Horror of London Film Season

Those of you who will be in London in early September will have the opportunity to attend a great season of films at the David Lean Cinema at Fairfield  focusing on the ‘Horror of London’. The website can be found here.  The event has been organised  by Dr. Ian Conrich, a Fellow in the Department of Literature, Film, and Theatre, at the University of Essex. In addition to the films, there will be various talks and introductions before the films. Special guests include Clive Bloom and Sara Stewart.  I’ve heard Ian Conrich talk about horror films before – he’s absolutely absorbing, so don’t miss it.

Here’s details about the films showing:

From Hell

Thursday 1st September 2011 @ 7.45 pm

Talk given by Professor Clive Bloom on Jack the Ripper @ 7.00pm
Directed by Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes, 2001.
Starring Johnny Depp, Heather Graham and Ian Holm.
In Victorian Era London, a troubled clairvoyant police detective investigates the murders by Jack The Ripper.

Shaun of the Dead

Friday 2nd September 2011 @ 7.45 pm

Talk given by Dr Ian Conrich on Zombie Culture @ 7.00pm
Directed by Edgar Wright, 2004.
Starring Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Kate Ashfield.
A man decides to turn his moribund life around by winning back his ex-girlfriend, reconciling his relationship with his mother, and dealing with an entire community that has returned from the dead to eat the living.

London Voodoo

Saturday 3rd September 2011 @ 2.45 pm

Talk given by Dr Ian Conrich on the London Horror Film @ 2.00pm
Film introduced by Sara Stewart (star of ‘London Voodoo’) @ 2.30pm
Directed by Robert Pratten, 2004.
Starring Doug Cockle, Sara Stewart and Michael Nyqvist.
When a young man relocates his family from New York to London his wife discovers a new sexuality and power that threatens to tear the family apart. As his wife’s behaviour becomes more violent and erratic, he must open his mind and trust the people whose beliefs he has refused to acknowledge.

Creep

Saturday 3rd September 2011 @ 6.00 pm

Introduction by Dr Ian Conrich
Directed by Christopher Smith, 2004.
Starring Franka Potente, Sean Harris and Vas Blackwood.
Trapped in a London subway station, a woman who’s being pursued by a potential attacker heads into the unknown labyrinth of tunnels beneath the city’s streets.Trapped in a London subway station, a woman who’s being pursued by a potential attacker heads into the unknown labyrinth of tunnels beneath the city’s streets.

An American Werewolf in London

Saturday 3rd September 2011 @ 8.00 pm

Introduction by Dr Ian Conrich
Directed by John Landis, 1981.
Starring David Naughton, Jenny Agutter and Griffin Dunne.
Two American tourists in Britain are attacked by a werewolf that none of the locals will admit exists.

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