The Courier & Advertiser (Fife Edition)
It’s back! Dundead film festival returns to DCA
Treat in store for Dundee horror fans with tribute to Texas Chain Saw director
Horror fans in Dundee are in for a frightfully good time with a season of gory treats at the DCA.
The cinema will be screening a series of scary films as part of its eighth annual Dundead Festival.
The line-up, appropriately announced today, is headed by influential slasher film the Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
The 1974 classic will be one of a number of films shown in tribute to the director Tobe Hooper, who died last year. Lifeforce, Eaten Alive and the Funhouse will also feature in the programme.
Other highlights will include the Endless, My Friend Damher and Vampire Clay.
Christopher O’Neill, festival programmer, said: “The festival is now in its eighth year and it’s going from strength to strength with yet another exciting line-up of new movies and a fine selection of classics.
“With every festival we strive to feature a wide range of films to suit everyone’s tastes.
“We could not let this year’s festival pass without paying tribute to one of the most influential film-makers of the horror genre.
“Tobe Hooper passed away last August, which is a tragedy, but he left behind some wonderful movies and we know the Dundead audience are going to enjoy revisiting the Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Eaten Alive, the Funhouse and Lifeforce digitally restored, uncensored and on the big screen.”
The weekend festival opens on May 10 with a film quiz, so teams can put their horror knowledge to the test.
The house lights will then be dimmed for a special preview of the Endless, which currently has a 100% fresh rating on the website Rotten Tomatoes, followed by the Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
For more family-friendly frights,
1932’s the Old Dark House is a comic horror film that established many of the cinematic tropes around big creaky houses on dark, stormy nights, while Jim Henson’s the Dark Crystal is a pre-CGI special effect-laden, mystical tale.
A Dundead Festival pass is available from the DCA box office for £75, which grants entry to all films and the quiz, plus a T-shirt and special edition postcard.
A six-film pass is also available for £39, which includes a T-shirt.
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