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Discover more at Dundead 2025

We've made some additions to the line-up

This year's Dundead festival is fast approaching and we can't wait to welcome you for four days filled with the best new and vintage titles.

There's two UK premieres, four Scottish premieres and six retrospective titles to look forward to. You've been snapping up our festival passes - if you haven't got one already, head here to find out more and book.

And as if all that wasn't enticing enough, we've been working behind-the-scenes to add even more horror fun to the festival. We're excited to welcome some special guests and we've added some exciting (and terrifying!) short films to our programme. Take a look...

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Mon 28 Apr

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The Evolution of Horror

We're very excited to be welcoming the hosts of the award-winning podcast The Evolution of Horror to introduce two of our retrospective titles.

Launched in 2017, The Evolution of Horror is one of the most successful horror and film history podcasts. Episodes drop weekly and explore the history of the horror genre, from silent cinema to modern classics, via different subgenres.

Mike Muncer, film journalist, host and creator of The Evolution of Horror will be introducing our captioned screening Zombie Flesh Eaters on Friday night. And on Sunday, co-host and writer Becky Darke will be introducing our screening of Mario Bava's Black Sunday They'll also be sharing their experience of the festival - say hello and make them feel welcome.

Two people holding cocktails and passing a bath bomb

Short scares

Whet your appetite for our features with our specially selected short films. Before five of our festival films, you'll be treated to a short scare that was inspired by or speaks to the themes of the film it precedes.

Ahead of Deep Red will be Bath Bomb an outrageously entertaining, blackly comic queer homage to the giallo aesthetic, directed by Colin G Cooper. We're thrilled that Colin will be joining us all the way from Canada to introduce his film and share the ways in which Deep Red inspired it. Colin says:

Deep Red is the film that first sparked my desire to create queer Giallo, which directly led to the development of Bath Bomb. Bath Bomb would not exist without Deep Red, and I'm beyond excited that the two films are screening together at Dundead.

Screening with our Scottish premiere of Somnium is Izzy, a brilliantly snappy short by Yfke van Berckelaer in which one young woman’s bottled-up frustrations reach fever pitch.

We've already shared our pairing of the Quay Brothers short of Street of Crocodiles with their new feature Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass but we're now delighted to share that this 1986 short will be screening in glorious 35mm!

Then, showing with our Scottish premiere of The Wailing is Skulk, an extremely creepy short from UK-based filmmaker Max Ward. DCA staff were treated to a preview of this and described it as "incredibly unsettling and so, so effective" and "the perfect combo to make me jump out of my skin".

And last but certainly not least, we'll be showing the UK premiere of Mary Elizabeth Ellis’ short Last to Leave, a freaky debut about last orders being called in an American bar, ahead of our closing film, Demons.

Crimson Waltz cocktails and Scream Colada frozen mocktail

Enjoy a Dundead drink

We're thrilled that Dundead IPA, our collaboration with Holy Goat, will be available on tap in Jute Café Bar throughout the festival. Find out more about it here. Jute are also putting on a special Dundead themed cocktail and mocktail too, so there's something for all tastes. Sip on a Crimson Waltz, a gin-based cocktail inspired by Suspiria, or enjoy a Scream Colada mocktail, inspired by A Bay of Blood. Show your Dundead ticket at the bar to get a discount on your special Dundead drink.

It's going to be a busy weekend, but we've made sure there's time between films to enjoy a drink and a chat with your fellow festival-goers. You can also take your drinks into the cinema - just make sure you ask for a reusable glass - and you'll be able to pre-order so there's a beverage waiting for you when you come out of the cinema, ready for your next screening. We'll be sending out more details to bookers, so keep an eye on your inbox.

We can't wait to see you in the cinema!