[FILM NEWS] 2023 MONSTER FEST Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide & Perth Line-Ups Announced

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Monster Fest is pleased to reveal that it will return to Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide & Perth with MONSTER FEST 2023 from October 27-29 at Event Cinemas George St, Event Cinemas Myer Centre, Event Cinemas Marion & Event Cinemas Innaloo.

MONSTER FEST 2023 would not be possible without the support of festival sponsors; Beserk, Umbrella Entertainment, Roar Digital, Lexlab, DeadEndDVD and Red Octopus Screenprinting.

Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide & Perth’s 3 Day Festival line-up has been curated from an eclectic selection of the MONSTER FEST 2023 10 Day program in Melbourne.

From the dark imagination of H.P. Lovecraft, director Joe Lynch (MAYHEM, WRONG TURN 2) and the reteaming of RE-ANIMATOR & FROM BEYOND screenwriter Dennis Paoli and producer Brian Yuzna, SUITABLE FLESH witnesses Dr. Elizabeth Derby’s (Heather Graham, BOOGIE NIGHTS) deadly and debaucherous descent into madness following her treatment of troubled patient Asa Waite (Judah Lewis, SUMMER OF ’84).

Late fees are the least of Nyla’s worries when she returns a stack of tapes to Blaster Video and unwittingly unleashes the characters within the films in Cody Kennedy & Tim Rutherford‘s nostalgic, hilarious and action-packed THE LAST VIDEO STORE.

Folklore and festive frights collide in director Magnus Martens‘ THERE’S SOMETHING IN THE BARN, that sees an American family relocate to a remote Norwegian village where they become the target of a gnome uprising.

Subversive, suspenseful and squeam-inducing barely scratches the surface in describing director Ariel Vida‘s TRIM SEASON, that sees a group of twenty-somethings’ dream job turn into an inescapable nightmare on an isolated weed farm.

Revisionist, ridiculous and hilarious does not begin to describe filmmaking trio Lisa Fineberg, John Campbell & Jay Morrissey‘s THE EMU WAR, an absurdist reimagining of Australia’s historical battle with the native Emu back in 1932, complete with puppetry, animatronics, gore and laughs galore!

Fire up the glass barbie and get ready for some transtemporal travel with Sam Odlum‘s TIME ADDICTS, a sci-fi/comedy that sees Denise (Freya Tingley, HEMLOCK GROVE) and Johnny (Charles Grounds, BABYTEETH) traverse the space-time continuum to retrieve a bag of ‘crystal’ to settle a debt with their dealer, Kane (Joshua Morton, SKINFORD).

Maligned by critics and largely unseen by audiences upon theatrical release, director Alec Mills‘ BLOOD MOON found its way to the hearts of genre fans the world over via home video, now 23 years later Monster Fest is proud to present an all-new 4K Restoration of this unsung Australian slasher classic.

Monster Fest continues to curate the finest genre shorts coursing through the veins of the international festival circuit and this year with MONSTER SHORTS, we’ve got the most gripping, hellraising and downright skin-crawling of these including several fresh homegrown discoveries.

Monster Fest are also pleased to reveal that the Adelaide festival will have an Exclusive Session of Ursula Dabrowsky‘s THE DEVIL’S WORK in its South Australian Premiere and Brisbane an Exclusive Session of Ben & Jacob Burghart‘s HEAD COUNT in its Queensland Premiere that will run concurrently with other programming at the festival.

Festival Dates & Location

Friday 27th to Sunday 29th of October

SYDNEY
Event Cinemas George St
BRISBANE
Event Cinemas Brisbane Myer Centre
ADELAIDE
Event Cinemas Marion
PERTH
Event Cinemas Innaloo

Session Tickets

Standard Session Adult – $21
Standard Session Concession – $17.50

Festival Passes

VIP Pass – $128 ON SALE 12PM OCT 10
The VIP PASS is valid for all sessions from Friday 27th to Sunday 29th of October 2023. It cannot be used for multiple tickets to the same session or for sessions that run concurrently.

5 Film Pass – $85 ON SALE 12PM OCT 10
The 5 FILM PASS is valid for five sessions from Friday 27th to Sunday 29th of October 2023. It cannot be used for multiple tickets to the same session or for sessions that run concurrently.

Festival Website: https://www.monsterfest.com.au/australia/
Festival Hashtag: #MonsterFestAU