The Bram Stoker International Film Festival
16th October – 19th October 2009 at the Whitby Pavilion
The Bram Stoker International Film Festival (BSIFF) shows a great number of independent documentaries, shorts and features from all over the world that you WON’T see at the local multiscreen cinema!
Many of the films shown will be World Premieres at the Festival, and you may not have the opportunity to see them anywhere else in the country.
The programme covers around 30 presentations.
Bram Stoker International Film Festival
“The houses of the old town are all red-roofed and seemed piled up one over the other…”
Bram Stoker - Dracula
It was whilst he was staying in the small North East coast fishing town of Whitby that Bram Stoker found the inspiration to begin creating the most famous horror figure in literature and film.
The Bram Stoker International Film Festival was established to provide opportunities and exposure for filmmakers, screenwriters, Sand others working within the horror, science fiction and suspense genres.
Visitors and fans can meet their favourite starsand buy genre related merchandise at the Bram Stoker expo, which is held in conjunction with the film screenings at the BSIFF.
The Bram Stoker International Film Festival is open to everyone over 18 years old.
BRAM STOKER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2009
Opening Night Friday 16th October will be a great evening of burlesque and cabaret as well as The Mocky Horror Show.
Guest speakers will also be presented throughout the show, followed by a late night screening.
666Gorefest and Sin City Girls will be greeting you, so why not come as your favourite genre character?
The Mocky Horror Tribute Show cabaret show featuring the songs from the camp classic Rocky Horror Picture Show, performed by the five piece group Transylvania.
Although the BSIFF has no dress code as such, the organisers encourage all visitors to dress to impress, whether you arrive in a latex catsuit or in Classical Victorian clothes, as a post-punk Vampire or simply in formal evening wear… no one will be turned away, but costumes are a big part of the fun!
Festival Ticket Prices
Friday 16th October Opening Night and Cabaret:
£18 Ticket Only, LIMITED AVAILABILITY
Friday 16th October 2009
Day Only Pass for all showings £25
Saturday 17th October 2009
Day Only Pass for all showings £25
Sunday 18th October 2009
Day Only Pass for all showings £25
Monday 19th October 2009
Day Only Pass for all showings £25
4-Day Pass Friday 16th – Monday 19th October 2009
Complete Pass for all showings AND Opening Party Night £88
Prices correct at time of publishing.
Tickets are on sale from the Whitby Spa Pavillion 01947 820625 or from the official website: BSIFF Tickets.
Festival Guests
Ingrid Pitt is to be a guest speaker at the Bram Stoker International film Festival, famous as Hammer Films’ Queen of Horror.
She has appeared in the films Countess Dracula, The House That Dripped Blood, The Wicker Man, and more as well as being seen on television in shows such as Ironside and Doctor Who.
GP Taylor, the New York Times best-selling author of Shadowmancer, Wormwood and Tersias.
Independent film-maker Devi Snively, whose screenplays have placed at the Austin Film Festival, Slamdance and others.
Author, Journalist and broadcaster Gavin Baddeley, who has worked alongside the BBC, Channel4 and MTV. He has created The Devil’s Historybooks and publishes on the subject of vampires and the culture of vampirism.
Rod Morris has over 25 years of experience in the film and television industry as a director, producer and editor, having worked on Australia’s ARIA Awards, Deal Or No Deal and Big Brother. He also worked on Boy From Oz featuring Hugh Jackman.
A Selection of Festival Film Screenings
All the following Movies are UNRATED 18+: please be aware when purchasing your ticket.
Bitch Slap – 2009 UK premiere
Director: Rick Jacobson
Al’s Beef – 2008 UK premiere
Director: Dennis Hauck
Blood On The Highway – 2008
Directors: Barak Epstein and Blair Rowan
Brain Dead – 2007
Director: Kevin Tenney
Cheerbleeders – 2008 UK premiere
Director: Peter Podgursky
Damned By Dawn – 2009 World Premiere
Director: Brett Anstey
Death In Charge – 2008 UK premiere
Director: Devi Snively
Dracula, the Vampire and The Voivode World Premiere
Director: Michael Bayley Hughes
Drag Me To Hell -2009
Director: Sam Raimi
Family Demons – 2009 UK premiere
Director: Ursula Dabrowsky
Georges Intervention – 2009 UK premiere
Director: JT Seaton
How My Dad Killed Dracula – 2008
Director: Sky Soleil
I Sell The Dead – 2008
Director: Glenn McQuaid
Idiots And Angels – 2008
Director: Bill Plympton
It Came From Another World! – 2007 UK premiere
Director: Christopher R. Mihm
The Machine Girl – 2008
Director: Noboru Iguchi
Nightlife – 2008 UK Premiere
Directed by Timothy Sanderson
Orlok – 3D – 2009 World Premiere
Directors: Keith Carter/F.W. Murnau
Reel Zombies UK premiere
Directors: David J. Francis, Mike Masters
RetarDEAD – 2008 UK premiere
Directors: Rick Popko Dan West
Temptation – 2009 UK Premiere
Director: Catherine Taylor
The Cellar – 2009 UK Premiere
Director: Martin Kjelleberg
The Fox Family (aka – Gumiho Gajok) – 2006
Director: Hyung-gon Lee
The Resident Magician (2009) Australia World Premiere
Director: Daniel Marsiglia
Thicker Than Water: The Vampire Diaries Part 1 – 2008 UK premiere
Director: Phil Messerer
Zombie Honeymoon – 2004
Director: David Gebroe
Contact:
Bram Stoker International Film Festival
Email: info@bramstokerfilmfestival.com
Tel: Office 05602 722983 or Mobile 07500 926530The Movies, Artistes and Special Guests playing at the Bram Stoker International Film Festival and the running order are subject to change without prior notice.