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SUMMARY:Hocus Pocus & Witches Disco
DESCRIPTION:Light your black flamed candle and get ready for a party on the opening night of this year’s Dark Hedges Film Festival as they screen Disney’s cult- classic Hocus Pocus (1993) at Show Some Love Belfast. \n\n\n\nFancy dress is encouraged for this BYOB screening will be followed by a witches disco at the venue  as a DJ  attempts to put a spell on you with some spooky tunes well into the Witching hour \n\n\n\nIn Kenny Ortega’s feature a teenage boy named Max and his little sister Dani move to Salem\, where he struggles to fit in\, before accidentally awakening the Sanderson sisters (Bette Midler\, Sarah Michelle Gueller and Katy Najimy) on Halloween night. \n\n\n\nThe trio of witches soon set out to avenge their execution by the town’s people 300 years prior.
URL:https://bihf.co.uk/event/hocus-pocus-witches-disco/
LOCATION:Show Some Love Belfast\, 175 Victoria Street\, Belfast\, Antrim\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Dark Hedges Film Festival
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SUMMARY:Dawn of the Dead (1978) at Connswater
DESCRIPTION:Join The Dark Hedges Film Festival as they screen George A. Romero’s seminal zombie masterpiece Dawn of the Dead (1978) at the Strand Cinema’s temporary home at the Connswater Shopping Centre just in time for Halloween. \n\n\n\nAs hordes of zombies swarm over the U.S.\, the terrified populace tries everything in their power to escape the attack of the undead\, but neither cities nor the countryside prove safe. In Pennsylvania\, radio-station employee Stephen (David Emge) and his girlfriend\, Francine (Gaylen Ross)\, escape in the station helicopter\, accompanied by two renegade SWAT members\, Roger and Pete. The group retreats to the haven of an enclosed shopping centre to make what could be humanity’s last stand. \n\n\n\nWhen there’s no more room in hell\, the dead will roam the earth\, well East Belfast!!
URL:https://bihf.co.uk/event/dawn-of-the-dead-1978-at-connswater/
LOCATION:Connswater Shopping Centre\, Bloomfield Avenue\, Newtownards Road\, Belfast\, Antrim\, BT5 5LP\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Dark Hedges Film Festival
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SUMMARY:The Burbs (1989)
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to the Never Seen Seen It Film Club’s latest season: “1988-89: The 2 Best Years in Cinematic History”! \n\n\n\nJoin us on Sunday 27th October\, 6pm BST where we will be enjoying the next selection of our new season…The Burbs (1989) \n\n\n\nSynopsis\n\n\n\nSettling in for some time off in his suburban home\, Ray Peterson’s (Tom Hanks) vacation becomes a horror when the Klopeks\, a suspiciously odd family\, move in down the block. Enlisting the aid of his paranoid buddy\, Art (Rick Ducommun)\, and his militia-man neighbor\, Rumsfield (Bruce Dern)\, Ray sends his son and wife (Carrie Fisher) away on a trip while he investigates the Klopeks. When a neighbor disappears\, Ray and his cohorts risk their lives to save their cul-de-sac from the clutches of evil.
