IFI Horrorthon 2015

Liam McPoyle

So the season of Halloween is upon us and with that it brings once again the annual IFI Horrorthon.

Its running this year from the 22nd to the 26th and announced today were Eli Roths cannibal reboot The Green Inferno.

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

Personally speaking Im really looking forward to this. Cannibal Holocaust is one of my top 10 horror movies of all time and Im a fan of Roth too. Alot of people seem to dislike him, particular in the horror community but Cabin Fever was a huge amount of fun, as was Hostel, they were a bit tongue in cheek and had some really good practical effects work. The trailer above showcases some delightfully gory practical effects and apparently there was a fainting incident at a screening in the States.

The other one that was announced was Tales of Halloween.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2tA1e8UAZ4

Anthology movies tend to be a mixed bag. There is the great eg Creepshow, the good eg Bodybags and the not so good eg VHS. There are 10 shorts in this and with a run time of just over 90 minutes there are likely a couple of porkies in it however with the involvement of horror luminaries such as Lucky McKee, Neil Marshall and Joe Dante this could hopefully be a cut above alot of its contemporaries.

Teflon Ron

Love those anthology movies you mentioned. Also enjoyed Quicksilver Highway.

Tales of Halloween trailer is very cool. I see it was officially screened in July. Has it been released elsewhere?

The Green Inferno looks excellent. Might be a bit too much gore than I can handle though!!

Squelchy

Business Cat wrote: »

the not so good eg VHS.

Thought that was quite good. But then I think Cannibal Holocaust is garbage and Eli Roth is basically a hack, so we seem to differ on a lot of horror choices.

Last year was the first time in about 8 years that I didn't bother with the Horrorthon at all as I find the audiences increasingly insufferable, but I'll keep an eye out for something interesting this year.


Enjoy your picks.

Teflon Ron

Squelchy wrote: »

I find the audiences increasingly insufferable

How so? Never been to one myself...

Squelchy

Teflon Ron wrote: »

How so? Never been to one myself...

Probably easiest just to look through last year's thread.
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=92457011

But don't take me as representing the majority, maybe I'm overly sensitive.

Kev W

Squelchy wrote: »

Thought that was quite good. But then I think Cannibal Holocaust is garbage and Eli Roth is basically a hack, so we seem to differ on a lot of horror choices.

Last year was the first time in about 8 years that I didn't bother with the Horrorthon at all as I find the audiences increasingly insufferable, but I'll keep an eye out for something interesting this year.


Enjoy your picks.

The audience ruined the only Horrorthon I ever attended. They had a screening of Mario Bava's Black Sunday which at the time had never been released on any home format so you either saw it in a cinema or you didn't see it. Utterly ruined by howls of derisive laughter by dickheads who don't get that you can enjoy old horror movies unironically.

It's the only time I've ever walked out of a screening and it was 100% the audience and not the movie that I walked out on.

johnny_ultimate

To be fair the organisers are aware of the issues and have made a genuine effort to discourage and crack down on the ****ty behaviour over the last year or two. Yes you still get the regulars who seem intent to maximise their level of ironic consumption beyond any reason and over-chuckle accordingly, but haven't had any objectionable experiences there in the last few years. That said, I rarely go to see more than two or three films a year given the wildly askew quality:junk ratio of the selections and indeed the horror genre generally.

Teflon Ron

Squelchy wrote: »

Probably easiest just to look through last year's thread.
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=92457011

But don't take me as representing the majority, maybe I'm overly sensitive.

I like Kermode's video on that thread about Frightfest and screenings for horror fans

Squelchy

You know I hadn't noticed it until posting the link. Might have a look at it later (post-work).

ps3lover

I wonder if bad behaviour and horror festivals go hand in hand, the Frightfest forums are filled with the exact same complaints you see here.

Liam McPoyle

ps3lover wrote: »

I wonder if bad behaviour and horror festivals go hand in hand, the Frightfest forums are filled with the exact same complaints you see here.

Ive no issue with people having a laugh, whooping it up etc where appropriate.

