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Forbidden Worlds Film Festival @fwfilmfestival.bsky.social · 33m

What actually is Ozploitation? And does it have anything to do with Wicked?

Writing for Forbidden Worlds, film journalist Sean Wilson dives into the pulse-pounding, rough-as-guts world of Ozploitation, the theme of this year's The Big Scream: Six Feet Down Under.

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Ozploitation and why you should watch it at The Big Scream: Six Feet Down Under

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Forbidden Worlds Film Festival @fwfilmfestival.bsky.social · 2h

Intriguing.

Via @bristol247.bsky.social

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IMAX could soon return to Bristol

Decades after Bristol's only IMAX screen shut down, the city might finally get a new one

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Bloody Disgusting @bloody-disgusting.com · 19h

Did you know that you can now book a stay at the iconic POLTERGEIST house through Airbnb? @thewolfman.bsky.social survived his stay to report on the house's history and the new owner's painstaking recreation of the movie experience for guests:

I Stayed in the House from ‘Poltergeist’ and Here’s What Happened

Los Angeles is a mecca for horror fans for a variety of reasons, one of which is to see the real-life filming locations of iconic movies. Whether you want to see the Myers house from Halloween in Sout...

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 23h

Happy birthday, Sci-fi Queen Sigourney.

And she's far from finished with sci-fi, as she'll be appearing in Avatar: Fire and Ash (Dec. 2025) and The Mandalorian & Grogu (May 2026).

Sigourney Weaver in The Mandalorian & Grogu (2026)

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Forbidden Worlds Film Festival @fwfilmfestival.bsky.social · 2d

"In the Australian Outback, a young wildlife conservationist is terrorized by bored poachers and decides to fight back!"

FAIR GAME (1986) - Saturday 25 August at Bristol Megascreen - as part of The Big Scream: Six Feet Down Under

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 19h

"Then came Waterworld."

How Kevin Costner Lost Hollywood

On-set brawls. Courtroom battles. Epic bombs. Why the world's most bankable cowboy is suddenly shooting blanks.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

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Forbidden Worlds Film Festival @fwfilmfestival.bsky.social · 18h

Happy birthday to the legend that is Sigourney Weaver.

We still can't believe she sent in this special message for this year's festival Legend - @galeannehurd.bsky.social - earlier in the year.

May her birthday be always free of ghosts, serial killers and xenomorphs.

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Forbidden Worlds Film Festival @fwfilmfestival.bsky.social · 1d

A young woman is kidnapped by a cult of vampires who believe she is their messiah!

This classic of Ozploitation cinema - THIRST (1979) - will be screening as part of The Big Scream: Six Feet Down Under on 25 October at Bristol Megascreen.

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Forbidden Worlds Film Festival @fwfilmfestival.bsky.social · 1d

October! OCTOBER! We meant October!

Where are we? What day is it? What year?!

Forbidden Worlds Film Festival @fwfilmfestival.bsky.social · 2d

"In the Australian Outback, a young wildlife conservationist is terrorized by bored poachers and decides to fight back!"

FAIR GAME (1986) - Saturday 25 August at Bristol Megascreen - as part of The Big Scream: Six Feet Down Under

🎟️ www.forbiddenworldsfilmfestival.co.uk

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Forbidden Worlds Film Festival @fwfilmfestival.bsky.social · 1d

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Forbidden Worlds Film Festival @fwfilmfestival.bsky.social · 2d

"In the Australian Outback, a young wildlife conservationist is terrorized by bored poachers and decides to fight back!"

FAIR GAME (1986) - Saturday 25 August at Bristol Megascreen - as part of The Big Scream: Six Feet Down Under

🎟️ www.forbiddenworldsfilmfestival.co.uk

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Forbidden Worlds Film Festival @fwfilmfestival.bsky.social · 3d

Get ready to see one of Australia's most infamous leading men as you've never seen him before.

Ian Smith (aka Harold Bishop from Neighbours) in Body Melt!

Get your tickets for this infamous Aussie body horror screening at The Big Scream on 24 October.

www.forbiddenworldsfilmfestival.co.uk

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Ian Smith in a doctor's coat sat at a desk

Ian Smith with a bandaged head in front of four totems covered in cuddly toys

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Forbidden Worlds Film Festival @fwfilmfestival.bsky.social · 2d

Deadline for press accreditation is this Sunday!

