MONSTERS AND MOVIES

A full weekend of screenings and in depth talks focused on MONSTER CINEMA. 19/20 November, Odeon Great Northern, Manchester UK.

SCREENINGS

AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON (4K remastered),

THE THING (4K remastered. Chosen by Reece Shearsmith),

THE DESCENT (Directed by Neil Marshall)

THE LAIR (Directed by Neil Marshall. Northern UK premiere)

SHE WILL (Directed by Charlotte Colbert. Starring Alice Krige)

WOLF MANOR (Greater Manchester Premiere. Directed by Dominic Brunt, makeup effects by Shaune Harrison and Paula Anne Booker. Epilogue by Ashley Thorpe)

THE HALLOW (Directed by Corin Hardy)

SLEEPWALKERS (30th Anniversary. Directed by Mick Garris. Starring Alice Krige)

GUEST SPEAKERS ATTENDING

Reece Shearsmith

INSIDE NO 9, PSYCHOVILLE, THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN.

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Mick Garris

MASTERS OF HORROR, Stephen King’s THE STAND, SLEEP WALKERS

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Alice krige

Star of GHOST STORY, STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT, SHE WILL, SLEEPWALKERS

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Neil Marshall

Director of DOG SOLDIERS, GAME OF THRONES, HELLBOY, THE DESCENT

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Ramsey Campbell

Author of The Wise Friend, Fellstones and the Three Births of Daoloth trilogy

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Corin Hardy

Director of THE NUN, THE HALLOW, GANGS OF LONDON.

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Dominic Brunt

Actor and director on EMMERDALE, BEFORE DAWN, BAIT, WOLF MANOR

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Charlotte Kirk

star of THE LAIR and THE RECKONING

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Shaune Harrison

SFX makeup on HARRY POTTER, WORLD WAR Z, GINGER SNAPS, SLEEPY HOLLOW

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Charlotte Colbert

Director of SHE WILL.

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Ashley Thorpe

director of BORLEY RECTORY and WOLF MANOR epilogue.

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Have a burning question for one of our guests? Full event pass holders get the chance to submit a question to each of our guests before the event and we will pick a handful to ask on the day, with your name announced before the question. If you have purchased a pass, drop us a line at: info@grimmfest.com with ONE question for all/any of our special guests.

DETAILS

A full event pass will gain access to all screenings and talks and the guest autograph signing event. (See schedule for details)

Grimmfest is honoured that the BFI have selected us to host MONSTERS AND MOVIES, a newly commissioned event to celebrate their 2022 blockbuster season; IN DREAMS ARE MONSTERS.

MONSTERS AND MOVIES will be co-hosted by the MMU Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies and will take place across the weekend of the 19th and 20th November at the Odeon Great Northern in Manchester. The event will consist of a series of film screenings, in-depth Q&As and talks with some of the most important creative minds behind a host of iconic monster movies.

We will explore their passion for monster movies, the movies that inspired them, and the influence these movies have had on contemporary society.

As one of the creators, writers and stars of INSIDE NO 9, PSYCHOVILLE and THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN, REECE SHEARSMITH needs no introduction to horror and comedy fans. Reece will be screening THE THING and discussing his career and monster movie influences with Mick Garris for Mick’s world-renowned POST MORTEM podcast.

Leonie Rowland will be talking to director NEIL MARSHALL (DOG SOLDIERS, GAME OF THRONES) about his seminal creature feature, THE DESCENT, and discussing its production. Neil will also be presenting a premiere screening of his brand-new action/monster movie THE LAIR.

Dr Linnie Blake will be talking to actress ALICE KRIGE (GHOST STORY, STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT) and director CHARLOTTE COLBERT about the representation of women and witches in genre cinema. Alice and Charlotte will also present a special screening of their critically acclaimed movie, SHE WILL.

Grimmfest director, Rachel Richardson Jones will be talking to Actor and director DOMINIC BRUNT (Paddy in ITV’s EMMERDALE), SFX makeup guru SHAUNE HARRISON (HARRY POTTER, WORLD WAR Z) and PAULA ANNE BOOKER (PEAKY BLINDERS, UNWELCOME) and film maker and VFX master ASHLEY THORPE (BORLEY RECTORY) about making monster movies and creating monsters. They will also present the Greater Manchester premiere of their comedy-horror werewolf movie, WOLF MANOR.

Dr Sorcha Ni Fhlainn will be talking to prolific US director, writer and producer MICK GARRIS (Masters of Horror TV series, Stephen King’s THE STAND) about his extensive career in the horror genre, which has seen him work with everyone from Stephen King to Clive Barker and just about every seminal horror director of the late 20th century. Mick will also be joined by actress Alice Krige to present a 30th anniversary screening of his movie SLEEPWALKERS.

Dr Linnie Blake will be talking to Director CORIN HARDY (THE NUN, THE HALLOW, GANGS OF LONDON) about how he reimagined ‘fairy mythology’, combining folklore with grounded biology to create a new monster in his movie THE HALLOW. Corin will also be presenting a special screening of the film and sharing some of his never-seen-before concept and creature design work from both THE HALLOW and THE NUN.

We will be hosting a special screening of John Landis’s seminal werewolf movie AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON, to be followed by a very special round table panel hosted by renowned horror author RAMSEY CAMPBELL and including Reece Shearsmith, Neil Marshall, Corin Hardy and Mick Garris, who will be talking about the films ongoing influence on contemporary cinema while also looking at the wider context of monster movies’ effect and reflection on contemporary society.