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Back for its seventh year, Abertoir has a strong selection of horror and cult film fare with which to scare the inhabitants of Aberystwyth. The highly acclaimed American Mary and Antiviral head the line-up, but there are also old favourites like Quatermass And The Pit and even a special screening of he Rocky Horror Picture Show. Guest of honour Catriona MacColl will speak at a special screening of The Beyond while other guests include Hellraiser star Simon Bamford and director Steven Sheil. Book readings and talks will run alongside the film line-up, plus there'll be a chance to watch Tod Browning classic The Unknown with live piano accompaniment.
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Abertoir Latest Reviews
After moving his family to a remote hotel with a troubled past, a writer gradually loses his mind.
A bereaved, agoraphobic single father is beseiged by hooded teenagers who may not be quite human.
An attempted intervention at the remote woodland home of a troubled addict reveals unexpected dangers.
A disenfranchised medical student goes AWOL into the lucrative underworld of unnecessary surgery.
A young couple on a caravan holiday find themselves going on a killing spree.
Attack of the killer mutant sushi! (from Mars?)
Two friends use a drug that enables them to warp space time in an attempt to save the world.
With a serial killer on the loose, a young woman accepts a lift through the forest from a stranger.
In a future where people pay to be infected with the same diseases as their idols, a dealer races to find a cure after a starlet whose illness he has stolen dies.
A deranged killer lives in the basement of an old mansion and pops out occasionally to commit grisly murders that include beheadings...
Abertoir Features
Filming sensations Mathieu Amalric on Pierre Léon, Jeanne Balibar and the sounds and colours of Barbara
Character arc Seth A Smith on filming with a two-year-old and bringing marbling to life in The Crescent
Keeping up appearances Marcello Martinessi on cultural conservatism and filmmaking honesty in The Heiresses
A different space Kelly Macdonald on working with Marc Turtletaub on Puzzle
Out of the past Susanna Nicchiarelli on Trine Dyrholm and the costume design in Nico, 1988
The iconic man Jonathan Baker on Becoming Iconic and Inconceivable
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