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Mayhem Film Festival @mayhemfilmfestival.bsky.social · 7d

Great list from Letterboxd on 24 underseen scary movies, including 4 past Mayhem previews - RAGING GRACE, CLIMATE OF THE HUNTER, HOLLYWOOD 90028 and JETHICA.

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Little Shop of Horrors: the Letterboxd crew digs up 24 underseen scary movies • Journal • A Letterboxd Magazine

To honor the hallowed Halloween season, Letterboxd contributors recommend 24 underseen horror films, spanning from ’60s noir witches to ’70s psychedelic vampires to ’80s against-type Colin Firth.

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David T H Lewis @davidthlewis.bsky.social · 7d

This year’s spooky season is looking to be my best yet. I’ve got tickets to not one but two horror film fests, @mayhemfilmfestival.bsky.social & @fwfilmfestival.bsky.social

Plus I’m going my first ever #hooptober challenge (with fest films included 😉) with a very kick ass selection.

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Hooptober the 12th: No More Tears (but plenty of fears)

Despite being a big horror fan who has been on Letterboxd for a while I have somehow never done a Hooptober. Until now! Special thanks to a few things that will be helping me fill out my list. First o...

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Mayhem Film Festival @mayhemfilmfestival.bsky.social · 12d

Great new folk horror THE SEVERED SUN is playing at @broadwaycinema.bsky.social on Monday 29th September at 6.30pm with a special guest Q&A - more info and tickets here:
www.broadway.org.uk/whats-on/fil...

A promo image for The Severed Sun with the screening details. The image shows a young woman with blood on her face and on her clothes in the midst of a wood.

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Mayhem Film Festival @mayhemfilmfestival.bsky.social · 12d

Great new folk horror THE SEVERED SUN is playing at @broadwaycinema.bsky.social on Monday 29th September at 6.30pm with a special guest Q&A - more info and tickets here:
www.broadway.org.uk/whats-on/fil...

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Mayhem Film Festival @mayhemfilmfestival.bsky.social · 16d

We've announced the 2 Shorts Programmes for this year's festival: 17 films in total, which includes 7 UK Premieres plus a few returning Mayhem alumni.

More details on all the films on our Letterboxd page here:
letterboxd.com/mayhemfilmfe...

Mayhem 2025: The Short Films

A story on Letterboxd.

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The Re-DANimator 💉 @oddballuk.bsky.social · 19d

Tickets sorted for @mayhemfilmfestival.bsky.social
Don’t sleep on this, several showings already looked close to selling out. Assuming record full festival pass sales?

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Chris Cooke @chriscooke.bsky.social · 19d

Full Passes, Individual Tickets and "Frankenstein" Passes on sale now for @mayhemfilmfestival.bsky.social -

www.mayhemfilmfestival.com/line-up

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Mayhem Film Festival @mayhemfilmfestival.bsky.social · 19d

Individual tickets are now on sale for all of this year's films:
broadway.org.uk/whats-on/may....

See the thread below for more details on all the films showing.

Mayhem Film Festival @mayhemfilmfestival.bsky.social · 21d

Teaser trailer for THE OLD WOMAN WITH THE KNIFE, screening as part of our opening night on 16th October. An ageing assassin (a brilliant Lee Hye-young) battles to keep her place in the hired killer hierarchy when confronted by the arrival of a new rookie.

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Mayhem Film Festival @mayhemfilmfestival.bsky.social · 21d

Trailer for Toshiaki Toyoda’s TRANSCENDING DIMENSIONS, a visual feast of a sci-fi in which a hitman heads to a religious facility in search of a missing monk, and ends up encountering a sorcerer and defying the space-time continuum. Screens at Mayhem on 17th October

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Mayhem Film Festival @mayhemfilmfestival.bsky.social · 21d

Here's the newly-released trailer for GAME, directed by John Minton, produced and co-written by Portishead's Geoff Barrow, and starring Marc Bessant & Jason Williamson. UK Premiere with cast and crew Q&A on 16th October at Mayhem!

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GAME - Official Trailer

YouTube video by InvadaFilmsOfficial

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Mayhem Film Festival @mayhemfilmfestival.bsky.social · 21d

That's great to hear - glad you like the lineup! Look forward to seeing you in October.

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David T H Lewis @davidthlewis.bsky.social · 22d

I grabbed a pass for this mostly on a whim and that I found Chess of the Wind highly intriguing, knowing nothing else about the lineup. Well now the full lineup is here and now I'm extra glad I took the plunge. So much goodness here, now I'm extra stoked for October!

Mayhem Film Festival @mayhemfilmfestival.bsky.social · 22d

With just a month to go before our 21st edition takes place, we're excited to reveal this year’s full festival line-up!

www.mayhemfilmfestival.com/news/2025/09...

A very limited amount of Full Festival Passes are still available. Tickets for individual films are on sale from Fri 19 Sept at 12pm.

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Paul Gandersman @paulgandersman.bsky.social · 22d

MAN FINDS TAPE is coming to the UK! 🔥🔥🔥

Mayhem Film Festival @mayhemfilmfestival.bsky.social · 22d

With just a month to go before our 21st edition takes place, we're excited to reveal this year’s full festival line-up!

www.mayhemfilmfestival.com/news/2025/09...

