Horror-on-Sea will be returning to Southend once again in 2020 with its biggest blood-soaked line up of independent film as they celebrate their 8^th Year. It remains one of the UK’s biggest independent film festivals and was originally formed to promote independent horror films, which are not normally given an opportunity to be played on the big screen.

Hosted at The Park Inn Palace Hotel (Southend-on-Sea) the festival will be running over two weekends from Friday 10th January to Sunday 12^th January and Friday 17th January to Sunday 19th January. Screening over 36 Features and 62 shorts, many of these will include introductions by the filmmakers themselves.

As Festival Director (Paul Cotgrove) explains: “Since we started Horror-on-Sea eight years ago, it has gradually built up to become a major event within this particular aspect of the movie industry. Every year now, we receive submissions from both established and up-and-coming film makers and producers that we can easily screen six feature films per day of the event. For horror film lovers, that equates to a twelve-hour frenzied feast of slicing, dicing, drilling, killing and general murderous mayhem each day of the festival!”

You can find the full festival listing for both weekends below, but you can find more details and purchase tickets from the Horror-on-Sea website https://www.horror-on-sea.com/

Friday 10th January

 

10:00am

Witch Tales (Cuentos De La Bruja) – 1h 18m / 2019 / Peru / Mike T. Lyddon

+ Shorts

Souvenir – 12min / Spain / Dir – Luis Orti

Upir – 13min / France / Dir – Laura Rembault-Ribeiro

 

12.30pm

Death Day – 1h 25m / 2018 / USA / Dir – J. Horton

+ Shorts

Boo – 15m / USA / Rakefet Abergel

The Appieorth – 9min / Spain / Dir- Eli Breeshaw

 

3pm

The 16th Episode – 1h 33m / 2019 / USA / Dir – Jerome Cohen Olivar

+ Short

The Last Minutes – 11min / Spain / Dir – Bora Barroso

 

5.30pm

Awoken – 1h 28m / 2019 / Australia / Dir – Daniel J. Phillips

+ Short

Strange Clown – 11min / USA / Dir – Michael Paul

8pm

Nefarious – 1h 19m / 2019 / UK / Dir – Richard Rowntree

+ Shorts

Off Fleek – 6min / UK / Dir – Steven Dorrington

Shredders – 18min / UK / Dir – Darren A. Furniss

 

10:30pm

Chickens Blood – 2019 / USA / Dir – Korey Jordan

+ Short

Lonnie Knutsengripper: Man, Myth and Movies – 10min / UK / Richard Rowbotham

Saturday 11th January

 

10:00am

The Numbers – 48m / 2018 / UK / Dir – Andrew Elias

+ Shorts

Deliver Us from Evil – 4m / UK / Dir – Peter Boyce

Be Uncertain – 15min / UK / Jack Carrivick

Ruby Rain – 18min / UK / S N Sibley

 

12.30pm

Live or Let Die – 1h 49m / 2019 / Germany / Dir – Manuel Urbaneck

+ Short

Nana – 10min / Spain / Bel Armenteros

3pm

Bride of Violence – 1h 23m / 2018 / USA / Dir – Travis Mills

+ Shor

Equals – 20min / Spain / Dir – Javier Yanez Sanz

5:30pm

She Never Died – 1h 30m / 2019 / Canada / Dir – Audrey Cummings

+ Short

Cursed Granny – 19min / Spain / Suso Imbernon & Juanjo Moscardo Rius

8pm

Exit (World Premier) – 1h 25m / UK / 2020 / UK / Dir Michael Fausti

+ Shorts

Clean as you Like – 15min / UK / Dir – Theresa Varga

The Cold Caller – 4min / UK / Dir – Lee Charlish

 

10:30pm

Day of the Stranger (World Premier) – 1h 19m / 2020 / UK / Dir – Tom Lee Rutter

+ Short

Skeleton in the Closet – 11min / Finland / Dir – Tomi Malaki

 

 

Sunday 12^th January

10am

The Devil’s Familiar – 58m / 2019 / UK / Dir – Kieran ‘Ran’ Edwards

+ Shorts

Dark Soon – 5min / UK / Dir – Nina Romain

Dead Air – 17min / UK / Dir – Geoff Harmer

Jack – 17min / UK / James Wilsher

 

12:30pm

Tenants (Inquilinos) – 1h 32m / 2018 / Mexico / Dir – Chava Cartas

+ Shorts

The Pit – 18min / UK / Dir – Jonathan Zaurin

 

3pm

D-Railed – 1h 30m / 2018 / USA / Dir- Dale Fabriger

+ Shorts

Bitten – 11min / USA / Dir – Sarah K Reimers

Adam – 8min / UK / Dir- Gemma Paul

 

5:30pm

The Truth Will Out – 1h 26m / 2019 / UK / Dir – Jessica Hunt & Sam Mason Bell

+ Shorts

Bleed for Me – 8min / UK / Dir – Sam Mason Bell

Degrade – 2min / UK / Dir – Sam Mason Bell

The Trade – 2min / UK / Dir – Sam Mason Bell

I Scream on the Beach (World Premier) – 1h 27m / 2020 / UK / Dir – Michael Holiday & Alexander Churchyard

