Night of the Dead
The ultimate all-night horror marathon returns to Hyde Park Picture House with a fantastic mix of wild films guaranteed to deliver plenty of thrills, chills, comedy and gore.
Kicking off the UK's longest-running all-night film marathon is the world premiere of Monkey’s Magic Merry Go Round, following the amnesiac host of an increasingly unsettling children's television show. Limited individual tickets are available for this film for those wanting to watch the world premiere but who can't stay the whole night. If you can last the night, don't forget to book your all-night pass soon.
Next, we crank up the adrenaline with Dark Match, an action-packed horror that puts a small-time group of ‘80s pro-wrestlers in a desperate battle for survival. Then prepare yourself for the outrageous, DIY splatterfest Chainsaws Were Singing, followed by the finale screening with Body Melt, a non-stop, gooey, adrenaline-fueled fever dream (part of The Weird of Oz retrospective).
Plus, Night of the Dead features a collection of fantastic shorts including Dream Creep, God’s Anus, Make Me a Pizza, Meat Puppet, Pocketman and We Joined A Cult. Book early to get your favourite seat for the whole night, and we will have security on the door at all times.
The world premiere of Monkey's Magic Merry Go Round will be followed by a Q&A with producer Joe Swanberg, director Aidan Leary, producer Ben Gojer, writer CR Thompson, actor Michael Gilio and puppet designer/voice actor Jackie Smook.
Short Films
Make Me a Pizza
A woman orders a pizza, but has no money; maybe there’s some other way she could pay for it? But after a debate with the delivery guy about the economics of value, the two decide instead to free themselves by making each other into a pizza.
Talia Shea Levin | United States | 12 mins | Yorkshire Premiere
God's Anus
Around a gaping hole in an endless desert, four people are buried up to their necks in sand. When one wakes up, he panics, but the other three seem surprisingly calm even when strange devices rise from the sand and tentacles creep from the hole behind them.
Jan-David Bolt | Switzerland | 2024 | 12 mins | UK Premiere
Meat Puppet
Oz is a man-child, overreliant on his girlfriend and addicted to playing with toys. But when a mysterious puppet arrives at his house and steals his soul, he’s forced to choose between immaturity and growing up.
Eros Vlahos | United Kingdom | 2024 | 12 mins | Premiere
Pocketman
A spoof trailer for an unmade film, Pocketman is a horror movie antagonist like no other. How can you defeat someone who can take anything you put in your pockets? A wedding party must find out or face the consequences.
Ericka Clevenger | United States | 2023 | 2 mins | Yorkshire Premiere
We Joined A Cult
Three friends meet up to play kickball, but one of them seems to have joined some kind of cult, and is trying hard to recruit new members. Things quickly get gory as the recruitment drive turns nasty.
Chris McInroy | United States | 2023 | 4 mins | Yorkshire Premiere
Dream Creep
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In the middle of the night, David wakes up to a strange noise coming from his wife’s ear: her voice, crying for help. She’s been trapped inside her dreams by a monster, and the only way to free her is just as likely to kill her. Should David help, or is it all a trick?
Carlos A.F. Lopez | United States | 2024 | 13 mins | No Premiere
Don't miss our other film marathons, Sci-Fi Day on 2 November and Day of the Dead on 9 November.
Fanomenon
Fantasy, sci-fi, horror, dark comedy, cult films, the unclassifiable, and much more. This year we present an expanded programme of new films, two new competitions, and a retrospective, The Weird of Oz.