Club Imagine is back! This March we again have great films to shock and bedazzle, six of them in three days, ranging from folk horror to goofball comedy, and from genre-film classics to new and exciting visions in fantastic cinema. Get ready!
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Legendary filmmaker and director Tarsem Singh returns to Imagine with the 25th anniversary of cult classic The Cell. Where psychologist Catherine Deane needs to figure out where serial killer Carl Rudolph Stargher has hidden his final victim. An experimental procedure allows Deane to enter Stargher’s unconscious mind, where she becomes entangled in his horrific fantasies. 25 years later it remains an awe-inspiring masterpiece full of disturbing visuals. No wonder the film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Make-Up! Get ready for the sureallist experience of your dreams.
After his intense debut film Bliss (2019), Joe Begos is back with another drug-fuelled riot in Jimmy & Stiggs. Shot entirely in Begos’ L.A. apartment during lockdown, with a shoestring budget and plenty of imagination, it stars the director as frustrated horror director Jimmy, who gets attacked by aliens. His friend Stiggs comes to his aid. Under the influence of kilos of cocaine, the duo uses any weapon they can find to fend off the space creatures – spilling litres upon litres of blood, guts and other unidentified fluids.
After the recent loss of her mother, Siobhan is asked to care for a woman with dementia living in a remote house in the Irish countryside. Leaving her pregnant fiancé behind, Siobhan takes the job, which turns out to be much more intense than expected. The vibe of Fréwaka is sinister from the get-go, director Aislinn Clarke uses some classic horror elements: a remote house, a mysterious elderly resident and a large collection of stuffed animals. But this largely Irish-spoken film also focuses on the distance between Siobhan and her Ukrainian fiancé, adding to the film’s sense of alienation. Even more specific is the horror Siobhan encounters, which hints to Irish mythology and Irish politics. In short, an Irish folk-horror with a very personal twist.
To celebrate 40 years of undead mayhem, we’re bringing back one of the weirdest zombie films ever made. Since 1985, The Return of the Living Dead has been melting minds, corrupting youth and forever changing the way we think about zombies (yes, they talk, and yes, they really, reaaaally love brains). With its punk-rock energy, splattery gore and razor-sharp wit, Return… remains one of the most entertainingly chaotic horror films ever made. So, grab your leather jackets, crank up the soundtrack and join us as we celebrate the 40th anniversary of fast-running, brain-craving and utterly unstoppable undead friends!
Eleven-year-old Mildred spends all her time reading books, making her an easy target at school. When her mother dies unexpectedly and it seems there’s no one to care for her, Mildred’s fathers show up after a ten-year absence. But Mildred doesn’t give in that easily. In Bookworm, Elijah Wood gives the father – a failed illusionist with a Vegas history – so much warmth and grit he manages to convince both the audience and his daughter. As he takes her on a trip to find a mythical creature in the New Zealand wilderness, the film truly soars through the fantastic stories he tells her on the way. It’s a magical and heartwarming ode to storytelling that you shouln’t miss!
