Halloween Horror Movie Marathon

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Forum Groningen and David DMP Moore invite you to the ultimate horror movie experience: FOUR horror classics, back-to-back, completely UNCUT and digitally remastered.

PLUS horror movie trivia with fantastic prizes, drinking games, classic horror trailer shows, vintage grindhouse intermissions and MORE! Hot dogs (meat and vegetarian) are for sale all evening to keep energy levels up.

English-friendly (host's main language is English)
Access 18+

Timetable
18.30 - 18.45: Vintage Horror Trailer Show
18.45 - 20.15: Halloween
20.15 - 21.55 Night of the Living Dead
21.55 - 22.30 30 Min. Break + 5 Min. Vintage Horror Trailer Show
22.30 - 23.00 Live Horrorfilm Trivia with fantastic prizes
23.00 - 00:30 Rumpelstiltskin (including drinkinggame)
00.30 - 00:55 20 Min. Break + 5 Min. Vintage Horror Trailer Show
00.55 - 02.10 House on Haunted Hill

There are no new dates planned (yet) for Halloween Horror Movie Marathon.

Halloween (John Carpenter, 1978)

We kick the night off with the world-famous classic about an escaped psychopath who terrorizes teenage girls on All Saints' Day. The film confirmed John Carpenter's talent for genre films and earned Jamie Lee Curtis the honorary title of Scream Queen. Halloween is so successful because of the craftsmanship, the effective lighting and use of the subjective camera, because of the excellent tension building and editing and last but not least because of the ingenious music composed by Carpenter himself. There were many, many sequels, but none matched the atmospheric original.

1h31m English spoken, Dutch subtitles

Night of the Living Dead (George A. Romero, 1968)

George A. Romero's low-budget screenplay/acting/direction/camera/editing debut steadily gained cult status and spawned a flood of gory zombie films. Radiation brings the dead out of their graves and wipes out an American village. A group of people in a farmhouse hold out, but only one will make it through the night. Romero made two sequels Dawn of the Dead (1978) and Day of the Dead (1985). Night of the Living Dead was an eye-opener for director Wes Craven (A Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream), among others. Until then, Craven never thought that horror films could be so stylish and fun, and have something to say at the same time.

1h36m English spoken, Dutch subtitles

Night of the Living Dead (George A. Romero, 1968)

Rumpelstiltskin (Mark Jones, 1995)

So bad it's good, this hilarious campy horror fairy tale from the director of Leprechaun (1992). A widow buys a gemstone in an antique shop. When she cries on it, she releases Rumpelstiltskin, an evil hunchbacked gnome who grants wishes and demands newborn babies as prizes. He makes bad Freddie Krueger-esque jokes, wears cool sunglasses and rips off his own head to bite a cop's neck. There are motorcycle, truck, buggy, bulldozer and police car chases and of course a few explosions. To complete the experience, David came up with a drinking game to play during the movie. You understand, this is the highlight of the evening.

1h27m English spoken, no subtitles

House on Haunted Hill (William Castle, 1959)

For those who still have energy, we conclude with an amusing and nice short horror classic that you should not miss. A couple played by Vincent Price and Carol Ohmart can't stand each other. To "celebrate" their wedding anniversary, the wealthy Price rents a notorious haunted house and invites five people, including owner Cook Jr., who will each receive ten thousand dollars if they stay all night. The atmosphere is immediately very spooky and behind every door there could be a surprise. Delicious scaremongering and a grand climax, played with a great sense of humor by the small cast.

1h15m English spoken, Dutch subtitles

House on Haunted Hill (William Castle, 1959)

There are no new dates planned (yet) for Halloween Horror Movie Marathon.