We want to make sure that everyone’s happy before diving into our programme of films and events. We appreciate that everyone’s different – some of you will want to go in cold, while others might want a little warning in case of distressing content.
The guide below outlines, broadly, the themes and content of the films and events that are screening at the festival. It does not specify particular narrative or plot points, however do be aware there are potential spoilers.
Please presume that all films screened at Abertoir are likely to contain a degree of violence, gore, nudity and bad language. We have not specified any of these in the guide below.
We presume that everyone watching the festival is over the age of 18. Age guidance is provided below – where there is no BBFC rating we presume a blanket advisory rating of 18+.
This guide is not designed to be exhaustive. Please bear in mind that we might have missed something if it’s been a while since seeing a film and writing this guide!
If you have anything more specific you’d like to know about that isn’t listed below, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with Nia by email on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or by direct message on Discord/social media.
The list is in alphabetical order.
FEATURES
Blacula (15) (William Crain, USA 1972) - Homophobic language; racist language
Blood Flower (Dain Said, Malaysia 2022) - Suicide; cannibalism; incest; violence against children and infants
Bones (18) (Ernest Dickerson, USA 2001) - Racist language
Cerebrum (Sébastien Blanc, UK/Switzerland 2022) - Death of a parent; mental ill-health
Dark Nature (Berkley Brady, Canada 2022) - Domestic abuse theme
Dracula AD 1972 (15) (Alan Gibson, UK 1972) - Nothing additional to note.
Evil Eye (Isaaz Ezban, Mexico 2022) - Mistreament of children; hanging; skin peeling
Gwaed ar y Sêr (Wil Aaron, Wales 1975) - Out-dated language;
Hypochondriac (Addison Heimann, USA 2022) - Child abuse and mental-ill health theme.
I Walked with a Zombie (PG) (Jacques Tourneur, USA 1943) - Out-dated language; dead animals (likely fake); alcoholism
Inferno Rosso (Manlio Gomarasca & Massimiliano Zanin, Italy 2021) - Nothing additional to note.
Jethica (Pete Ohs, USA 2022) - Stalking theme
L’Inhumain (Jason Brennan, Canada 2022) - Adultery; addiction
Nicko & Joe’s Bad Film Club - We don’t know, sorry!
Nosferatu (PG) (F.W. Murnau, Germany 1922) - Nothing additional to note.
Satanic Hispanics (Mike Mendez, Demian Rugna, Eduardo Sanchez, Gigi Saul Guerrero & Alejandro Brugues, USA/Mexico/Argentina 2022) - Nothing additional to note.
Skinamarink (Kyle Edward Ball, Canada 2022) - Children in peril
Slash/Back (Nyla Innuksuk, Canada 2022) - Children in peril; hunting
Sugar Hill (15) (Paul Maslansky, USA 1974) - Racist language
The Beast Must Die (15) (Paul Annett, UK 1974) - Nothing additional to note.
The Elderly (Raúl Cerezo &Fernando González Gómez, Spain 2022) - Suicide
The Harbinger (Andy Mitton, USA 2022) - Covid theme; grief theme
The Menu (15) (Mark Mylod, USA 2022) - We’ve not seen this one; BBFC guidance notes suicide.
The Offering (Oliver Park, USA 2022) - Death of a child; threat to pregnancy
The Revelation (Chris Mitchell, Netherlands 2022) - Covid theme; conspiracy theories theme.
The Whip and the Body (15) (Mario Bava, Italy 1965) - Sexualised violence; S&M theme
Tombs of the Blind Dead (18) (Amando de Ossorio, Spain/Portugal 1972) - Sexual violence;
Venus (Jaume Balagueró, Spain 2022) - We’ve not seen this one.
Vincent Price’s Dracula: The Great Undead (John Muller & Jerry Fijalkowski, USA 1986) - Nothing additional to note.
Voyage of the Rock Aliens (15) (James Fargo, USA 1984) - Fatphobia.
What is Buried Must Remain (Elias Matar, Lebanon 2022) - War/conflict setting
Wolf Manor (Dominic Brunt, UK 2022) - Alcoholism
xxxHolic (Mika Ninagawa, Japan 2022) - Nothing additional to note.
SHORTS
Creator (Andre LeBlanc, USA 2021) - Nothing additional to note
Demon Box (Sean Wainsteim, Canada 2022) – Nazis; inter-generational trauma
Facies (Carlos Moriana & Raúl Cerezo, Spain 2021) – religious fanatacism
FINGER (Joe Lueben, USA 2022) – infidelity
In The Flesh (Daphne Gardner, USA 2022) – implied off-screen sexual violence
ITCH (Susannah Farrugia, Malta/UK 2021) – strong scenes of self-harm
Marked (Catherine Bonny, Australia 2022) – medical negligence
Memento Mori (Paul O'Flanagan, Ireland 2021) - Nothing additional to note.
Sarangi (Tarun Thind, UK 2022) - Nothing additional to note.
Sleep (Alexandra Pechman, USA 2021) - Nothing additional to note.
Sucker (Alix Austin, UK 2022, 8 minutes) - Nothing additional to note.
The Light (Iago de Soto, Spain 2021) - Nothing additional to note.
The Order (Michael Squid, USA 2022) – Human sacrifice; child peril
The Tenant (Lucas Paulino, Ángel Torres, Spain 2021) - Nothing additional to note.
Tranvía (Carlos Baena, Spain/USA 2021) - Nothing additional to note.
Under the Ice (Alvaro Rodriguez Areny, Spain/Andorra 2021) – Child peril; grief theme
VRDLK: Family of Vurdulak (Sam Chou, Canada 2022) - Nothing additional to note.
Witchy (Liz Manashil, USA 2022) - Nothing additional to note.
YOU'RE NOT HOME (Derek Ugochukwu, Ireland 2022) – mistreatment of asylum seekers
Yummy Mummy (Gabriela Staniszewska, UK 2022) – Pregnancy theme; loss of body autonomy;
