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| Location | Dundee, Scotland |
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| Founded | 2011 |
| Hosted by | Dundee Contemporary Arts |
Dundead is a horror film festival in Dundee, Scotland.
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| Location | Dundee, Scotland |
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| Founded | 2011 |
| Hosted by | Dundee Contemporary Arts |
Dundead is a horror film festival in Dundee, Scotland.
The festival has taken place at Dundee Contemporary Arts (DCA) on an annual basis since April 2011, [1] with the exception of 2020 when the festival was cancelled and 2021 when a scaled-back version was held, in both cases due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [2] A number of additional screenings also take place at the DCA under the Dundead name throughout the year.
The festival was programmed by Chris O'Neill, head of cinema at the Triskel Arts Centre in Cork, Ireland, from 2011 until 2019. Since the pandemic, it has been programmed by Michael Coull, the DCA's own cinema programme assistant. [3]
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The 2016 festival took place from 28 April–1 May 2016, with the programme including four previews and a Wes Craven retrospective. [4]
| 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 |
The 2017 festival took place from 27–30 April 2017, featuring a mix of previews, new titles and a retrospective of Stephen King classics. [5]
| 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 [6] |
| 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 |
The 2018 festival took place from 10–13 May 2018, with a special Tobe Hooper retrospective following his death the previous year. [7]
| 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 |
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. [8]
| 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 |
The 2020 festival was scheduled to take place from 7–10 May 2020 but was cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. [9]
The 2021 festival was cancelled, but a scaled-down programme of events under the title Dundead Summer Camp took place from 9–11 July 2021. [10]
| 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 |
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. [11]
| 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 |
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. [2] [12]
| 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 |
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