Fantastic Films
A HISTORY OF THE FANTASTIC FILMS WEEKEND (2002 – 2011)
The Fantastic Films Weekend began in 2002 as an event focusing on classic ghost stories and the supernatural. Under the direction of Tony Earnshaw it evolved into a must-attend event showcasing a disparate line-up of classic chillers, sci-fi shockers, fantasy epics, vintage TV shows and rarely seen gems from the vaults. Tony focused on different individuals who have made a real and lasting impact in the fields of science fiction, horror and fantasy. He paid tribute to Terence Fisher, Nigel Kneale, Richard Matheson, George A. Romero and Douglas Adams and celebrated the work of special effects guru Bob Keen as well as Hammer make-up maestros Roy Ashton and Phil Leakey. His line-up of guests included Harry Kümel, John Hough, Peter Duffell, Julian Richards, Jenny Agutter, Piers Haggard, Michael Armstrong, Robert Fuest, Mike Hodges, Robin Hardy, Brian Aldiss, Peter Sasdy, Lawrence Gordon Clark and Jonathan Miller. Between 2002 and 2011 Tony presented 10 editions of the Fantastic Films Weekend.
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2002The Wicker Man and Robin Hardy in person ▪ Night of the Demon ▪ The Thing from Another World ▪ Three Cases of Murder ▪ Cat People ▪ Curse of the Cat People ▪ The Thing 70mm ▪ The Masque of the Red Death ▪ The Haunting ▪ The Innocents ▪ Night of the Eagle ▪ The Abominable Dr. Phibes ▪ Dr. Phibes Rises Again! ▪ The Haunted Palace ▪ Darklands ▪ House of the Long Shadows ▪ The Stone Tape (TV) ▪ The Quatermass Experiment (TV) ▪ Quatermass II (TV) ▪ The Hound of the Baskervilles (TV) ▪ Beasts (TV) ▪ |
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2003FearDotCom ▪ Cypher ▪ Dog Soldiers and Bob Keen in person ▪ Nosferatu: Eine Symphonie Des Grauens ▪ The Day the Earth Stood Still ▪ The Incredible Shrinking Man ▪ The Omega Man ▪ Planet of the Apes ▪ Avalon ▪ The Beast Must Die ▪ Solaris ▪ All-Day Alien Frightfest ▪ Ghosts of the Abyss 3D ▪ Space Station 3D ▪ T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous 3D ▪ The Flipside of Dominick Hide (TV) ▪ Adam Adamant Lives! (TV) ▪ The Avengers (TV) ▪ Doctor Who (TV) ▪ The Prisoner (TV) ▪ Curse of the Werewolf ▪ |
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2004Battle Royale ▪ Battle Royale II: Requiem ▪ Gozu ▪ Save the Green Planet! ▪ A Tale of Two Sisters ▪ Mostly Harmless: A Tribute to Douglas Adams (TV) ▪ Douglas Adams: The Man Who Blew Up the World (TV) ▪ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (TV) ▪ Make-Up Effects Demonstration ▪ The Lord of the Rings Triple Bill Spectacular ▪ The Brides of Dracula ▪ The Devil Rides Out ▪ Greasepaint & Gore: The Hammer Monsters of Roy Ashton and Phil Leakey ▪ Shorts: Weird, Surreal and Scary ▪ Ghosts of the Abyss 3D ▪ Bugs! 3D ▪ Cyberworld 3D ▪ Misadventures in 3D ▪ |
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2005The Exorcist Quartet ▪ 2001: A Space Odyssey 70mm ▪ Zombies: Dawn of the Dead ▪ Fritz Lang’s Der Müde Tod ▪ Saving Star Wars ▪ Jelly Dolly ▪ Hunt for the Yorkshire Grimace ▪ Shallow Ground ▪ Able Edwards ▪ London Voodoo ▪ Night of the Demon ▪ Casting the Runes (TV) ▪ The Matrix Trilogy on Imax ▪ Europe in Shorts: Fantastique ▪ Make-Up Effects Demonstration ▪ Shorts Package ▪ The Doll Master ▪ Creepshow ▪ Red Dwarf (TV) ▪ Thriller (TV) ▪ Blake’s 7 (TV) ▪ |
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2006Salem’s Lot ▪ The Wicker Man and Robin Hardy in person ▪ The Hound of the Baskervilles ▪ Theatre of Blood ▪ Godzilla ▪ The House That Dripped Blood ▪ Darklands: The Director’s Cut and Julian Richards in person ▪ The Fantasist ▪ Half Light ▪ Nosferatu: Eine Symphonie Des Grauens ▪ White Angel ▪ Make-Up Effects Demonstration ▪ The Ghoul ▪ Strip Nude for Your Killer ▪ Horror Express ▪ Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow ▪ And Soon the Darkness and Robert Fuest in person ▪ The Final Programme ▪ Short Films ▪ Batman Begins ▪ V for Vendetta ▪ Nineteen Eighty Four (TV) ▪ Horizon (TV) ▪ Friends in Space (TV) ▪ The War Game (TV) ▪ Kinvig (TV) ▪ The League of Gentlemen (TV) ▪ The Year of the Sex Olympics (TV) ▪ Out of the Unknown (TV) ▪ Myths and Visions: The Art of Ray Harryhausen ▪ |
