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Fri 4th October
Sat 5th October
Sun 6th October
Tue 8th October
Wed 9th October
Thu 10th October
Fri 11th October
Sat 12th October
| Friday | 4th October 2024 |
Feature
The Rule of Jenny Pen
James Ashcroft follows up his enthralling debut feature COMING HOME IN THE DARK (2021) with this magnificently nasty tale about a former judge (Geoffrey Rush) imprisoned in his own body after a stroke and left to the tender mercies of an elderly psychopath (John Lithgow) who employs a hand puppet to abuse the residents of a nursing home.
Screens With Short Film All About Valerie
7:30pm Fri, 4th October, Cinema Nova, Melbourne
Feature
The Rule of Jenny Pen
James Ashcroft follows up his enthralling debut feature COMING HOME IN THE DARK (2021) with this magnificently nasty tale about a former judge (Geoffrey Rush) imprisoned in his own body after a stroke and left to the tender mercies of an elderly psychopath (John Lithgow) who employs a hand puppet to abuse the residents of a nursing home.
7:00pm Fri, 4th October, Event Cinemas Marion, Adelaide
Feature
The Rule of Jenny Pen
James Ashcroft follows up his enthralling debut feature COMING HOME IN THE DARK (2021) with this magnificently nasty tale about a former judge (Geoffrey Rush) imprisoned in his own body after a stroke and left to the tender mercies of an elderly psychopath (John Lithgow) who employs a hand puppet to abuse the residents of a nursing home.
7:00pm Fri, 4th October, Event Cinemas Brisbane City, Brisbane
Feature
The Rule of Jenny Pen
James Ashcroft follows up his enthralling debut feature COMING HOME IN THE DARK (2021) with this magnificently nasty tale about a former judge (Geoffrey Rush) imprisoned in his own body after a stroke and left to the tender mercies of an elderly psychopath (John Lithgow) who employs a hand puppet to abuse the residents of a nursing home.
7:00pm Fri, 4th October, Event Cinemas Innaloo, Perth
Feature
The Rule of Jenny Pen
James Ashcroft follows up his enthralling debut feature COMING HOME IN THE DARK (2021) with this magnificently nasty tale about a former judge (Geoffrey Rush) imprisoned in his own body after a stroke and left to the tender mercies of an elderly psychopath (John Lithgow) who employs a hand puppet to abuse the residents of a nursing home.
7:00pm Fri, 4th October, Event Cinemas Burwood, Sydney
| Saturday | 5th October 2024 |
Feature
Generation Terror
Featuring interviews with Adam Wingard (YOU’RE NEXT), Rob Zombie (THE DEVIL’S REJECTS), Xavier Gens (FRONTIER(S)), Neil Marshall (DOG SOLDIERS), Srdjan Spasejevic (A SERBIAN FILM), Alice Lowe (PREVENGE), Christopher Smith (TRIANGLE) and more, THE FOUND FOOTAGE PHENOMENON (MF 2021) filmmakers Sarah Appleton and Phillip Escott return to Monster Fest with this engrossing documentary on late 90s - early 2000s horror films .
1:00pm Sat, 5th October, Cinema Nova, Melbourne
Feature
Generation Terror
Featuring interviews with Adam Wingard (YOU’RE NEXT), Rob Zombie (THE DEVIL’S REJECTS), Xavier Gens (FRONTIER(S)), Neil Marshall (DOG SOLDIERS), Srdjan Spasejevic (A SERBIAN FILM), Alice Lowe (PREVENGE), Christopher Smith (TRIANGLE) and more, THE FOUND FOOTAGE PHENOMENON (MF 2021) filmmakers Sarah Appleton and Phillip Escott return to Monster Fest with this engrossing documentary on late 90s - early 2000s horror films .
3:30pm Sat, 5th October, Event Cinemas Marion, Adelaide
Feature
Generation Terror
Featuring interviews with Adam Wingard (YOU’RE NEXT), Rob Zombie (THE DEVIL’S REJECTS), Xavier Gens (FRONTIER(S)), Neil Marshall (DOG SOLDIERS), Srdjan Spasejevic (A SERBIAN FILM), Alice Lowe (PREVENGE), Christopher Smith (TRIANGLE) and more, THE FOUND FOOTAGE PHENOMENON (MF 2021) filmmakers Sarah Appleton and Phillip Escott return to Monster Fest with this engrossing documentary on late 90s - early 2000s horror films .
