Belfast International Horror Festival

Alien (1979)
2021-10-25 21:00 - 23:00 (Europe/London) | Movie House Cinemas City Side, 100-150 York Street, Belfast, Antrim, BT15 1WA, United Kingdom
On their voyage home to Earth, the crew of the deep space tug Nostromo are awakened from stasis when their ship’s computer detects a distress signal coming from a nearby planet. While investigating the desolate landscape, one of the crew (John Hurt) is attacked by an alien creature that latches to his face and is rushed back to the Nostromo to receive medical treatment. Ripley (Sigourney Weaver), the ship’s warrant officer, advises that her injured colleague can’t be brought aboard due to quarantine regulations – but her orders are ignored, inadvertently bringing the Nostromo under threat from a mysterious extra-terrestrial life form with violent and lethal survival instincts.

Winner of the 1979 Academy Award® for Visual Effects Scott’s film would go on to spawn a vast franchise of films, novels, comic books, video games, and toys and would have a lasting effect upon the Sci-Fi genre even to this day!.

Alien remains a visceral, captivating and poetic blend of sci-fi and horror that deserves to be seen on the big screen!

Remember, in space, no one can hear you scream!

Alien On Stage
2021-10-25 19:00 - 20:30 | Movie House Cinemas City Side, 100-150 York Street, Belfast, Antrim, BT15 1WA, United Kingdom
When a group of Dorset Bus Drivers put on an amateur dramatics adaptation of Ridley Scott’s Alien little did they know they’d end up performing on London’s West End, but that’s exactly what happened when fate whisked them from their local village hall to a sold-out London theatre to perform their accidental comedy masterpiece for one night only.

With wobbly sets, awkward acting and dodgy special effects, will their debut in London’s glittering West End be all right on the night? And where is the Alien? It’s behind you!

Danielle Kummer and Lucy Harvey’s documentary is a must-see for fans of Scott’s 1979 original.

Host
2020-10-31 21:15 - 22:30 | Queen’s Film Theatre, 20 University Square, Belfast, Antrim, BT7 1PA, United Kingdom
Join the Dark Hedges International Film Festival at the QFT for a special, spooky Hallowe’en screening of one the most chilling and suspenseful horror films to come to the big screen in recent years.

An American Werewolf In London
2020-10-31 19:30 - 23:00 | The Black Box Belfast, 18-22 Hill Street, Belfast, Antrim, BT1 2LA, United Kingdom
Join us at the Black Box in Belfast’s Cathedral Quarter as we turn the venue into The Slaughtered Lamb for one night only as they team up with the Belfast Film Festival to host a screening of John Landis’ An American Werewolf in London on Halloween Night.

The film will close this year’s Dark Hedges International Film Festival and will be accompanied by screenings of the winning shorts within our Irish and International short film competition.

Fright Night
2020-10-30 21:30 - 23:00 | Queen’s Film Theatre, 20 University Square, Belfast, Antrim, BT7 1PA, United Kingdom
The Dark Hedges Film Festival is celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Tom Holland’s Fright Night with a screening at the Queen’s Film Theatre on Friday 30th October (9:30pm).

So join us at the QFT for this screening of a cult horror classic as part of the festival’s programme just in time for Halloween.

The Lodge (Irish Premiere)
2020-10-28 20:30 - 23:30 | Movie House Cinemas City Side, 100-150 York Street, Belfast, Antrim, BT15 1WA, United Kingdom
Join us at the Movie House Cinema’s City Side site in Belfast for the Irish premiere of Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala’s atmospheric horror movie, The Lodge.

The Deep Ones (Digital Player)
2020-10-26 19:00 - 2020-10-27 22:00 | Dark Hedges Digital Player
The Dark Hedges Film Festival is proud to screen Chad Ferrin’s The Deep Ones.

Based on the iconic creations from the work of HP Lovecraft Ferrin’s feature sees a married couple rents a beachside Airbnb only to be surrounded by peculiar neighbours and occurrences. They soon discover to be in the grips of a mysterious cult and their ancient sea god.

Described by horror filmmaker Brian Yuzna as “Dagon meets Rosemary’s Baby with a dash of Society in Chad Ferrin’s stylish and slyly satiric Lovecraftian nightmare, with great old school monsters, a fantastic score by iconic composer Richard Band, and a wonderful appearance by genre favorite Kelli Maroney! This one is a labor of love!”

International Short Film Finalists 2020
2020-10-24 19:30 - 2020-10-31 23:30 | Antrim
A showcase of the International finalists for the Dark Hedges Film Festival’s short film competition.

Bad Candy
2020-10-24 19:30 - 21:00 | Antrim
Bad Candy follows local Halloween stories of both myth and lessons learned in the community of New Salem. With its annual Psychotronic FM Halloween show, reenactment radio DJs Chilly Billy and Paul weave the tales of the supernatural of years gone by. In this small town it’s a grimy ending for most, but will a few good souls survive?

Irish Short Film Finalists (2020)
2020-10-24 19:00 - 2020-10-31 23:30 | Antrim
A showcase of the Irish finalists for the Dark Hedges Film Festival’s short film competition (2020).

Showcase of the Irish finalists for the Dark Hedges Film Festival’s short film competition (2020).

American Psycho (35mm)
2020-10-24 10:30 - 11:00 | The Strand Arts Centre, 152-154 Holywood Road, Belfast, United Kingdom
Join us at the Strand for the opening night of the Dark Hedges Film Festival as we celebrate the 20th anniversary of Mary Harron’s American Psycho with a 35mm screening on Saturday 24th October.
