Dendy Cinemas - Special Event

A Night of Horror International Film Festival

April 15-23

Dendy Newtown

All sessions $15 / concession $12/ club dendy $12

Closing night - $25 / concession $20/ club dendy $20

Date	Time	Film Title
Thursday, 15 April	7pm	Damned by Dawn	OPENING NIGHT FILM!
			Plus Q&A with director Brett Anstey
	9pm	The Haunting in Connecticut	Plus horror trivia with DVD giveaways!
Friday, 16 April	7pm	House of the Devil	Plus horror trivia with DVD giveaways!
	9pm	The Horseman	Plus Q&A with director Steven Kastrissios
Saturday, 17 April	4pm	Into the Pit: The Shocking Story of Deadpit.Com	Plus horror trivia with DVD giveaways!
	7pm	The Dark Lurking	Plus Q&A with director Greg Connors
	9pm	The Descent And The Descent:Part 2	Double Feature!
			Plus horror trivia with DVD giveaways!
Sunday, 18 April	4pm	Lovecraftian Tales Shorts Program	Plus horror trivia with DVD giveaways!
	7pm	Rage	Plus horror trivia with DVD giveaways!
Monday, 19 April	7pm	The Children	Plus horror trivia with DVD giveaways!
Tuesday, 20 April	7pm	The Dawning	Plus horror trivia with DVD giveaways!
Wednesday, 21 April	7pm	Zombie Apocalypse Shorts Program	Come in Zombie make-up and/or fancy dress for free DVD courtesy of Icon Home Entertainment
Thursday, 22 April	7pm	The Revenant	Plus horror trivia with DVD giveaways!
	9pm	House of Flesh Mannequins	Special International Guests! Q&A with the film's star and producer Domiziano Arcangeli.
Friday, 23 April	7pm	Triangle	Closing Night Film

Thursday April 15

7:00pm: *Opening Night Film* DAMNED BY DAWN

Dir: Brett Anstey

82 mins / AUS / 2010

NSW Premiere

During a violent thunderstorm, a family is awoken by piercing shrieks which summon the dead to rise again. Their lives explode in a blood soaked fury as they battle malevolent spirits whilst fighting to save their souls from eternal torment with the Banshee.

Independent filmmaker Brett Antsey bursts onto the horror scene with this atmospheric feature debut which artfully combines Gothic chills with zombie-style action. We are proud to present Damned by Dawn as the opening night film at A Night of Horror.

Plus Q&A with director Brett Anstey

PLUS: Join us in the Dendy foyer before the film from 6:30pm, for a

complimentary glass of wine courtesy of Howling Wolves Wines.

9:00pm: THE HAUNTING IN CONECTICUT

Dir: Peter Cornwell

92 mins / USA / 2009

Australian Premiere

This breathtaking feature debut from Australian director Peter Cornwell charts one family's encounter with the dark forces of the supernatural.

When the Campbell family moves to upstate Connecticut, they soon learn that their charming Victorian home has a disturbing history: not only was the house a transformed funeral parlour where inconceivable acts occurred, but the owner's clairvoyant son Jonah served as a demonic messenger, providing a gateway for spiritual entities to crossover. Now terror awaits when Jonah, the boy who communicated with the dead, returns to unleash horror on the innocent and unsuspecting family.

Just as The Amytiville Horror was the defining haunted house film of the 70s, and Poltergeist its 80s equivalent, Haunting in Connecticut sets the bar for today; successfully capturing the timeless dread of what waits beyond the veil.

PLUS: Horror trivia with DVD giveaways!

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Friday April 16

7:00pm: HOUSE OF THE DEVIL

Dir: Ti West

USA / 95 mins / 2009

Australian Premiere

Get ready for an edge of your seat, dead on homage to 80s horror with HOUSE OF THE DEVIL.

Sam, an attractive, broke, college sophomore answers an ad seeking a baby-sitter and ends up in a bloody fight for her life. But there is something sinister afoot, starting with the unsettling old couple that lure Sam to the house of the film's title, just in time for a total lunar eclipse. Plans have been layed and Sam is at the centre.

