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This year's Abertoir has a Gothic theme and a bigger line-up than ever, full of delicious treats for fans of the dark and demoniacal. There will also be a special guest appearance from the one and only Garth Marenghi, and a celebration of Paris' Grand Guignol.
The festival runs from 12 to 16 November.
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Abertoir Latest Reviews
Doctor Frankenstein's creation persuades him to make him a mate.
When the mysterious woman in the room next door disappears, a debonair 70-year-old ex-spy living in a luxury hotel on the Côte d’Azur is confronted by the demons and darlings of a lurid past in which moviemaking, memories and madness collide.
On what should be a fun night at a Brooklyn warehouse party, an outbreak of flesh-eating zombies forces a ragtag group of drag queens, partygoers and party-throwers to band together and somehow survive the night.
After the disappearance of her younger sister, a woman with a hearing impediment experiences bizarre happenings and frightening encounters when mysterious noises echo throughout the building.
Two codependent best friends become addicted to the heroin-like touch of an alien narcissist who may or may not be trying to take over the world.
A couple run into trouble after they are stranded by a storm.
The military attempts to contain a manmade combat virus that causes death and permanent insanity in those infected, as it overtakes a small Pennsylvania town.
A girl who has a strange relationship with insects attends boarding school in a small town where a killer is at large.
A surgeon abducts girls - attempting to transplant their faces on to that of his disfigured daughter.
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