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THURSDAY 21ST
MONSTER FEST & WARNER BROS. PRESENT: A NIGHT WITH
LINDA BLAIR AND THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE EXORCIST
6.00pm
Linda Blair Meet n' Greet Premium Ticket only
7.00pm
THE EXORCIST + Intro & Signings
FRIDAY 22ND
OFFICIAL OPENING NIGHT
7.30pm
MURDERDROME
9.30pm
Opening Night Party
SATURDAY 23RD
TERROR AUSTRALIS: A SPOTLIGHT ON NEW AUSTRALIAN GENRE
3.00pm
FORESIGHT KILLER INSTINCT*
5.00pm
THE LAST DAYS OF JOE BLOW*
7.30pm
THE JUNGLE*
9.30pm
APOCALYPTIC*
11.30pm
BECKONING THE BUTCHER*
SUNDAY 24TH
TERROR AUSTRALIS: A SPOTLIGHT ON NEW AUSTRALIAN GENRE
12.45pm
Open Channel 'Framed Session': Funding,
Marketing & Monsterizing the Future***
Grand Final: Monster Micro-Nasties: The Cannibal Challenge***
3.30pm
TRASHARAMA – Short film panorama*
6.30pm
CHOCOLATE STRAWBERRY VANILLA*
8.30pm
SORORAL*
MONDAY 25TH
FANTASTIC ASIA FILM FESTIVAL
4.30pm
NEW NEIGHBOR + ZOMBIE TV**
7.00pm
NUIGURAMA Z**
9.30pm
ABDUCTEE**
11.00am
TUESDAY 26TH
TICKETS
OPENING NIGHT
Opening Night Mega Ticket
Includes ticket to after party at Luwow
Bar. Limited tickets available.
$29.00 Adult | $27.00 Concession
Opening Night General Ticket
Excludes ticket to after party
$19.00 Adult | $15.00 Concession
A NIGHT WITH LINDA BLAIR
$45.00 Adult | $35.00 Concession
NIGHTMARE ON LYGON ST
MARATHON
$35.00 Adult | $30.00 Concession
3D TICKET
$21.00 Adult | $16.00
*STANDARD TICKET
$19.00 Adult | $15.00 Concession
6.00pm
ANTISOCIAL*
7.45pm
DRACULA 3D
**MONDAY MAYHEM
9.45pm
EVIL FEED*
$9.00 Flat rate
7.00pm
FROM DUSK TIL DAWN* with Tom Savini via Skype
9.30pm
MYSTERY SCREENING See website for details
***MONSTER MADNESS
WEDNESDAY 27TH
THURSDAY 28TH
6.15pm
CONTRACTED*
8.00pm
BIG ASS SPIDER*
9.45pm
THE BATTERY*
$11.00 Adult | $8.00 Concession
For Monster Fest Premium Tickets,
Multi-passes and other ticketing
packages see Monsterfest.com.au
FRIDAY 29TH
6.00pm
HELL BABY*
8.00pm
HELLBENDERS 3D
9.45pm
HATCHET 3*
A NIGHTMARE ON LYGON STREET': ALL-NIGHT MARATHON
11.30pm
NIGHTMARE ON ELM ST pt1 / pt2 / pt3 / pt4 / pt5 / pt6
SATURDAY 30TH
VHS RESSURECTION
11.00am
VHS Swapmeet + Secret Screening + Video Nasties documentary
SATURDAY AFTERNOON TERROR
3.00pm
HERE COMES THE DEVIL*
5.00pm
THE BANSHEE CHAPTER 3D
7.00pm
ENTITY*
9.00pm
IN FEAR*
11.00pm
ACROSS THE RIVER*
SUNDAY 1ST
'STRANGER WITH MY FACE' FILM FESTIVAL PRESENTS:
11.00pm
The Girlie Werewolf Hall of Fame***
12.30pm
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY*
2.30pm
'Stranger With My Face' Shorts*
5.00pm
Kier-La Janisse Presents: Mystery Screening*
CLOSING NIGHT FILM
7.30pm
KISS OF THE DAMNED*
Program, session and guest details
correct at time of printing but
may change due to unforeseen
circumstances, please check
Monsterfest.com.au for updates.