3:00pm Sat, 5th October, Event Cinemas Brisbane City, Brisbane
Feature
Generation Terror
Featuring interviews with Adam Wingard (YOU’RE NEXT), Rob Zombie (THE DEVIL’S REJECTS), Xavier Gens (FRONTIER(S)), Neil Marshall (DOG SOLDIERS), Srdjan Spasejevic (A SERBIAN FILM), Alice Lowe (PREVENGE), Christopher Smith (TRIANGLE) and more, THE FOUND FOOTAGE PHENOMENON (MF 2021) filmmakers Sarah Appleton and Phillip Escott return to Monster Fest with this engrossing documentary on late 90s - early 2000s horror films .
3:15pm Sat, 5th October, Event Cinemas Innaloo, Perth
Feature
Generation Terror
Featuring interviews with Adam Wingard (YOU’RE NEXT), Rob Zombie (THE DEVIL’S REJECTS), Xavier Gens (FRONTIER(S)), Neil Marshall (DOG SOLDIERS), Srdjan Spasejevic (A SERBIAN FILM), Alice Lowe (PREVENGE), Christopher Smith (TRIANGLE) and more, THE FOUND FOOTAGE PHENOMENON (MF 2021) filmmakers Sarah Appleton and Phillip Escott return to Monster Fest with this engrossing documentary on late 90s - early 2000s horror films .
2:30pm Sat, 5th October, Event Cinemas Burwood, Sydney
Feature
Terrifier
On Halloween night, Tara Heyes finds herself as the obsession of a sadistic murderer known as Art the Clown.
3:00pm Sat, 5th October, Cinema Nova, Melbourne
Feature
Terrifier
On Halloween night, Tara Heyes finds herself as the obsession of a sadistic murderer known as Art the Clown.
4:00pm Sat, 5th October, Event Cinemas Marion, Adelaide
Feature
Terrifier
On Halloween night, Tara Heyes finds herself as the obsession of a sadistic murderer known as Art the Clown.
4:00pm Sat, 5th October, Event Cinemas Brisbane City, Brisbane
Feature
Terrifier
On Halloween night, Tara Heyes finds herself as the obsession of a sadistic murderer known as Art the Clown.
4:00pm Sat, 5th October, Event Cinemas Innaloo, Perth
Feature
Terrifier
On Halloween night, Tara Heyes finds herself as the obsession of a sadistic murderer known as Art the Clown.
4:00pm Sat, 5th October, Event Cinemas Burwood, Sydney
Feature
Critters
Before checking out our closing night film FRANKIE FREAKO, join us for a once-in-a-lifetime chance to see one of the greatest 'Small-Creature Features' to ever hit a cinema screen. Filled with a cast of genre greats like M. Emmet Walsh, Dee Walace, and Lin Shaye plus teen hearthrob Billy Zane, you won't want to miss CRITTERS!
3:00pm Sat, 5th October, Cinema Nova, Melbourne
Feature
Terrifier 2
One year after the now infamous Miles County Massacre, serial killer Art the Clown returns to wreak havoc on a bereaved family.
4:50pm Sat, 5th October, Cinema Nova, Melbourne
Feature
Terrifier 2
One year after the now infamous Miles County Massacre, serial killer Art the Clown returns to wreak havoc on a bereaved family.
6:00pm Sat, 5th October, Event Cinemas Marion, Adelaide
Feature
Terrifier 2
One year after the now infamous Miles County Massacre, serial killer Art the Clown returns to wreak havoc on a bereaved family.
6:00pm Sat, 5th October, Event Cinemas Brisbane City, Brisbane
Feature
Terrifier 2
One year after the now infamous Miles County Massacre, serial killer Art the Clown returns to wreak havoc on a bereaved family.
6:00pm Sat, 5th October, Event Cinemas Innaloo, Perth
Feature
Terrifier 2
One year after the now infamous Miles County Massacre, serial killer Art the Clown returns to wreak havoc on a bereaved family.
6:00pm Sat, 5th October, Event Cinemas Burwood, Sydney
Feature
Pervirella
Painstakingly restored by director Alex Chandon (INBRED, MF 2011) this truly underground British epic about a secret cult of perverts who rebel against their censorial monarch exudes incredible handmade aesthetics, gleeful energy and an innocent sexy charm. Filled to the brim with evil henchmen, Amazonian warrioresses, bizarre monsters, freaks, geeks, and all manner or ne’er-do-wells all searching for freedom of expression (and sexual gratification) - you won’t see another film like this anywhere else anytime soon!
