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UrbanArtistry are passionate about Street Art and Graffiti, which is why they are thrilled to bring you a monthly movie night dedicated to showcasing some of the greatest films from the genre. At CULTPLEX their carefully curated selection of movies will transport you to different parts of the world, giving you a unique insight into the past, present and future of urban culture. JDL - Behind ...

In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine. This masterpiece from Bong Joon-ho never got a proper cinema release in the UK due to rights issues, and since has only had a handful of screenings in London. Do not miss out on this *very* rar...

Graveyard Shift is a hub for Horror fans, both casual and hardcore, and the first event of 2025 features a screening of cult 1985 horror comedy Return Of The Living Dead! When foreman Frank (James Karen) shows new employee Freddy (Thom Mathews) a secret military experiment in a supply warehouse, they accidentally release a gas that reanimates corpses into flesh-eating zombies. As the epidemic ...

16 PLAYER MULTIPLAYER MADNESS ON OUR CINEMA SCREEN! For a few years now we've welcomed hundreds to our cinema to play video games on the big screen, but there's one franchise we've always wanted to dedicate a whole special event to; the game that brought FPS couch multiplayer to audiences on a global level and became Xbox's everlasting mascot: HALO! Through a bespoke split screen LAN set up ...

In October of 1994 three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland, while shooting a documentary. A year later their footage was found. We will be screening this found footage icon from the new release by our pals at Second Sight Films which includes a restoration from the Hi8 videotapes and 16mm film elements, supervised and approved by the Producers and Director...

With the highly anticipated release of Robert Eggers' Nosferatu , we decided to revisit another beautifully dark, gothic adaptation in 4K. Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder and Anthony Hopkins star in director Francis Ford Coppola's visually stunning, passionately seductive version of the classic Dracula legend. Synopsis: In 19th century England, Count Dracula travels to London and meets Mina Harker, ...

About Outside In welcomes Scotland-based filmmaker & founder of outdoor production company, Waymakers Collective, Rachel Sarah for our first movie night of the year! Join us as we showcase a selection of brilliant films by Rachel and friends, from wholesome canoe trips to befriending a mountain hare. Adventure filmmaker Rachel has curated the evening and will be providing commentary and a glimps...

Welcome to the Rough Cuts hotel, we are excited to welcome our esteemed guests to our Hotel Havoc Double Bill. Throughout your stay, we will be screening two excellent films with iconic hotel settings, Alfred Hitchcock's horror classic Psycho alongside Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel. Thank you for choosing Rough Cuts as your home away from home and I hope you have a wonderful stay. Psy...

Hold on tight spider monkey, this one is for all you Twi-hards! Whether you're Team Edward, Team Jacob or Team Switzerland we have an event that you can call sink your teeth in to. Not only are we screening the first film of the Twilight Saga - We will be hosting a bottomless quiz beforehand to really see who is the biggest fan-g! A ticket for this event will gain you access to the Quiz with...

On the 16th of January 2025 the world lost one of it's greatest artists; filmmaker, artist, musician and philanthropist David Lynch. David Lynch is widely loved by everyone here at CULTPLEX and we know our fans feel the same judging by the hundreds of you that have come out for our screenings of his films. Lynch was easily one of the most creative, bold, visionary and unique talents in the hist...

In collaboration with Third Window Films, we are super excited to be screening Toshiharu Ikeda's vengeful thriller Mermaid Legend! Screening 40 years after it was completed, this is a rare exploitation cult movie that before 2024 had never played any film festival outside of its native Japan or ever released in any format internationally Mermaid Legend (1984) After a woman is framed for the...

Join us for Manchester’s only cult film pub quiz! Every other month our own in-house quizmaster writes a completely original six round quiz which can ONLY be played within the walls of our cinema, YES IT’S A MOVIE PUB QUIZ THAT HAPPENS IN A CINEMA! This means you can expect a feast of multimedia rounds on top of the uber nerdy, classic trivia questions. Example rounds include… DRAW US A PI...

Zero Club Presents: Singles! Singles centers on the precarious romantic lives of a group of young Gen X'ers in Seattle, Washington, at the height of the 1990s grunge phenomenon. Most of the characters dwell in an apartment block, a sign in front of which advertises "Singles" (single bedroom apartments) for rent. Divided into chapters, the film focuses on the course of two couples' rocky romance...

Join us at Fairfield Social Club for a special quiz dedicated to Scranton's finest paper suppliers! We're very excited to present a quiz which will test you on all the iconic moments from The US Office to celebrate it's 20th anniversary this year. Through various quizzical multimedia rounds we'll be testing your knowledge of Scrute Farms, Parkour and the ins and outs of the Scranton Strangler C...

PLATFORM is our special event for the games industry created to showcase work from developers of all sizes from across the region, to provide a stage for figures within industry to take attendees behind the scenes of their hard work, and open up a new space for the games development community to regularly connect. We aim to provide an opportunity for people to Platform themselves, their games and ...

For February’s event we’re delighted to be welcoming Jesse Dufton over to our side of the Pennines from Sheffield. Jesse has been the star of the climbing scene recently, featuring in Brit Rock Film Festival and working with Gore-tex and Ellis Brigham on the film Breaking Trails. Not only is Jesse an inspiring climber, he does it all without sight. He’s blind. Since being introduced to climbing b...

We're bringing Dystopian Dating to CULTPLEX this Valentine's Day with a Yorgos Lanthimos' English-language debut - The Lobster! Get here early for a special serving of Valentines Lobster Tacos served up by our very own Pez Tacos! Vegan fish options will be available. We'll also have some Yorgos themed cocktails available to enjoy during the film! Food can be pre-ordered at checkout. For any ...

We are very proud to present ARROW VIDEO CLUB, a new collaboration with the almighty lords of physical media Arrow Video; where we will present some of the best titles from their back catalogue on our lovely big screen! Expect a variety of cult classics, deep cuts, Arrow Video trailers and a raffle for Arrow Video blu-rays at every event! Heathers (1988) A girl who halfheartedly tries to be pa...

Here at CULTPLEX we've long regarded movie-going as a religious experience and the cinema as a sacred temple of worship! Week in, week out people don their best to celebrate the gods of cinema on the big screen as they intended us to. We could never quite put a name on this but in 2023 one of our religion's patron saints Greta Gerwig talked of the Movie Church she assembled before her sermon Barbi...

Questing Time is Manchester's newest oldest Dungeons & Dragons comedy show! Improv comedian, Paul Foxcroft (Ted Lasso) returns to Manchester for the first time with his improv show/RPG/game show - Questing Time! Every month, Foxcroft assembles a renegade crew of the funniest comics and the coolest TTRPG folks to play a literal game of Dungeons & Dragons at Cultplex! Returning from a break af...