All screenings are free at the Norm Theatre on campus and require no registration.
Monday, Oct 27: ASIAN NIGHTMARES
Intro from UBC K-Wave
Three… Extremes (2004) at 6:00 PM: From Hong Kong, Korea, and Japan comes a trio of twisted short films that push horror in completely different directions. Body horror, psychological games, and surreal nightmares collide in one international showcase of East Asian cinema.
Pulse (2001) at 8:30 PM: When people start disappearing in Tokyo, the trail leads to ghostly websites and haunted apartments. A slow-burn horror about technology, loneliness, and the end of the world. It’s a cornerstone of Japan’s early-2000s “techno-horror” wave.
Tuesday, Oct 28: NORDIC CHILLS
Intro from Scandinavian Students Association (to be confirmed)
Hour of the Wolf (1968) at 6:00 PM: A painter and his wife retreat to a remote island, but he’s haunted by terrifying visions. Bergman’s only horror film blurs the line between madness and reality. Made in Sweden at the height of his career, it’s as cerebral as it is spooky.
Let the Right One In (2008) at 8:00 PM: In snowy Sweden, a lonely boy befriends the strange girl next door, who just happens to be a vampire. Widely hailed as a Scandinavian classic, it reshaped the vampire film for the 21st century with its chilling mix of first love and bloodlust.
Wednesday, Oct 29: SURREAL SLAVIC SPECTERS
Lunacy (2005) at 6:00 PM: A stop-motion nightmarescape you won’t forget. This surreal animated horror drama by Czech director Jan Švankmajer is loosely based on two Edgar Allan Poe short stories, "The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether" (1845) and "The Premature Burial" (1844), and partly inspired by the works of the Marquis de Sade.
Viy (1967) at 8:30 PM: A young monk is forced to spend three nights praying over the body of a witch. Based on a Gogol story, this is the Soviet Union’s first true horror movie. Its folk origins and Soviet-era flair make it both strange and historic.
Thursday, Oct 30: SILK ROAD SCARES
Intros from Persian Club and Italian Students Association (to be confirmed)
A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night (2014) at 6:00 PM: In a deserted Iranian oil town, a vampire prowls the streets at night, hunting men who prey on women. Shot in dreamy black-and-white by Iranian-American director Ana Lily Amirpour, it’s equal parts Western, romance, and modern fable.
Tenebre (1982) at 8:00 PM: An American crime novelist travels to Rome, only to find himself caught up in a string of murders inspired by his own books. Sleek, bloody, and very Italian. Argento’s Rome-set giallo is pure 1980s Italian horror excess.
Aside from the VIFF showing of Vampyr, all other screenings are free at the Norm Theatre on campus and require no registration.
- Sunday, October 27: Vampyr (1932) at 7pm (book tickets with VIFF)
- Monday, October 28: Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth (2006) at 3pm
- Tuesday, October 29: Blood Quantum (2019) at 6pm & Gwledd (2021) at 8pm
- Wednesday, October 30: Dario Argento’s Profondo Rosso/Deep Red (1975) at 10 am & Let the Right One In (2008) at 6pm