A very limited amount of Full Festival Passes are still available. Tickets for individual films are on sale from Fri 19 Sept at 12pm.

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Kat Hughes @kathughes.bsky.social · 22d

Nottingham folk, get yourself to REDUX REDUX (and the rest of the fest)

Mayhem Film Festival @mayhemfilmfestival.bsky.social · 22d

With just a month to go before our 21st edition takes place, we're excited to reveal this year’s full festival line-up!

www.mayhemfilmfestival.com/news/2025/09...

A very limited amount of Full Festival Passes are still available. Tickets for individual films are on sale from Fri 19 Sept at 12pm.

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Amber T @blondekwaidan.bsky.social · 22d

Oh I need to see this immediately

Mayhem Film Festival @mayhemfilmfestival.bsky.social · 22d

We’ll open Saturday 18 October with the UK Premiere of Yuriyan Retriever’s MAG MAG, an astonishing and statement debut that borrows from Takashi Miike, Sion Sono and Hitoshi Matsumoto to create a fresh new take on J-horror that will truly get under your skin.

A young woman and a young man are looking around a room which is covered in black scrawls in Japanese. The text reads 'Mag Mag (UK Premiere)// Dir. Yuriyan Retriever'

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Mayhem Film Festival @mayhemfilmfestival.bsky.social · 22d

We delve into all the Premieres and Previews at this year's Mayhem in a new post on our Letterboxd page:
letterboxd.com/mayhemfilmfe...

Premieres and Previews at Mayhem 2025

A story on Letterboxd.

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Mayhem Film Festival @mayhemfilmfestival.bsky.social · 22d

And we will close things out with the also previously announced DEAD BY DAWN by Dawid Torrone.

a close-up of a young woman in a silvery furry costume. Her hands are to her head as though in distress. The text reads : 'Dead By Dawn//Dir. Dawid Torrone'

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Mayhem Film Festival @mayhemfilmfestival.bsky.social · 22d

We’ll start our last evening with the previously announced PORTAL TO HELL by director Woody Bess.

A man in silhouette looking towards a glowing washing machine in a laundrette. The text reads 'Portal To Hell//Dir. Woody Bess'

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Mayhem Film Festival @mayhemfilmfestival.bsky.social · 22d

HERESY will be paired with the UK Premiere of Kier-La Janisse’s THE OCCUPANT OF THE ROOM, in which a schoolteacher spends a restless night in a hotel in the Alps. Kier-La Janisse will join us for a post-screening Q&A. We’ll then settle in for our second Short Film Showcase.

A close up of a middle aged man at night. HIs eyes are looking to the side where, behind him, stands a shadow in a doorway. The text reads 'The Occupant Of The Room (UK Premiere) + Q&A// Dir. Kier-La Janisse

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Mayhem Film Festival @mayhemfilmfestival.bsky.social · 22d

We’ll then delve into a double bill featuring Didier Konings’ folk horror HERESY (WITTE WIEVEN) in which a persecuted young woman enters the woods and begins to find a new faith in dark powers.

A close-up of a young woman in medieval garb. Her mouth is open and shouting, her eyes are coloured white. The text reads 'Heresy (Witte Wieven)// Dir. Didier Konigs

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Mayhem Film Festival @mayhemfilmfestival.bsky.social · 22d

We’ll open the last day of the festival with Mercedes Bryce Morgan’s violent BONE LAKE in which a couple’s romantic getaway is interrupted when their gorgeous remote rental appears to have been double-booked.

A close up of a young woman with long blonde hair bathed in green light. The text reads 'Bone Lake//Dir. Mercedes Bryce Morgan'

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Mayhem Film Festival @mayhemfilmfestival.bsky.social · 22d

We will close the day with a screening of Paul W. S. Anderson’s 1997 space horror sci-fi EVENT HORIZON in which a group of astronauts are sent to investigate and rescue a starship that’s mysteriously gone missing.

A man in an ornately decorated chamber on a spaceship. He has his. hands to his ears and is screaming. The text reads 'Event Horizon//Dir. Paul W. S. Anderson'

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Mayhem Film Festival @mayhemfilmfestival.bsky.social · 22d

Saturday evening will start with the previously announced new mind-bending sci-fi from Mayhem alumni Ben Wheatley, BULK, with both Ben Wheatley and producer Andy Starke joining us to present the film and take part in a post-screening Q&A.

A black and white image of a man in a suit and a woman in a long coat and hat in the middle of some foliage, looking up at something off-screen. The text reads 'Bulk + Q&A//Dir. Ben Wheatley'

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Mayhem Film Festival @mayhemfilmfestival.bsky.social · 22d

We’ll then head to Texas for Paul Gandersman & Peter S. Hall’s MAN FINDS TAPE, in which a brother and sister team up to investigate strange happenings in their hometown - a hair-raising new entry in the found footage genre. We’ll then settle into our first Short Film Showcase.

A close up of a young woman wearing a denim jacket. her face is covered in digital video distortion. The text reads 'Man Finds Tap//Dirs Pull Gondersman and Peter S. Hall'

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