2024 Line-Up
Children of the Wicker Man + Q&A at the Commodore Cinema
50 years on from the making of The Wicker Man (1973), director Robin Hardy’s lost papers come to filmmaker son Justin.
Dead Talents Society
Being human is challenging, but being dead is just as difficult.
Decibel + Q&A UK Premiere
When a struggling singer songwriter gets the opportunity of a lifetime to work with a tech-obsessed music producer, she finds not everything is as she imagined it to be.
Exorcismo + Q&A
This brand new documentary explores the eye-opening history behind Clasificada S, and the distinctive shockers that subverted the values of the former dictatorship.
Frankie Freako
Conor sees no way out until one night he catches a bizarre TV ad for a hotline hosted by a strange dancing goblin: Frankie Freako.
Godzilla vs Hedorah
The King of the Monsters, Godzilla, must face-off with an alien life-form that arrives on Earth and steadily grows by feeding on industrial waste.
Grafted
When Wei is shunned by her social butterfly cousin Angela and her glamorous friends, she immerses herself in her late father’s research into a revolutionary skin grafting procedure that could help her.
Grizzly
A seemingly indestructible and super-sized grizzly bear develops a taste for human meat and rampages through a busy national park.
Indera UK Premiere
Joe and his daughter Sofia accept a handyman job in a remote home run by an old Javanese woman.
Mini Pub Quiz
Quizmaster Gaz is back again with this year’s horror trivia bonanza.
Nicko and Joe’s Bad Film Club at the Commodore Cinema
Comedians Nicko and Joe know terrible cinema better than anyone, and we like to drag them here in order to demonstrate some true cinematic shit for you, complete with their own, very special, very silly live commentary.
Occult Zoology 101: A presentation by Gavin Baddeley
Abertoir are delighted to welcome back festival veteran Gavin Baddeley to take this class on the most bizarre and macabre lore concerning all creatures great and small.
Parasites From Zoology to Zombies: When Nature Bites Back
Join Prof. Jo Hamilton to explore some of nature’s most fascinating and horrifying parasites and why the horror of the silver screen may not be as fictional as we think.
Phase IV
On a scientific expedition in the Arizona desert, a biologist, E.D. Hubbs and his cynical assistant, mathematician James Lesko, discover a town that has been deserted after an attack by an army of highly evolved ants.
Return of the Fly
15 years after the events of The Fly, Philippe Delambre, Andre’s son, and his uncle François attempt to create a matter transmission device on their own.
Robin Ince: Bibliomaniac Untamed
Robin Ince loves books, as we’ve seen before at Abertoir. Can you imagine his excitement when he found out this year’s theme?
Seeds UK Premiere
Ziggy is offered her first gig as an online influencer, promoting for Nature’s Oath, a seed and fertilizer company.
Short Film Competition Pt. 1
Each year Abertoir invites filmmakers from across the globe to submit short films for the Abertoir Short Film Competition.
Short Film Competition Pt. 2 at the Commodore Cinema
Each year Abertoir invites filmmakers from across the globe to submit short films for the Abertoir Short Film Competition.
Short Film Competition pt. 3
Each year Abertoir invites filmmakers from across the globe to submit short films for the Abertoir Short Film Competition.
Slugs
Giant slugs are breeding in the sewers beneath town, and they’re making a meal of the locals!
Suzzanna + Q&A
David Gregory (Enter the Clones of Bruce) unearths the legacy of the Scream Queen who has begun to emerge as one of the most compelling icons in cinema history.
Teatro Probert Presents: Can a Shark Roar?
Sit back and enjoy a smorgasbord of everything we love about killer animal movies, in the inimitable style of John and Kate Probert!
The Island Between Tides UK Premiere
A young woman follows a mysterious melody onto a remote tidal island.
The Wailing
Three young women, from different times and countries, are being haunted by an unknown entity.
Zombie: Composer’s Cut Live Live Performance
The film will feature all the original dialogue and bone-crunching sound effects, with the expanded and reinterpreted score played live alongside it.
