Friday, 17 February
6 pm
TALK: The sound of fear- the use of music in horror cinema
Mark Buys (Drag Me to Hell) and Heath Brown (El Monstro del Mar!), composers
8 pm
SCREENING: Feature film Dead Hooker in a Trunk, preceded by two short films….the award-winning Tasmanian film Slashed and Double Black, a short thriller with a difference!
10.30 pm
SCREENING: Feature film TO BE ANNOUNCED!
Saturday, 18 February
2 pm
TALK: By the pricking of their thumbs - writing horror and thriller for the stage
Carrie Mclean (playwright, Beautiful)
4 pm
TALK: Nightmares in yellow - a discussion about ‘Giallo’ cinema
Matt Warren (artist and muscian)
8 pm - 11 pm
SCREENING: A selection of award-winning short horror films by women, including a showcase of short films from the Viscera Film Festival. There will be two separate blocks of short films….check back for the schedule.
Sunday, 19 February
2 pm
MASTERCLASS: Blood, bites and all things nice - low budget special effects make-up
Mel Cooper (make-up artist, Cupcake: A Zombie Lesbian Musical)
4 pm
TALK: Genre and gender in our own landscape: from Australian ‘dark weird’ to Tasmanian Gothic
Tansy Rayner Roberts (fantasy novelist)
6 pm
TALK: The ‘female Gothic’ in cinema
Adrian Martin (academic and film critic)
8 pm
AWARDS CEREMONY: Reading of the winning script our 10 By 10 Short Horror Script Challenge! Awards presentation! VIPs, bloody carpet, drinks…and more!
