Horrorthon Xmas Party

The Horrorthon Xmas party will be held on the 28th of December in Mac Turcaills Pub, Dublin from 8pm onwards! Hope to see you there :)

Horrorthon Film Festival 24-28 October 2013

IN FEAR (Q&A with Director Jeremy Lovering)
WE ARE WHAT WE ARE (2013)
HATCHET 3 (with Short Film ALTERNATIVE MODEL)
THE HUMAN RACE 
THANATOMORPHOSE
THE BORDERLANDS
CHASTITY BITES
DELIVERY
DARK TOUCH
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1990)
CREEPSHOW 
NOSFERATU (1922 - Restored)
GOLDBERG & EISENBERG
THE APPARITION
JASON & THE ARGONAUTS (50th Anniv.)
HANSEL & GRETEL GET BAKED 
THE STRANGE COLOUR OF YOUR BODY'S TEARS
DISCOPATH
ODD THOMAS
ARMY OF DARKNESS (20th Anniversary)
MIDNIGHT MAN
DAY OF NIGHT
RITUALS
RETURN TO NUKE EM' HIGH
THE MUMMY (1959)
SURPRISE FILM
HAUNTER (with Short Film THE BODY)
LIFEFORCE
THE BATTERY
FOR ELIZA
SHORT FILM SHOWCASE
VIDEODROME (30th Anniversary)
THE STATION
JOHN CARPENTER'S CHRISTINE (30th Anniversary)
ANTI-SOCIAL
BIG BAD WOLVES (with Short Film DON'T MOVE)

For screening times and booking visit:
http://irishfilm.ie/horrorthon

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Horrorthon Short Film Showcase 2013

Ella (UK, 9 mins)
A Mother dead in the kitchen. A Father with blood on his hands. Not all is what it seems. Anthony Head (Buffy) stars in this bleak but beautifully shot and haunting tale.

The Gloaming (Ireland, 7 mins)
Ireland, 1849. The Great Famine. As a church bell tolls and the gloaming descends, a father and son working the land are forced to confront an ancient evil.  
 
Shocker (Ireland, 7 mins)
Impressive visual effects belie the low budget of this Dublin set sci-fi short about a man with the power to summon electricity and a burning hatred of the human race. Don’t let him near the spire... too late!

The Crimes of All Hallow’s Day (Spain, 22 mins)
Based on the true story of a series of brutal murders on the island of Ibiza in the 50s and 60s, this film presents new evidence to suggest that the man executed for the crimes was innocent and that an even more disturbing story lay behind the headlines. After a documentary style introduction by Spanish filmmaker Antonio Isasi, the final murder is dramatised in the style of a grindhouse horror film which could hold it’s own against Texas Chainsaw Massacre for sheer brutality.

Mother Died (UK, 7 mins) 
A young woman manages one last act of defiance in the face of the zombie apocalypse.

Shell Shocked (UK, 12 mins)
Two soldiers from opposing sides seek salvation from the battle field. A tense, life or death stand off at gun point ensues with a growing realisation... they were safer where they were. Dominic Brunt (Paddy Kirk in Emmerdale) directs

How Olin Lost His Eye (Ireland, 6mins)
An abandoned house, a boarded-up window, and a little boy who can’t resist having a peek. The latest scare from Irish horror auteur Damian McCarthy.

Suckablood (UK, 7 mins)
Creepy gothic horror in which a wicked stepmother calls down a terrible curse on a little girl to stop her from sucking her thumb.

Fist of Jesus (Spain, 14 mins)
Things don’t go to plan for Jesus when he tries to resurrect Lazarus and unwittingly sets off a zombie holocaust. Viz magazine meets Sam Raimi in this masterpiece of sacrilegious splatter.

Bloodlust of the Druid Overlords (US, 29 mins)
We all know about Saint Patrick and the snakes, but the true story of his battle against the Druid Overlords has never been told, until now. This low budget B-movie homage by artist Michael X. Rose features flaxen-haired maidens pursued through the woods and sacrificied to the old gods by papier-mache headed druids, and builds to a spectacular climax as Saint Patrick arrives from across the sea to foil the evil druids by launching fireballs from his crozier, all set to an original psychedelic rock soundtrack. Horrorthon is proud to present this very idiosyncratic and amusing example of trash cinema.

Surprise Ending (Ireland, 26 secs)
A nagged husband (Gerard McSorley) picks a most inappropriate moment to murder his wife in this micro-short.

The Horrorthon Short Film Showcase screens at the IFI on Monday 28th October 2013 at 11am

Competition Time: INSIDIOUS CHAPTER 2

To celebrate the release of INSIDIOUS:CHAPTER 2, Horrorthon are giving away 10 double passes for a special double-bill of INSIDIOUS and INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 2

The screening will take place in Cineworld at 615pm on Wednesday September 11th 2013

To be in with a chance of winning, just send an e-mail to insidious_tickets@horrorthon.com and include your name and phone number in the e-mail.

INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 2 opens in Irish cinemas on September 13th

Competition time: AFTERSHOCK

This competition is now closed.

Horrorthon are giving away 30 double tickets to a special preview screening of the new movie AFTERSHOCK.

In the middle of a night of wild partying, a hapless American tourist (HOSTEL director Eli Roth) and his friends are suddenly plunged into a living hell when a powerful earthquake rips through the coastal town of Valparaíso, Chile.

The screening will take place in the Light House Cinema at 1030pm on Friday 16th August 2013 and all you have to do to win double tickets is send an e-mail containing your name and phone number to horrorthon_info@horrorthon.com and put AFTERSHOCK as the subject.

The draw will take place on Monday 12th August and winners will be notified that evening.

