Terror-Fi Film Festival 2024: Christchurch (Rest of the Fest)
Schedule
Thu Nov 14 2024 at 06:30 pm
UTC+13:00Location
Alice Cinema & Film Specialists | Christchurch, CA
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From massive blockbuster hits to stunning indie gems, from gross-out slasher gore to heart-warming sci-fi romance, Terror-Fi 2024 has something for everyone! Join us at Alice Cinemas on 30 Oct for Opening Night and then 10-14 Nov for the rest of the fest.
This year’s line-up has been carefully curated to include award-winning and audience favourite genre films from festivals like SXSW, Fantasia, Toronto, Sitges, and Fantastic Fest... to bring you 2 World Premieres, 9 New Zealand Premieres, and a 25th Anniversary screening!
Our opening night on Wednesday 30 October features Terror-Fi's first ever double-header. The massive A24 horror hit HERETIC opens proceedings, featuring a career best performance from Hugh Grant in his first horror flick. That’s followed by the latest and goriest instalment in the ‘Terrifier’ series, TERRIFIER 3 – a film that makes that second one look like ‘Bambi’.
Terror-Fi's closing night thriller, STRANGE DARLING, is quite possibly the ‘Film of the Year’; taking you on the best kind of wild and unexpected cinematic ride. Another awesome headline title for 2024 is the Amy Adams-led comedy, horror NIGHTBITCH... which might well be your only chance to see the film on the big screen.
Terror-Fi 2024 also presents some truly stunning creative visions. Ukrainian sci-fi romance film U ARE THE UNIVERSE will make you laugh, make you cry, and feel everything else in between. Fantastic Fest favourite ELSE is a truly unique body-horror romance, that plays like a stunningly beautiful fever dream with French indie filmmaking sensibilities. And last, but by no means least, we’re incredibly excited to bring to you the World Premiere of GUT INSTINCT, from New Zealand director Doug Dillaman – a one-of-a-kind trippy post-apocalyptic sci-fi, where you are an active participant in an epic, eye-popping experiment.
Each year we love to discover hidden indie gems; ones that will never make it to our screens but you deserve to see on them. THINGS WILL BE DIFFERENT is a stunning indie time-travel thriller produced by Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead (‘The Endless’, ‘Something in the Dirt’). Tense and trippy, it’s a rabbit hole you’ll be glad you went down. THE WAVES OF MADNESS is the world’s first side-scrolling horror film, full of throwback monster movie and Lovecraftian vibes. UFO SWEDEN is a film that should never have flown under the radar. With 'Super 8’ vibes and a Scandi sense of humour, it's the type of sci-fi adventure cinemas were made for.
For our retros this year, we're bringing you two Kiwi cult classics! BLACK SHEEP is about as iconic a Kiwi genre film as there is... and we have the World Premiere of the 4K Remaster! Another iconic Kiwi film SCARFIES is celebrating its 25th Anniversary, so we’ll be celebrating with it.
Lastly, our free ‘Showcase’ of New Zealand and International short films returns this year, bringing you the best new genre talent to keep an eye on. For Wellington, this event will also include pitches from New Zealand feature film projects in development... that you’ll get to hear about first!
Tickets just $18.50 for adults and $16.50 for students, seniors, guilds etc. You can also buy a Fan Badge and see all 12 films at the festival for just $150 – only $12.50 per film
For films, trailers, tickets and Fan Badges: www.terrorfifest.com/films
Here's the full schedule:
Wed 30 Oct, 6:15pm: HERETIC (NZ Premiere)
Wed 30 Oct, 8:30pm: TERRIFIER 3 (NZ Premiere)
Thu 14 Nov, 6:30pm: GUT INSTINCT (World Premiere)
Thu 14 Nov, 8:30pm: BLACK SHEEP (4K World Premiere)
Fri 15 Nov, 6:45pm: THE WAVES OF MADNESS (NZ Premiere)
Fri 15 Nov, 8:30pm: THINGS WILL BE DIFFERENT (NZ Premiere)
Sat 16 Nov, 3:30pm: SCARFIES (25th Anniversary)
Sat 16 Nov, 6:30pm: U ARE THE UNIVERSE (NZ Premiere)
Sat 16 Nov, 8:30pm: NIGHTBITCH (NZ Premiere)
Sun 17 Nov, 3:20pm: UFO SWEDEN (NZ Premiere)
Sun 17 Nov, 6:00pm: ELSE (NZ Premiere)
Sun 17 Nov, 8:30pm: STRANGE DARLING (NZ Premiere)
We can't wait to see you at Alice!
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Where is it happening?
Alice Cinema & Film Specialists, 120A Manchester St, Christchurch Central, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand,Christchurch, New ZealandEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