For example, a few years ago I went to a double bill of Hobo With a Shotgun and Re-Animator on a Friday night in the IFI. It didnt start til 11 so alot of the crowd were obviously a bit canned. For something like HWAS it didn't matter as its just a fun movie and not exactly a deep thinking piece. Alot of the audience then left and I was able to enjoy Re-Animator in peace.

The problem (sic) with horror movies is that they tend to have alot of casual fans so when something like Horrorthon rolls around they see it as an excuse to get pissed up and shout at the screen in a lame effort to be funny.

As I said, its grand for something like HWAS but it would drive me demented if it happened at a screening of something like The Wicker Man or Suspiria for example.

jester77

I wouldn't get too excited about Green Inferno, I saw it a while back and thought it was rubbish. Really bad acting and some ridiculous plot lines. If you like gore then maybe you would enjoy it.

Liam McPoyle

jester77 wrote: »

I wouldn't get too excited about Green Inferno, I saw it a while back and thought it was rubbish. Really bad acting and some ridiculous plot lines. If you like gore then maybe you would enjoy it.

I know Roth is far from a Cronenberg or Craven but he does gore well which is good enough for me.

I've heard the scene with a CGI panther looks atrocious though!

jaykhunter

Been going every year for the last couple of years, always a great time despite a few hiccups with overly obnoxious crowds (Silent Hill 2, Troll 2) so I can't wait to see the lineup and head for 2-3 days! Devastated I didn't get to see the Flight of the Conchords movie last year. Just stay away from Michael Biehn's wife and her mates.

Tony EH

Haven't been since they showed 'Nightmare City' years ago. But, might go to see 'The Green Inferno'. I have to admit to not being a fan of Eli Roth, but I love 'Cannibal Holocaust', which is obviously the film that Roth is ripping off. But, I've heard some "meh" about it, so...ummm.

Banjaxed82

Green Inferno has a 5.8 on IMDb. IMDb s notorious for fanboys rating films way beyond what they actually deserve, so given that score it's probably safe to say it's probably sh!te.

Tony EH

It also has its fair share of "it sucks, just cos" gob****es too.

But, TBH, I think it probably does.

Ageyev

Did Cannibal Holocaust get an IFCO certificate? Always assumed it remained banned along with I Spit....

Tony EH

The ban on 'Cannibal Holocaust' remained in place until 2006. I don't think it ever received an official cert though and it's never been screened in Ireland, outside of private showings as far as I know, which is a shame because it's not the film a lot of people think it is.

Ageyev

Tony EH wrote: »

The ban on 'Cannibal Holocaust' remained in place until 2006. I don't think it ever received an official cert though and it's never been screened in Ireland, outside of private showings as far as I know, which is a shame because it's not the film a lot of people think it is.

I've never seen the DVD for sale, have you?

Padraig Mor

Tony EH wrote: »

which is a shame because it's not the film a lot of people think it is.

True. It does have a genuine 'message' to put forward.

Uncle_moe

CAnnibal Holocaust was on at the Horrorthon a few years back, even had Ruggero Deodato there to do a quick Q&A beforehand.
Got it on DVD a while back in Tower Records when they used to be on Wicklow st

Banjaxed82

Ageyev wrote: »

I've never seen the DVD for sale, have you?

There use to be video shop on parnell street, near the Aldi. I bought a copy there. It had the UK censor logo, so obviously didn't go through the irish system.

Tony EH

Ageyev wrote: »

I've never seen the DVD for sale, have you?

Here? no. I bought mine in Dario Argento's shop in Rome years ago.

Dyr

I tried buying tickets to a few films for some this years selection on the IFI website and it was on some sort of loop, are they actually for sale now?

Ageyev

The Lighthouse's horror offerings:

Dyr

Yeah. A part of the utterly dire line up of this years bram stokers festival. Ball achingly dull choices

Ageyev

Is anywhere showing Trick 'r Treat? I'd pay to watch that.

PurplePoodle

Bambi wrote: »

I tried buying tickets to a few films for some this years selection on the IFI website and it was on some sort of loop, are they actually for sale now?

This year's lineup hasn't been announced yet (it's coming out tomorrow). The IFI Horrorthon page is still showing the films from last year.