TOM SAVINI PRESENTS:
FROM DUSK TIL DAWN
Monster Fest and Warner Bros. Present
A NIGHT WITH LINDA BLAIR
AND THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY
OF THE EXORCIST
Tom Savini is the embodiment of everything we love at
Monster Fest – director, actor, stuntman, SFX maestro and
gore hound par excellence!
In 1973 Linda Blair exploded onto our screens as Regan,
the 12 year old girl possessed by a demonic spirit. In the
40 years since its release, THE EXORCIST has terrified
more people than just about any other film.
Arguably the scariest horror film ever made, its mere
mention sends shivers down the spines of the most
hardened horror fan - and here it is at Monster Fest, in all
it’s ‘directors cut’ glory! And if that doesn’t get your noggin’
spinning, get this… it’s accompanied by none other than
the woman who breathed life into horror’s most iconic
character all those years ago - THE GREAT LINDA BLAIR!
This is a night that will remain with you for eternity: first
an introduction to the film from Linda Blair and Melbourne
cineaste Paul Harris, then a glorious digital print of the
William Friedkin director's cut.
WEDNESDAY 27TH NOVEMBER » 7.00PM
USA | 1996 | 108 MINS
Monster Fest
At the resumption of the Q&A, Linda will set up in the cinema
to offer signings and photographs to sell to fans for a small
fee. Make no mistake Monsterfreaks, this is the ultimate
Linda Blair Exorcist experience! Two words - BE THERE!
*Come dressed in THE EXORCIST themed costume
to win door prizes and to have the chance to take
home the coveted ‘Best Regan’ award.
MYSTERY SCREENING
Monster Fest presents a mystery screening with a
mystery guest! Sometimes the best things in life are kept
secret and tonight is one of those nights. Keep an eye
on the Monster Fest website and social media in the
lead up to the festival as we announce the exact details
of the screening and guest. Expect the unexpected!
*Details coming soon on the Monster Fest website.
THURSDAY 21ST NOVEMBER » 7.00PM
VHS RESURRECTION!
Savini’s CV covers some of the coolest horror and genre
flicks of all time - think DAWN OF THE DEAD, CREEPSHOW,
MARTIN, MONKEY SHINES, FRIDAY THE 13th. Add the
fact he’s worked with everyone from Romero and Hooper to
Rodriguez and Tarantino, and you can see why he’s regarded
universally as horror Royalty. Monster Fest is delighted to
host a live Skype hookup with this living legend of horror
and cult cinema. Tom will present the film and take your
questions about the film and his 5 decade career in movies!
WEDNESDAY 27TH NOVEMBER » 9.30PM
SPECIAL
EVENTS
Forget the digital age, the VHS revolution is here Monster
Freaks! Yes that’s right VHS is where it’s at and to celebrate
the finest viewing format known to humanity Melbourne
cassetologist Zak Hepburn presents an afternoon of rewinding,
fast-forwarding and tracking that will blow your grubby minds!
2. Secret VHS Screening: Join Zak and fellow VHS’ian,
acclaimed UK based genre director, Jake West (EVIL ALIENS,
THE ABCs OF DEATH) as they take us through a secret
screening of a VHS ‘video nastie’ – projected directly from
the tape!
The VHS Resurrection takes in three glorious components
3. VIDEO NASTIES: Moral Panic, Censorship and Videotape
– Jake West presents his incredible documentary that
delves deep into the furore surrounding the “video nasties”
controversy in Thatchers Britain in the 1980’s. A festival hit
around the world, presented by one of the most exciting and
extraordinary filmmakers on the planet – tape, sleaze and
buckets of outrage, who could possibly ask for more?
1. VHS Swap Meet: Join Zak Hepburn and other local
tapeozoids to discuss, swap and admire your most treasured
VHS items – bring your favorites to show off and your less
favorites, and doubles, to trade!
SATURDAY 29TH NOVEMBER » 11.00AM
Opening Night Film
Monster Fest and Cultastrophe Present
PLUS OPENING NIGHT PARTY
A FREDDY KRUEGER MARATHON!
MURDERDROME
A NIGHTMARE ON LYGON ST
Okay so it aint’ the first night of the festival but it’s still the
‘Official Opening Night’ and what better way to open the
festival than with Melbourne director Daniel Armstrong’s
hyper-colored grindfest, MURDERDROME! The world’s
very first ROLLER DERBY, SLASHER, EXTRAVAGANZA.
