Cities/Calgary

Nonstop Horror at Cult Classic Marathon

It’s the Halloween-lovers’ equivalent of running an Ironman.

By: NEXT Magazine

Three people dressed in Halloween costumes outside a movie theatre

Photo by Caitlind R.C. Brown.

Halloween Movie Marathon
Sat., Oct. 30, 7 p.m. – Sun., Oct. 31, 7 a.m.
Movie marathon
$20 GA, $18 for members, students & seniors
Globe Cinema, 617 8 Ave. SW
calgaryundergroundfilm.org/halloween-movie-marathon-2021

In the Halloween-lovers’ equivalent of running an Ironman, the Calgary Underground Film Festival is calling all cult horror fans for a marathon of gnarly retro classics. Costume up and sit down for 12 straight hours of frighteningly kitschy old-school horror flicks. If things get too blood-curdling, pop in and out to grab popcorn, candy corn, whatever — but why not wager a bet on who can last the longest?

Don’t miss these hellish highlights:

Don’t Panic
1987, 90 mins., dir. Rubén Galindo Jr. (Mexico)
What promises to be a fun birthday evening for a 17-year-old in dinosaur pyjamas turns into a demonic ode to Nightmare on Elm Street when a Ouija board comes to the party.

Winterbeast
1992, 80 mins., dir. Christopher Thies (USA)
Take homemade gore, Super 8 mm film, a county Sheriff and mutilated stop-motion beastoids and you get this forgotten art-horror masterpiece.