The popular US genre festival After Dark Originals: Horrorfest comes to the UK this weekend as Empire Cinemas plays host to seven brand new horror films across the country. Participating Empire cinemas include London's Leicester Square, Basildon, Newcastle, Poole, Sunderland and Swindon, and will give fans the opportunity to get dressed up and participate in exciting in-cinema activities and competitions. The festival runs from Friday March 4th to Sunday March 6th - take a look at what's on...
Husk (dir. Brett Simmons)
When a murder of crows smashes into their car windshield, a group of young friends are forced to abandon the vehicle, leaving them stranded beside a desolate cornfield. Hidden deep within the cornfield they find a crumbling farmhouse – but they soon discover that instead of a sanctuary, the house is actually the centre of a terrifying supernatural ritual that they are about to become a part of…
Prowl (dir. Patrik Syversen)
Amber dreams of escaping her small town existence and persuades her friends to accompany her to find an apartment in the big city. When their transportation breaks down, she and her friends gratefully accept a ride in the back of a semi. But when the driver refuses to stop and they discover the cargo is hundreds of cartons of blood, they panic. Their panic turns to terror when the truck disgorges them into a dark, abandoned warehouse where blood-thirsty creatures learn to hunt human prey, which, the friends realize, is what they now are...
Seconds Apart (dir. Antonio Negret)
Seth and Jonah are murderous twins who share an evil kinship. Damned from the moment of their births, the brothers possess a gruesome talent for telekinesis – a power they use in the most horrific ways imaginable. As their fellow students meet gory fates, the local law enforcement begins to suspect the twins’ connection to the depraved murders. What started as a jealous rage escalates into a supernatural showdown – pitting brother against brother, evil against evil.
Scream of the Banshee (dir. Steven C. Miller)
When a college Professor opens up a strange, ornate box discovered in the basement of a University, she and her students hear a horrifying scream belonging to that of a bloodthirsty banshee. They think nothing of it, until that scream begins to haunt all that heard it in strange and surreal ways. According to Irish lore, if you hear a Banshee scream, you will die – which is what starts happening to them one by one, as the creature starts taking their lives…
Fertile Ground (dir. Adam Gierasch)
Emily and Nate Weaver leave the city for the rural comfort of Nate’s ancestral home in the country. Once there, Emily is plagued by horrifying visions and haunted by the ghosts inhabiting their isolated new home. When Nate’s behaviour undergoes a strange and fearful metamorphous, Emily fears she might be the latest target in a murderous tradition.
The Task (dir. Simon Fellows)
Something diabolical is taking place on the set of “The Task” a new reality show in which players complete terrifying missions within the confines of an abandoned prison hoping to win a hefty cash prize. As six young students explore their new environment, malicious spirits make their presence known in the most gruesome ways imaginable, unable to escape the labyrinthine prison, the contestants become unwitting pawns caught at the centre of a blood-soaked night of terror.
51 (dir. Jason Connery)
Due to political pressure from the American public, the Air Force has decided to allow two well-known reporters limited access to the most secretive base on the planet. But when one of the base’s "long-term visitors" exploits this unprecedented visit as a chance to liberate himself and his fellow alien captives, Area 51 turns from a secure government base to a horrifying destination of terror.
After Dark Films was formed in 2006 by director/producer Courtney Solomon (An American Haunting, Captivity) and Hong Kong based real estate magnate, Allan Zeman. In November of that year they launched Horrorfest, playing eight never seen before acquired horror films in an annual weekend-long theatrical event in 500 theatres across the US. After Dark expanded its grasp on the horror genre in 2010 creating After Dark Originals, tapping into the vast and innovative talent of directors and filmmakers from Horrorfest’s four years and producing new features themselves.
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