The Dead of Night Film Festival

The Dead of Night Film Festival Elevating Independent Horror Filmmaking Voices

We’re down to ONLY 20 passes left for Saturday people!!! Sunday passes a flying out too. So if you fancy two days of hor...
29/08/2026

We’re down to ONLY 20 passes left for Saturday people!!! Sunday passes a flying out too. So if you fancy two days of horror at the Southport Bijou Cinema this October 10th and 11th, then scan the QR code or follow the we site link below and grab your passes before they’re gone!!!

IMPORTANT DEAD OF NIGHT INFO!! 🎃Half of the weekend passes for this year’s 10th anniversary edition of The Dead of Night...
23/08/2026

IMPORTANT DEAD OF NIGHT INFO!! 🎃

Half of the weekend passes for this year’s 10th anniversary edition of The Dead of Night Film Festival have flown out the door and single day passes are going just as fast!!

So, if you’re looking to join us for the weekend or just a day of horror movies this coming October 10th & 11th, only Southport Bijou Cinema, then grab them while they last or miss out on Merseyside’s only horror film festival. 🎃

Ok folks, single day and weekend passes are now available for this year’s 10th edition of The Dead of Night Film Festiva...
14/08/2026

Ok folks, single day and weekend passes are now available for this year’s 10th edition of The Dead of Night Film Festival. 🎃

This year’s festival will feature 6 feature films and 30+ short films from around the globe. They’ll also be our famous quiz with hand crafted giveaways and back by popular demand, our UNLUCKY dip.

We’ll have hot food served all day featuring everybody’s favourite hot dogs, vegan chilli, nachos and cheese dip.

Keeping you hydrated we’ve got alcoholic and non alcoholic drinks, cinema snacks and most importantly likeminded horror fans, just like you!!

So whether you come for a day or the entire weekend, you won’t regret coming along to The Dead of Night Film Festival only at Southport Bijou Cinema this October 10th and 11th.

https://filmfreeway.com/TheDeadofNightFilmFestival/tickets

Here we are folks, weekend passes are now available for this year’s 10th edition of The Dead of Night Film Festival. Thi...
07/08/2026

Here we are folks, weekend passes are now available for this year’s 10th edition of The Dead of Night Film Festival.

This year we’ll have six feature films and 30+ short films for you to sink your teeth into. So come join us for a weekend of horrific fun only Southport Bijou Cinema.

https://filmfreeway.com/TheDeadofNightFilmFestival/tickets

Weekend passes for this year’s 10th edition of The Dead of Night Film Festival will be available tomorrow, Friday 7th Au...
06/08/2026

Weekend passes for this year’s 10th edition of The Dead of Night Film Festival will be available tomorrow, Friday 7th August 12pm BST.

Single day passes will be available Friday 14th August 12pm BST.

We hope you can join us for two days of horror this coming October 10th and 11th at the wonderful Southport Bijou Cinema.

https://filmfreeway.com/TheDeadofNightFilmFestival/tickets

There we have it folks!! The first wave of programming for this year’s 10th edition of The Dead of Night Film Festival a...
31/07/2026

There we have it folks!! The first wave of programming for this year’s 10th edition of The Dead of Night Film Festival and if we do say ourselves, it’s a shaping up to be one HELL of a fest!!! 🎃🎃🎃

Every year we aim to bring you the best programme we possibly can and don’t you worry, there’s heaps more to come in September.

Join us for two days of indie horror on the big screen this coming October 10th & 11th at Southport Bijou Cinema. 🎥

Be sure to grab your tickets 🎟 when they go on sale Friday 7th August 12pm BST. 🎬

This is the final feature of the first wave of programming for this year’s 10th edition of The Dead of Night Film Festiv...
31/07/2026

This is the final feature of the first wave of programming for this year’s 10th edition of The Dead of Night Film Festival.

Exciting and horrific times lie ahead. 🎃🎃🎃

Dead Reset (1hr 38mins)

‘Trapped in an underwater research facility, surgeon Cole Mason is forced to operate on a mutating, parasitic creature. The catch? He’s trapped in a brutal, blood-soaked time loop and must relive his own violent demise over and over again.’

Stewart Sparke - Writer/Director
Paul Butler - Producer
Daniel Thrace - Key Cast
Lyndsey Craine - Key Cast

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It wouldn’t be DoN if we didn’t have a movie that goes too far!!! You’re all gonna love our next officially selected fea...
31/07/2026

It wouldn’t be DoN if we didn’t have a movie that goes too far!!! You’re all gonna love our next officially selected feature film….

F**k My Son (1hr 34mins)

‘A tale of terror. A loving mother kidnaps a young woman and her daughter and forces them to bring pleasures to her disgusting son.‘

Todd Rohal - Writer/Director
Tipper Newton - Key Cast
Robert Longstreet - Key Cast
Steve Little - Key Cast

More to come!!! 🎬

What a first wave line up of short films!! But that’s not all. Its time for our feature films. Let’s welcome the epic co...
31/07/2026

What a first wave line up of short films!! But that’s not all. Its time for our feature films. Let’s welcome the epic comedy horror….

Vampire Zombies from Space (1hr 38min)

‘From the depths of space, Dracula has devised his most dastardly plan yet; turning the residents of a small American town into his personal army of vampire zombies! A motley crew consisting of a grizzled detective, a skeptical rookie cop, a chain-smoking greaser, and a determined young woman band together to save the world’

Michael Stasko - Writer/Director
Jakob Skrzypa - Writer
Alex Forman - Writer
Rashaun Baldeo - Key Cast

More to come!!! 🎬

That’s it folks our final short film for today is……Day of the Dad (10mins)‘A dad struggles to keep his daughter asleep w...
31/07/2026

That’s it folks our final short film for today is……

Day of the Dad (10mins)

‘A dad struggles to keep his daughter asleep while taking a walk during the zombie apocalypse.’

James III - Writer/Director
Katharine Chen Lerner - Key Cast
Madeline Sky - Key Cast
Ryan Joseph Murphy - Key Cast

But don’t worry as it’s feature films next!!!!!! 🎬

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