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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...

This Halloween, Movie Church turns satanic... Having brought British cinema into exalted realms of fantasy and imagination, Michael Powell took a dark detour into obsession, voyeurism, and violence with this groundbreaking metacinematic investigation into the mechanics of fear. Armed with his killer camera, photographer and filmmaker Mark Lewis (Carl Boehm) unleashes the traumas of his childhood...

Screening as part of STAB! From the directing duo who made their extraordinarily creepy debut Talk to Me, their second film follows a brother and sister who uncover a terrifying ritual at the secluded home of their new foster mother. When their father suddenly collapses and dies, Andy and Piper are sent to live at a new foster home. But while their foster mother is welcoming, something is most d...

Cemetery Screening Presents Ken Russell's ' The Lair of the White Worm ' on 29th October alongside a live podcast recording , as part of CULTPLEX's STAB Film Season. Cemetery screening invites you to join the two decaying deadbeats in their crypt where they discuss the world of horror, cult classics, as well as some hidden gems. In this first Birthday special at CULTPLEX, they will be screening K...

Join us for Manchester’s only cult film pub quiz with a spooky twist for the haunted season! 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 trivi...

Partisan Cinema are proud to present their latest collaboration with CULTPLEX where we will be screening Jerzy Skolimowski’s 1978 British horror/thriller The Shout . The Shout captures an eerie ethereality like the ammonite unearthed upon the Devonshire shores where it is set. What may seem as ordinary and chipper as a cricket match, soon gives way to a tale of a mysterious wanderer who upends t...

Interference Films XXXtreme: EDEN LAKE (2008) & MARTYRS (2008) Going straight for the jugular for CULTPLEX's STAB Horror Season, Interference Films invites you to test yourself with two of the most brutal films ever committed to celluloid. Kicking off proceedings with the British horror classic EDEN LAKE and following it up with the creme-de-la-creme of french extremity MARTYRS in blood soaked 4...

Screening as part of STAB! For years the Sanderson Sisters have been casting spells, now see them back on the big screen! Conjured up by some unsuspecting pranksters, a tricky trio of 300-year-old witches set out to cast a spell on the town and reclaim their youth. But first, they must get their act together and outwit three kids and a talking cat. This is a family friendly screening! PG - mild sc...

Screening as part of STAB! Sissy Spacek delivers a startling and unforgettable performance in the first film adaptation of a Stephen King work, now celebrating its 50th anniversary! Stephen King’s debut novel – and his first to be adapted to the screen – is a blistering account of cruel teenagers, pathological parents and (literally) fiery revenge. Few people come out of high school unscathed bu...

Go crazy? Don't mind if we do… The best damn Simpsons Pub Quiz in town returns to Fairfield Social Club! Join veteran quizmaster John Stansfield (Quizimodo, Pencil's Down) for an afternoon of trivia based around Springfield's finest on Saturday 31st October but this time with an extra spooky Treehouse of Horror edition for STAB season! Can you outwit Kang, Kodos, and the cursed Krusty doll? Do ...

The American slasher (as well as John Carpenter and Jamie Lee Curtis’ careers) gets solidified when the indestructible Michael Myers make his big screen debut in Halloween. It all begins one Halloween night when little Michael murders his sister while his parents are out. Locked away in an asylum for years, he makes his escape back to the scene of his crime where he, you guessed it, terrorizes yo...

The latest hit horror fans have been obsessed with, arrives CPX! Writer-director Curry Barker follows up $800 YouTube hit Milk & Serial with a frighteningly effective, and entertainingly gory cautionary tale for all. Bear, a hopeless romantic, purchases a supernatural “ One Wish Willow” to make his longtime crush, Nikki, fall in love with him. He gets exactly what he asked for, but soon discove...

Sam Raimi’s gore-filled, lo-fi, hilarious splatterfest is undoubtedly the greatest remakequel of all time and has influenced countless films since first splashing onto screens in 1987. A star-making film for Raimi that cemented Bruce Campbell (his long-time friend, muse, and on-screen punching bag) into the cult superstar that he is today. Filled with blood, guts, demons, witches, chainsaw hands, ...

Fantastic Mr. Fox is the story of a clever, quick, nimble, and exceptionally well-dressed wild animal. A compulsive chicken thief turned newspaper reporter, Mr. Fox settles down with his family in a new foxhole in a beautiful tree—directly adjacent to three enormous poultry farms owned by three ferociously vicious farmers: Boggis, Bunce, and Bean. Mr. Fox simply cannot resist. Wes Anderson’s adap...

We all know those couples. They see each other from across the room, they meet, and wham! They’re desperately in love. That’s not the case for Harry and Sally. In fact, when they meet, they don’t particularly like each other. Sally is earnest and good. Harry is cynical and depressive. It’s not a match made in heaven. But lovers of rom-coms know that opposites have a way of attracting. With some ...

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! ONE MAP. THREE VILLAINS. WINNER TAKES ALL. Genre maestro ...

Gather your friends, cats and kitties and celebrate this classic on its 25th anniversary. Adapted from Dan DeCarlo’s 1960s comic-strip creation, Josie and the Pussycats is a candy coloured satire disguised as a teen pop movie, gleefully taking aim at consumer culture and the music industry. Rachel Leigh Cook leads the trio with charm, while Parker Posey (THE Party Girl herself!) sinks her claws i...

Hinterland Festival is Manchester's newest philosophy, arts, and culture festival, curated by Hinterland CIC. Emerging from a passion for conscious third spaces, this city-wide festival creates spaces where communities can gather, stimulate their imagination, and explore wisdom. In a rapidly changing world, we engage with change through deep thought, conversation, arts, poetry, and open discussion...

Celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Guillermo del Toro's masterpiece the way it was meant to be seen: on the big screen in stunning, human-made 4K. Living with her tyrannical stepfather in a new home with her pregnant mother, 10-year-old Ofelia feels alone until she explores a decaying labyrinth guarded by a mysterious faun who claims to know her destiny. If she wishes to return to her real father,...

Voices of Resistance: Stories from Palestine With Comma Press Manchester-based publisher Comma Press invite you to an afternoon of Palestinian film and literature, raising funds for Sheffield PSC’s Khan Younis Emergency Relief Fund. Short films from award-winning directors Naji Salameh and Rakan Mayasi will be followed by a reading from Palestinian writer Sondos Sabra (co-author of Voices of Resi...