5:00pm Sat, 5th October, Cinema Nova, Melbourne
SOLD OUT
Feature
Terrifier 3
The conclusion to Monster Fest and Umbrella Entertainment's TERRIFIER TAKEOVER is the Australian premiere TERRIFIER 3, the latest extreme adventure of that silent master of the macabre, Art The Clown.
8:15pm Sat, 5th October, Cinema Nova, Melbourne
Feature
Terrifier 3
The conclusion to Monster Fest and Umbrella Entertainment's TERRIFIER TAKEOVER is the Australian premiere TERRIFIER 3, the latest extreme adventure of that silent master of the macabre, Art The Clown.
9:15pm Sat, 5th October, Event Cinemas Marion, Adelaide
Feature
Terrifier 3
The conclusion to Monster Fest and Umbrella Entertainment's TERRIFIER TAKEOVER is the Australian premiere TERRIFIER 3, the latest extreme adventure of that silent master of the macabre, Art The Clown.
9:15pm Sat, 5th October, Event Cinemas Brisbane City, Brisbane
Feature
Terrifier 3
The conclusion to Monster Fest and Umbrella Entertainment's TERRIFIER TAKEOVER is the Australian premiere TERRIFIER 3, the latest extreme adventure of that silent master of the macabre, Art The Clown.
9:15pm Sat, 5th October, Event Cinemas Innaloo, Perth
Feature
Terrifier 3
The conclusion to Monster Fest and Umbrella Entertainment's TERRIFIER TAKEOVER is the Australian premiere TERRIFIER 3, the latest extreme adventure of that silent master of the macabre, Art The Clown.
9:15pm Sat, 5th October, Event Cinemas Burwood, Sydney
Feature
Terrifier 3
The conclusion to Monster Fest and Umbrella Entertainment's TERRIFIER TAKEOVER is the Australian premiere TERRIFIER 3, the latest extreme adventure of that silent master of the macabre, Art The Clown.
8:30pm Sat, 5th October, Cinema Nova, Melbourne
Feature
Scurry
After wowing audiences with his special-effects laden alien invasion OCCUPATION RAINFALL (MF 2020), director Luke Sparke returns to his horror roots with SCURRY, a claustrophobic nightmare set in an ever narrowing tunnel below a city under attack.
5:00pm Sat, 5th October, Event Ciinemas Brisbane City, Brisbane
Feature
States of Mind
In 2021 director Ché Baker wowed Monster Fest audiences with the amazing SFX in his award-winning short film VR GRANDPA, and now he's back to do it again, this time with a mind-bending horror that follows a group psychics as they complete for some serious prize money at a weekend retreat until an exorcism goes horribly wrong and unleashes a terrible evil.
8:00pm Sat, 5th October, Event Cinemas Brisbane City, Brisbane
Feature
Fear Below
A rag-tag team of divers attempting to salvage a sunken car from a river are thwarted by a highly aggressive bull shark in Matthew Holmes' (THE COST, THE LEGEND OF BEN HALL) latest underwater horror epic.
5:45pm Sat, 5th October, Event Cinemas Marion, Adelaide
Feature
Fear Below
A rag-tag team of divers attempting to salvage a sunken car from a river are thwarted by a highly aggressive bull shark in Matthew Holmes' (THE COST, THE LEGEND OF BEN HALL) latest underwater horror epic.
4:30pm Sat, 5th October, Event Cinemas Burwood, Sydney
| Sunday | 6th October 2024 |
Feature
Film Safari: The Chronicles Of Ninja
Join us for Australian gonzo filmmaker Andrew (THE SEARCH FOR WENG WENG) Leavold’s most out-there film adventure so far as he parachutes onto a film set in Wild West Africa and into a starring role in a slavery-themed action movie (appropriately called called White Devil!), all the while prepping a midget kung fu remake of The Taller They Come with director Ninja (B14, AFRICAN KUNG FU NAZIS).
1:00pm Sun, 6th October, Cinema Nova, Melbourne
Shorts
Trasharama Shorts
Presented by Murder City's favourite son, Dick Dale, the Trasharama shorts program is bursting at the seams with gross-out horror, bad taste comedies, sick n' twisted animations, science fiction scat and other genres not even invented yet! Trash ain't trash when its in Trasharama!!
