Horrorthon: Biehn and nothingness
Horrorthon 2011 had it all: tricks, treats, a very special guest and even some French nihilism, writes Niall Kitson
Horrorthon 2011 had it all: tricks, treats, a very special guest and even some French nihilism, writes Niall Kitson
Horrorthon returns to the IFI this Hallowe’en for its 14th year of screams, gore, laughs, sneak previews, classic cult hits and special guests – including screen icon Michael Biehn.
The 12th annual Horrorthon at the IFI demonstrated the power of a genre in resurgence. Niall Kitson conducts a postmortem on some outstanding debuts, and looks towards the future of the art of darkness.
Conor McMahon’s Irish thriller, ‘The Disturbed’, which recently played to a sell out crowd at the Horrorthon film festival in the IFI over the October bank holiday weekend, has been picked up by Toronto-based Cinemavault for worldwide sales and representation at the American Film Market in Los Angeles.
This year’s Horrorthon will take place during the bank holiday weekend (22-26 October 2009) at the Irish Film Institute, Dublin.
Niall Kitson reports on the highlights of this year’s Horrorthon festival.