FAB FEST 2010: International Horror and Fantasy Film Festival in Edinburgh

[Stefan@Cult Labs]

FAB FEST 2010: International Horror and Fantasy Film Festival at Filmhouse in Edinburgh 30 April to 2 May!

Special Guests Buddy Giovinazzo & Giovanni Lombardo Radice & More


The weekend of Friday 30 April to Sunday 2 May inclusive FAB Fest 2010 will serve you up a feast of movies designed to entertain, enlighten, enthrall, and chill your bones to the core! We are delighted to have finalised our line-up.

Everyone who enjoys spending the first weekend of May watching quality horror movies in Edinburgh's Filmhouse cinema can start to make plans for Friday 30 April to Sunday 2 May 2010 inclusive. FAB FEST 2010 features 15 stunning horror, fantasy and independent movies over 3 days of non-stop movie excess at the Filmhouse cinema in Edinburgh, including many UK premieres and special guests.

With seven weeks still to go, there is still plenty of time to organise travel and accommodation. Passes for FAB Fest at Filmhouse in Edinburgh cost only £65 per person, and are on sale now to everyone over the age of 18 direct from the Filmhouse box office. Phone Orders: 0131 228 2688. Online Orders: www.filmhousecinema.com/showing/fab-fest/

All 15 films have now been confirmed. Every film is wonderful in its own right. Some are premieres, some are lost treasures, and some have simply fallen through the cracks for no sensible reason that we can discern... but if you're a fan of all types of weird and wonderful cinema, you will not want to miss a single one of them.

Click here to visit the FAB Press website, where you can find out much more about FAB Fest and watch trailers for the films! In the meantime, the full FAB Fest schedule is as follows:

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FRIDAY 30 APRIL
all day, starting 14:00, finish 01:00 Saturday morning

14:00
UK premiere:
HIGH LANE (aka Vertige)
France, 2009
Mountaintop massacre!

16:00
UK theatrical premiere:
MERANTAU
Indonesia, 2009
Sensational new Indonesian action movie!

18:30
UK premiere:
THE END
Canada, 2007
Audacious, gripping and utterly original!

21:00
A DAY OF VIOLENCE
Great Britain, 2009
Unrelentingly brutal new British sensation!
PLUS: Special Guests, director Darren Ward, star Nick Rendell, and guest star, Euro-shock legend Giovanni Lombardo Radice

23:30
YATTERMAN
Japan, 2009
Takashi Miike's astonishing new assault on the senses!

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SATURDAY 1 MAY
all day starting 13:00 finish about 01:45 Sunday morning

13:00
CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD
Italy, 1980
Brand new uncut high-definition transfer of Lucio Fulci's zombie classic!
PLUS: Special Guest, Euro-shock legend Giovanni Lombardo Radice

15:30
UK premiere:
THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF LITTLE DIZZLE
USA, 2009
Best director award winner, this dazzling new film is a genre-defying cult classic in the making!

17:45
special retrospective guest screening:
COMBAT SHOCK (director's cut)
USA, 1986
Buddy Giovinazzo's incendiary cult classic debut!
PLUS: Guest of Honour, director Buddy Giovinazzo

20:15
RESURRECTING THE STREET WALKER
Great Britain, 2009
Superb British horror that heralds a major new talent!
PLUS: Special Guests, director Ozgur Uyanik and producer Ian Prior

22:30
special rare retro screening:
GRINDHOUSE
USA, 2007
The real thing! Death Proof and Planet Terror together with trailers intermission. Still unavailable in the UK on DVD.

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SUNDAY 2 MAY
all day starting 13:00 finish about 01:45 Sunday morning

13:00
REEL ZOMBIES
Canada, 2008
The most downright clever zombie movie of the last few years!
PLUS: Special Guests, To Be Confirmed

15:30
UK premiere:
8TH WONDERLAND
France, 2008
Award-winning, ground-breaking fantasy epic!
PLUS: Special Guests, directors Nicolas Alberny and Jean Mach

18:15
NEIGHBOR
USA, 2009
An astonishing modern Grand Guignol horror masterpiece!
PLUS: Special Guest, To Be Confirmed

20:45
UK premiere:
LIFE IS HOT IN CRACKTOWN
USA, 2008
The latest gut-wrenching urban horror from legendary underground filmmaker Buddy Giovinazzo!
PLUS: Guest of Honour, director Buddy Giovinazzo

23:30
UK premiere:
KAIFECK MURDER
Germany, 2009
Supernatural chills in Bavaria!


FAB Fest is a three day festival running in Cinema One at Filmhouse on Lothian Road in Edinburgh. There are three ways to buy your Passes...

1)
IN PERSON
Go direct to the Filmhouse box office on Lothian Road and buy your pass in person.
The box office is open every day from 12 noon.

2)
ONLINE
Buy your Pass using the Filmhouse online box office. All you need to do is visit the site and register to buy your pass now... http://www.filmhousecinema.com/showing/fab-fest/
Once your purchase has been completed, you'll be sent an e-mail confirmation. IMPORTANT NOTE: You will need to bring this e-mail confirmation with you to Filmhouse in order to collect your FAB Fest Pass.
The pass can be collected from Filmhouse at any time, but anyone traveling to Edinburgh for the festival can wait until the festival starts before collecting it. Ideally, you should bring with you the credit or debit card you use to buy your Pass online.

3)
BY PHONE
Call the Filmhouse box office on 0131 228 2688.
Then you simply need to go to the Filmhouse box office and tell a staff member your name in order to collect your Pass for FAB Fest. As with online purchases, the pass can be collected from Filmhouse at any time, but anyone traveling to Edinburgh for the festival can wait until the festival starts before collecting it. Ideally, you should bring with you the credit or debit card you use to buy your Pass online.

There is also an allocation of tickets available for individual films showing at FAB Fest. These are being offered for sale at regular Filmhouse prices. Call the Filmhouse box office on 0131 228 2688 for full details.

See you in April!

Visit the FAB Press website, where you can find out much more about FAB Fest and watch trailers for the films by clicking on this link: http://www.fabpress.com/