Three years in the making, MURDERDROME is one of the
most hotly anticipated films in the indie-genre universe
and take it from us, you’re going to love every last blooddrenched frame! Armstrong and producer Anthony Moran
have created a masterpiece of up-tempo grindhouse
insanity that sticks its arse out to the world and proclaims
loudly that Aussie exploitation is back!
One, Two, Freddy’s coming for you...
A ‘Premium Opening Night Ticket’ will also get you
admission to the ‘Official Opening Night Party’ at the Luwow
Bar on Johnston St Fitzroy, where the gorehounds of
Melbourne will assemble for a night of boozing, schmoozing
and rock n’ rolling to the swamped out grooves of incredible
Melbourne band, ‘La Bastard’ – A night for the ages!
Be prepared, get ready and remember, what ever you do
– DON’T FALL ASLEEP!
For the first time ever at Cinema Nova an all–night
horrorthon, and what better way to get the blood curdling
than with the genre defining A NIGHTMARE ON ELM
STREET series! Screening parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 back to
back, this horror lock-down invites you to spend an evening
with Freddy Krueger, AKA “The Bastard Son of a Thousand
Maniacs”! Featuring giveaways, trivia competitions and
a few other surprises, join us to celebrate director Wes
Craven’s emblematic character in all his gory glory. Come
dressed in your PJ’s and join fellow Dream Warriors in this
all night “sleep” over!
FRIDAY 29TH NOVEMBER » 11.30PM
FRIDAY 22ND NOVEMBER » 7.30PM / 9.30PM
AUSTRALIA | 2013 | 71 MINS
SPECIAL
EVENTS
STRANGER WITH MY FACE
TERROR AUSTRALIS
Three years ago two Taswegians Briony Kidd and
Rebecca Thomson started the Stranger With My Face
Film Festival, a festival with a specific focus on the
female perspective within horror and female creators
of horror. In a genre that is often seen to be dominated
by the masculine, a celebration of the feminine is long
overdue and on this day - the final day of the festival,
we are proud to present a number of feature films
and shorts created by female directors, as well as a
Mystery Screening presented by none other than the
Canadian author of ‘The House of Psychotic Women’
Kier-La Janisse. The days programming kicks off with a
presentation from Jazmina Cininas looking at the female
werewolf and ends with the Australian premiere of one
of the standout horror films of the year, our closing night
film, KISS OF THE DAMNED by Xan Cassavetes.
Aussie genre is making a comeback and to celebrate
we’re dedicating the first weekend to the many and varied
treasures that have emerged locally over the last twelve
months. Over the course of the weekend we see the World
Premiere of no fewer than eight Aussie genre gems!
FILM FESTIVAL
A SPOTLIGHT ON NEW AUSTRALIAN GENRE
But it’s more than just screenings, we’ve also got the Open
Channel ‘Framed Session’, ‘FUNDING, MARKETING &
MONSTERIZING THE FUTURE, as well Adelaide reprobate
Dick Dale’s short film panorama TRASHARAMA, and
the Grand Final of Australia’s first ever micro-budget,
exploitation, feature-film production initiative, MONSTER
MICRO-NASTIES: THE CANNIBAL PROJECT – all in all it’s
a jam-packed weekend of pure genre insanity that neither
filmmakers or film lovers will want to miss – get on board!
SUNDAY 1ST DECEMBER
SATURDAY 23RD NOVEMBER
& SUNDAY 24TH NOVEMBER
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WELCOME TO MONSTER FEST
Well Monsterfiends, it’s that time of year again where we
subject the innocent folk of Melbourne to the most horrific
films on the planet… It’s time for Monster Fest!
We kick off in grand style with a 40th Anniversary screening
of the most famous and scariest, horror film of all time - the
one and only, THE EXORCIST. And it’s not just the film,
but also the woman whose spinning head and green bile
are forever etched in the darkest spaces of the collective
imagination - the phenomenal LINDA BLAIR!
Add local terror merchants Daniel Armstrong, Stuart
Simpson, Sam Barrett and MUFFian Richard Wolstencroft,
and new kids on the block Glenn Trigg, Dale Trott and Baz
Luhrman’s evil cousin, Duncan Armstrong. It’s fair to say
that this old town will never be the same again!
2013 also sees Monster Fest team up with Hobart’s
‘Stranger With My Face’ Film Festival for a sidebar program
focusing specifically on the role of women in horror. A day of
controversy, intelligence and pure gutsy genre filmmaking!
