Dir: Tod Browning Running time: 120 mins Cert: 12A
Freaks ruined the career of its director, Tod Browning, known today for the infamous Dracula (1931), starring Bela Lugosi. Banned in the UK for 30 years, audiences were unable to cope with its frank portrayal of disability. Freaks is one of the most human films you will ever watch.
Johnny Mains, author of Freaks (Midnight Movie Monographs 2017) will give a talk after the film screening.
Dir: Pier Paolo Pasolini Running time: 112 mins Cert: 18 Subtitled
Pasonlini’s last work before he was murdered in 1975, Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom was only given an uncut release in the UK in 2000. Even though Salò is a very explicit and uncomfortable film to watch, its controversy often gets in the way of extraordinary film making about how monstrous humans can be. Introduced by Johnny Mains.
Running time: 88 minutes | certificate: 15 UK | language: English
Director: Ben Wheatley
Cast: Julian Barratt, Reece Shearsmith, Michael Smiley
Reece Shearsmith, co-creator of The League of Gentlemen, Psychoville and one of the stars of A Field in England will be introducing the film and taking a Q & A session after the screening of Ben Wheatley’s fourth feature film.
Amid the Civil War in 17th century England, a group of deserters flee...