AFTERSHOCK is released in Irish cinemas on 16th August.

Competition time

Win tickets to a special preview screening of the No.1 US Horror Smash THE CONJURING

To celebrate the release of this year’s No.1 US horror “The Conjuring”, Horrorthon and Warner Bros Pictures have joined forces to offer you the opportunity to see this truly frightening film ahead of anyone else. A special late night preview screening will take place at the IFI on Thursday 1^st August at 1030pm and we have lots of double passes to give away!

To enter the competition, just send an e-mail containing your full name and phone number to theconjuringtickets@horrorthon.com

Before there was Amityville, there was Harrisville.  Based on the true life story, “The Conjuring” tells the tale of how world renowned paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren were called upon to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in a secluded farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful demonic entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most horrifying case of their lives.

From New Line Cinema comes a feature film drawn from the case files of married demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren.  “The Conjuring” stars Academy Award® nominee Vera Farmiga (“Up in the Air,” TV’s “Bates Motel”) and Patrick Wilson (“Insidious”) as the Warrens, and Ron Livingston (“The Odd Life of Timothy Green”) and Lili Taylor (TV’s “Hemlock Grove”) as Roger and Carolyn Perron, residents of the house.

“The Conjuring”. Cert 15A, opens across Ireland on 2 August, 2013.

www.theconjuringmovie.co.uk

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© 2013 Warner Bros. Ent. All Rights Reserved.

Horrorthon at Skibbereen

Skibbereen Arts Festival (26th July - 3rd August 2013) will be screening a selection of short horror films selected by Horrorthon.

The selection is a sample of short films that have screened at the Horrorthon festival from 2010-2012 and comprises the following gems:

Out There (Ireland) 17mins
In the Night in the Dark (Ireland) 2mins
Hungry Hickory (Ireland) 7mins
Night of the Devil (Germany) 15mins
Game (Canada) 8mins
Speed Kills (Ireland) 6mins 
Love Bug (UK) 13mins
Banana Motherfucker (Portugal) 16mins
Akerbeltz, The Witches and the Inquisitor (Spain) 10mins
Toilet (Ireland) 2mins

The screening takes place in Skibbereen town hall at 11pm on Wednesday 31st July.

http://www.skibbereenartsfestival.com/

Grindhouse presents ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK at the Light House Cinema

Horrorthon Film Festival (Short Film Section) - Call for Submissions

Horrorthon would like to invite submissions for the short film section of this year's festival playing at the IFI cinema Dublin the weekend of 25th October 2013.

Send your short film for consideration to:

Horrorthon Submissions,
Irish Film Institute,
Eustace St.,
Dublin 2,
Ireland

Alternatively, if your film can be viewed over the Internet (e.g. youtube/vimeo/dropbox etc), send details to festival@horrorthon.com

Notes:

• There is no restriction on running time within reason, but less than 15 minutes is preferred
• This is not a competition, but there may be an audience prize for the favourite film
• Submissions are free of charge
• We do not offer any screening fee
• Selected films will be shown as part of a dedicated short film programme during the festival in IFI
• Please include a cover note containing contact details, biographical info, synopsis, running time and any other relevant details
• If you need your DVD returned, include a stamped addressed envelope
• Closing date is 6th September 2013

Competition time

Wildcard Distribution have given Horrorthon three pairs of tickets to an exclusive secret Dublin screening of new Irish horror thriller Citadel on Thursday 13th June 2013. 

The lucky winners will also attend the after party, with free beer and pizza, and music on the night provided by Phantom DJs.

Directed by Dubliner Ciaran Foy, Citadel is the award winning, and critically acclaimed new Irish film that has been terrorising audiences worldwide.

Citadel is about a young father inflicted with chronic agoraphobia since his wife was brutally attacked by a gang of twisted feral children. Trapped in the dilapidated suburbia of Edenstown, he finds himself terrorised by the same gang, who now seem intent on taking his baby daughter.
Torn between the help of an understanding nurse and a vigilante priest, he sets out to learn the nightmarish truth surrounding these hooded children. Check out the trailer below.

To enter the draw for a free pair of tickets, just send an e-mail with your name and phone number to horrorthon_info@horrorthon.com and put Citadel as the subject.

Grindhouse at the Lighthouse

Horrorthon fans may be interested in the new Grindhouse film club at the Lighthouse cinema in Dublin, specializing in cult, horror and exploitation movies.

Find further info on facebook and twitter:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Grindhouse-Dublin/257046301105685
https://twitter.com/GrindhouseDub

Competition time

DARK SKIES, the new supernatural thriller from producer Jason Blum, explodes in to Irish cinemas on Wednesday 3rd April.  To celebrate the release we are offering you the chance to attend an exclusive back to back double bill of Blumhouse productions SINISTER and INSIDIOUS.

We have five pairs of tickets to give away to this exclusive film night at 6.30pm on Tuesday 2nd April 2013 at Cineworld Dublin with complimentary food and drinks to enjoy!

Along with screenings of INSIDIOUS and SINISTER, you’ll be treated to a sneak peek of exclusive DARK SKIES footage, trailer and filmed interviews from the stars about the new film.


www.facebook.com/DarkSkiesMovieUK

How to enter? Just send an e-mail to horrorthon_info@horrorthon.com including your name and phone number. Winners will be notified by phone on Thursday. Non-winners details will not be stored.

Friday Fright Night: MANIAC

The new remake of MANIAC showing 11pm Friday March 1st at the Irish Film Institute, Dublin.

Friday Fright Night: THE LORDS OF SALEM

Rob Zombie's The Lords of Salem showing 11pm Friday March 8th (Note change of date) at the Irish Film Institute, Dublin.