Following this is the ‘TERROR AUSTRALIS’ showcase
of homegrown genre. Here we present eight World
Premieres of new Australian genre films, as well as our
very own ‘make-a-movie’ initiative ‘MONSTER MICRONASTIES: THE CANNIBAL PROJECT’, the infamous
short film showcase ‘TRASHARAMA’, and the Open
Channel ‘Framed Session: ‘MARKETING FUNDING &
MONSTERIZING THE FUTURE, presented by one of
Australia’s preeminent genre filmmakers, Jon Hewitt
(ACOLYTES, X).
The Monster Fest palette offers something for all cult tastes.
There’s the nasty extremes of HATCHET III, the uber creepy
chills of ENTITY, the B-flick hilarity of BIG ASS SPIDER,
the hipster-zombie existentialism of THE BATTERY, the
epic all-night A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET marathon,
to the Euro-eroticism of Xan Cassevetes’ (daughter of
John) sublime vampire tale KISS OF THE DAMNED
– it’s a delicious smorgasbord of depravity that can be
consumed in bite size pieces or gorged upon as one giant,
all-you-can-eat feast.
The Fantastic Asia Film Festival (FAFF) returns with four
Japanese treats guaranteed to blow your warped little minds.
40 plus sessions designed to feed that inner beast within many
of us that hungers for offerings of the dark and macabre!
Tom Savini will also make his Monster Fest debut, the
director-cum-actor-cum-SFX guru, the man they call
‘The Sultan of Splatter’, PLUS one of the rising stars of
British genre, punk-horror enfant terrible, Jake West (EVIL
ALIENS, THE ABCs OF DEATH)? AND, the extraordinary
Canadian author of ‘The House of Psychotic Women’,
Kier-La Janise.
So there you have it my troubled friends - a glorious program
of exciting, creative, innovative cinematic jewels. All I can say
now is get down to Cinema Nova and nourish your blackened
souls with the freaky delicacies of Monster Fest.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Monster Fest 2013 - Feed your Beast!
Neil Foley | Festival Director
(IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER BY FIRST NAME)
Adam Haywood, Akiko Uchida, Alex Harvey, Al Cossar, Alex Machin, Alex Harvey, Alexandra Curtis, Alicia Lewis, Ally Mooney, Alyssa Warland, Andrew Leavold, Andy
Miller, Anna Lienhop, Anthony O’Connor, Aston Elliot, Ashley Russell, B-on-the-Rocks, Ben Hellwig, Beck Evens, Briony Kidd, Bryn Cummin, Bryn Tilly, Caitlin Koller,
Cameron Oliver, Cheryl Fuerte, Chris Malone, Chris Murray, Clint Cure, Cyndi Ly, Daniela Romeo, Dan Macdonald, Danny at Gore FX, David Valkinet, Dean Bertram,
Drew Graham, Dick Dale, Ellie Godzilla Davis, Fleur Beserk, Felicity Keep, Glenn Maynard, Glenn Cochrane, Grace Brewin, Grant Hardie, Greg Ferris, Helen Grace,
Hussein Khoder, Isabel Peppard, Ivan Vukusic, Jack Sargeant, James Fler, Jarret Gahan, Jason driver, Jean-Clare Storace, Jeff Harrison, Jill Macnab, John Noonan, Jon
Hewitt, Jose Ortiz, Josh Luwow, Josh Merriel, Josie Hess, Kimberley Reynolds, Karli Hancock, Karl Wissler, Kate Fitzgerald, Kate Howat, Kate Larkindale, Katherine
Berger, Kelsey Simon, Kris Tetis, La Bastard, Leon O’Reagan, Leslie Morris, Liam Talbot, Liana Bella, Lyndon Stone, Marc Gracie, Matt Astbury, Matt Evens, Matt
Pastor, Marc Walkow, Marcey Papandrea, Matt O’Neill, Mick Garris, Michael Helms, Michael Paszt, Michelle Trgova, Misery Malice, Miss Nic, Mitchell Dye, Mollie
Beaumont, Narla Dean, Natalie Testa, Nick Hilligoss, Nick Kocsis, Norman England, Paul Mackenzie, Pete Barrett, Peter George, Rebecca Thomson, Richard Moore,
Robyn Hardie, Sacha Stephen, Samantha Looker, Sarah Both, Sarah Glenwright, Scott Goodings, Shane Bright, Shane K, Shannen Henry, Sheree Gray, Simon Weaving,
Simone O’Dea, Skye Medusa, Steph Elkington, Stu Stanton, Stuart Simpson, Spyke Jagerkrieg, Sue Brown, Tony Romeo, Tyler Greer, Vanessa Cox, Zak Hepburn.