Tony EH

Ageyev wrote: »

The Lighthouse's horror offerings:

The 90's? Why the fuckin 90's?

I can't think of a worse period for horror films.

Kev W

Tony EH wrote: »

The 90's? Why the fuckin 90's?

I can't think of a worse period for horror films.

In fairness the 70's and 80's are fairly predictable choices and you wouldn't get much interest in the preceding decades.

Tony EH

There's tons of great horror from the 70's and 80's (well early 80's). Most of which completely outclasses shite like 'Scream', or 'From Dusk til Dawn'. The 90's was a period of ridiculously tight censorship from the likes of the BBFC and MPAA. They practically neutered horror into an area of pointlessness.

sm213

I would pay to see silence of the lambs. Not the others though. Maybe Vocus pocus for nostalgia.

Kev W

Tony EH wrote: »

There's tons of great horror from the 70's and 80's (well early 80's). Most of which completely outclasses shite like 'Scream', or 'From Dusk til Dawn'. The 90's was a period of ridiculously tight censorship from the likes of the BBFC and MPAA. They practically neutered horror into an area of pointlessness.

Yeah but they get shown at every horror/halloween festival. Those 90's movies are only now old enough to have the nostalgia factor attached.

Anyway, the BBFC was much worse in the 80's with all that "video nasty" rubbish.

Tony EH

Yeh, but the video recordings act was directed at videos and spurred on by films made before 1985. Later in that decade and throughout the 90's they were ruthless with pictures that were getting cinema releases being castrated by cuts. It was horrible being a horror fan in the 90's.

As for 70's/80's horror films, there are tons that fans would appreciate seeing on the big screen that rarely get an outing. Something like 'The Sentinel', or even 'Cannibal Ferox'. The original 'Dawn of the Dead' or 'Day of the Dead' would be cool.

'Scream'? :rolleyes: Bah.

Kev W

I'd hardly call Dawn/Day screenings "rare". Now admittedly I became a horror fan in the early 90s so I can't be truly objective but the decade did have a lot of good stuff. The Maniac Cop and Child's Play sequels were formative for me. Not to mention New Nightmare, Candy man, Nightbreed, The People Under the Stairs, Event Horizon, In the Mouth of Madness, Silence of the Lambs, Seven, etc.

Tony EH

Well, I have a few years on you so.

I can't recall a screening of Romero's films recently. Maybe I missed them.

As for the films you listed, I'd only count 'Silence of the Lambs', 'Candyman', 'Seven' and 'In the Mouth of Madness' as being worth anything and even then, Carpenter's effort is a guilty pleasure and two of them aren't really horror films. Although I like 'Event Horizon' more than I should.

As someone who cut their teeth on the aforementioned "video nasties", I can never see the 90's as a classic period for horror.

Liam McPoyle

Tony EH wrote: »

Well, I have a few years on you so.

I can't recall a screening of Romero's films recently. Maybe I missed them.

As for the films you listed, I'd only count 'Silence of the Lambs', 'Candyman', 'Seven' and 'In the Mouth of Madness' as being worth anything and even then, Carpenter's effort is a guilty pleasure and two of them aren't really horror films. Although I like 'Event Horizon' more than I should.

As someone who cut their teeth on the aforementioned "video nasties", I can never see the 90's as a classic period for horror.

As part of the JDIFF last year there was a screening of Dawn of the Dead in the Lighthouse that was scored live by Goblin.

It was awesome.

Tony EH

Damn...how did I miss that. :mad:

PurplePoodle

Lineup released! http://horrorthon.com/?p=784

Liam McPoyle

Pretty weak looking line up IMO.

Myself and my wife are away the night TGI is been screened so I can't even get to see it.

