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NEW SHORTS: Midnight Movies

23:00 Fri 15 Jan 2016

Hackney Picturehouse (screen TBC)

A selection of strange and disturbing cinema, out and out horror, and creepy dreams and nightmares, keeping the tradition of cult late night screenings alive. Think zombies, video nasties, imaginary friends, and freaky families.

Film running order:

SEBASTIAN AND THEM Benjamin Bee 7 mins

TERRY AND BRENDA Jamie Hooper 15 mins

NASTY Prano Bailey-Bond 15 mins

THE MORRIGAN Colum Eastwood 15 mins

NIGHT LAND Christian Burnett 11 mins

FLYSPY Daniel M. Smith 20 mins

PIXEL SOLDIER Chris Iandy 20 mins

106 mins

  • FLYSPY

    Daniel M. Smith 20 mins (UK, 2015)

    FlySpy is a short film about a young, genius deviant called Greg, who has made a wirelessly controlled robot drone in the form of a fly, with a camera in its head.
  • NASTY

    Prano Bailey-Bond 15 mins (UK, 2015)

    Short thriller-horror set in 1982. Twelve-year old Doug is drawn into the lurid world of VHS horror as he explores the mysterious disappearance of his father.
  • NIGHT LAND

    Christian Burnett 11 mins (UK, 2015)

    A young pregnant couple must drive through a dense ash cloud which has plunged a section of the UK into permanent darkness. A terrifying encounter on their journey forces them to make a life changing decision.
  • PIXEL SOLDIER

    Chris Landy 20 mins (UK, 2015)

    The film follows a group of computer game characters as they discover that god is actually a 4 year old child who didn't quite know what she was doing. Out manned and out gunned they fight for survival in their own 16-bit version of hell.
  • SEBASTIAN AND THEM

    Benjamin Bee 7 mins (UK, 2015)

    Sebastian has to leave his childhood friends behind, the only problem is they don't want to leave him. Based on true events.
  • TERRY AND BRENDA

    Jamie Hooper 15 mins (UK, 2015)

    Spend an evening in the company of Terry and Brenda, a dark comedy/horror about the banality of evil, starring Tim Blackwell and Debra Baker as the eponymous couple. You can't choose your family, but you can choose your victims.
  • THE MORRIGAN

    Colum Eastwood 15 mins (UK, 2015)

    A young couple on a getaway to their remote holiday cottage in Ireland take in a young girl they find unconscious outside their cottage one night. But after calling the police, things start to go very, very wrong.