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2007Frankenstein Unbound and Brian Aldiss in person ▪ Ghost Stories for Christmas and Lawrence Gordon Clark in person ▪ 300 ▪ AI – Artificial Intelligence ▪ Forbidden Planet ▪ Basket Case ▪ Tales from the Crypt ▪ Rooms for Tourists ▪ Big Trouble in Little China ▪ Modern Love ▪ Soylent Green ▪ Vincent Price’s Dracula ▪ Twins of Evil and John Hough in person ▪ I, Monster ▪ Countess Dracula ▪ Hostel: Part II ▪ Suspiria ▪ Sunshine ▪ Short Films ▪ Dinosaurs Alive! ▪ The Ash Tree (TV) ▪ The Treasure of Abbot Thomas (TV) ▪ A Warning to the Curious (TV) ▪ Lost Hearts (TV) ▪ The Stalls of Barchester (TV) ▪ Brimstone and Treacle (TV) ▪ Threads (TV) ▪ The Woman in Black (TV) ▪ Ghostwatch (TV) ▪ |
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2008The House That Dripped Blood and Peter Duffell in person ▪ Scars of Dracula ▪ Blood on Satan’s Claw plus Piers Haggard and Robert Wynne-Simmons in person ▪ The Thing ▪ Brain Dead ▪ The Most Dangerous Game ▪ Cat People ▪ Malpertuis ▪ Daughters of Darkness and Harry Kumel in person ▪ Outland ▪ Grindhouse double-bill: Planet Terror & Death Proof ▪ An American Werewolf in London and Jenny Agutter in person ▪ The Abominable Dr. Phibes ▪ Dr. Phibes Rises Again! ▪ Black Christmas ▪ Spine Tingler! ▪ Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows ▪ Vigilante ▪ Vampire Diary ▪ I am Legend ▪ Hell’s Ground ▪ The Mist ▪ Dracula ▪ …And now the Screaming Starts! ▪ Terminator 2: Judgment Day ▪ Savage Streets ▪ Poltergeist ▪ Frankenstein (TV) ▪ z for Zachariah (TV) ▪ The Nightmare Man (TV) ▪ Children of the Stones (TV) ▪ Click here to read the booklet |
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2009Madhouse ▪ Flash Gordon and Mike Hodges in person ▪ Suspiria ▪ The Disappeared ▪ Embodiment of Evil ▪ Santa Sangre ▪ Aliens ▪ The Call of Cthulhu ▪ The Scar Crow ▪ Candyman ▪ Star Trek ▪ The Terminal Man ▪ Vampyr ▪ Watchmen ▪ Shaun of the Dead ▪ The Satanic Rites of Dracula ▪ Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde ▪ Razorback ▪ Gnaw ▪ Short Films ▪ The Woman in Black (TV) ▪ Penda’s Fen (TV) ▪ Artemis ’81 (TV) ▪ Crooked House (TV) ▪ A View from a Hill (TV) ▪ Whistle and I’ll Come to You (TV) ▪ |
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2010Three Cases of Murder ▪ Mark of the Devil and Michael Armstrong in person ▪ The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue ▪ The Sorcerers and Stanley Long in person ▪ Matthew Hopkins Witchfinder General ▪ Birdemic and James Nguyen in person ▪ Plague Town and David Gregory in person ▪ Psycho ▪ Lizard in a Woman’s Skin ▪ Horror Express ▪ Zone of the Dead ▪ 28 Days Later… + 28 Weeks Later ▪ Faust ▪ The Giant Spider Invasion ▪ Secret Rites ▪ Screamtime ▪ In the Market ▪ Shadow ▪ Videodrome ▪ eXistenZ ▪ Patrick ▪ Robocop ▪ Avatar ▪ Alice in Wonderland ▪ Prince of Persia ▪ Short Films ▪ Dark Season (TV) ▪ Century Falls (TV) ▪ Ace of Wands (TV) ▪ Raven (TV) ▪ Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons (TV) ▪ Children of the Stones (TV) ▪ Spooky animation from the archives (TV) ▪ Timeslip ▪ |
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2011Hobo with a Shotgun ▪ The Dead ▪ Hands of the Ripper and Peter Sasdy in person ▪ Re-Animator ▪ The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires ▪ Clash of the Titans ▪ When a Stranger Calls ▪ C.H.U.D. ▪ Roadman ▪ The Plague of the Zombies ▪ Whistle and I’ll Come to You and Sir Jonathan Miller in person ▪ The Beast Must Die ▪ The Stuff ▪ The Karnstein trilogy: The Vampire Lovers, Lust for a Vampire and Twins of Evil ▪ Countess Dracula ▪ Nothing but the Night ▪ Vincent Price: The Sinister Image plus An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe ▪ Bloodbath at the House of Death ▪ Edward Scissorhands ▪ The Exorcist: The Director’s Cut ▪ Let’s Scare Jessica to Death ▪ Horror Express ▪ British Horror Revival plus Ashley Thorpe and Robert Nevitt in person ▪ Suffer the Little Children… (shorts) ▪ The Stone Tape (TV) ▪ Horizon (TV) ▪ Everyman: The True Story of Frankenstein (TV) ▪ Nineteen Eighty Four (TV) ▪ 1984: Designing a Nightmare (TV) ▪ The Hound of the Baskervilles (TV) ▪ A Study in Scarlet (TV) ▪ Alice in Wonderland (TV) ▪ The Drinking Party (TV) ▪ Ray Harryhausen: Mythology ▪ |
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