Bah.

nyarlothothep

It's very 2015 new releases centric. That may not be a bad thing if they happen to be good films but a lot of modern horror pales in comparison to the glorious 80s.

jaykhunter

Yo! I made a playlist of almost every trailer for this year's Horrorthon, in order of their screening:

If it doesn't play one after the other, click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHm8t9fCxeY&list=PLKjsTHExZ2SlVfk1epnfCK2Qk6G3qcXZs

FILMS THAT DON'T HAVE A TRAILER ON YOUTUBE:
• The Invitation http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2400463/ "While attending a dinner party at his former home, a man thinks his ex-wife and her new husband have sinister intentions for their guests."
• Emelie http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4503598/ "After their regular babysitter can't make it, the Thompson family turns to her friend Anna to supervise the children while they go out to celebrate their anniversary."
• Scherzo Diabolico http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3951730/ "A bored accountant kidnaps his boss’ teenage daughter, but is unprepared for the brutal vengeance she seeks following her release from captivity."
I included an interview, only thing on YT. Here's a (useless) clip from Vimeo https://vimeo.com/132054713
• Richard Standley Shorts Programme
• Short Film Showcase
• Surprise Film
• The Nesting Trailer embedded: http://www.28dayslateranalysis.com/2015/02/the-nesting-breaks-with-reality-in-this.html "Following the tragic death of his fiancée, heartbroken Jody retreats to an isolated farmhouse, in which he is plagued by supernatural occurrences suggesting her presence."

jaykhunter

Going through these, notable films being:

Turbo Kid - 80s action movie throwback with gore
Last Girl Standing - story of a girl post 'horror-film', she survived a massacre but the killer has come back for her
Goodnight Mommy - mother has facial plastic surgery and her twin kids don't believe that's her under the bandages
Deathgasm - NZ metal horror/comedy
Worry Dolls - little wooden trinkets cause curse/voodoo/possession
Nina Forever - horror comedy/drama: ghost of bloodied ex gf appears when ex-bf tries to sleep with new girl
The Hallow - Home invasion by creatures, set in the woods
JeruZalem - 2 american girls on holiday, gates of hell open
Tales of Halloween - Anthology short horror films (10)

paulieeye

jaykhunter wrote: »

Going through these, notable films being:

Turbo Kid - 80s action movie throwback with gore
Last Girl Standing - story of a girl post 'horror-film', she survived a massacre but the killer has come back for her
Goodnight Mommy - mother has facial plastic surgery and her twin kids don't believe that's her under the bandages
Deathgasm - NZ metal horror/comedy
Worry Dolls - little wooden trinkets cause curse/voodoo/possession
Nina Forever - horror comedy/drama: ghost of bloodied ex gf appears when ex-bf tries to sleep with new girl
The Hallow - Home invasion by creatures, set in the woods
JeruZalem - 2 american girls on holiday, gates of hell open
Tales of Halloween - Anthology short horror films (10)

I like the sounds of JeruZalem but found footage stuff is just annoying...been done to death. Trailer looks alight tho

JohnFalstaff

Dust Devil is a bit of favourite of mine and is well worth checking out, and the director Richard Stanley is going to be doing a Q&A after the screening.

I'd be interested to hear what he has to say about the film as he lost control of it during the edit but managed to get his final cut together eventually. Stanley has had something a chequered career - he directed another great sci-fi film Hardware, and lasted a few days as director on The Island of Dr Moreau before being relieved of his duties on that film too.

I've also booked a ticket to see The Hallow - it was all filmed in Connemara and is meant to have some great practical effect work.

Aisling(",)

I won a pair of 5 film passes for this years festival so picked a film a day to space it out!
I'm going to Howl,Goodnight Mommy,The Hallow,the suprise film, and The Nesting.

Fingers crossed I've picked good ones!

JustAThought

Well if they dont catch your fancy The cult horror that The Mummy was modelled on is showing for free in the Cheater Beatty Library today (sat 24th Oct 2015) at 2:15 - free in - apparently the set & staging has never been surpassed for accuracy & detail - should be fun! Tomb robbers & creaking mummies ahoy...

Ciaran_B

Anyone see The Witch last night? I'm pretty gutted I didn't get a ticket for it, I've been looking forward to that one for a while.

spektorfive

Missed it this year anyone know what the surprise film was?

e_e

spektorfive wrote: »

Missed it this year anyone know what the surprise film was?

The Witch, would have definitely went if I saw it on the schedule.