3:00pm Sun, 6th October, Cinema Nova, Melbourne
Feature
I Should Have Been Dead Years Ago
Delve into the life, music, & artistic output of Stu Spasm aka Stuart Gray, the notorious underground rocker who created the most psychotronic group to ever emerge from Australia – the legendary Lubricated Goat!
5:00pm Sun, 6th October, Cinema Nova, Melbourne
Feature
Hellboy – The Crooked Man
Helmed by CRANK writer / director Brian Taylor, this ominous, foreboding fable returns the Hellboy franchise to its darker horror roots and is a must for fans of Mike Mignola (who also worked on the script)'s original comic book creation.
Screens With Short Film Blinded
7:20pm Sun, 6th October, Cinema Nova, Melbourne
Feature
Hellboy – The Crooked Man
Helmed by CRANK writer / director Brian Taylor, this ominous, foreboding fable returns the Hellboy franchise to its darker horror roots and is a must for fans of Mike Mignola (who also worked on the script)'s original comic book creation.
1:15pm Sun, 6th October, Event Cinemas Marion, Adelaide
Feature
Hellboy – The Crooked Man
Helmed by CRANK writer / director Brian Taylor, this ominous, foreboding fable returns the Hellboy franchise to its darker horror roots and is a must for fans of Mike Mignola (who also worked on the script)'s original comic book creation.
1:15pm Sun, 6th October, Event Cinemas Brisbane City, Brisbane
Feature
Hellboy – The Crooked Man
Helmed by CRANK writer / director Brian Taylor, this ominous, foreboding fable returns the Hellboy franchise to its darker horror roots and is a must for fans of Mike Mignola (who also worked on the script)'s original comic book creation.
1:15pm Sun, 6th October, Event Cinemas Innaloo, Perth
Feature
Hellboy – The Crooked Man
Helmed by CRANK writer / director Brian Taylor, this ominous, foreboding fable returns the Hellboy franchise to its darker horror roots and is a must for fans of Mike Mignola (who also worked on the script)'s original comic book creation.
1:15pm Sun, 6th October, Event Cinemas Burwood, Sydney
Feature
Grafted
MEAN GIRLS meets FACE/OFF in Sasha Rainbow’s gory body horror about a Chinese student who finds a new way of achieving popularity one body at a time.
3:30pm Sun, 6th October, Event Cinemas Marion, Adelaide
Feature
Grafted
MEAN GIRLS meets FACE/OFF in Sasha Rainbow’s gory body horror about a Chinese student who finds a new way of achieving popularity one body at a time.
3:30pm Sun, 6th October, Event Cinemas Brisbane City, Brisbane
Feature
Grafted
MEAN GIRLS meets FACE/OFF in Sasha Rainbow’s gory body horror about a Chinese student who finds a new way of achieving popularity one body at a time.
3:30pm Sun, 6th October, Event Cinemas Innaloo, Perth
Feature
Grafted
MEAN GIRLS meets FACE/OFF in Sasha Rainbow’s gory body horror about a Chinese student who finds a new way of achieving popularity one body at a time.
3:30pm Sun, 6th October, Event Cinemas Burwood, Sydney
Feature
States of Mind
In 2021 director Ché Baker wowed Monster Fest audiences with the amazing SFX in his award-winning short film VR GRANDPA, and now he's back to do it again, this time with a mind-bending horror that follows a group psychics as they complete for some serious prize money at a weekend retreat until an exorcism goes horribly wrong and unleashes a terrible evil.
6:00pm Sun, 6th October, Event Cinemas Burwood, Sydney
Feature
Azrael
From director E.L. Katz, the man behind the gleefully nasty and darkly hilarious CHEAP THRILLS (2013) and screenwriter Simon Barrett (THE GUEST, YOU'RE NEXT) comes AZRAEL a real-time rural survival horror that pits Australia's own Samara Weaving against a horde of ruthless enemies.
5:30pm Sun, 6th October, Event Cinemas Marion, Adelaide
Feature
Azrael
From director E.L. Katz, the man behind the gleefully nasty and darkly hilarious CHEAP THRILLS (2013) and screenwriter Simon Barrett (THE GUEST, YOU'RE NEXT) comes AZRAEL a real-time rural survival horror that pits Australia's own Samara Weaving against a horde of ruthless enemies.
