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Fanatical WORLD PREMIERE
UK : 1h 42m : 2026 : Directed by Christopher Walker
10.00 : The Ballroom, The Palace Hotel Southend : Tickets £7.00
Members of the Cine Macabre Horror Club plan a weekend away in Whitstable, celebrating the life of their idol - Peter Cushing. What they don't know is that one of their number is a secret satanist planning on using black magic to bring Peter back from the dead.
+ In Nature WORLD PREMIERE
UK : 6m : 2026 : Directed by Joshua Westbury
Faye Cazaban and Matthias Dressler are two scientists searching the desert for a rare orchid. Cazaban hopes to find a lifesaving antibiotic while Dressler craves greater recognition in his field. But scientific discovery always comes at a price…
+ Goblin
UK : 14m : 2026 : Directed by Stephen Edward Reid
Whilst camping out on the North Yorkshire moors, a couple are unsettled by a local's warning of a "goblin". Their isolation soon turns to horror when their personal items are taken and replaced by versions made of mud.
Dead Reset
UK : 1h 35m : 2026 : Directed by Stewart Sparke
12.30 : The Ballroom, The Palace Hotel Southend : Tickets £7.00
Trapped in a terrifying death-loop, surgeon Cole Mason is kidnapped and brought to a clandestine facility where he is forced to operate on a patient to extract an evolving parasitic horror.
+ Halloween Bird
USA : 7m : 2026 : Directed by Dean Bertram
On Halloween night, a deaf girl and her grandmother carve pumpkins and wait for trick-or-treaters. They are about to receive a menacing visitor.
+ April UK PREMIERE
Spain : 7m : 2026 : Directed by Corona Alonso Rebaque, Carmen Meitin Moreno
April is a witch preparing a surprise birthday party for her girlfriend, Liz. Unfortunately her girlfriend`s cat Limón, has other plans. Moved by jealousy, he will do anything to ruin it and mess with April, who will try to stop him with her magic, only to make things worse. It isn’t until chaos spreads through that he realizes he has gone too far.
Children of Beltane WORLD PREMIERE
UK : 1h 52m : 2026 : Directed by Teddy Saxon
15.00 : The Ballroom, The Palace Hotel Southend : Tickets £7.00
After returning from Peru to her mother's isolated home in rural Sussex, Libby is plagued by violent visions, physical decay, and haunting dreams of pagan sacrifice. As paranoia grows and tensions rise with her mother's unsettling new boyfriend, Libby is drawn into a hidden folk ritual that threatens to claim her as its next offering.
+ The Bang! WORLD PREMIERE
UK : 3m : 2025 : Directed by Phil Wainman and Marianne
A middle aged man tries to sleep, but a gang of renegade soft toys have other ideas.
+ Beneath Tangier WORLD PREMIERE
UK : 7m : 2026 : Directed by Russ Tribe
When an author's struggle with writer's block takes a dark turn, the characters, ideas and fears on page begin to seep into reality. Are they writing the story - or living it?
Rise of the Rats
UK : 1h 31m : 2026 : Directed by Stephen Roach
17.30 : The Ballroom, The Palace Hotel Southend : Tickets £7.00
When Punk rebel Kayla joins her estranged Dad on his trip home, she finds the town of Ditchfield crawling with secrets, lies, and bloodthirsty rats. As a vengeful creature emerges from the darkness, she must quickly uncover it's truth and fight to survive a nightmare born from the town's sins.
+ The Shakes WORLD PREMIERE
UK : 7m : 2026 : Directed by Robyn Adams
A transgender artist who suffers from tremors is interviewed about her work for a podcast - but the interviewer doesn't know that she has recently discovered an unusual new way to deal with "the shakes"..
+ Hunger Beneath the Moonlight
UK : 10m : 2026 : Directed by Francesco Gabriele
A couple's night turns into chaos when Joe rejects all sexual advances from his viciously beautiful girlfriend, Serena.
Voodoo Party
UK : 1h 21m : 2026 : Directed by Richard Anthony Dunford
20.00 : The Ballroom, The Palace Hotel Southend : Tickets £7.00
A group of friends play an extreme game of dare where they each curse themselves to a voodoo doll and then hand over free rein to a friend. What could possibly go wrong?
+ Wrapped in Celluloid
UK : 20m : 2025 : Directed by Oli Greck
A celluloid loving photographer tests a rather ominous vintage camera, only to find he has awoken a dark and deadly presence. Shot on digital and 16mm film.
My Only Friend's A Corpse UK PREMIERE
USA : 1h 10m : 2026 : Directed by Jack Bayless
22.30 : The Ballroom, The Palace Hotel Southend : Tickets £7.00
A punk kid run-away stumbles upon an undead corpse, rotting behind a dumpster. Convinced that the only way to save humanity is by killing god, the duo road-trip through a world of monsters, demons, angels, and the horrors of the Midwest.
+ Curse of the Naked Ghost Hunters WORLD PREMIERE
USA : 34m : 2024 : Directed by Kirk Bowman
A sweet, grieving girl discovers trespassers have stolen her Grandmother's mystical family heirloom. The squatters' plans to create an all-nude paranormal TV show in the backyard backfire when dark forces emerge, leading to brutal supernatural vengeance.
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