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A event on Tomorrow. The event starts at 17:30.
Forbidden Worlds Film Festival, Bristol’s biggest repertory genre film festival returns from 24-25 October with The Big Scream, its celebration of cult horror, with two nights of grindhouse and exploitation movies from Australia.
During the 70s and 80s, Australia saw an explosion in low-budget genre filmmaking, thanks to a change in national censorship laws and generous tax concessions for movie productions.
This led to a surge in production of local low-budget genre filmmaking, often packed with gratuitous gore, violence and nudity, and very uniquely Australian quirks and characteristics, that was soon dubbed ‘Ozploitation’.
Influential works from the Ozploitation canon included George Miller’s influential apocalyptic road movie Mad Max (1979) and Ted Kotcheff's psychological thriller Wake in Fright (1971), both of which inspired generations of film-makers and continue to have global cult status.
From 24-25 October, Forbidden Worlds Film Festival will showcase some of the most weird and wonderful horrors to come out of the Southern Hemisphere at Bristol’s former IMAX screen – now dubbed the Bristol Megascreen.
Visit www.forbiddenworldsfilmfestival.co.uk for the full line-up and individual screening tickets.
Entry requirements: 18+
During the 70s and 80s, Australia saw an explosion in low-budget genre filmmaking, thanks to a change in national censorship laws and generous tax concessions for movie productions.
This led to a surge in production of local low-budget genre filmmaking, often packed with gratuitous gore, violence and nudity, and very uniquely Australian quirks and characteristics, that was soon dubbed ‘Ozploitation’.
Influential works from the Ozploitation canon included George Miller’s influential apocalyptic road movie Mad Max (1979) and Ted Kotcheff's psychological thriller Wake in Fright (1971), both of which inspired generations of film-makers and continue to have global cult status.
From 24-25 October, Forbidden Worlds Film Festival will showcase some of the most weird and wonderful horrors to come out of the Southern Hemisphere at Bristol’s former IMAX screen – now dubbed the Bristol Megascreen.
Visit www.forbiddenworldsfilmfestival.co.uk for the full line-up and individual screening tickets.
Entry requirements: 18+
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