5:30pm Sun, 6th October, Event Cinemas Brisbane City, Brisbane
Feature
Azrael
From director E.L. Katz, the man behind the gleefully nasty and darkly hilarious CHEAP THRILLS (2013) and screenwriter Simon Barrett (THE GUEST, YOU'RE NEXT) comes AZRAEL a real-time rural survival horror that pits Australia's own Samara Weaving against a horde of ruthless enemies.
5:30pm Sun, 6th October, Event Cinemas Innaloo, Perth
Feature
Azrael
From director E.L. Katz, the man behind the gleefully nasty and darkly hilarious CHEAP THRILLS (2013) and screenwriter Simon Barrett (THE GUEST, YOU'RE NEXT) comes AZRAEL a real-time rural survival horror that pits Australia's own Samara Weaving against a horde of ruthless enemies.
5:30pm Sun, 6th October, Event Cinemas Burwood, Sydney
Feature
Waves Of Madness
Directed by Jason Trost (THE FP) and inspired by classic videogames like Resident Evil and Silent Hill crossed with the spirit of those timeless black and white horror films of 1930s, THE WAVES OF MADNESS is a vivid Lovecraftian action/horror film shot completely from a side-scrolling perspective.
3:15pm Sun, 6th October, Event Cinemas Burwood, Sydney
Feature
Fear Below
A rag-tag team of divers attempting to salvage a sunken car from a river are thwarted by a highly aggressive bull shark in Matthew Holmes' (THE COST, THE LEGEND OF BEN HALL) latest underwater horror epic.
3:15pm Sun, 6th October, Event Cinemas Brisbane City, Brisbane
Feature
Frankie Freako
Are you ready to Party? I didn’t hear you! I said ARE YOU READY TO PARTY ?!? You better be because it doesn’t get any wilder than this wacky practical FX-driven horror-comedy in the style of “GREMLINS 2 and GHOULIES 3: GHOULIES GO TO COLLEGE. Filled with slapstick violence, beer-related destruction of private property and a non-stop onslaught of bad-taste gags, we had no choice but to program Steven Kostanski's ode to the evil puppet movies of yore as our closing night film. Be there, or we’ll set Frankie on you!
7:30pm Sun, 6th October, Event Cinemas Marion, Adelaide
Feature
Frankie Freako
Are you ready to Party? I didn’t hear you! I said ARE YOU READY TO PARTY ?!? You better be because it doesn’t get any wilder than this wacky practical FX-driven horror-comedy in the style of “GREMLINS 2 and GHOULIES 3: GHOULIES GO TO COLLEGE. Filled with slapstick violence, beer-related destruction of private property and a non-stop onslaught of bad-taste gags, we had no choice but to program Steven Kostanski's ode to the evil puppet movies of yore as our closing night film. Be there, or we’ll set Frankie on you!
7:30pm Sun, 6th October, Event Cinemas Brisbane City, Brisbane
Feature
Frankie Freako
Are you ready to Party? I didn’t hear you! I said ARE YOU READY TO PARTY ?!? You better be because it doesn’t get any wilder than this wacky practical FX-driven horror-comedy in the style of “GREMLINS 2 and GHOULIES 3: GHOULIES GO TO COLLEGE. Filled with slapstick violence, beer-related destruction of private property and a non-stop onslaught of bad-taste gags, we had no choice but to program Steven Kostanski's ode to the evil puppet movies of yore as our closing night film. Be there, or we’ll set Frankie on you!
7:30pm Sun, 6th October, Event Cinemas Innaloo, Perth
Feature
Frankie Freako
Are you ready to Party? I didn’t hear you! I said ARE YOU READY TO PARTY ?!? You better be because it doesn’t get any wilder than this wacky practical FX-driven horror-comedy in the style of “GREMLINS 2 and GHOULIES 3: GHOULIES GO TO COLLEGE. Filled with slapstick violence, beer-related destruction of private property and a non-stop onslaught of bad-taste gags, we had no choice but to program Steven Kostanski's ode to the evil puppet movies of yore as our closing night film. Be there, or we’ll set Frankie on you!
7:30pm Sun, 6th October, Event Cinemas Burwood, Sydney
| Tuesday | 8th October 2024 |
Shorts
Student Shorts
Once again Monster Fest has scoured the top film schools in the country looking for the nastiest, scariest, horroriest shorts on the continent, and boy did we succeed! Contained herein are films from the VCA, SAE, RMIT, Flinders University, University of Sydney, Deakin University and more. Who knows, one day you could be coming out of the cinema after seeing the latest Hollywood blockbuster smash hit and telling those around you how you discovered the director's work at Monster Fest one year.