Reminiscent of such horror classics as Rosemary's Baby and The Wicker Man, The House of The Devil will leave you stunned.

PLUS: Horror trivia with DVD giveaways!

9:00pm: THE HORSEMAN

Director: Steven Kastrissios

96 mins

NSW Premiere

An action-packed, multi-award winning Australian thriller, The Horseman features a range of powerhouse performances in an unflinching study of grief & retribution. Explore the dark fantasies we all dream up when Christian (Peter Marshall) is sent a horrifying pornographic video featuring his recently deceased daughter.

Setting out to find answers, he soon spirals into a world of violence and recklessness as he follows the links through the industry with his unique methods of brutal questioning. Driving through north Queensland to locate the final suspect, he reluctantly picks up Alice (Caroline Marohasy), an awkward young runaway and an unlikely bond develops. But as the crime is pieced together, an ugly truth is revealed that leads everyone down a dangerous path.

The Horseman is hands down the most powerful Australian film since Wolf Creek, and heralds the emergence of a major Australian filmmaking talent in writer/director Steven Kastrissios.

PLUS: Steven Kastrissios will introduce his film and partake in a Q&A following the screening.

WINNER: BEST FILM and BEST DIRECTOR Melbourne Underground Film Festival

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Saturday April 17

4:00pm INTO THE PIT: THE SHOCKING STORY OF DEADPIT.COM

Director: Kelly Marcott

USA / 95 mins / 2009

International Premiere

Deadpit.com is the world's first - and still best - horror talk radio podcast (check it out at www.deadpit.com). What started with two thickly accented Kentuckian friends – affectionately known as Uncle Bill and The Creepy Kentuckian – candidly discussing the horror genre, quickly grew into the horror world's “must listen” radio show, regularly featuring interviews with such luminaries of horror as George Romero, John Carpenter, James Wan, Bill Moseley, and Tom Savini.

The Deadpit show is a long time favourite of the team at A Night of Horror, and this documentary gives you an inside look at the show and the two crazy Kentuckians responsible for it. Also featured are interviews with a plethora of horror personalities and fans, including ANOH festival directors Dean Bertram and Lisa Mitchell!

Whether you are a fan of Deadpit, or just a horror fan period, you do not want to miss this fascinating insight into the depths of horror fan culture.

PLUS: Horror trivia with DVD giveaways!

7:00pm THE DARK LURKING

Director: Gregory Connors

97 mins / AUS / 2010

NSW Premiere

2017: Something has gone terribly wrong at outpost 30, a secret international research facility one mile beneath a remote part of the Earth's surface. All communications are gone, all means of escape destroyed and an extremely dangerous horde of flesh eating creatures is on the loose. For eight survivors, their one possible escape route is through thirteen levels of terror that will lead them to the surface.

The Dark Lurking is an adrenaline fuelled action thriller in the tradition of such horror classics as Aliens and Starship Troopers. The film is the first feature production from Australian Production Company FILMWERX 77 leading hot on the trail of their win at the New York International Film and Video Festival (Best Action Short).Entirely shot in Queensland it the feature debut of maverick Australian filmmaker Greg Connors.

This film is Australian Sci-Fi/Horror at its best!

PLUS: Meet the film's writer/director Greg Connors at the Q&A following the screening.

Presented in association with Fantastic Planet: Sydney Sci-Fi and Fantasy Film Festival

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9:00pm *Double Feature* THE DESCENT and THE DESCENT: PART 2

Directors: Neil Marshall --- Jon Harris

99 mins / UK / 2005 --- 94 mins /UK / 2009

NSW premiere of The Descent: Part 2

Come join us for this terror-inducing double bill! Revisit the modern horror classic that is The Descent and then roll straight into the NSW premiere of The Descent: Part 2.

The terrifying sequel picks up exactly where the first film left off and drags you back into the claustrophobic and ghoulish terrors that made THE DESCENT a modern day horror classic.

