Following last year’s success, which saw over 700 admissions, celebrating the best of the indie horror film genre, the Dead Northern Film Festival returns with a thrill-packed weekend. Horror and fantasy fans are invited to the York City Screen Picturehouse to spend the weekend celebrating frightfully good flicks old and new. There will be something for all genre fans from creepy thrillers to blood-soaked slashers.
The line-up includes a mixture of specially curated new feature and short films from the best talent in the genre, locally and internationally, as well as a celebration of some classic horrors reaching milestone anniversaries.
Found footage horror will take centre stage over the weekend with the 25th-anniversary screening of Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez’s ‘The Blair Witch Project’ accompanied by a panel of special guests and the UK Premiere of found footage feature ‘Stickman’sHollow’.
The festival will also host 3 world premieres and 4 UK premieres, with highlights such as the Croc creature feature ‘Lake Jesup’ and vampire time loop ‘All This Time’.
Joshua Lawson Co-founder and director of festival programming says of the line-up: “We can’t believe how much the festival has grown over the last five years, this year’s line-up it going to be epic for genre fans!”. “We are honoured to be showcasing world-class talent from the north alongside the best indie filmmakers internationally”.
There will also be other surprises for festival attendees including special introductions, guest speakers, and, of course, the live events and awards party that has become a fan favourite. Dead Northern will be working with the Independent Horror Society for a second year to bring events for film creators, including a welcome horror social and live panel event on how to make genre films on a budget.
Dead Northern Festival award winners will join past alumni such as Stewart Sparke (How to Kill Monsters) who won film of the year in 2023, and Jack Dignan Best International Feature (Puzzle Box). With the most anticipated award “Best Death” won by Liam Regan’s Troma hit in 2022 (Eating Miss Campbell).
The ‘Bizarre Bazaar’ a unique marketplace dungeon of brilliantly unusual vendors dedicated to fans of the horror and fantasy genre will be back for its second year after success in 2023.
VIP Weekend Passes, day passes, and individual screening are available, head to the Dead Northern Website to see the full festival schedule. You can follow Dead Northern Film Festival on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
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Hey there, I’m Jim and I’m located in London, UK. I am a Writer and Managing Director here at Grimoire of Horror. A lifelong love of horror and writing has led me down this rabbit hole, allowing me to meet many amazing people and experience some truly original artwork. I specialise in world cinema, manga/graphic novels, and video games but will sometime traverse into the unknown in search of adventure.