6:00pm Tue, 8th October, Cinema Nova, Melbourne
Feature
Children of the Wicker Man
A deeply emotional and devastatingly personal exploration of the impact that the ‘Citizen Kane of horror’ had on the family of the film’s director Robin Hardy half a century after THE WICKER MAN was first released.
6:30pm Tue, 8th October, Cinema Nova, Melbourne
Shorts
Gutbusters Shorts
Not for the weak of bladder, Monster Fest's GUTBUSTERS shorts program contains a plethora of horror comedies, comedy horrors and everything in-between. Buckle up for a wild ride full of wild belly laughs, psychotic giggles and suggestive sniggers.
8:30pm Tue, 8th October, Cinema Nova, Melbourne
Feature
The Final Destination 3D
Following on from the fantastic documentary GENERATION TERROR about early 2000s horror, join us for a very special screening of THE FINAL DESTINATION in glorious 3D. This film is just how we like ‘em here at Monster Fest - filled with inventive kills, shocking jump scares and intense violence and gore.
8:45pm Tue, 8th October, Cinema Nova, Melbourne
| Wednesday | 9th October 2024 |
Shorts
Haunted Hearts Shorts
HAUNTED HEARTS is a vibrant mix of short films bursting with surrealism, horror, intensity, and heart. This program delivers a captivating array of inventive stories with emotional depth, a diverse cinematic adventure.
6:00pm Wed, 9th October, Cinema Nova, Melbourne
Feature
Scurry
After wowing audiences with his special-effects laden alien invasion OCCUPATION RAINFALL (MF 2020), director Luke Sparke returns to his horror roots with SCURRY, a claustrophobic nightmare set in an ever narrowing tunnel below a city under attack.
6:30pm Wed, 9th October, Cinema Nova, Melbourne
Shorts
Grim Visions Shorts
Immerse yourself in a collection of global short films that delve into the darkest corners of horror, showcasing the most unsettling shorts in the 2024 program.
8:45pm Wed, 9th October, Cinema Nova, Melbourne
Feature
Ultimate Chabite
Only the French could conceive of a film this outrageous, this dark, this… alarmingly possible? ULTIMATE CHABITE is an apocalypse-themed black comedy that chronicles the downfall of society when men across the globe become obsessed with a tiggy-like game that transfers the state of ‘it’ by tapping your opponent on the balls and yelling CHABITE!
9:00pm Wed, 9th October, Cinema Nova, Melbourne
| Thursday | 10th October 2024 |
Feature
An American Masquerade
Jasmine Jakupi and Addison Heath make their triumphant return to Monster Fest after their sell out session of THE VIPER'S HEX at Monster Fest 2018 with their most ambitious project yet – an action-packed road movie across the American west fuelled by nasty sex, illicit drugs and extreme violence.
6:30pm Thu, 10th October, Cinema Nova, Melbourne
Feature
Grafted
MEAN GIRLS meets FACE/OFF in Sasha Rainbow’s gory body horror about a Chinese student who finds a new way of achieving popularity one body at a time.
Screens With Short Film Bloody Hell
9:00pm Thu, 10th October, Cinema Nova, Melbourne
| Friday | 11th October 2024 |
Feature
States of Mind
In 2021 director Ché Baker wowed Monster Fest audiences with the amazing SFX in his award-winning short film VR GRANDPA, and now he's back to do it again, this time with a mind-bending horror that follows a group psychics as they complete for some serious prize money at a weekend retreat until an exorcism goes horribly wrong and unleashes a terrible evil.
6:00pm Fri, 11th October, Cinema Nova, Melbourne
Feature
Azrael
From director E.L. Katz, the man behind the gleefully nasty and darkly hilarious CHEAP THRILLS (2013) and screenwriter Simon Barrett (THE GUEST, YOU'RE NEXT) comes AZRAEL a real-time rural survival horror that pits Australia's own Samara Weaving against a horde of ruthless enemies.
Screens With Short Film Feirg
9:20pm Fri, 11th October, Cinema Nova, Melbourne
| Saturday | 12th October 2024 |
Event
Closing Night Party at Stay Gold
Head to Stay Gold in Brunswick, Melbourne’s premier live music haunt to close out Monster Fest 2024 for an unforgettable afterparty! After eight days of spine-chilling horror and adrenaline-pumping films, we’re ending on a high with a killer night of music, drinks, and dancing. Keep the eerie vibes alive with an electrifying DJ set from the one and only Miles Brown, whose haunting beats will keep you moving deep into the night.