Distraught, confused, and half-wild with fear, Sarah Carter emerges alone from the Appalachian cave system where she encountered unspeakable terrors. Unable to plausibly explain to the authorities what happened - or why she's covered in her friends' blood - Sarah is forced back to the subterranean depths to help locate her five missing companions. As the rescue party drives deeper into uncharted caverns, nightmarish visions of the recent past begin to haunt Sarah and she starts to realize the full horror and futility of the mission. Subjected to the suspicion and mistrust of the group and confronted once more by the inbred, feral and savagely ruthless Crawlers, Sarah must draw on all her inner reserves of strength and courage in a desperate final struggle for deliverance and redemption.

PLUS: Horror trivia with DVD giveaways!

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Sunday April 18

4:00pm: LOVECRAFTIAN TALES shorts program

We continue one of the festival's favourite traditions with this spooky Sunday afternoon line-up of the latest shorts inspired by the writings of master of the macabre H. P. Lovecraft (Re-Animator, Call of Cthulhu, From Beyond). Sure to inspire a feeling of cosmic dread in even the sanest of audience members, these celluloid visions of eldritch terror will leave you quivering.

PLUS: Horror trivia with DVD giveaways!

7:00pm RAGE

Director: Christopher R. Witherspoon

85 mins / USA / 2010

WORLD PREMIERE

RAGE, is a raw-nerve, suspense-horror film, which combines a confrontational plot with nail biting action. Not hiding the influence of Spielberg's classic “Duel”, Rage twists well beyond its 1970s predecessor into a brutal slasher film.

The story begins when Dennis Twist an unfaithful, 30-something man who lives in a nice “Spielbergian” suburb just outside Portland says goodbye to his beautiful and loving wife and heads into town. There he unintentionally provokes the wrath of a mysterious motorcyclist. The confrontation between the two sets in-motion a battle of cat and mouse. Beginning in the form of harmless taunts the game quickly escalates into something more serious and then into something unimaginable. Simultaneously redefining what is scary in current American horror cinema and delving into existential questions about karma, RAGE also addresses the very contemporary issue of infidelity and its ultimate destruction of the family unit. It is a rare film which moves at a lighting pace and will leave you both thinking and shaking. We are delighted to present the world premiere at A Night of Horror.

PLUS: Horror trivia with DVD giveaways!

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Monday April 19

7:00pm: THE CHILDREN

Dir: Tom Shankland

84 mins / UK / 2008

Australian Premiere

The Christmas holidays. What starts as a relaxing house party for two families coming together to celebrate the festive season gradually turns into a horrifying fight for survival as one by one the children mysteriously fall ill and begin to turn against their parents with increasingly disturbing consequences.

PLUS: Horror trivia with DVD giveaways!

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Tuesday April 20

7:00pm: THE DAWNING

Director: Gregg Holtgrewe

USA, 82 mins, 2009

Australian Premiere

The Award-Winning THE DAWNING takes place at an isolated cabin in Northern Minnesota, where a brother and sister visit their father and step-mother. As the first night unfolds with uncomfortable small-talk and tension, tragedy strikes as the beloved family dog is found mortally wounded.

Almost immediately, a stranger, potentially under the spell of some unseen "presence", appears in the cabin and tells the family that he has come to save them... but from what? The man's arrival upsets what at best was only a tentative balance and the pretense at civility begins to crumble. Soon, their lack of trust in each other and their inability to cope with any new pressure exposes their weaknesses and what the stranger has started, whatever is waiting in the dark may finish.

The Dawning spins and maintains a palpable and almost unbearable tension from the film's first frame to its last, and proves that what is unseen can be infinitely more terrifying than the most elaborate of Hollywood special effects.

WINNER: “Best Picture” 2009 Rhode Island International Horror Festival

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Wednesday April 21

7:00pm: ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE shorts program

When there is no more room in hell... the Dead will walk the Dendy.

