed HERE.

HORRORTHON 2019: LITTLE MONSTERS
Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o must protect her kindergarten class from the undead in this crowd-pleasing zom-com. Plus a 70mm screening of Daughter Of Dismay, a new short film from writer/director…
Thursday 24th Oct 2019 19.00
HORRORTHON 2019: GIRL ON THE THIRD FLOOR
A premiere at SXSW, this debut feature from renowned producer Travis Stevens sees an expectant father Don (C.M. Punk) finding that an affair has unexpected repercussions in an enjoyable haunted-house…
Thursday 24th Oct 2019 21.10
HORRORTHON 2019: BLOOD & FLESH: THE REEL LIFE AND GHASTLY DEATH OF AL ADAMSON
Cult figure and B-movie maverick Al Adamson is the subject of this new documentary from the makers of Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey Of Richard Stanley’s Island Of Dr. Moreau.…
Thursday 24th Oct 2019 23.00
HORRORTHON 2019: INFECTION
When an outbreak of a mutated rabies virus leads to mass infections in Venezuela, a father must battle his way through the increasing chaos and violence to rescue his son.…
Thursday 24th Oct 2019 23.00
HORRORTHON 2019: THE BLACK STRING
Lonely, isolated, twenty-something Jonathan (Frankie Muniz, Malcolm In The Middle) finds that things can always get worse after hooking up with a mysterious woman, descending deeper into paranoia and terror.…
Thursday 24th Oct 2019 23.10
HORRORTHON 2019: HERE COMES HELL
Downton Abbey meets Evil Dead when a sophisticated 1930s dinner party becomes the scene of carnage when a portal to hell is opened in an isolated country mansion. Screening as…
Friday 25th Oct 2019 13.20
HORRORTHON 2019: ALIVE
An amnesiac man and woman awaken bandaged and bloodied in a dilapidated hospital, and struggle to discover their identities while under the malevolent care of a sadistic and mysterious doctor.…
Friday 25th Oct 2019 14.50
HORRORTHON 2019: 1BR
A young woman is delighted to snag an apartment in a complex that seems full of extremely neighbourly tenants, but soon discovers that behind the friendly smiles lies a sinister…
Friday 25th Oct 2019 16.45
HORRORTHON 2019: SHE NEVER DIED
This companion film to 2015’s He Never Died follows an immortal cannibal hunting down the criminals behind a dark web channel offering grisly snuff footage to its viewers. Screening as…
Friday 25th Oct 2019 18.50
HORRORTHON 2019: BLISS
An artist suffering from creative block takes copious amounts of the titular drug, restoring her ability to work, but also creating new, dark desires within her in this hallucinatory film.…
Friday 25th Oct 2019 20.45
HORRORTHON 2019: DOUBLE BILL: THE DAMNED / ECHOES OF FEAR
Israeli film The Damned sees soldiers descend into madness after being cursed by a Bedouin woman. In Echoes of Fear, a young woman must confront the mystery of her grandfather’s…
Friday 25th Oct 2019 22.20
HORRORTHON 2019: DOUBLE BILL: THE DRONE / MUTANT BLAST
The Drone, from the director of Zombeavers, sees a couple terrorised by a possessed drone. From Troma, the Portuguese Mutant Blast sees a zombie threat overcome, but with unexpected side-effects.…
Friday 25th Oct 2019 22.30
HORRORTHON 2019: DEATHCEMBER
Deathcember will screen at the IFI on Monday December 16th 2019. Click here for tickets. This anthology film features some of horror’s big international names, such as Ruggero Deodato, Lucky…
Friday 25th Oct 2019 22.45
HORRORTHON 2019: SCREAM, QUEEN! MY NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET
This fascinating documentary details how A Nightmare On Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge became part of the LGBTQ+ film canon, and the effect this had on the career of its…
Saturday 26th Oct 2019 13.00
HORRORTHON 2019: I SEE YOU
As Jackie Harper’s (Helen Hunt) detective husband investigates the disappearance of two boys that may be part of a larger pattern of abductions, unexplained occurrences take place in this ingeniously…
Saturday 26th Oct 2019 15.00
HORRORTHON 2019: KINDRED SPIRITS
Thora Birch plays a mother whose life is disrupted by the reappearance of her sister, who starts to infiltrate the lives of her and her daughter in increasingly disturbing ways.…
Saturday 26th Oct 2019 17.00
HORRORTHON 2019: COLOR OUT OF SPACE
Former Horrorthon guest Richard Stanley teams up with Mandy-mode Nicolas Cage in this vivid and unsettling adaptation of the story by H. P. Lovecraft that marks a welcome return for…