URL:https://bihf.co.uk/event/the-burbs-1989/
LOCATION:Accidental Theatre\, 12-13 Shaftesbury Square\, Belfast\, BT2 7DB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Dark Hedges Film Festival
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SUMMARY:Short Film Competition 2024
DESCRIPTION:Join the Dark Hedges Film Festival at the Accidental Theatre in Belfast as they showcase the 20 finalists for this year’s short film competition. \n\n\n\nThey’ll be screening both the Irish and International finalists on one night\, starting with the Irish entries from 7pm\, then the international selection (9:30pm). There’ll be a short interval between the two showcases \n\n\n\nAudience members will be asked to vote for their favourites (Irish/International) on the night with a Grand jury prize also available in both categories. \n\n\n\nThere’s also the ‘First Blood’  & ‘Bloody Women’ awards  up for grabs as they celebrate first-time filmmakers and female directors respectively. \n\n\n\nThe venue is BYOB so come on down and enjoy an eclectic mix of shorts made by filmmakers from around the world
URL:https://bihf.co.uk/event/short-film-competition-2024/
LOCATION:Accidental Theatre\, 12-13 Shaftesbury Square\, Belfast\, BT2 7DB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Dark Hedges Film Festival
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SUMMARY:Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988)
DESCRIPTION:Join The Dark Hedges Film Festival for a BYOB screening of James Signorelli’s cult classic Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988) at the Accidental Theatre just in time for Halloween. \n\n\n\nHorror Icon Cassandra Peterson stars as the aforementioned mistress of the dark\, when she inherits a rundown mansion in a small American town Elvira soon finds herself battling an evil uncle and the townspeople who want her burned at the stake. \n\n\n\nAnyone who pre-books a ticket\, will receive a limited edition print upon arrival!
URL:https://bihf.co.uk/event/elvira-mistress-of-the-dark-1988/
LOCATION:Accidental Theatre\, 12-13 Shaftesbury Square\, Belfast\, BT2 7DB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Dark Hedges Film Festival
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SUMMARY:The Dark Hedges Movie Quiz
DESCRIPTION:Tickets for £4 each \n\n\n\n\n\nTest your horror knowledge at the Dark Hedges Film Festival’s annual movie quiz \n\n\n\nFancy dress is encouraged\, there’ll be eight fiendish rounds at the Accidental Theatre with spot prizes for the best dressed\, best team and of course goodies for the winners! \n\n\n\nThe evening will be hosted by the festival’s team and Lit to the Tit’s Claire McCullough
URL:https://bihf.co.uk/event/the-dark-hedges-movie-quiz/
LOCATION:Accidental Theatre\, 12-13 Shaftesbury Square\, Belfast\, BT2 7DB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Dark Hedges Film Festival
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SUMMARY:The Rocky Horror Picture Show & Shock Treatment
DESCRIPTION:Get your fishnets and stockings ready for a night of debauchery onboard the Belfast Barge as the Dark Hedges Film Festival hosts a screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show & Shock Treatment on Halloween night \n\n\n\nIn The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)\, newly engaged couple Brad and Janet (Barry Bostwick & Susan Sarandon) end up at the castle of Dr Frank-N-Furter (Tim Curry) after their car breaks down. It just so happens on this wet and stormy night the self-proclaimed ‘sweet transvestite from Transsexual\, Transylvania’ is hosting a party to celebrate the unveiling of his latest creation\, a muscular Adonis called Rocky\, the perfect male specimen who will bring him absolute pleasure. \n\n\n\nAs the evening goes on our two straight-faced lovebirds have their eyes are opened to a world of kink and perverted pleasure they never knew existed. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn Shock Treatment (1981)\, released six years after Jim Sharman’s original\, Brad and Janet (now portrayed by Cliff De Young and Jessica Harper)\, head to Denton to take part in a game show on DTV. They find the town has been taken over by the television company and its primary sponsor\, fast food company Farley Flavours. The couple soon find themselves held captive at the request of Farley’s mysterious CEO \n\n\n\nSharman’s follow-up might not have gained the same cult status as its predecessor\, but in recent years it’s been re-evaluated and praised by critics for its views on celebrity culture and reality television. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOn the night there’ll be props on hand to help get our audience in the mood for the time warp and fancy dress is encouraged as local cosplayers Joanne Alexander (HedgeScout) and Gabrielle Riddiough (Wishmama) will be on hand to judge the best dressed during the intermission between the two films\, don’t worry they won’t bite\, well not unless you want them to!
URL:https://bihf.co.uk/event/the-rocky-horror-picture-show-shock-treatment/
LOCATION:The Belfast Barge\, Lanyon Quay\, Belfast\, Antrim\, BT1 3LG\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Dark Hedges Film Festival
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