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Terror Australis
Terror Australis
Terror Australis
A Youtube sensation with almost 200k hits before
being banned from the site for it’s shocking levels
of depravity and violence! Cunningham is the first
cousin of Baz Luhrmann but never have two views
of Australia been so diametrically opposed - bold,
brassy, brutal Ozploitation at its nasty best!!
Richard Wolstencroft is synonymous with
underground cinema - BLOODLUST and the
Melbourne Underground Film Festival are
amongst his most notorious babies. His latest
is a warts-and-all doco about porn star Michael
Tierney, AKA Joe Blow. Gritty, confronting and
compelling - not unlike Wolstencroft himself!
World Premiere » *Q&A with
director Richard Wolstencroft
In 2007 Andrew Traucki took on crocodiles in
BLACKWATER. In 2010 it was sharks in THE
REEF. Now he’s in Java taking on big cats!
To some nature means peace and tranquility,
to Traucki it means big teeth, sharp claws
and your guts in a puddle by your feet!
FORESIGHT KILLER INSTINCT
World Premiere » *Q&A with
director Duncan Cunningham
THE LAST DAYS OF JOE BLOW
THE JUNGLE
World Premiere » *Q&A with
director Andrew Traucki
SATURDAY 23RD NOVEMBER » 3.00PM
SATURDAY 23RD NOVEMBER » 5.00PM
SATURDAY 23RD NOVEMBER » 7.30PM
AUST | 2013 | 94 MINS
AUST | 2013 | 86 MINS
AUST | 2013 | 85 MINS
Fantastic Asia Film Festival (FAFF)
ANTISOCIAL
DARIO ARGENTO’S DRACULA 3D
Australian Premiere
Australian Premiere
MONDAY 25TH NOVEMBER » 9.30PM
TUESDAY 26TH NOVEMBER » 6.00PM
TUESDAY 26TH NOVEMBER » 7.45PM
JAPAN | 2013 | 95 MINS
CANADA | 2013 | 90 MINS
ITALY | 2012 | 106 MINS
HATCHET 3
HERE COMES THE DEVIL
THE BANSHEE CHAPTER 3D
ABDUCTEE
If CUBE had been directed by a member of
Japans ’splat pack’, then ABDUCTEE could have
been the result. Directed by Yudai Yamaguchi,
the brains behind YAKUZA WEAPON,
ABDUCTEE is a spine-chilling change of pace
for this master of gore. Tense, claustrophobic
and assured - a nail-biter from start to finish.
Australian Premiere
The Bayou-Butcher, Victor Crowley, is back!
If it’s unabated violence, gore and human
carnage you’re after, look no further. Horror
legend Kane Hodder as Victor is superb
and Scream Queen Danielle Harris takes
another giant leap toward horror immortality.
Vicious, thrilling and hilarious – bring it on!
Cody Calahan is a bold new voice in Canadian
genre, his debut feature depicts a planet
descending into chaos where young people,
addicted to, and infected by, social media,
become the hosts of a sinister parasite
that turns them into flesh eating zombies.
An allegorical tale brilliantly executed!
Australian Premiere
Voted the scariest film at Fright Fest beating
the likes of VHS2 and YOU’RE NEXT,
BANSHEE is probably the most twisted film
in this year’s program. Psychotropic drugs,
secret government experiments and the
paranormal – the perfect mix for a good oldfashioned, mind f*ck. You’ve been warned!
FRIDAY 29TH NOVEMBER » 9.45PM
SATURDAY 30TH NOVEMBER » 3.00PM
SATURDAY 30TH NOVEMBER » 5.00PM
USA | 2013 | 90 MINS
MEXICO | 2013 | 95 MINS
USA | 2013 | 87 MINS
Australian Premiere
You want freaky? – look no further! A
Mexican family is torn apart when their kids
disappear – they soon return but now they
gots the devil in em! Watching this is akin to
jumping in a pit of tar, try as you may to scrub
yourself clean, the evil never goes away!