Saturday 26th Oct 2019 19.00 Saturday 26th Oct 2019 19.00
HORRORTHON 2019: BULLETS OF JUSTICE
This Kazakhstan/Bulgaria co-production is set in a post-apocalyptic society in which human-pig hybrids have come to power. One bounty hunter sets out to take them down in this wild film.…
Saturday 26th Oct 2019 21.20
HORRORTHON 2019: FINALE
Two petrol station attendants realise their fate is in the hands of the audience watching them on the dark web, whose whims are realised by a sadistic ringmaster. Screening as…
Saturday 26th Oct 2019 23.00
HORRORTHON 2019: TRICK
From the director of My Bloody Valentine (2009) and Drive Angry (2011) comes this tale of a detective trying to track down a terrifying serial killer, starring Omar Epps and…
Saturday 26th Oct 2019 23.00
HORRORTHON 2019: ANTRUM: THE DEADLIEST FILM EVER MADE
Long believed lost, and considered cursed and dangerous to audiences, the 1970s film Antrum told the story of a brother and sister determined to save the soul of their beloved…
Saturday 26th Oct 2019 23.10
HORRORTHON 2019: SHORT FILM SHOWCASE
Every year, we take the opportunity to present the best new work from short filmmakers both Irish and international, some of whom may go on to become the next big…
Sunday 27th Oct 2019 13.00
HORRORTHON 2019: THE MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION OF MICHAEL REEVES
Despite making just three features, Michael Reeves, who died tragically young, is a hugely revered and influential figure in horror. His life and work are the focus of this engaging…
Sunday 27th Oct 2019 15.00
HORRORTHON 2019: THE GANGSTER, THE COP, THE DEVIL
Shown in the official selection of this year’s Cannes Film Festival, this South Korean thriller sees a criminal team up with a detective in pursuit of a serial killer. Screening…
Sunday 27th Oct 2019 16.50
HORRORTHON 2019: SURPRISE FILM
One of Horrorthon’s most popular events, the Surprise Film will offer audiences the chance to see something new, exciting, and unexpected. As always, we advise early booking of tickets for…
Sunday 27th Oct 2019 19.00
HORRORTHON 2019: WHY DON’T YOU JUST DIE!
Matvei visits his girlfriend’s father Andrei with a hammer and murderous intentions. However, Andrei is an old hand at violence, and events escalate quickly in this audacious Russian black comedy.…
Sunday 27th Oct 2019 21.00
HORRORTHON 2019: A NIGHT OF HORROR: NIGHTMARE RADIO
A radio DJ spins tales of horror to his listeners while fielding calls from a terrified child in this anthology film featuring work from a number of international directors. Screening…
Sunday 27th Oct 2019 22.50
HORRORTHON 2019: THE PERISHED
We are delighted to present this new Irish film. Following a difficult break-up and a family row, Sarah retreats to a house built on the site of a former Magdalene…
Sunday 27th Oct 2019 23.00
HORRORTHON 2019: REBORN
Barbara Crampton features in this tale of a sixteen year old girl with strange powers who sets out to find her birth mother, leaving a trail of destruction behind her.…
Sunday 27th Oct 2019 23.10
HORRORTHON 2019: IMMORTAL
Our final anthology film of this year’s festival stars Tony Todd, Dylan Baker, and Samm Levine in stories of people who escape death only to face unforeseen consequences. Screening as…
Monday 28th Oct 2019 13.00
HORRORTHON 2019: DANIEL ISN’T REAL
Following a violent family trauma, a troubled young man resurrects imaginary childhood friend Daniel (Patrick Schwarzenegger) for comfort, but Daniel has plans of his own in this distinctive and chilling…
Monday 28th Oct 2019 14.50
HORRORTHON 2019: PORNO
When the staff of a cinema in a religious town holds an after-hours screening of a mysterious print, it unleashes a succubus and temptation in this smart and funny horror-comedy.…
Monday 28th Oct 2019 16.50
HORRORTHON 2019: THE POOL
This extremely tense and brilliantly constructed Thai film sees a couple stranded at the bottom of a deep and empty swimming pool with a dangerous and hungry predator. Screening as…
Monday 28th Oct 2019 18.45
HORRORTHON 2019: COME TO DADDY
Norval (Elijah Wood) is surprised to receive an invitation from his estranged father to visit him. However, the father-son reunion Norval hopes for takes a number of turns for the…
Monday 28th Oct 2019 20.40