+ Shorts

Blood Shed – 14min / UK / Dir – James Moran

6 Shooter – 3min / UK / Dir – David Wayman

 

10pm

Post Apocalyptic Commando Shark – 1h 23m / 2018 / USA / Dir – Sam Qualiana

+ Short

Retch – 5min / UK / Dir – Keir Siewert

 

 

Friday 17^th January

 

10am

Bloodsuckers Planet – 1h 7m / 2019 / USA / Dir – Mark Beal

+ Shorts

Night Owls (Noctambulos) – 8min / Spain / Dir – Romen Rivero

The Desolation Prize – 16min / Canada / Dir – Shane Day

 

12:30pm

The Psychics – 1h 14m / 2018 / Norway / Dir- Tomas Sem Lokke- Sorensen

+ Shorts

My Brother Juan – 10min / Spain / Dir – Cristina & Jose Martin

I Confess – 7min / Spain / Dir – Saul Gallego Mateo

 

3pm

The Final Ride – 1h 18m / 2019 / Canada / Dir- Mike McMurran

+ Shorts

Claudia – 9min / Spain / Dir – Miguel Angel Caro

Your Last Day on Earth – 13min / Spain / Dir – Marc Martinez Jordan

 

5:30pm

The Lullaby – 1h 27m / 2017 / South Africa / Dir- Darrell James Roodt

+ Shorts

The Cabin – 11min / USA / Dir – Joe Grisaffi

8pm

UK Haunters (World Premier) – 1h 32m / 2019 / UK / Dir – Dan Brownlie

+ Shorts

Diversion – 23min / UK / France / Dir – Matieu Megemont

 

10:30

Klaus – The Devil’s Primate – 1h 10m / 2019 / UK / Dir – S N Sibley

+ Shorts

Caged – 6 min / Northern Ireland / Dir – Mark Nugent

 

 

Saturday 18^th January

 

10am

One Must Fall – 1h 26m / 2018 / USA / Dir – Antonio Pantoja

+ Shorts

Big Man – 9min / UK / Dir – Ramman Gautam & Kaushy

Without Light – 17min / UK / Dir – Velton J Lishke

 

12:30pm

A Stranger Among the Living – 1h 43m / 2019 / USA / Dir – Christopher Wesley Moore

+ Shorts

The Vampire of Soho – 8min / UK / Dir – Andy Edwards

 

3pm

Echoes of Fear – 1h 30m / 2018 / USA / Dir – Brian Avenet-Bradley

+ Shorts

Bitter was the Dessert – 20min / Spain / Dir – Diego H. Kataryniuk

5.30pm

Bite Night (World Premire) – 1h 35m / 2019 / UK / Dir – Maria Lee Metheringham

+ Shorts

The Rhythm – 8min / UK / Dir – Debbie Lane         

Last Stop – 7min / UK / Dir – Steve Jolley

8pm

PandaMonium – 1h 25m / 2020 / UK / Dir – Mj Dixon

+ Shorts

The Dead Ones – 19min / UK / Dir – Stefan Georgiou

The Front Door – 7min / UK /The Front Door / 7min / UK / Dir – Andrew Rutter

 

10:30pm

The Hart Break Killer – 1h 9m / 2019 / USA / Dir – Sean Donohue

+ Shorts

Murderabiliac – 11min / USA / Richard Karpala

Sunday 19^th January

 

10am

Inner Ghosts – 1h 29m / 2018 / Portugal / Dir – Paulo Leite

+ Shorts

Long Pig – 8min / UK / Dir – Sam & Tom Connelly

One Touch – 14min / UK / Dir – Steven Lancefield

12:30am

We Wait In the Woods – 46m / 2019 / UK / Dir – Joe Duncombe

+ Shorts

Deep Shock – 30min / UK / Dir – Davide Melini

Bleed – 10min / UK / Dir – Andre Harrison

The Lost reel – 14m / UK / Dir – Simon Cluett

Idle Hands – 5min / UK / Dir – Simon Cluett

 

3PM

Monster Island – 1h 31m / 2019 / USA / Dir – Mark Atkins

+ Shorts

This Mourning – 15min / UK / Dir / Molly Brown

The Call of the Moon – 3min / UK / Dir – Richard Constable

 

5:30pm

Millennial Killer – 1h 11m / 2019 / UK / Dir – Sam Mason Bell

+ Shorts

Slaypril Fools 82 – 10min/ UK / Dir – MJ Dixon

Trick – 9min / UK / Dir – MJ Dixon

Wink – 13min / UK / Dir – MJ Dixon

8pm

The Barge People – 1h 20m / 2019 / UK / Dir – Charlie Steeds

+ Shorts

No Strings – 12min / UK / Dir – Pablo Raybould

Tolerance – 14min / UK / Dir – Paul Laight

 

10:30pm

Blood Tulips – 1h 20m / 2019 / Holland / Dir – Randy Kent & John Luksetich

+ Shorts

Screaming – 2min / UK / Dir Richard Constable

 

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