11:00pm Sat, 12th October, Stay Gold in Brunswick, Melbourne
Feature
Waves Of Madness
Directed by Jason Trost (THE FP) and inspired by classic videogames like Resident Evil and Silent Hill crossed with the spirit of those timeless black and white horror films of 1930s, THE WAVES OF MADNESS is a vivid Lovecraftian action/horror film shot completely from a side-scrolling perspective.
12:30pm Sat, 12th October, Cinema Nova, Melbourne
Feature
Fear Below
A rag-tag team of divers attempting to salvage a sunken car from a river are thwarted by a highly aggressive bull shark in Matthew Holmes' (THE COST, THE LEGEND OF BEN HALL) latest underwater horror epic.
2:15pm Sat, 12th October, Cinema Nova, Melbourne
Feature
Freelance
Melbourne-based filmmaker John Balazs follows up his brutal 2021 revenge thriller RAGE with FREELANCE, a disturbing, nightmarish tale with echoes of Joel Shumacher’s 8MM and Brian De Palma’s BLOW OUT.
2:30pm Sat, 12th October, Cinema Nova, Melbourne
Feature
Chainsaws Were Singing
CHAINSAWS WERE SINGING is an absolutely bonkers action-horror-musical-comedy B-movie epic from Estonia. Shot guerilla style in 2013, this true love letter to crowd-pleasing exploitation cinema then spent a modest 10 years in post-production before making its way here. The mutant eurotrash lovechild of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Andy Milligan, this bizarre monstrocity might just be the weirdest, most wonderful movie we've ever unleashed upon an audience.
5:00pm Sat, 12th October, Cinema Nova, Melbourne
Feature
Frankie Freako
Are you ready to Party? I didn’t hear you! I said ARE YOU READY TO PARTY ?!? You better be because it doesn’t get any wilder than this wacky practical FX-driven horror-comedy in the style of “GREMLINS 2 and GHOULIES 3: GHOULIES GO TO COLLEGE. Filled with slapstick violence, beer-related destruction of private property and a non-stop onslaught of bad-taste gags, we had no choice but to program Steven Kostanski's ode to the evil puppet movies of yore as our closing night film. Be there, or we’ll set Frankie on you!
Screens With Short Film The Bacchae
7:30pm Sat, 12th October, Cinema Nova, Melbourne
Grafted
Australian Premiere | Sasha Rainbow | New Zealand | 2024 | 96mins | (Yet) Another Monster Company | English / Chinese
Adelaide
3:30pm Sun, 6th October
Event Cinemas Marion
3:30pm Sun, 6th October
Event Cinemas Marion
Brisbane
3:30pm Sun, 6th October
Event Cinemas Brisbane City
3:30pm Sun, 6th October
Event Cinemas Brisbane City
Perth
3:30pm Sun, 6th October
Event Cinemas Innaloo
3:30pm Sun, 6th October
Event Cinemas Innaloo
Sydney
3:30pm Sun, 6th October
Event Cinemas Burwood
3:30pm Sun, 6th October
Event Cinemas Burwood
Melbourne
9:00pm Thu, 10th October
Cinema Nova
9:00pm Thu, 10th October
Cinema Nova
MEAN GIRLS meets FACE/OFF in Sasha Rainbow’s gory body horror about a Chinese student who finds a new way of achieving popularity one body at a time.
Chinese scholarship student Wei travels to New Zealand to study medical research at a prestigious university. Shy, introverted, and hiding a genetic facial birthmark, Wei is shunned by her social butterfly cousin Angela and her glamorous friends. Determined to change her fate, Wei immerses herself in her deceased scientist father's research, working on a revolutionary skin grafting procedure that could cure her deformity. After a violent clash ends in Angela's death, Wei's experiments take a dark turn. Desperate, she discovers she can 'become' Angela by grafting her face onto her own. As Angela, Wei transforms into a stunning beauty, gaining instant popularity and desire. Intoxicated by her new status, Wei's attempts to maintain the façade grow increasingly deadly. Her newfound beauty and acceptance come at a high cost, as she becomes more dangerous and unhinged, willing to eliminate anyone who threatens her secret
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