by FilmInk Staff
Over Halloween weekend (27 – 31 October), the Opera House is screening a spine-tingling slate of horror cinema: HELLHOUSE. From bone-chilling metaphorical monsters to pure schlock horror, the program of eight films spans cult classics, contemporary thrillers and experimental horror fantasy from Australia and across the world including:
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Jennifer Kent’s defining feature debut – one of the most talked-about scares in modern cinema – The Babadook, with a special Q&A from Kent herself.
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A special presentation of the 1922 silent horror film Häxan from Denmark, featuring a live score performed by Australian composer and producer Madeleine Cocolas.
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4k restoration, 20th-anniversary screening of Guillermo del Toro’s modern masterpiece Pan’s Labyrinth
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Director Maja Holand’s beguiling documentary HEX, which charts the rapid rise of the Norwegian black metal phenomenon Witch Club Satan.
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Film buff and comedian Alexei Toliopoulos’ Saturday Film Club is back with Frank Oz’s classic horror comedy musical Little Shop of Horrors.
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Sam Raimi’s deranged, gore-soaked classic Evil Dead II
