GASP! Horror Festival 2026: Mystery Queer Horror Classic
A late night screening of a queer horror classic that is either about queer
people, made by queer people or containing queer allegories – that’s all that
the GASP! team are willing to tell you… to give anymore away would ruin the
surprise.
Content Warning: Flashing images, body horror, discriminatory language, self
harm, child endangerment, and references to child death and drug misuse
All of our screenings are 18+ unless otherwise stated, the film starts at the advertised time above.
Perhaps the most disturbing feature film of the weekend, GASP! is proud to present this intense yet utterly thought-provoking look at homophobia within religion. God Country does so much more than just present its queer characters as just victims; it’s a layered film with layered, interesting and empowered protagonists and so much sincerity that is a result of the film being made from a deeply per...
GASP! Horror Festival 2026: Mystery Queer Horror Classic
Sat 27 Jun
A late night screening of a queer horror classic that is either about queer people, made by queer people or containing queer allegories – that’s all that the GASP! team are willing to tell you… to give anymore away would ruin the surprise. Content Warning: Flashing images, body horror, discriminatory language, self harm, child endangerment, and references to child death and drug misuse All of ou...
Kicking off the third and final day of GASP! 2026 is a horror comedy that is bound to have festival goers hooked from its incredible opening scene right until the end credits begin to roll. The Only Ones is a high energy slasher that provides plenty of gore and hilarious humour as it unravels a captivating story filled with twists and turns including an unforgettable reveal of who’s killing everyo...
GASP! Horror Festival 2026: Women in Horror Short Film Showcase
Sun 28 Jun
GASP! is proud to present this short film showcase that highlights some of the best female filmmakers working in horror cinema today, filmmakers who you will be sure to want to keep an eye out for after this showcase. Amongst the many impressive films being shown, this showcase features eerie found footage horror with Mimics, brilliantly disgusting body horror with a message in Paty, the stylish y...
GASP! Horror Festival 2026: Animated Short Film Showcase
Sun 28 Jun
Each year, GASP! screen multiple animated short films and this year, they’ve decided to give them their own brand new Short Film Showcase! Across 75 minutes, you’ll be taken to bold, daring, exciting and straight up terrifying worlds through the world of animation created by some of the most talented filmmakers working today. From a Xenomorph asking its mother awkward questions to gore filled acti...
If you’re a cat person but also a horror fan, there’s a very good chance you might find a new favourite film at GASP! 2026, and this film is absolutely a contender for this. Cat Cam is a film about forgiveness and trust made by a small team of female and queer filmmakers, and the result is a creepy found footage film with a lot of heart and an adorable feline protagonist. Set in a singular locatio...
GASP! will end its fourth festival with what is quite possibly the most camp and most gay slasher film you will see all year. Meat is big, bold and relentlessly entertaining from start to finish, introducing a killer who has plenty of potential to become a new horror icon. Homoeroticism, gore and inventive death scenes are combined alongside important political commentary on the state of America r...
About Sunday Cinema Club: Sunday Cinema Club is a weekly newsletter featuring reviews, interviews and other film-related goodness. Published every Sunday on Substack, Sunday Cinema Club has been created as a community project for film fans to share their love for cinema. We champion independent journalism, emerging creatives and aim to bring people together through their love of film. Synopsis of...
Often cited as one of the defining films of the 2000s due to its dreamlike visuals and pioneering non-linear timeline and unreliable narrators that has gone on to inspire countless films and series. A visually inventive and emotionally raw exploration of memory, love, and loss, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind follows Joel (Jim Carrey), a reserved man who discovers that his impulsive ex-girlf...
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! The kids of Third Year Class-B Shiroiwa Junior High School...
Influenced by the Japanese Kaiju monster movie sub-genre, Pacific Rim was a natural choice for a director who regards the 1966 classic The War of the Gargantuas as a formative cinematic experience. A passion project for del Toro, it’s an underrated entry in his body of work, and essential viewing on the big screen. It charts humanity’s last attempt to build robot behemoths capable of fighting gia...
What time is it?! Bottomless Time! School's out, so it's time to sing, dance and celebrate for the Wildcats of East High. Landing summer jobs at a ritzy country club, the teens are ready for fun...but instead, their friendships and relationships are put to the test. Troy is especially thrilled with his new job and the opportunities it brings, but it's all part of Sharpay's plan to keep him from...
