Empire Cinemas is to host After Dark Originals horror festival from March 4 to 6 in London's Leicester Square, Basildon, Poole, Swindon, Sunderland and Newcastle.
The festival is an off-shoot of the US After Dark Horrorfest and will showcase seven horror films, with genre fans encouraged to get dressed up for the occasion and take part in event-related competitions.
Each title will also receive a separate DVD and Blu-ray release with a complete ‘special edition’ box set scheduled for Halloween 2011.
The films showing are:
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When a murder of crows smashes into their car windshield, a group of young friends are forced to abandon the vehicle. They seek refuge in a crumbling farmhouse – but they soon discover it is not the sanctuary they had hoped for.
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Amber dreams of escaping her small town existence and persuades her friends to accompany her to find an apartment in the big city. When their transportation breaks down, she and her friends gratefully accept a ride in the back of a semi - but when they discover the truck's cargo panic begins to set it...
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Seth and Jonah are murderous twins who share a gruesome talent for telekinesis – a power they use in the most horrific ways imaginable against their fellow students.
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When a college Professor opens up a strange, ornate box discovered in the basement of a University, she and her students hear a horrifying scream belonging to a bloodthirsty banshee. They think nothing of it, until that scream begins to haunt all that heard it in strange and surreal ways.
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Emily and Nate Weaver leave the city for the rural comfort of Nate’s ancestral home. But once there, Emily is plagued by horrifying visions and ghosts, while Nate's behaviour starts to change...
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Something diabolical is taking place on the set of The Task a new reality show in which players complete terrifying missions within the confines of an abandoned prison hoping to win a hefty cash prize.
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Due to political pressure from the American public, the Air Force has decided to allow two well-known reporters limited access to the most secretive base on the planet. But when one of the base’s “long-term visitors” exploits this unprecedented visit as a chance to liberate himself and his fellow alien captives, Area 51 turns from a secure government base to a horrifying destination of terror.
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