If you're a horror writer/podcaster/reviewer looking to cover Forbidden Worlds: The Big Scream this year, get applying!

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Forbidden Worlds Film Festival @fwfilmfestival.bsky.social · 15d

Forbidden Worlds Film Festival welcomes film press based in the UK currently reporting and/or reviewing, in a professional (or semi-professional!) capacity to apply for press accreditation.

Find out more and apply via our Linktree!

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Forbidden Worlds Film Festival @fwfilmfestival.bsky.social · 6d

You should listen to @kermodemovie.bsky.social and watch Long Weekend.

However instead of watching in on BFI Player (it's no longer available on there anymore anyway!), come watch it on an IMAX screen with us on 24 October!

You'll never litter again...

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Mark Kermode reviews Long Weekend (1977) | BFI Player

YouTube video by BFI

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Forbidden Worlds Film Festival @fwfilmfestival.bsky.social · 5d

The Big Scream returns to the Bristol Megascreen for Halloween with Six Feet Down Under: two nights of cult Ozploitation, described as “a fair dinkum celebration of the grindhouse-style exploitation flicks that went troppo around the world in the 70s and 80s.”

www.bristol247.com/culture/film...

The Big Scream goes Down Under

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Forbidden Worlds Film Festival @fwfilmfestival.bsky.social · 2d

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Forbidden Worlds Film Festival @fwfilmfestival.bsky.social · 3d

Get ready to see one of Australia's most infamous leading men as you've never seen him before.

Ian Smith (aka Harold Bishop from Neighbours) in Body Melt!

Get your tickets for this infamous Aussie body horror screening at The Big Scream on 24 October.

www.forbiddenworldsfilmfestival.co.uk

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Forbidden Worlds Film Festival @fwfilmfestival.bsky.social · 3d

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Neil Ramjee @neilramjee.bsky.social · 3d

Consistently doing unique ability fire events for genre cinema in Bristol — now they’re throwing a few shrimp on the barbie!

Forbidden Worlds Film Festival @fwfilmfestival.bsky.social · 13d

Individual screening tickets for The Big Picture: Six Feet Down Under are now on sale!

Watch our trailer below (edited by Arthur Cauty).

www.forbiddenworldsfilmfestival.co.uk

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 4d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Forbidden Worlds Film Festival @fwfilmfestival.bsky.social · 5d

Half of all tickets have gone already... and we're three weeks out!

Forbidden Worlds Film Festival @fwfilmfestival.bsky.social · 13d

Individual screening tickets for The Big Picture: Six Feet Down Under are now on sale!

Watch our trailer below (edited by Arthur Cauty).

www.forbiddenworldsfilmfestival.co.uk

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Forbidden Worlds Film Festival @fwfilmfestival.bsky.social · 5d

Saturday 25 October at Bristol Megascreen: RAZORBACK (1984)

Prepare for a new breed of terror with this classic creature feature... dubbed by some as the 'Australian Jaws'!

www.forbiddenworldsfilmfestival.co.uk

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Forbidden Worlds Film Festival @fwfilmfestival.bsky.social · 5d

Half of all tickets have gone already... and we're three weeks out!

Forbidden Worlds Film Festival @fwfilmfestival.bsky.social · 13d

Individual screening tickets for The Big Picture: Six Feet Down Under are now on sale!

Watch our trailer below (edited by Arthur Cauty).

www.forbiddenworldsfilmfestival.co.uk

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Forbidden Worlds Film Festival @fwfilmfestival.bsky.social · 5d

Saturday 25 October at Bristol Megascreen: RAZORBACK (1984)

Prepare for a new breed of terror with this classic creature feature... dubbed by some as the 'Australian Jaws'!

www.forbiddenworldsfilmfestival.co.uk

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Forbidden Worlds Film Festival @fwfilmfestival.bsky.social · 6d

Saturday 25 October at Bristol Megascreen: THIRST (1979)

When Kate is kidnapped by a sinister cult, she is shocked to discover that they are also farming humans for blood in order to retain their youth - and they also want Kate to be their new leader!

www.forbiddenworldsfilmfestival.co.uk

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