IFI Horrorthon 2012

Catcher7791

The first batch of films has been announced. From Horrorthon's Facebook page:


HORRORTHON is delighted to announce our first Scream Queen attending the festival. DANIELLE HARRIS will be attending this years event (October 25th-29th) where she will premiere her directorial debut "AMONG FRIENDS" aswell as a retrospective screening of her acting film debut the cult hit "HALLOWEEN 4 : THE RETURN OF MICHAEL MYERS" NOTE : TICKETS WILL NOT BE ON SALE UNTIL MONDAY, OCTOBER 1st. But in the meantime, here is a sneak preview of a selection of what's in store for this year, BE AFRAID, BE VERY AFRAID !!!
DETENTION OF THE DEAD < http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVwxbU0mhLQ >
MIDNIGHT SON < http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMm16LIFvsc >
CITADEL < http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DU9IDFkg1c >
V/H/S < http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uOISibzrUI >
... SILENT HILL : REVELATION < http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geJC7yR7OWk >
EXCISION < http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWJHOdjuOlY >
SLEEP TIGHT < http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-cF3TcZ6fA >
NIGHTBREED : THE CABAL CUT < http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CX0-AlytIXY >
42nd STREET LATE NIGHT DOUBLE BILL : ZOMBIE FLESH EATERS & DEEP RED
< http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mt3GJ13048U >
< http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO8dtFwvu-Q >
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN < http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOPTriLG5cU >
We will announce the remaining 20 other titles next Monday.

Squelchy

Catcher7791 wrote: »

DANIELLE HARRIS will be attending this years event (October 25th-29th)

Oh dear.
This causes me some concerns.
She's lovely, etc, but we were all introduced to her when she was like 10.

Raekwon

Hopefully Rob Zombie's "The Lords of Salem" will be making an appearance.

bullvine

Love Nightbreed absolute brilliant horror/fantasy film.

johnny_ultimate

Citadel is a pretty intense slice of horror - some very tense and uncomfortable setpieces. I wasn't completely won over by it, but it was very positively received at the midnight screening at the Film Fleadh.

Will probably check out V/H/S, although I imagine that's en route to a more general release sooner rather than later.

Renn

Ha, Young Frankenstein. Nice.

AnonoBoy

I would have thought Stitches would be a dead cert for the Horrorthon.

Squelchy

AnonoBoy wrote: »

I would have thought Stitches would be a dead cert for the Horrorthon.

They're not announcing the full line-up until Monday.

jaykhunter

AnonoBoy wrote: »

I would have thought Stitches would be a dead cert for the Horrorthon.

Maybe people will be in stitches watching Dead Cert at the Horrorthon!

Liam McPoyle

Zombie Flesh Eaters on the big screen?



Blue Underground released a gorgeous remastered version of it last year.

Wanna try and catch Nightbreed aswell.

MakeEmLaugh

Any update on this yet?

delbertgrady

Room 237 (release date 26th October) and The Shining (Original US Cut) (release date 2nd November) must be contenders.

Catcher7791

Again, from Facebook:


HORRRTHON 2012

GUESTS : AMONG FRIENDS (Cast & Crew): Director - DANIELLE HARRIS,
Actress / Writer ALYSSA LOBIT, Actress & Festival Friend JENNIFER
BLANC BIEHN, Producers - ATHENA LOBIT & JAY LOBIT.
...
CITADEL - Writer/Director - CIARAN FOY

NIGHTBREED : THE CABAL CUT - Supervising Director RUSSELL CHERRINGTON


FINAL PROGRAMME

OPENING FILM

THURSDAY - OCTOBER 25th

19.30 - ANTIVIRAL
21.50 - ROOM 237
23.50 - DETENTION OF THE DEAD


FRIDAY - OCTOBER 26th

SCREEN 1

13.00 - MANBORG
14.20 - MIDNIGHT SON
16.30 - CALIBRE 9
18.30 - CITADEL (Q&A with Writer / Director Ciaran Foy)
20.30 - SILENT HILL : REVELATION
22.30 - GRINDHOUSE DOUBLE BILL : ZOMBIE FLESH EATERS & DEEP RED

SCREEN 2

23.00 - SLICE N' DICE : THE SLASHER FILM FOREVER

SCREEN 3

23.15 : RITES OF SPRING


SATURDAY - OCTOBER 27th

12.30 - EUROCRIME
15.00 - V/H/S
17.10 - HAMMER FILMS - DRACULA : PRINCE OF DARKNESS
19.00 - AMERICAN MARY
21.00 - AMONG FRIENDS (Introduction / Q&A with Danielle Harris, Cast & Crew)
23.15 - YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN

SCREEN 2

23.15 - TULPA

SCREEN 3

23.30 - BAD MEAT


SUNDAY - OCTOBER 28th

14.00 - THE MONSTER SQUAD (25th Anniversary)
16.00 - SHIVER (Introduction by Danielle Harris)
18.20 - SURPRISE FILM
20.30 - EXCISION
22.30 - HALLOWEEN 3 : SEASON OF THE WITCH (30th Anniversary & Uncut)

SCREEN 2

23.00 - THE DEVIL'S BUSINESS

SCREEN 3

23.00 - AFTER


MONDAY - OCTOBER 29th

11.00 - SHORT FILM SHOWCASE
13.00 - NIGHTMARE FACTORY
14.40 - THE BURNING MOON
16.20 - SLEEP TIGHT
18.20 - HALLOWEEN 4 : THE RETURN OF MICHAEL MYERS (Introduction &
Conversation with Danielle Harris)
20.20 - NIGHTBREED : THE CABAL CUT (Q&A with Supervision Director
Russell Cherrington)

< www.ifi.ie/horrorthon >

Tickets

Opening & Closing Films are €10
All other screening are €9
Festival Passes : One Day €40 / Two Day €67 / Three Day €95 / Four Day €120 &
Five Day €125 (Festival Passes will cover all films except where films
clash, so you must select which title you want to see. These Passes
can only be booked in person or by calling the IFI Box Office on 01 -
6795744 (This is due to you selecting the late night titles)

Squelchy

At first glance there is absolutely nothing I would be upset to miss.

I'll pour over the programme a bit more this evening.

Squelchy

Squelchy wrote: »

At first glance there is absolutely nothing I would be upset to miss.

I'll pour over the programme a bit more this evening.

Some great films in there but I've seen a good three quarters of them already and only really interested in Nightbreed Cabal cut and Excision. I have the Excusion Blu-Ray on order and it's out a week after the festival and I think it may be one if those perverse films best suited to home viewing. As for Nightbreed, it's an old favourite and reviews for the new cut are good so I may make the trip.

Squelchy

Deleted User wrote: »

Some great films in there

This being the internet I must stress that I'm not being sarky here... which ones are you referring to?
I won't ask how you've seen them.

Galvasean

Citadel interests me the most, but I'd say it is a dead cert for a 'proper' cinema release so I'm not in a huge hurry to see it.

Squelchy

Squelchy wrote: »

Deleted User wrote: »

Some great films in there

This being the internet I must stress that I'm not being sarky here... which ones are you referring to?
I won't ask how you've seen them.

Midnight Son, V/H/S, Citadel, Antiviral, Room 236, Zombie Flesh Eaters, Deep Red, Rites of Spring, Eurocrime, Dracula: Prince of Darkness, American Mary, The Monster Squad, Shiver (depending on which one it is), Nightmare Factory, Sleep Tight and Nightbreed are all worth a watch. Excision is the big one for me, it looks absolutely bonkers and perverse as hell. The trailer is one of the more interesting ice seem in a long time.

As for how I saw them, well most of the films can be seen legally. Some are on Netflix, others are on DVD and the rest have screened at various festivals over the past year. I saw screeners for some of the others such as Rites of Spring which has since been leaked which is a Shane considering that it's not the final cut that was leaked.

Galvasean

Squelchy wrote: »

I won't ask how you've seen them.

I'd say half have either already been released on DVD and/or shown at festivals.

Squelchy

Deleted User wrote: »

Midnight Son, V/H/S, Citadel, Antiviral, Room 236, Zombie Flesh Eaters, Deep Red, Rites of Spring, Eurocrime, Dracula: Prince of Darkness, American Mary, The Monster Squad, Shiver (depending on which one it is), Nightmare Factory, Sleep Tight and Nightbreed are all worth a watch. Excision is the big one for me, it looks absolutely bonkers and perverse as hell. The trailer is one of the more interesting ice seem in a long time.

Cheers.
I'm not really interested in re-watching the older ones but Sleep Tight kinda caught my eye. I'll read up a bit on Excision.

As for how I saw them, well most of the films can be seen legally. Some are on Netflix, others are on DVD and the rest have screened at various festivals over the past year. I saw screeners for some of the others such as Rites of Spring which has since been leaked which is a Shane considering that it's not the final cut that was leaked.

