22nd Calgary Underground Film Festival

April 17-27, 2025

12th CUFF.Docs Documentary Film Festival

November 20-24, 2024

12-Hour Halloween Horror Movie Marathon 2023

United States / Spain / Italy, 1932-2023
In Cinema Globe Cinema
Oct. 28 7:00 PM Buy
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In Cinema Globe Cinema
Sat, Oct 28 7:00 PM Buy

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An annual CUFF tradition! This Halloween, the Calgary Underground Film Festival returns to Globe Cinema for our annual 12-Hour Horror Movie Marathon. 7 movies from 7pm until 7am the next morning, including a costume contest, and other surprises throughout the night. 

When: Saturday, October 28 @ 7pm
Where: Globe Cinema (617 8 Ave SW)
Tickets: $20 regular / $18 members, students & seniors
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The 2023 Film Lineup

SUITABLE FLESH (2023)
Dir. Joe Lynch (1h40m)
7:00 pm 
A psychiatrist becomes obsessed with one of her young clients with multiple personalities. Watch the trailer.

THE DAY OF THE BEAST (1995)
Dir. Álex De La Iglesia (1h43m)
9:00 pm
Bent on committing as many sins as possible to avert the birth of the beast, a Catholic priest teams up with a Black Metal aficionado and an Italian connoisseur of the occult. Now, he must become an unrelenting sinner. Is there still hope?

THE WICKER MAN (1973)
Dir. Robin Hardy (1h28m)
10:45 pm 
A puritan Police Sergeant arrives in a Scottish island village in search of a missing girl, who the Pagan locals claim never existed.

Costume Contest & Burgers @ 12:15 am

FREAKS (1932)
Dir. Tod Browning (1h4m)
12:45 am 
A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.

THE PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS (1991)
Dir. Wes Craven (1h42m)
2:00 am 
Two adults and a juvenile break into a house occupied by a brother and sister and their stolen children. There, they must fight for their lives.

SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE 2 (1987)
Dir. Deborah Brock (1h17m)
3:45 am 
Courtney Bates, the younger sister of Valerie, and her friends go to their condo for a weekend getaway, but Courtney can't get rid of the haunting feeling that a supernatural rockabilly driller killer is coming to murder them all.

Breakfast @ 5:00 am 

TRICK OR TREAT (1986)
5:15 am (1h38m)
A bullied teenage boy is devastated after the death of his heavy metal idol, Sammi Curr. But as Halloween night approaches, he discovers that he may be the only one who can stop Sammi from making a Satanic comeback from beyond the grave.

Marathon Concludes @ 7:00 am 

OTHER DETAILS

  • Costume contest at 12:15 am
  • Intermission between all films 
  • Globe concession will be open and available all night long
  • Hot dogs and soup available at the CUFF Concession
  • Burgers at the midnight break!
  • Free breakfast served before the final film at 5:00 am
  • Bar is open until 2 am
  • Only Debit, Visa, and Mastercard will be accepted at the concession

All film start times are approximate. Hey, it's a 12-hour marathon, we might be running a few minutes late. If there's a film that you don't want to miss the beginning of we recommend arriving approximately 15 minutes before the suggested start time. 10 minute intermission between all films.

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