Jaws, first released in 1975, is a landmark film that redefined the summer blockbuster and left a lasting impact on global cinema. Based on Peter Benchley's novel, it became the highest-grossing film of the year, earning a Best Picture nomination and three Academy Awards, including one for John Williams' iconic score. Almost five decades later, Jaws has become inextricable from global film culture...
A straitlaced businessman meets a quirky, free-spirited woman at a downtown New York greasy spoon. Her offer of a ride back to his office results in a lunchtime motel rendezvou, just the beginning of a capricious interstate road trip that brings the two face-to-face with their hidden selves. Featuring a killer soundtrack and electric performances from Jeff Daniels, Melanie Griffith, and Ray Liotta...
Using puppetry techniques inspired by Gerry Anderson's Supermarionation sagas, "South Park" creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone skewer U.S. politics and celebrity activism with their hilarious and controversial satire about a high-tech international law enforcement agency that recruits a renowned Broadway thespian to help them mount a series of ill-conceived anti-terrorist campaigns. When North K...
Kazan’s game-changing film of Tennessee Williams’ stage hit brought Brando – and the Method – to the attention of filmgoers worldwide. Heated tensions arise when ‘resting’ Mississippi teacher Blanche DuBois comes to stay with her sister Stella in the cramped New Orleans apartment she shares with her husband Stanley. Hot-tempered and unashamedly macho, Stanley has no time for Blanche’s insistent ...
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 recently one of our religion's patron saints Greta Gerwig talked of the Movie Church she assembled before her most recent...
La Chimera is a captivating fable of lost love and an ethereal spiritual journey. The new film from Alice Rohrwacher ( Happy As Lazzaro , The Wonders ), critically lauded after its Cannes premiere, it follows a melancholic British archaeologist caught up in the illegal trafficking of ancient finds. Riparbella, Tuscany, early ’80s. An Englishman in a grimy linen suit, Arthur (a superb Josh O’Conno...
Join us for Manchester’s only cult film pub quiz! Every other month our own in-house quizmaster writes a completely original five round quiz and it takes place in Screen One – our 100-seater cinema! That’s right, a film quiz, in a cinema! Which means you can expect multimedia rounds showcasing a range of questions from the super nerdy to accessible trivia questions for all (please also anticipate...
Slump Cinema will be screening Drylongso , with an introduction from Rhian Parker at CULTPLEX. They are incredibly grateful to be hosting our first Manchester screening at CULTPLEX. As a growing community cinema, this feels like a significant milestone for them, and they're excited to share it with you! Drylongso is a mystery, coming of age, slice of life drama, and a celebration of community. I...
Perhaps the most disturbing feature film of the weekend, GASP! is proud to present this intense yet utterly thought-provoking look at homophobia within religion. God Country does so much more than just present its queer characters as just victims; it’s a layered film with layered, interesting and empowered protagonists and so much sincerity that is a result of the film being made from a deeply per...
GASP! Horror Festival 2026: Mystery Queer Horror Classic
Sat 27 Jun
A late night screening of a queer horror classic that is either about queer people, made by queer people or containing queer allegories – that’s all that the GASP! team are willing to tell you… to give anymore away would ruin the surprise. Content Warning: Flashing images, body horror, discriminatory language, self harm, child endangerment, and references to child death and drug misuse All of ou...
Kicking off the third and final day of GASP! 2026 is a horror comedy that is bound to have festival goers hooked from its incredible opening scene right until the end credits begin to roll. The Only Ones is a high energy slasher that provides plenty of gore and hilarious humour as it unravels a captivating story filled with twists and turns including an unforgettable reveal of who’s killing everyo...
GASP! Horror Festival 2026: Women in Horror Short Film Showcase
Sun 28 Jun
GASP! is proud to present this short film showcase that highlights some of the best female filmmakers working in horror cinema today, filmmakers who you will be sure to want to keep an eye out for after this showcase. Amongst the many impressive films being shown, this showcase features eerie found footage horror with Mimics, brilliantly disgusting body horror with a message in Paty, the stylish y...
GASP! Horror Festival 2026: Animated Short Film Showcase
Sun 28 Jun
Each year, GASP! screen multiple animated short films and this year, they’ve decided to give them their own brand new Short Film Showcase! Across 75 minutes, you’ll be taken to bold, daring, exciting and straight up terrifying worlds through the world of animation created by some of the most talented filmmakers working today. From a Xenomorph asking its mother awkward questions to gore filled acti...