Cheers again!
I just wanted to avoid steering us into any "dodgy" comment territory.

MakeEmLaugh

Deleted User wrote: »

The Monster Squad

I rewatched The Monster Squad recently. Sad to say, it has not aged well!

MakeEmLaugh

MakeEmLaugh wrote: »

Deleted User wrote: »

The Monster Squad

I rewatched The Monster Squad recently. Sad to say, it has not aged well!

I rewatch it all the time and never tire of it. I've shown it to my younger brothers and they've all liked it. Sure there's a certain nostalgic value to my love of the film but it stands up as an intelligent, well made film that has a great script and some memorable moments.

MakeEmLaugh

Deleted User wrote: »

I rewatch it all the time and never tire of it. I've shown it to my younger brothers and they've all liked it. Sure there's a certain nostalgic value to my love of the film but it stands up as an intelligent, well made film that has a great script and some memorable moments.

Great special effects (particularly the moment when Dracula's metamorphosis from man to bat is stalled mid-transformation), but I found the dialogue grated, and the child actors were uncharismatic and unsympathetic.

Ciaran_B

A lot of people at Frightfest, Kim Newman and others, had American Mary down as the best film of the festival. Looking forward to seeing it in Dublin.

bullvine

Watched the monster squad with my 9 year old daughter, she loved it, might bring her to see it as a surprise

Galvasean

Any inklings as to what the surprise film is?

Squelchy

Galvasean wrote: »

Any inklings as to what the surprise film is?

After last year's there's no way I'm risking it.

johnny_ultimate

The Tall Man an unwelcome possibility? I'd feel sorry for the audience subjected to that cack, but it is a big name horror yet to receive an official Irish release.

Ciaran_B

Definite's for me:

Room 237
Citadel
VHS
American Mary
Excision


And a good few on the 'maybe' list.

Galvasean

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

The Tall Man an unwelcome possibility? I'd feel sorry for the audience subjected to that cack, but it is a big name horror yet to receive an official Irish release.

I watched the trailer for that yesterday and oh my it looks awful.
What was last years one?

e_e

Some Nic Cage vehicle wasn't it?

gmisk

Trespass...it was truly awful....and in no way a horror film

Squelchy

gmisk wrote: »

Trespass...it was truly awful....

It still hurts.

and in no way a horror film

Not even close to being one. Absolute bull.


Maybe they learned their lesson. But I'm still not risking it.

gmisk

The others was the last decent one I can remember............they had shrooms in between too.........

Yeah maybe I will give it a miss this year!

Tusky

Want to go see a couple of films at this but don't recognise much of the lineup (apart from the old ones - none of which are a major draw for me). Can someone recommend one or two highlights?

Tusky

Tusky wrote: »

Want to go see a couple of films at this but don't recognise much of the lineup (apart from the old ones - none of which are a major draw for me). Can someone recommend one or two highlights?

I'd recommend checking out Excision, Antiviral, Rites of Spring, American Mary, Citadel and V/H/S.

Mannix1888

Looks to be frighteningly good fare

e_e

8 out of 10 films I plan to see booked now.

I reckon even the potentially bad films will be enjoyable due to the good buzz that does be there that weekend.

jaykhunter

Picked up tix for Saturday. There's actually a good few other films i'm interested in but they're all spread out unfortunately. Don't wanna be hanging about for a while between films.... Thought the Excision trailer was horrendous, I could barely make it through the trailer I had so little interest in it!

Tusky

Would Zombie Flesh Eaters / Deep Red be a good double bill? Somehow, I've not seen either. Although looking at the time it's on, it must not finish until about 2:30am??

johnny_ultimate

Picked up tickets for V/H/S, Excision and American Mary. Might go to a few more, but those are definites for now. The Horrorthon Surprise Movie is too risky

jaykhunter

I'm not sure of the terms but they look like exploitation (?) 70s slasher/gore films. If they look like your kind of bag, go for it! I'd generally rather see films that aren't out yet, unless it's a film I love.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mt3GJ13048U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62YqwaSMN4E

e_e

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

The Horrorthon Surprise Movie is too risky

I really enjoyed Let Me In 2 years ago, the only experience I've had with the surprise film there.

