A event on Sunday 19th May. The event starts at 12:00.
Sunday 19 May 2024
11.30am: INNERSPACE (1987)
Dir: Joe Dante | USA | 120 mins | Cert. PG
Fresh off Explorers, his charming family sci-fi film, Joe Dante stayed within that realm for Innerspace, an eighties updating of Fantastic Voyage, the 1966 classic in which a trio of scientists are shrunk to microscopic size and venture inside the human body.
Tuck Pendleton (Dennis Quaid), formerly of the US Navy, becomes involved in a secretive scientific venture involving miniaturisation. An experiment to place him inside the body of a rabbit goes awry when the laboratory is attacked and, in the ensuing chase, he instead finds himself injected into a hypochondriac by the name of Jack Putter (Martin Short). With only a short supply of oxygen, Tuck must firstly convince Jack that he’s not on the verge of a nervous breakdown and then find a way to save his own life. All the while, those responsible for the lab attack remain on his (exceedingly small) tail.
Produced for Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment, and winner of the 1988 Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, Innerspace is a true cinematic treat for the whole family that has to be seen on a massive screen to be believed.
2pm: THE DEVIL’S SWORD (1984) [UK PREMIERE OF 2K RESTORATION]
Dir: Ratno Timoer | Indonesia | 101 mins | Cert. 18
Conan The Barbarian has a lot to answer for. In the wake of the hit 1982 fantasy film, came a slew of cheap and cheerful sword-and-sorcery knock-offs from around the world. Few, however, can compare to the sheer mind-bending insanity of Indonesia’s The Devil’s Sword.
Starring local legend Barry Prima, the film features every trope of the fantasy genre… and some you had never even considered. Imagine it more like you saw Star Wars and Conan The Barbarian back-to-back one afternoon while suffering from a raging fever and then wrote down your thoughts afterwards in a foreign language… and then got someone to make a film out of that. Evil sorceress? Check. Mad wizard? Check. Army of crocodile soldiers? You bet! People surfing on flying rocks? Wait… what?
Once occupying only the deepest, darkest recesses of your local video shop, we are proud to host the UK premiere of a brand new 2K restoration courtesy of Terror Vision, from the original camera negative. You can now experience the film as originally intended by director Ranto Timoer. In other words, pure, uncut, East Asian fantasy madness!
Please note: this film will be shown in its original Indonesian language with English subtitles.
4.30pm: GENRE FILMMAKERS OF THE FUTURE: SUNDAY SHORTS SHOWCASE
60 mins | Cert. 18
Enjoy some of the newest genre shorts from filmmakers near and far!
As part of our Genre Film-Makers of the Future: Shorts Showcase, in-person attendees will be able to vote for what they think should win the inaugural Forbidden Worlds Audience Choice award!
6.30pm: TIMECOP (1994)
Dir: Peter Hyams | USA | 98 mins | Cert. 15
Mind-bending science fiction meets Van Dammage, in the first of several collaborations between Peter Hyams and Jean-Claude Van Damme.
Everyone’s favourite Belgian martial artist plays Max Walker, a former cop working for the Time Enforcement Commission (TEC). Now that mankind has mastered time travel, the TEC ensures that criminals are unable to alter timelines to their advantage. He soon discovers, however, that corrupt elements within the government are using the technology for their own means – and when his wife is murdered, it becomes personal.
Van Damme’s second feature to make over $100 million at the box office (following Roland Emmerich’s Universal Soldier), before becoming a home-video fixture for action and sci-fi fans, and a franchise in its own right. Thirty years after its original release, now is the perfect time to revisit on a gigantic screen!
8.30pm: THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT (1996)
Dir: Renny Harlin | USA | 120 mins | Cert. 15
Shane Black – creator of the Lethal Weapon series – sold his screenplay for The Long Kiss Goodnight for four million dollars, at that time the highest price ever paid for a script. Whilst the finished film didn’t live up to that number when it came to box-office performance, it has since become a firm action favourite for genre fans.
Geena Davis plays a small-town schoolteacher with a young daughter and a seemingly normal life, but eight years previous, she was found pregnant and with no recollection of who she was. A car accident over the Christmas break prompts vague memories of her past – as well as some nifty knife skills in the kitchen – and, with the help of private detective Mitch Henessey (Samuel L. Jackson) – she soon discovers that she was once an assassin for the CIA.
Having proven herself equally adept at comedic and dramatic roles, and with an Oscar to prove it, Davis was able to literally flex her action muscles in The Long Kiss Goodnight, showcasing her athleticism and her natural big-screen charisma. Hollywood being Hollywood, the film industry totally failed to recognise this and so next cast her in mom roles in the Stuart Little series instead!
