It might be another six months until Halloween, but that doesn't mean you have to hold back on the scares until October. No, we're not talking about yet another Bristol zombie run – this time, The Cube Microplex has teamed up with the folks from Bristol collective Fume Films to bring you a boutique horror festival of terrifying short films from around the world.
The Cube plays host to some of the freshest horror around on May 1, from 8pm. This curated selection of short films are currently playing, and winning fans, at festivals around the world right now so it's something of a coup, this.
Festival curator Ben Steiner, from Fume, offers up a homegrown slice of terror with his supernatural noir crime thriller The Stomach. Featuring deliciously grotesque prosthetics by Kill List special effects extraordinaire Dan Martin, this tense shocker will thrill even the most seasoned of horror aficionados.
He’s joined by fellow British director Andy Stewart, who brings us the the final part of his disturbing body-horror trilogy, Ink; while BAFTA-nominated animator Robert Morgan presents his creepy, nightmare-inspired, stop-motion film, Deloused.
International offerings thrown into the mix include C#ckfight by Cuba's Julian Yurit; and Turkish Director Can Evrenol’s award-winning horror, Baskin - a film described by Eli Roth as 'Disgusting. Disorienting. Brilliant.’
Stick around after the films as resident Hellfire Video Club DJs deliver a psychedelic and funk soundtrack to take you into the evening.
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