It features Rutger Hauer, a semi-clad Asia
Argento, a Dracula that shape shifts into
a prey mantis and it was directed in 3D
by horror maestro Dario Argento – need
we say more? A controversial inclusion
to Cannes 2012 – trash? Masterpiece?
or trash-a-piece? You tell us!
Australian Premiere
Terror Australis
Terror Australis
Glenn Triggs recently ventured into rural
Victoria and returned with this creepy
gem. APOCALYPTIC centers on a bizarre
doomsday sect, and just like the cult it
depicts, it’ll suck you in and mess with your
fragile little mind. An intoxicating, unsettling
and brilliant Aussie horror – join us!
World Premiere » Q&A with director
Glenn Triggs & cast and crew
Dale Trott and Damien Lipp are two names
to remember, and with BECKONING THE
BUTCHER they’ve created one of the nastiest
and scariest horror films we’ve seen in
years. Teenagers meddling with demonic
rituals, it’s fertile ground for terror - and
this film delivers! One word – HELLISH!
World Premiere » Q&A with director Dale
Trott, producer Damien Lipp & cast and crew
APOCALYPTIC
BECKONING THE BUTCHER
CHOCOLATE STRAWBERRY VANILLA
Stuart Simpson is a major Australian talent. His
films defy genre and expectation. CHOCOLATE
STRAWBERRY VANILLA is his best yet. A
meticulously crafted journey into the fragile
psychology of an ice-cream van driver, it is
dramatic, black and hilarious. Glenn Maynard
is incredible in the lead role. Unmissable!
World Premiere » Q&A with director Stuart
Simpson, writer Addison Heath, cast & crew.
SATURDAY 23RD NOVEMBER » 9.30PM
SATURDAY 23RD NOVEMBER » 11.30PM
SUNDAY 24TH NOVEMBER » 6.30PM
AUST | 2013 | 84 MINS
AUST | 2013 | 80 MINS
AUST | 2013 | 80 MINS
EVIL FEED
CONTRACTED
BIG ASS SPIDER
Kimani Smith has concocted an ultra-violent,
ultra-hilarious mix of giallo, grindhouse and
martial arts in his debut gastro-horror, EVIL
FEED. It’s BLOODSPORT meets CANNIBAL
HOLOCAUST with a dash of IRON CHEF
thrown in to taste – trust us, you’ve never
seen anything quite like EVIL FEED!
Australian Premiere
CONTRACTED is simply brilliant. The tale
of a twenty-something woman who catches
a hideous sexually transmitted disease that
literally causes her to fall apart. An original and
repulsive body horror that’ll have you chuckling
and chucking until the very last frame!
Australian Premiere
Since premiering at SXSW, BIG ASS SPIDER
has crawled around the festival circuit,
trapping victims into its web of hilarity. A loving
b-movie celebration, this is not one of your
‘so-bad-it’s-good’ cheese fests, this is just
seriously good and seriously funny. A slick,
hilarious, buddy comedy, creature flick – YES!
Australian Premiere
TUESDAY 26TH NOVEMBER » 9.45PM
THURSDAY 28TH NOVEMBER » 6.15PM
THURSDAY 28TH NOVEMBER » 8.00PM
CANADA | 2013 | 89 MINS
USA | 2013 | 89 MINS
USA | 2013 | 80 MINS
ENTITY
IN FEAR
ACROSS THE RIVER
Australian Premiere
Australian Premiere
SATURDAY 30TH NOVEMBER » 7.00PM
SATURDAY 30TH NOVEMBER » 9.00PM
SATURDAY 30TH NOVEMBER » 11.00PM
UK | 2012 | 88 MINS
UK | 2013 | 85 MINS
ITALY | 2013 | 80 MINS
Thirty bodies are shot point blank and
buried in an isolated Russian forest – then
things get nasty! An investigation into
the murders discovers an evil beyond all
comprehension. A horror rollercoaster that
gets freakier at every turn – suffocating
and shocking - see it with a friend!
An innocent gesture – boy invites girl to a
weekend music festival, becomes a harrowing
and claustrophobic thrill ride through the
narrow back lanes of rural Ireland. A masterfully
crafted descent into terror and dread with
a menace reminiscent of such classics
as STRAW DOGS and THE HITCHER.
