The Calgary Underground Film Festival
12-HOUR HALLOWEEN HORROR MOVIE MARATHON 2018
United States / France, 1981-2018
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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 27 @ 7pm
Where: Globe Cinema (617 8 Ave SW)
Tickets: $20 regular / $18 members, students & seniors
The 2018 Film Lineup
HELL FEST (2018) - view trailer
Dir. Gregory Plotkin (1h29m)
7:00 pm
On Halloween night, three young women and their respective boyfriends head to Hell Fest – a ghoulish travelling carnival that features a labyrinth of rides, games and mazes. They soon face a bloody night of terror when a masked serial killer turns the horror theme park into his own personal playground. The new slasher-film from editor-turned-director Gregory Plotkin (PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: THE GHOST DIMENSION).
CHRISTINE (1983) - view trailer
Dir. John Carpenter (1h50m)
8:30 pm
In the John Carpenter film based on the Stephen King classic novel CHRISTINE, a nerdish boy buys a strange car with an evil mind of its own; eventually, the boy's nature starts to change to reflect his new car.
MURDER PARTY (2007)
Dir. Jeremy Saulnier (1h19m)
10:30 pm
A random invitation to a Halloween party leads a man into the hands of a rogue collective intent on murdering him for the sake of their art, sparking a bloodbath of mishap, mayhem and hilarity. The first feature film from CUFF-favourite Jeremy Saulnier (BLUE RUIN, GREEN ROOM).
HIGH TENSION (2003) - view trailer
Dir. Alexandre Aja (1h31m)
12:15 am
Best friends Marie and Alexia decide to spend a quiet weekend at Alexia's parents' secluded farmhouse. But on the night of their arrival, the girls' idyllic getaway turns into an endless night of horror. Note: We'll be screening the original dubbed version.
GRADUATION DAY (1981) - view trailer
Dir. Herb Freed (1h36m)
1:50 am
A masked killer begins murdering students on the school track team after a track runner dies upon completion of a 30-second 200-meter race.
HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES (2003) - view trailer
Dir. Rob Zombie (1h29m)
3:30 am
Two young couples travelling across the backwoods of Texas searching for urban legends of murder end up as prisoners of a bizarre and sadistic backwater family of serial killers.
DRAG ME TO HELL (2009) - view trailer
Dir. Sam Raimi (1h39m)
5:20 am
A loan officer who evicts an old woman from her home finds herself the recipient of a supernatural curse. Desperate, she turns to a seer to try and save her soul, while evil forces work to push her to a breaking point.
EVENT DETAILS
- Doors at 6 pm, films at 7 pm
- Come for one film, or stay for them all
- Costume contest at midnight
- Giveaways and surprises throughout the night
- Bar open through the first four movies
- Globe concession will be open and available all night long
- Breakfast will be FREE for those who make it until 7 am
- Bar is open until 2 am
- Cash and credit card for bar and merch / cash only for Globe concession