Dundead is a horror film festival in Dundee, Scotland.
Background Dundead is Dundee Contemporary Arts' (DCA) annual festival and programme strand that celebrates horror, cult and weird cinema.
The festival brings together a mix of previews and premieres of brand new genre titles as well as specially selected horror classics. It has taken place at DCA on an annual basis since April 2011, with monthly screenings throughout the year and a curated programme in October to celebrate Halloween.
The festival was programmed by Chris O'Neill, head of cinema at the Triskel Arts Centre in Cork, Ireland, from 2011 to 2019.
Since 2020, it has been programmed by Michael Coull, the DCA's cinema programmer.
Programme
2016 The 2016 festival took place from 28 April–1 May 2016, with the programme including four previews and a Wes Craven retrospective.
Year Title Director(s) Notes 2015 Green Room Jeremy Saulnier Preview 1977 The Hills Have Eyes Wes Craven 2015 Evolution Lucile Hadžihalilović Preview 2015 Southbound Radio Silence, Roxanne Benjamin, David Bruckner, Patrick Horvath 1984 A Nightmare on Elm Street Wes Craven 1981 Time Bandits Terry Gilliam 1980 Hawk the Slayer Terry Marcel 2015 The Hexecutioners Jesse Thomas Cook 2015 Baskin Can Evrenol Preview 1996 Scream Wes Craven 1983 Krull Peter Yates 2015 Queen of Earth Alex Ross Perry Preview 1983 The Final Terror Andrew Davis 2005 Red Eye Wes Craven
2017 The 2017 festival took place from 27–30 April 2017, featuring a mix of previews, new titles and a retrospective of Stephen King classics.
Year Title Director(s) Notes 2016 The Devil's Candy Sean Byrne 2007 The Mist Frank Darabont 2016 Egomaniac Kate Shenton 2016 The Void Steven Kostanski, Jeremy Gillespie 1979 Salem's Lot Tobe Hooper 112-minute theatrical cut 1984 Firestarter Mark L. Lester 2016 The Autopsy of Jane Doe André Øvredal 2016 The Chamber Ben Parker 1982 Creepshow George A. Romero 1986 Stand by Me Rob Reiner 1980 The Shining Stanley Kubrick 2016 The Eyes of My Mother Nicolas Pesce 2016 Always Shine Sophia Takal 1989 Pet Sematary Mary Lambert
2018 The 2018 festival took place from 10–13 May 2018, with a special Tobe Hooper retrospective following his death the previous year.
Year Title Director(s) Notes 2017 The Endless Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead Preview 1974 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Tobe Hooper 2017 The Cured David Freyne Preview 2017 M.F.A. Natalia Leite Preview 1976 Eaten Alive Tobe Hooper 1982 The Dark Crystal Jim Henson, Frank Oz 2017 Vampire Clay Soîchi Umezawa Preview 1981 The Funhouse Tobe Hooper 1932 The Old Dark House James Whale 2017 My Friend Dahmer Marc Meyers Preview 1985 Lifeforce Tobe Hooper
2019 The 2019 festival took place from 2–5 May 2019. A number of films from 1999 were screened to mark the 20th anniversary of the DCA's opening that year.
Year Title Director(s) Notes 2019 Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile Joe Berlinger Preview 1999 Ring Hideo Nakata 2018 The Dead Center Billy Senese Preview 2018 Werewolf Adrian Panek Preview 1999 Existenz David Cronenberg 2019 Far From the Apple Tree Grant McPhee Preview 2018 Knife + Heart Yann Gonzalez Preview 1999 The Blair Witch Project Eduardo Sánchez, Daniel Myrick 2018 Level 16 Danishka Esterhazy Preview 2019 The Hole in the Ground Lee Cronin 1971 A Clockwork Orange Stanley Kubrick 1979 Phantasm Don Coscarelli 2019 Those Who Deserve To Die Bret Wood World première
2020 Dundead festival did not take place in 2020 a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
2021 A scaled-down programme of events took place in 2021 under the title Dundead Summer Camp, This took place from 9 to 11 July 2021.
Year Title Director(s) Notes 2021 Werewolves Within Josh Ruben UK première 1975 The Amusement Park George A. Romero 2019 Climate of the Hunter Mickey Reece UK première 2020 Riders of Justice Anders Thomas Jensen Preview 2020 The World We Knew WW Jones, Luke Skinner Scottish première 2020 Alien on Stage Lucy Harvey, Danielle Kummer Scottish première
2022 The 2022 festival, the first full festival since 2019 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, took place from 28 April–1 May 2022.
Year Title Director(s) Notes 2021 We're All Going to the World's Fair Jane Schoenbrun Preview 1973 Ganja & Hess Bill Gunn 2021 Dashcam Rob Savage Preview 1994 Interview with the Vampire Neil Jordan 1922 Nosferatu F. W. Murnau 2021 Straight to VHS Emilio Silva Torres Scottish première 2021 Upurga Uģis Olt UK première 1988 Vampire's Kiss Robert Bierman 1970 The Vampire Doll Michio Yamamoto 2021 Ultrasound Rob Schroeder Preview 2021 Good Madam Jenna Cato Bass Preview 1998 Blade Stephen Norrington
2023 The 2023 festival took place from 11–14 May 2023, with the programme including one European première, one UK première and three Scottish premières, as well as a five-film retrospective of David Cronenberg.
Year Title Director(s) Notes 2022 The Origin Andrew Cumming Preview 1981 Scanners David Cronenberg 2023 Abruptio Evan Marlowe European première 2022 Dark Nature Berkley Brady Scottish première 1983 Videodrome David Cronenberg 1988 Dead Ringers David Cronenberg 2022 No More Time Dalila Droege UK première 2022 Polaris Kirsten Carthew Scottish première 1979 The Brood David Cronenberg 1973 Messiah of Evil Willard Huyck, Gloria Katz 2022 Satanic Hispanics Alejandro Brugués, Mike Mendez, Demián Rugna, Gigi Saul Guerrero, Eduardo Sánchez Scottish première 1986 The Fly David Cronenberg
See also Dead by Dawn (film festival) FrightFest (film festival)
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