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[Jonny]

It’s official! The 9th Fantastic Films Weekend will take place Friday 4 - Sunday 6 June 2010. Early plans include double-bills of 28 Days Later... and 28 Weeks Later. We are planning a tribute to Michael Reeves (1943-1969), screenings of Psycho  and The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue, and some very special guests.

We are delighted to welcome veterans Stanley Long and Michael Armstrong to our fold. Both men have a wealth of experience to share and many stories to impart. FFW patron Jeremy Dyson is at the heart of Fantasma, our new symposium created in partnership with University of Bradford, and joins us to talk about telling horror stories. Fasten your seatbelts: it’s going to be a bumpy few nights…

Feel the fear…

Festival Home Page HERE

Just booked mine and gaz1's tickets for the screening of THE LIVING DEAD AT THE MANCHESTER MORGUE 

[Stephen Grimes]

Wow,what a line-up.This looks like it's going to be a weekend and a half,they're even showing Derek Ford's ultra rare witchcraft doc SECRET RITES.

[Jonny]

Wow,what a line-up.This looks like it's going to be a weekend and a half,they're even showing Derek Ford's ultra rare witchcraft doc SECRET RITES.

It's a great festival and one I'd love to be able to attend for the duration one year. It's only about 40 minutes drive from where I live too.

One of the best things about it is that they always try and track down 35mm prints where possible, even if it means showing a beat up, cut print from the 70's. I personally prefer that to a pristine uncut print shown via a DVD any day...

[Kevin Coed]

There's some great stuff showing. Gutted I can't make it.

[Jonny]

There's some great stuff showing. Gutted I can't make it.

The line up every year is, pretty much, always good. We should maybe plan something for next years event?

[Stephen Grimes]

I'm seriously considering going up for the Friday screenings of SECRET RITES,LIZARD IN A WOMAN'S SKIN and WITCHFINDER GENERAL,highly unlikely i'll be able to make it on either the Saturday or Sunday though.The train fare from Kings X is about £60-70 return but with any luck i might be able to get it a bit cheaper.

[Jonny]

I'm seriously considering going up for the Friday screenings of SECRET RITES,LIZARD IN A WOMAN'S SKIN and WITCHFINDER GENERAL.The train fare from Kings X is about £60-70 return but with any luck i might be able to get it a bit cheaper.

Let me know if you are going and I'll see if I can get there at some point to meet up.

LIZARD is likely to be the digital print that has been shown recently, not 100% on this but I have a feeling it will be.

[Stephen Grimes]

Let me know if you are going and I'll see if I can get there at some point to meet up.

Will do,just need to have a browse at the train fares and see if i can find something easy on the pocket.

[Inspector Tanzi]

Too far for me.

[TheMissus]

There's some great stuff showing. Gutted I can't make it.

Seconded 

Maybe next year though, that should be enough notice for us!

[Jonny]

Maybe next year though, that should be enough notice for us!

Do it. There's plenty of hotels that are nice and do good rates. It's got to be worth coming up for at least two days out of the three, eh?

[Jonny]

The dates for next years fest are June 10th, 11th & 12th so get them put in your diary now.

[TheMissus]

The dates for next years fest are June 10th, 11th & 12th so get them put in your diary now.

I'll put in a request with the babysitters asap!

[Jonny]

I'll put in a request with the babysitters asap!

Jolly good!

It's my aim to really get behind this fest next year and see if we can get a few members to attend. It'd be a great time and the venue is perfectly situated in the heart of Bradford with everything you need on hand - Pubs, Hotels, cafes etc... Plus the full weekend pass is only £50!!

Here's the full list of what's on this year...

Friday 4th June 2010

Time            Film/Event  
14:15    eXistenZ    
16:15    Secret Rites       
16:45    Short Films       
18:30    Lizard in a Woman's Skin    
18:45    Matthew Hopkins Witchfinder General    
20:30    Psycho   
20:45    Zone of the Dead

 
Saturday 5th June 2010

Time            Film/Event        
10:15    Three Cases Of Murder   
12:00    Shadow    
13:30    Faust    
13:45    Horror Express    
15:45    The Giant Spider Invasion    
16:00    Psycho       
17:45    Double Bill: 28 Days Later + 28 Weeks Later   
18:15    Michael Armstrong     
20:15    Mark of The Devil    
21:30    Plague Town    

 
Sunday 6th June 2010

Time            Film/Event       
00:00    Birdemic: Shock and Terror     
11:15    Psycho    
12:00    Short Films    
13:15    Secret Rites    
14:45    Patrick    
15:15    The Sorcerers    
16:45    Videodrome    
17:15    Stanley A.Long   
18:30    Screamtime   
18:45    Robocop   
20:30    In The Market
20:45    The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue   

[R-T-C Tim]

I didn't get to the show in the end, does anyone know if the 'Mark of the Devil' was a film print or just a DVD. I used to attend every year, but after 2008 when half the screenings seemed to be DVDs, I was rather disappointed - not worth £6 just to watch a commercially available DVD being blown up far beyond its resolution limit.