Entry requirements: no age restrictions
11.30am: INNERSPACE (1987)
Dir: Joe Dante | USA | 120 mins | Cert. PG
Fresh off Explorers, his charming family sci-fi film, Joe Dante stayed within that realm for Innerspace, an eighties updating of Fantastic Voyage, the 1966 classic in which a trio of scientists are shrunk to microscopic size and venture inside the human body.
Tuck Pendleton (Dennis Quaid), formerly of the US Navy, becomes involved in a secretive scientific venture involving miniaturisation. An experiment to place him inside the body of a rabbit goes awry when the laboratory is attacked and, in the ensuing chase, he instead finds himself injected into a hypochondriac by the name of Jack Putter (Martin Short). With only a short supply of oxygen, Tuck must firstly convince Jack that he’s not on the verge of a nervous breakdown and then find a way to save his own life. All the while, those responsible for the lab attack remain on his (exceedingly small) tail.
Produced for Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment, and winner of the 1988 Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, Innerspace is a true cinematic treat for the whole family that has to be seen on a massive screen to be believed.
2pm: THE DEVIL’S SWORD (1984) [UK PREMIERE OF 2K RESTORATION]
Dir: Ratno Timoer | Indonesia | 101 mins | Cert. 18
Conan The Barbarian has a lot to answer for. In the wake of the hit 1982 fantasy film, came a slew of cheap and cheerful sword-and-sorcery knock-offs from around the world. Few, however, can compare to the sheer mind-bending insanity of Indonesia’s The Devil’s Sword.
Starring local legend Barry Prima, the film features every trope of the fantasy genre… and some you had never even considered. Imagine it more like you saw Star Wars and Conan The Barbarian back-to-back one afternoon while suffering from a raging fever and then wrote down your thoughts afterwards in a foreign language… and then got someone to make a film out of that. Evil sorceress? Check. Mad wizard? Check. Army of crocodile soldiers? You bet! People surfing on flying rocks? Wait… what?
Once occupying only the deepest, darkest recesses of your local video shop, we are proud to host the UK premiere of a brand new 2K restoration courtesy of Terror Vision, from the original camera negative. You can now experience the film as originally intended by director Ranto Timoer. In other words, pure, uncut, East Asian fantasy madness!
Please note: this film will be shown in its original Indonesian language with English subtitles.
4.30pm: GENRE FILMMAKERS OF THE FUTURE: SUNDAY SHORTS SHOWCASE
60 mins | Cert. 18
Enjoy some of the newest genre shorts from filmmakers near and far!
As part of our Genre Film-Makers of the Future: Shorts Showcase, in-person attendees will be able to vote for what they think should win the inaugural Forbidden Worlds Audience Choice award!
6.30pm: TIMECOP (1994)
Dir: Peter Hyams | USA | 98 mins | Cert. 15
Mind-bending science fiction meets Van Dammage, in the first of several collaborations between Peter Hyams and Jean-Claude Van Damme.
Everyone’s favourite Belgian martial artist plays Max Walker, a former cop working for the Time Enforcement Commission (TEC). Now that mankind has mastered time travel, the TEC ensures that criminals are unable to alter timelines to their advantage. He soon discovers, however, that corrupt elements within the government are using the technology for their own means – and when his wife is murdered, it becomes personal.
Van Damme’s second feature to make over $100 million at the box office (following Roland Emmerich’s Universal Soldier), before becoming a home-video fixture for action and sci-fi fans, and a franchise in its own right. Thirty years after its original release, now is the perfect time to revisit on a gigantic screen!
8.30pm: THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT (1996)
Dir: Renny Harlin | USA | 120 mins | Cert. 15
Shane Black – creator of the Lethal Weapon series – sold his screenplay for The Long Kiss Goodnight for four million dollars, at that time the highest price ever paid for a script. Whilst the finished film didn’t live up to that number when it came to box-office performance, it has since become a firm action favourite for genre fans.
Geena Davis plays a small-town schoolteacher with a young daughter and a seemingly normal life, but eight years previous, she was found pregnant and with no recollection of who she was. A car accident over the Christmas break prompts vague memories of her past – as well as some nifty knife skills in the kitchen – and, with the help of private detective Mitch Henessey (Samuel L. Jackson) – she soon discovers that she was once an assassin for the CIA.
Having proven herself equally adept at comedic and dramatic roles, and with an Oscar to prove it, Davis was able to literally flex her action muscles in The Long Kiss Goodnight, showcasing her athleticism and her natural big-screen charisma. Hollywood being Hollywood, the film industry totally failed to recognise this and so next cast her in mom roles in the Stuart Little series instead!
Entry requirements: no age restrictions
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