IF THERE’S something strange in your neighbourhood this month, it’s probably just one of Belfast Film Festival’s creepy Halloween-themed movie screenings.
BFF's ghoulish weekend begins on Saturday October 29 with two drive-in screenings at Bloomfield Shopping Centre in Bangor: supernatural comedy spectacular Ghostbusters (6.45pm, pictured) will be chased by meta horror classic, Scream (9.30pm).
On Sunday October 30, the Backwood's Halloween Horror Marathon at The Black Box in Belfast will see the venue transformed into an arboreal hellhole for a special quintuple dose of screen scares – and scoffs.
The event kicks off with a noon screening of alternate reality animation Coraline (15s and over only) before things take a darker turn with Tucker & Dale vs Evil (2.30pm), a hilariously gory, high-spirited horror comedy.
Sam Raimi's genre defining classic Evil Dead 2 (5pm) is up next: survivors can then enjoy a subversive modern horror directly inspired by this 1986 feast of ghoulish fun with Cabin in The Woods (7.30pm).
However, you'd best lock up the landlord's daughter, because they haven't saved the best 'til last: Neil LaBute's critically condemned re-make of beloved Brit horror The Wicker Man will be along at 10pm for a special Rifftrax-enhanced screening of this infamous cinematic calamity starring Nicolas Cage and now featuring comic audio-visual commentary written and performed by the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000.
:: Tickets for all screenings are available online at Belfastfilmfestival.org.