If you’re a cat person but also a horror fan, there’s a very good chance you might find a new favourite film at GASP! 2026, and this film is absolutely a contender for this. Cat Cam is a film about forgiveness and trust made by a small team of female and queer filmmakers, and the result is a creepy found footage film with a lot of heart and an adorable feline protagonist. Set in a singular locatio...
GASP! will end its fourth festival with what is quite possibly the most camp and most gay slasher film you will see all year. Meat is big, bold and relentlessly entertaining from start to finish, introducing a killer who has plenty of potential to become a new horror icon. Homoeroticism, gore and inventive death scenes are combined alongside important political commentary on the state of America r...
About Sunday Cinema Club: Sunday Cinema Club is a weekly newsletter featuring reviews, interviews and other film-related goodness. Published every Sunday on Substack, Sunday Cinema Club has been created as a community project for film fans to share their love for cinema. We champion independent journalism, emerging creatives and aim to bring people together through their love of film. Synopsis of...
Often cited as one of the defining films of the 2000s due to its dreamlike visuals and pioneering non-linear timeline and unreliable narrators that has gone on to inspire countless films and series. A visually inventive and emotionally raw exploration of memory, love, and loss, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind follows Joel (Jim Carrey), a reserved man who discovers that his impulsive ex-girlf...
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! The kids of Third Year Class-B Shiroiwa Junior High School...
Influenced by the Japanese Kaiju monster movie sub-genre, Pacific Rim was a natural choice for a director who regards the 1966 classic The War of the Gargantuas as a formative cinematic experience. A passion project for del Toro, it’s an underrated entry in his body of work, and essential viewing on the big screen. It charts humanity’s last attempt to build robot behemoths capable of fighting gia...
What time is it?! Bottomless Time! School's out, so it's time to sing, dance and celebrate for the Wildcats of East High. Landing summer jobs at a ritzy country club, the teens are ready for fun...but instead, their friendships and relationships are put to the test. Troy is especially thrilled with his new job and the opportunities it brings, but it's all part of Sharpay's plan to keep him from...
Jaws, first released in 1975, is a landmark film that redefined the summer blockbuster and left a lasting impact on global cinema. Based on Peter Benchley's novel, it became the highest-grossing film of the year, earning a Best Picture nomination and three Academy Awards, including one for John Williams' iconic score. Almost five decades later, Jaws has become inextricable from global film culture...
A straitlaced businessman meets a quirky, free-spirited woman at a downtown New York greasy spoon. Her offer of a ride back to his office results in a lunchtime motel rendezvou, just the beginning of a capricious interstate road trip that brings the two face-to-face with their hidden selves. Featuring a killer soundtrack and electric performances from Jeff Daniels, Melanie Griffith, and Ray Liotta...
Using puppetry techniques inspired by Gerry Anderson's Supermarionation sagas, "South Park" creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone skewer U.S. politics and celebrity activism with their hilarious and controversial satire about a high-tech international law enforcement agency that recruits a renowned Broadway thespian to help them mount a series of ill-conceived anti-terrorist campaigns. When North K...
Kazan’s game-changing film of Tennessee Williams’ stage hit brought Brando – and the Method – to the attention of filmgoers worldwide. Heated tensions arise when ‘resting’ Mississippi teacher Blanche DuBois comes to stay with her sister Stella in the cramped New Orleans apartment she shares with her husband Stanley. Hot-tempered and unashamedly macho, Stanley has no time for Blanche’s insistent ...
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 recently one of our religion's patron saints Greta Gerwig talked of the Movie Church she assembled before her most recent...
La Chimera is a captivating fable of lost love and an ethereal spiritual journey. The new film from Alice Rohrwacher ( Happy As Lazzaro , The Wonders ), critically lauded after its Cannes premiere, it follows a melancholic British archaeologist caught up in the illegal trafficking of ancient finds. Riparbella, Tuscany, early ’80s. An Englishman in a grimy linen suit, Arthur (a superb Josh O’Conno...
Join us for Manchester’s only cult film pub quiz! Every other month our own in-house quizmaster writes a completely original five round quiz and it takes place in Screen One – our 100-seater cinema! That’s right, a film quiz, in a cinema! Which means you can expect multimedia rounds showcasing a range of questions from the super nerdy to accessible trivia questions for all (please also anticipate...
Slump Cinema will be screening Drylongso , with an introduction from Rhian Parker at CULTPLEX. They are incredibly grateful to be hosting our first Manchester screening at CULTPLEX. As a growing community cinema, this feels like a significant milestone for them, and they're excited to share it with you! Drylongso is a mystery, coming of age, slice of life drama, and a celebration of community. I...