The story of a biologist on a field study
transforms into one of the most chilling films
you’ll ever see. Lorenzo Bianchini crafts a
beautifully layered film that’ll draw you in and
envelop you in its sinister fog. A late-night
horror experience you won’t be able to forget.
Australian Premiere
Terror Australis
Fantastic Asia Film Festival
Fantastic Asia Film Festival
SORORAL is an ode to Italian giallo, and one
of the most unique and astute Australian
features in eons. Sam Barrett lives and breaths
genre, but this is much more than mere
homage – confronting, powerful and beautiful,
it is a serious work of art in its own right.
Norman England’s film tells the tale of a
woman battling her sexual demons in suburban
Tokyo. Japanese aesthetic with Yankee soul!
Noboru Iguchi’s films are brilliantly weird. Gems
like THE MACHINE GIRL, ROBOGEISHA and
ZOMBIE ASS are body horror nightmares
that defy genre. NUIGARAMA Z is his latest
and craziest yet. Its original English title was
GOTHIC LOLLITA BATTLE BEAR. Expect
teddy bears, expect gore - nuff said!
SORORAL
World Premiere » Q&A with director
Sam Barrett, cast & crew
NEW NEIGHBOR
ZOMBIE TV
Yoshihiro Nishimura’s (TOKYO GORE POLICE)
film is an eclectic zombie omnibus that’ll assault
your senses and leave you drooling for more!
NUIGURAMA Z
Australian Premiere
SUNDAY 24TH NOVEMBER » 8.30PM
MONDAY 25TH NOVEMBER » 4.30PM
MONDAY 25TH NOVEMBER » 7.00PM
AUST | 2013 | 116 MINS
JAPAN | 2013 | 40 MINS / 78 MINS
JAPAN | 2013 | 101 MINS
THE BATTERY
HELLBABY
HELLBENDERS 3D
Rob Corddry (RENO 911) stars in this
hilarious horror farce. A couple move into
a ‘renovators dream’ in a decaying New
Orleans neighborhood only to discover their
dream home is infested with bad demonic
juju. A pitch-black, lowbrow gem that
took Sundance by storm – a must see!
A hit at Sundance HELLBENDERS 3D is
about a religious order who live a life of
debauchery in order to be ‘damnationready’ so they can drag demons back to
hell. A brilliant and irreverent possession
comedy from JT Petty, one of the most
unique voices in genre filmmaking today.
Australian Premiere
Australian Premiere
Australian Premiere
THURSDAY 28TH NOVEMBER » 9.45PM
FRIDAY 29TH NOVEMBER » 6.00PM
FRIDAY 29TH NOVEMBER » 8.00PM
USA | 2013 | 101 MINS
USA | 2013 | 98 MINS
USA | 2013 | 86 MINS
Stanger with my Face
Stanger with my Face
Stanger with my Face
A worldwide festival sensation that is
impossible to define. An existentialist roadbuddy-hipster-zombie comedy – sort of? Two
former baseballer’s travel the backroads of
New England, trying to survive the zombie
apocalypse and each other. Black humor,
brilliant performances and an ending to die for!
IT’S A BEAUTIFUL DAY
The debut feature of Japanese filmmaker
Kayoko Asakura fuses Japanese splatter with
American back-roads horror to create a bold
and brutal hybrid that will remain with you long
after the final credits have rolled. A Korean
students nightmare experience in small
town USA – unforgettable horror abounds!
Australian Premiere
MYSTERY SCREENING PRESENTED
BY KIER-LA JANISSE
Canadian Kier-La Janisse penned the
incredible book, ‘The House of Psychotic
Women’, she joins us at Monster Fest to
present a Mystery Screening of one of her
cinematic obsessions. Her presentations are
the stuff of legend, this is not to be missed!
KISS OF THE DAMNED
Xan Cassavetes has created a neo-giallo
vampire tale that nods very deliberately
to European genre cinema of the 70’s
but at the same time keeps itself well
and truly planted in the hipster now.
Dripping with sex, gore and color – one
of the genre highlights of the year!
Australian Premiere
SUNDAY 1ST DECEMBER » 12.30PM
SUNDAY 1ST DECEMBER » 5.00PM
SUNDAY 1ST DECEMBER » 7.30PM
JAPAN/US | 2013 | 90 MINS
*FILM DETAILS TO BE RELEASED ON THE DAY
USA | 2012 | 97 MINS