28/10/2025
Well, here it is! The last event of the year! And it’s a big one!
Coming to on December 14th, we’re bringing a full day of melodramatic madness with THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE: A BODY HORROR DAY FESTIVAL. A whole day of iconic body horror films, gory prosthetics, terrifying face paints, and local LGBTQIA+ art in collaboration with the ✨Too Much: Melodrama on Film✨ season.
Celebrating the most incredible and unhinged works of body horror, we’re equal parts scared and excited to run our BIGGEST EVENT YET, made possible with funding from the National Lottery via the BFI and .
Film schedule:
11am: Introductory talk on body horror and the trans experience by
11:30am: Altered States (dir. Ken Russell)
2pm: Frankenstein (dir. James Whale) introduced by our friendly neighbourhood Frankenstein expert
3:25pm: Tetsuo: The Iron Man (dir. Shinya Tsukamoto) introduced by
7:30pm: The Fly (dir. David Cronenberg) introduced by alley.kat
Extra activity schedule:
12pm-4pm: Art fair featuring , .ustyart, , , , and !
1pm-4pm: Spooky face painting with
4:45pm-7pm: Horror and gore prosthetic demonstration by
Early bird tickets at an exclusive discounted price will be going on sale to our mailing list subscribers this Monday (November 3rd) and then to the general public on Wednesday (November 5th)! There will be tickets available for individual films and the prosthetic demonstration, OR for the entire ridiculous, amazing day!
If you’ve got any questions about the event please feel free to message us on social media or shoot us an email at [email protected] 🥰. And remember to subscribe to our mailing list to access exclusive early bird discounts!
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