Hallowe’en

2008

The University of Stirling andmacrobert

in association with theAHRC Global Gothic Network

present

31 October - 2 November

With special guests

David Blyth

Sergio Casci

David Pirie

Louise Welsh

Friday October 31

VAMPIRE NIGHT

VAMPIRE NIGHT

VAMPIRE NIGHT

It’s Hallowe’en…so

dress to kill

Three Vampire Feature Films

October 31. 6.00 pmFeature One:

Valerie and her Week of Wonders

• (Valerie a tyden divu)

• 1970

• dir. Jaromil Jires

• Czechoslovakia

Valerie and her Week of Wonders

Part fairy tale, part gothic horror

A young girl’s daydreams

A young girl’s sexual awakening

Valerie and her Week of Wonders

Valerie’s village is swarming with vampires…

even her own grandmother wants

to drink her blood

Valerie and her Week of Wonders

One of the outstanding achievements of Czech New Wave Cinema

Valerie and her Week of Wonders

‘one of those haunting,

dream-like films that

once seen is difficult to

forget. …a symbol

soaked gothic fairytale’

Kinoeye

October 31. 9.00 pmFeature Two: Frostbite

• (Frostbiten)

• 2006

• Dir. Anders Banke

• Sweden

Frostbite

The arrival of two outsiders disturbs

some slumbering secret…

Something is dreadfully wrong in

Norbotten

Frostbite

Sweden’s

first

vampire film

Frostbite

When vampires run amok through the long dark night of a Scandinavian winter,

it’s small comfort to know …

Dawn is

just a

month away

Frostbite

Anders Banke's feature debut blends the supernaturally exotic and the mundanely parochial to dark comic effect (Film 4

Reviews)

October 31. 11.30 pmFeature Three: Eternal Blood

• (Sangre Eterna)

• 2002

• Dir. Jorge Olguín• Chile

Eternal Blood

What keeps you up at night?

Eternal Blood

Carmilla has

some new

friends…

There’s M. and Elizabeth and Martin and …

Eternal Blood

… and there’s Dahmer

Eternal Blood

Vampires on the streets of Santiago?

Eternal Blood

Eternal Blood

Nuns with guns?

Eternal Blood

‘This is one

tough

neighborhood’

Eternal Blood

perhaps …

Eternal Blood

‘It’s only

a game…’

Eternal Blood

Where does fantasy end

and

reality begin?

Eternal Blood

Acclaimed soundtrack includes

Lucybell, ‘Ver el fin’Joy Division, ‘She’s lost control’

Dorso, ‘Sangre Eterna’Kanatrán, ‘Nueva Sangre’Aldearoja, ‘Manto Negro’Static X, ‘Permanence’

Lesbos in Love, ‘The end’

and more…

Saturday November 1

Afternoon programme

November 11.30: Children’s matinee

Grampire

• (aka My Grandfather is a Vampire)

• Dir. David Blyth

• 1992

• New Zealand

Grampire

with

Al Lewis,

Grandpa of

The Munsters

Grampire

What if you found out your grandfather

was a vampire?

Grampire

Lonnie is about

to have the

adventure of a

lifetime

‘This extremely original story is compulsive viewing from beginning to end…’ (Cinekid film and television)

Grampire

Introduction by, and subsequent questionperiod with director David Blyth (Death

Warmed Up; Red-Blooded American Girl)

‘One of the great mavericks of New Zealand Film’ (NZ Listener)

November 15.15 pm: Scottish Gothic Shorts

Scottish Screen Archive National Library of Scotland

November 15.15 pm: Scottish Gothic Shorts

Introduced by

Sarah Neely

Department

of

Film, Media and Journalism

University of Stirling

Scottish Gothic Shorts

Robot Three

(Enrico Cocozza, 1951)

Petrol

(Enrico Cocozza, 1957)Scottish Screen Archive National Library of Scotland

Scottish Gothic Shorts

Joyride

(Jim Gillespie, 1995)

Scottish Gothic Shorts

Contorted Hazel (John Gorman, 2006)

Scottish Gothic Shorts

• Rose (Sergio Casci, 1998)

• The screenings of the Scottish Gothic Shorts will be followed by a discussion with Sarah Neely and screenwriter Sergio Casci.

Evening programme

November 1Evening programme. 8.00 pm

The evening programme will be introduced by Ian Conrich, Director of the Centre for New Zealand Studies,

Birkbeck, University of London

Short:Forklift Driver Klaus -The First Day on the Job

• (Staplerfahrer Klaus - Der erste Arbeitstag)

• Dirs. Stefan Prehn and Jorg Wagner

• 2000

• Germany

Forklift Driver Klaus -The First Day on the Job

Klaus has just passed his forklift

drivers test…

Feature film: Hair Extensions

• (Exte / Ekusute)

• 2007

• Dir. Sion Sono

• Japan

Hair Extensions

A corpse that produces a sea of hair…

A morgue attendant who decides to cash in…

A new look at hair extensions…

Hair Extensions

Horror Jury Prize for Best Film

Austin Fantastic Fest (2007)

Hair Extensions

‘Neatly balanced between genuine J-horror and J-horror pastiche…’

(Variety)

Sunday November 2

Afternoon programme

November 24.00: Kiwi Gothic Shorts

Kiwi Gothic Shorts

Introduced by Ian Conrich,

Director of the Centre

for New Zealand Studies,

Birkbeck, University of London

Kiwi Gothic Shorts

Kitchen Sink

(1989, Alison Maclean)

Kiwi Gothic Shorts

The French Doors (2001, Steve Ayson)

Larger Than Life (1997, Ellory Elkayem)

Kiwi Gothic Shorts

The Hole (1998, Brian Challis)

A Moment Passing (1996, Charlie de Salis)

Kiwi Gothic Shorts

Possum (1997, Brad McGann)

The Singing Trophy (1993, Grant Lahood)

Kiwi Gothic Shorts

Nature's Way

(2006, Jane Shearer)

Kiwi Gothic Shorts

The screening of theshorts will be followedby a talk and discussionwith Ian Conrich

Evening programme

Panel Discussion. 6.00 pmContemporary Gothic Horror Film

followed by a wine and cheese reception

Guest speakers:David Blyth

Sergio CasciDavid Pirie

Louise Welsh

November 2. Evening programme. 8.00

The evening programme will be

introduced by Glennis Byron

Department of English

University of Stirling

Short: To Have and To Hold

• To Have and To Hold

• 2000

• Dir. John Hardwick

• UK

To Have and To Hold

‘Filled with rich, fantastical imagery

and a penchant for the grotesque, To

Have And To Hold is a Grimm fairy tale

for the 21st century’ (BFI).

Feature Film: KM31

• (Kilómetro 31)

• 2007

• Dir. Rigoberto Castañeda

• Mexico

KM31

The story of grief that never dies

KM31

Trapped between

reality and ancient

legend, the legend

of La Llorona …

KM31

‘There are

worse things

than death’

Presented bymacrobert in association with the

University of Stirling and theAHRC Global Gothic Network

31 October - 2 November

Organisers:

macrobert

Glennis Byron, Department of English, University of Stirling

Ian Conrich, Director of the Centre for New Zealand Studies,Birkbeck, University of London

Sarah Neely, Department of Film, Media and Journalism, University of Stirling