Whether your favourite zombie film is Dawn of the Dead, Zombie Flesh Eaters, or Shaun of the Dead, you'll find plenty to sink your teeth into in this ghoulish buffet of the best and bloodiest zombie shorts on the planet! It's sure to satiate your hunger for undead action!

PLUS: Come in Zombie make-up and/or fancy dress for free DVD courtesy of Icon Home Entertainment.

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Thursday April 22

7:00pm: THE REVENANT

Dir: D. Kerry Prior

110 mins / USA / 2009

The Revenant is a story about an ancient pestilence recurring to infect modern society. Officer First Class Bart Gregory is killed while fighting in the Middle East. His body is shipped back to the United States and laid to rest, but before the lid can be put on his tomb, Bart inexplicably awakens in his coffin and climbs from his grave, confused, horrified - a moldy, putrefying, living corpse - a Revenant. Bart desperately enlists the help of his best friend, Joey Leubner, in an attempt to ease his nausea and agony. Joey is shocked and disgusted by his putrescent pal’s return, but he rises to the occasion and tries to find a solution. When a panicked emergency room forces the confused corpse to flee, the two friends discover that there is only one cure for Bart's condition: human blood.

In their quest to keep Bart from decomposing Bart and Joey stumble into a solution - a way to obtain blood without taking innocent lives - they

become "The Vigilante Gun-Slingers.” But as their macabre crusade continues, they become entwined in an ever escalating cycle of violence,

mayhem and ghoulism . . . all while cruising in a 1979 Camaro with a surfboard on the roof. Forget the next Twilight instalment, if you want to see a seriously hip, refreshingly original, balls-to the-wall vampire flick do not miss The Revenant. With a razor sharp script, dead-on performances, and blood drenched set pieces, it is the must see vampire film of the decade.

PLUS: Horror trivia with DVD giveaways!

9:00pm: HOUSE OF FLESH MANNEQUINS

Dir: Domiziano Cristopharo

100 mins / ITALY/USA / 2009

Australian Premiere

House of Flesh Mannequins is a nostalgic homage that winks at classic, extreme films from the 70s. Theatrical production design and cinematography (by Mirco Sgarzi) that recalls the atmosphere of Lucio Fulci and Dario Argento.

This is a film made by cinema lovers, for cinema lovers, a piece rich with references from the surrealism of the 1930s, through Fulci and Cronenberg, to Lynch. International porn stars and regular actors work together in this highly explicit film which even uses extreme body art performers for it's non-simulated torture scenes. Everything is real, but at the same time, everything is done for the purpose of creating a movie, which is anything but real.

The movie presents a compelling case against the use of gratuitous violence on TV as well as the self-righteous, sanctimonious ways that society chooses to confront children’s issues. Sebastian (Domiziano Arcangeli) was abused by his father. Now he is a filmmaker with morbid curiosities and is haunted by terrifying nightmares that melt with reality. Sarah a young woman that lives in the same building seems to be attracted to him... the meeting of those two people develops into a twisted story of murder and perversions.

PLUS: Special International Guest! Meet the film's star and producer Domiziano Arcangeli who will introduce his film, and partake in Q&A following the screening.

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Friday April 23

7:00pm: *Closing Night Film* TRIANGLE

Dir: Christopher Smith

99 mins / UK/Australia / 2009

Australian premiere

When Jess (Melissa George) sets sail on a yacht with a group of friends, she cannot shake the feeling that there is something wrong. Her suspicions are realised when the yacht hits a storm and the group is forced to board a passing ocean liner to get to safety, a ship that Jess is convinced she has been on before. The ship appears deserted, the clock on board has stopped, but they are not alone... Someone is intent on hunting them down, one by one. And Jess unknowingly holds the key to end the terror.

From director Christopher Smith (Severance, Creep), Triangle is a terror inducing thrill ride, with an ingeniously twisting plot that will leave you as off balance as the character's on screen.

Triangle will be followed by the festival's award ceremony and closing night party.

PLUS: Join us in the Dendy foyer before the film from 6:30pm, for a complimentary glass of wine courtesy of Howling Wolves Wines!