Tusky

Yeah but unfortunately I'm working when a lot of the newer ones that come highly recommended are playing ;(

Big fan of the Dead trilogy (of which Zombie Flesh Eaters is supposedly a semi-sequel) and also love Suspiria, so have gone for the double bill. Might leave early if bum gets sore.

johnny_ultimate

e_e wrote: »

I really enjoyed Let Me In 2 years ago, the only experience I've had with the surprise film there.

Maybe I'm just bitter because I guessed correctly that year and never got a prize for it

johnny_ultimate

Triple bill today.

V/H/S I enjoyed. Uneven, as to be expected, but the first and two last sections particularly were a lot of fun.

American Mary was twisted fun. Think it ran out of steam towards the end (or maybe I was distracted because everyone near me kept going to the toilet - cursed beer in the cinema!) but for the most part demented entertainment with a wicked sense of humour. Katharine Isabelle was excellent as the antiheroine. A little creeped out by the Betty Bop lookalike. Also, was it just me, or was the sound mix very dodgy, especially for the dialogue?

Didn't think much of Among Friends, TBH. Started off very amateurish - the 5D and 7D footage just seemed far too cheap, as did the comedy. Livened up a bit around the halfway point, but just was underwhelming on the whole. Few decent ideas, solid cast, shoddy execution.

Cringey, awkward highlight of the day - "I have a question for the girl on the left... the Japanese lady" :eek:

MakeEmLaugh

Did anyone see Citadel? And if so, what's your honest verdict?

Ciaran_B

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

American Mary was twisted fun. Think it ran out of steam towards the end (or maybe I was distracted because everyone near me kept going to the toilet - cursed beer in the cinema!) but for the most part demented entertainment with a wicked sense of humour. Katharine Isabelle was excellent as the antiheroine. A little creeped out by the Betty Bop lookalike. Also, was it just me, or was the sound mix very dodgy, especially for the dialogue?

The sound was all over the place. It was fine at times but if it was just characters talking with no background noise or music it was far too high. Really enjoyed the film but I agree it ran out of energy near the end.

e_e

MakeEmLaugh wrote: »

Did anyone see Citadel? And if so, what's your honest verdict?

Liked it. Genuinely scary (honestly the only film of the fest I'd say that about so far) and it exceeded its low budget limitations by having some genuine pathos and a cathartic payoff to it. Satisfying little film.

johnny_ultimate

Ciaran_B wrote: »

The sound was all over the place. It was fine at times but if it was just characters talking with no background noise or music it was far too high. Really enjoyed the film but I agree it ran out of energy near the end.

Yeah, even between individual cuts or shots I thought there were distracting discrepancies in volume. It wasn't film ruining or anything, but I was surprised when the people I was with claimed they didn't notice it.

Surprise film today was Jennifer Lynch's Chained. I promised myself I wasn't going to go, but I was sitting at home bored, phoned up the box office and managed to nab a return ticket Decent enough film - grimy and discomforting for the duration. Vincent D'Onofrio gives a weiirrrdd performance as the psychotic antagonist - occasionally effectively strange, but overall OTT IMO. The setup was contrived and incredible throughout, but the atmosphere was suitably unsettling. Much of the hardwork was undone by a completely ludicrous twist ending. If there was one thing I learned at this year's Horrorthon, it was that a lot of horror film directors find it really, really hard to wrap up their films well.

johnny_ultimate

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Yeah, even between individual cuts or shots I thought there were distracting discrepancies in volume. It wasn't film ruining or anything, but I was surprised when the people I was with claimed they didn't notice it.

Surprise film today was Jennifer Lynch's Chained. I promised myself I wasn't going to go, but I was sitting at home bored, phoned up the box office and managed to nab a return ticket Decent enough film - grimy and discomforting for the duration. Vincent D'Onofrio gives a weiirrrdd performance as the psychotic antagonist - occasionally effectively strange, but overall OTT IMO. The setup was contrived and incredible throughout, but the atmosphere was suitably unsettling. Much of the hardwork was undone by a completely ludicrous twist ending. If there was one thing I learned at this year's Horrorthon, it was that a lot of horror film directors find it really, really hard to wrap up their films well.

When I saw American Mary awhile back the sound was fine. I'm assuming either someone screwed up or there were issue with the copy they screened.

Guessed that Chained would be the surprise film and really glad I didn't bother going to see it. It's not a bad film but its so derivitive of the superior Bereavement that it could easily be a film produced by The Asylum. Been a long time since I saw a film that so shamelessly and blatantly rips off another. Lynch has been called on it at a numbeR of screenings and even had the exeditor of Fangoria, Tony Timpone public call her on her on it.