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Santastein
USA : 1hr 27m : 2023 : Directed by Manuel Camilion & Benjamin Edelman
10.00 : The Ballroom, Park Inn by Radisson Palace : Tickets £7.00
Max was only six years old when he accidentally burned Santa to a crisp on Christmas
Eve. 12 years later, Max raises Santa from the dead, using an experiment he developed
with his childhood friend Paige. Meanwhile, the local police are hot on his trail,
investigating a string of robberies from the local morgue. High school loser Michaela is
trying her best to fit in, and is working hard on a 'Retro Christmas Party' she's throwing
at Paige's house - but little does she know the school bullies are planning to take over.
Max and Paige soon realize that the creature is a bloodthirsty killer – and he is headed
straight for Michaela's Christmas party. Can Max fix his past mistakes and restore the
Christmas spirit before it's too late? Buckle in for some bloody holiday cheer that will
leave you having a ho-ho-whole lot of fun!
+ I am an Island
Ireland : 11m : 2024 : Directed by Damian Draven
This penetrating thriller takes us into the mind of Johnny who has lost touch with reality as a result of trauma. But is there is light at the end of the tunnel?
+ All the Music You Need
UK : 10m : 2022 : Directed by James Fox
Using his daily run as a way to escape his house for a few precious moments, Joe spots a mysterious woman standing out to sea on top of the water. She calls to him. Returning each day in the hope of seeing her again, he descends into desperation until the day she appears to him once more.
Marginalia
USA : 1hr 5m : 2025 : Directed by Mark Beal
12.30 : The Ballroom, Park Inn by Radisson Palace : Tickets £7.00
In this medieval story of witchcraft and intrigue, Sister Trista is summoned to Karnstein
Abbey with the task of assisting the nuns with mourning their recently departed abbess.
As she stays there, it is revealed that the abbey is actually a nest of demon-worshiping
witches with a plan to wreak havoc on the earth. Trista, though, has a secret of her own
which may turn the tables on the Karnstein witches.
The Lights
Scotland : 1hr 5m : 2023 : Directed by Douglas Kyle
12.30 : The Ballroom, Park Inn by Radisson Palace : Tickets £7.00
An uneasy truth has existed between humanity and the vicious, mysterious Trowes of the North Sea of Scotland. The onset of the digital age took away their only protection - the Lighthouses- and now they are forced to sacrifice their brightest and boldest to stave off invasion from these terrifying creatures.
But there are those who believe it's time to turn the tide, and once again, point the Lights north... What follows is an all out war between the Humans of the remote Scottish Town of Pegasus Point, and the horrifying beasts from across the sea in this Scottish Folklore War Movie!
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Advent
UK : 1hr 17m : 2024 : Directed by Airell Anthony Hayles
15.00 : The Ballroom, Park Inn by Radisson Palace : Tickets £7.00
When a young girl with a love of urban Legends comes across what is said to be a cursed advent calendar, she seeks to find out if the dark stories behind it are true as she opens a door each day in the build up to Christmas. Behind each door is a challenge that she has to carry out, and as these challenges grow more disturbing she starts lose sight of who she is. As realities collapse, it seems she may have also brought her mother back from the dead... Inspired by the terrifying true story of the blue whale game, and adding a supernatural twist, this is a new kind of Christmas ghost story...
+ The Harrowing
UK : 22m : 2022 : Directed by Brendan O'Neill
When mysterious spaceships appear over cities worldwide a mother desperately tries to save her children from abduction. They are abducted but return somewhat changed weeks later.
+ Surprise!
UK : 11m : 2025 : Directed by Dave Gardner
A working class mum discovers a terrifying secret at the surprise party from hell.
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+ 1 Star Review
UK : 10m : 2024 : Directed by John Ferrer
Chef Michael has a murderous obsession with changing negative reviews to save his restaurant, but a date with his latest critic Elysia makes him question his motives.
Darklands DIRECTORS CUT
UK : 1hr 25m : 1996/2025 : Directed by Julian Richards
17.30 : The Ballroom, Park Inn by Radisson Palace : Tickets £7.00
A newspaper reporter investigating the death of a steelworker exposes a pagan cult plotting a human sacrifice.
“The first indigenous Welsh horror film, DARKLANDS paved the way for the revival of UK horror in the 21st century. Dark, Gritty, contemporary and urban, Julian Richards’ debut reinvented British horror movies.” – MJ Simpson – Urban Terrors.
+ Do Not Open
UK : 11m : 2024 : Directed by Samuel T McNally
Three friends drive out to a lonely countryside house for a big weekend away only to realise far too late that the house has a fourth guest stalking them throughout their trip, a creature that can only be seen when it wants to be.
+ Collection Only
UK : 12m : 2024 : Directed by Rhys Morgan
Nye has dragged his estranged best mate Daf, to collect a free armchair from a fearsome old house. A chain of sinister events follows, as Daf and Nye grapple with their fractured friendship, while trying to make it out alive… with the chair.
Chainsaws Were Singing SUBTITLES
Estonia : 1h 58m : 2024 : Directed by Sander Moran
20.00 : The Ballroom, Park Inn by Radisson Palace : Tickets £7.00
Monty Python meets Texas Chainsaw Massacre meets... Les Misérables.
Chainsaws Were Singing is an absolutely bonkers action-horror-musical-comedy B-movie epic from Estonia. Shot guerilla style in 2013, this true love letter to crowd-pleasing exploitation cinema then spent a modest 10 years in postproduction and is finally out in 2024.
+ Surprise Short
UK : ?m : 2025 : Directed by TBC
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Lust, Magic and the Witches' Sabbath
USA : 1hr : 2023 : Directed by Andrew J Chambers
22.30 : The Ballroom, Park Inn by Radisson Palace : Tickets £7.00
When young Morrigan (Morrigan Thompson) moves away from home for a change of scenery, she never could have imagined the drastic turn her life would take. All roads soon lead to Lust, Magic and the Witches' Sabbath. A sexy satanic bloodbath.
+ I Won't Be Long, Love
UK : 10m : 2024 : Directed by James Fox
Consumed by grief after the sudden death of his wife, an elderly man, struggling with cognitive decline, lives between two perceived realities to deal with the loss and resorts to horrific measures to keep their relationship alive.
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