The
International
Horror Festival
of Wales

14 – 17 November 2024

Abertoir horror festival 2023

Woman with headphones in red light
Red Rooms (Pascal Plante, 2023)
A collection of broken furniture and a graffitee design with two big yellow eyes above it
It Doesn’t Get Any Better Than This (Rachel Kempf & Nick Toti, 2023)
Black and white image of a woman holding a sword behind her neck
She is Conann (Bertrand Mandico, 2023)
Nicko and Joe eating popcorn sitting in cinema seats
Nicko and Joe’s Bad Film Club
  • Line up

    Line up

    Whet your appetite for the real meat of the festival – the films and events we have programmed this year!

  • Short Film Competition

    Short Film Competition

    Each year Abertoir invites filmmakers from across the globe to submit short films for the Abertoir Short Film Competition.

  • Special Guests

    Special Guests

    Abertoir 2023’s very special guests.

  • the Content Guide

    Find out more about the content of our programme.

Festival schedule

Tue 14 November

17:00

SEANCE Event

18:00

The Exorcist – Director’s Cut

20:45

Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person

22:45

She Is Conann

Wed 15 November

10:30

Short Film Competition – Part 1

13:00

Tiger Stripes

15:00

Enter The Clones of Bruce + Q&A

17:30

Classifying The Horror Film Presentation

19:15

David Gregory…Exploited

20:55

Auxilio

22:15

Abertoir Pub Quiz

23:30

The Dragon Lives Again

Thu 16 November

10:30

Short Film Competition – Part 2

13:00

It’s Coming Intl. Premiere

14:50

If Footmen Tire You, What Will Horses Do? Intro Q&A

17:00

SCALA!!! Q&A

19:20

Sing-along-a-Wicker man

21:05

Blade (IN A NIGHTCLUB!) OFF-SITE

Fri 17 November

10:30

Psychosis

12:45

It Doesn’t Get Any Better Than This + Q&A

15:00

Mancunian Man: The Legendary Life of Cliff Twemlow + Q&A

18:15

Vice Squad + Q&A

21:00

Nicko & Joe’s Bad Film Club

23:00

Ganja and Hess

Sat 18 November

10:30

River

12:20

The Vampire Lovers + Q&A

15:00

Monolith

17:00

ROBIN INCE – An Uncanny Hour: Abertoir Special

19:00

Gary Sherman & Jeremy Dyson – A Top Secret PROJECT!

21:20

Red Rooms

23:40

House on the Edge of the Park

Sun 19 November

10:00

The Tomb of Ligeia

11:40

Darklands: Director’s Cut + Q&A

14:00

Welsh Short Horror Double-Bill + Q&A

15:15

Blood, Toili, Tears and Sweat: Death Customs and Morbid Folk Beliefs in Wales Presentation

16:45

The Moor + Q&A

19:30

ROBIN INCE – Bibliomaniac: Horror Special

21:00

Raging Grace + Q&A