Celluloid Screams Classic Horror Marathon Full Pass 18

From the archive

This film was last shown on 16 July 2022

After last summer’s sold-out horror extravaganza, the team behind Celluloid Screams Horror Film Festival are back with another terrifying all-day programme of classic horror to satisfy your thirst for chills ahead of their annual festival in October. The Celluloid Screams programming team have assembled an exciting line-up of classic fright flicks, so grab your tickets for THE horror event of the summer.

POLTERGEIST (40th anniversary screening)
Director: Tobe Hooper | USA | 1982 | 1 hour 54 minutes
They're here... The Freeling family's dream home becomes a nightmare when evil spirits rise up to haunt them and possess the soul of their young daughter. (4K restoration courtesy of Warner Brothers).

TENEBRE (40th anniversary screening)
Director: Dario Argento | Italy | 1982 | 1 hour 41 minutes
An American writer in Rome is stalked and harassed by a serial killer who is murdering everyone associated with his work on his latest book in Dario Argento’s giallo masterpiece. (Brand new 4K restoration courtesy of Arrow Films).

RINGU
Director: Hideo Nakata | Japan | 1998 | 1 hour 36 minutes
A reporter investigating an urban myth involving a cursed videotape that causes its viewers to die after seven days sets in motion a chain of terrifying events when she inadvertently watches the tape herself. (2K restoration courtesy of Arrow Films).

THEY LIVE
Director: John Carpenter | USA | 1988 | 1 hour 34 minutes
A down-on-his-luck construction worker finds a pair of special sunglasses that reveal hidden subliminal messages and a covert government conspiracy to enslave the human race in John Carpenter's ludicrously entertaining satirical sci-fi horror. (4K restoration courtesy of Studio Canal).