We’re starting Horror In The Caves a night early in 2025 after last year’s demand, so what better way to strike a chill into the atmosphere than by starting with John Carpenter’s ice-cold shapeshifting body horror The Thing? Maligned on release but now rightfully recognised as one of the greatest horror films ever made, its fiendishly simple premise and stomach-turning SFX ensure that it’s not lost any of its punch over four decades on…
As regulars will know, every year we screen the finest ‘subterranean nightmare’ film The Descent for Horror In The Caves, and since it’s turning 20, we’re screening it twice this year! Tickets always go fast for this, but watching it in the Caves is a truly immersive, and terrifying, experience, and possibly unsuitable for anyone with severe claustrophobia. It’s the ultimate way to experience Horror In The Caves – but you have been warned!
With special permission, we’re thrilled to present a screening of The Substance. Coralie Fargeat’s Oscar-winning sophomore is a jaw-dropping amalgamation of body horror, scathing social commentary and vicious satire, with Demi Moore giving the performance of her career as a celebrity willing to do anything to restore her youth and her career, with consequences that will have you watching between your fingers…!
Our Matinee Screenings return to the Caves on Saturday and Sunday mornings – these screenings, starting at just £10 a ticket, showcase vintage films from the horror vault. For Saturday’s Matinee Screening, we’re celebrating the 80th anniversary of Bride Of Frankenstein. Elsa Lanchester appears as the eponymous bride opposite Boris Karloff as the original monster in this shocking sequel to the 1931 adaptation. It’s one of the all-time great sequels and still a cornerstone of the genre.
After a long time tracking down the rights to this underrated indie masterpiece, we are incredibly excited to bring the Australian cerebral cult classic Lake Mungo to Horror In The Caves 2025! Shot like a true crime documentary, this deeply disturbing and upsetting story of a family experiencing inexplicable phenomena after a tragic bereavement will linger long in the memory. Just keep telling yourself it’s not real, because Lake Mungo feels like you’re watching something that was never meant to be seen…
Fancy something a little lighter in the Caves this Halloween? In what has become Redcliffe Caves tradition, watch Jim Henson’s magical musical adventure Labyrinth at Redcliffe Caves. Step into Bristol’s very own subterranean labyrinth, get ready to dance the magic dance, and follow Sarah deep into the Goblin King’s realm where nothing can be taken at face value…
As we move into Saturday evening at Horror In The Caves, we’re resurrecting Fright Night for a 40th anniversary screening. This comedy-horror about a vampire next door inspired a sequel, remakes, comic books, novels, a video game, a stage adaptation, and there’s even a rumoured prequel in the pipeline - but it doesn’t get better than the original, with its chills, thrills, and affectionate homage to the glory days of vintage horror crossed with 80s pop culture. One worth sinking your teeth into!
We’re celebrating another 40th birthday on Saturday evening at Horror In The Caves: it’s the notorious Re-Animator! Stuart Gordon’s infamous adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s short story is one of the bloodiest mad scientist stories out there, as two medical students create a literally death-defying serum with horrific consequences. We’re presenting a restoration of the original unrated cut; it’s both genuinely scary and genuinely funny, for those with a warped sense of humour and a stomach for gore…
Saturday at Horror In The Caves 2025 concludes with a late evening screening of Bone Tomahawk, which turns 10 this year. This gritty Western - with Kurt Russell on top form as a grizzled sheriff - suddenly takes shocking twists and turns and descends into full-throated, unflinchingly brutal horror. If you’ve seen it, you’ll know it’s a modern genre-fusing classic. If you haven’t seen it, we’re not saying anything more than “Prepare yourself” and “There’s a reason we’re showing this one in a cave complex”…!
For Sunday’s Matinee Screening at Horror In The Caves 2025, we’re celebrating the 70th anniversary of The Night Of The Hunter. Widely considered one of the greatest films of all time, one-time director Charles Laughton didn’t live long enough to see his work become recognised as a classic - but Robert Mitchum’s nightmarish turn as a murderous “preacher” remains one of the enduring villains of the genre.
Sunday afternoon at Horror In The Caves 2025 takes us back a quarter of a century to the original Final Destination. The franchise is still box office gold, but the very first film expertly sets up the fiendishly stressful premise of Death itself hunting down a group of friends who literally cheat it when they narrowly avoid a plane crash. The Rube Goldberg-style machinations of seemingly ordinary objects creating deathtraps will have you on the edge of your seat!
Whisper it - A Quiet Place is coming to Redcliffe Caves on Sunday afternoon… John Krasinski’s Oscar-nominated thriller will have you wincing at every pin drop as sound-sensitive monsters stalk a young family in a scenario where silence is the key to survival. Remind yourself of that mantra when you’re stifling a scream…!
As Sunday evening draws in at Redcliffe Caves, we’re presenting a 20th anniversary screening of the possession chiller The Exorcism Of Emily Rose. Part courtroom drama and part demonic nightmare, this eerie film is all the creepier knowing it’s inspired by real-life events - and Jennifer Carpenter (Dexter, Quarantine) is ghoulishly hypnotic as Emily Rose, channeling dark forces in an award-winning and incredibly physical performance that has to be seen to be believed!
As regulars will know, every year we screen the finest ‘subterranean nightmare’ film The Descent for Horror In The Caves, and since it’s turning 20, we’re screening it twice this year! Tickets always go fast for this, but watching it in the Caves is a truly immersive, and terrifying, experience, and possibly unsuitable for anyone with severe claustrophobia. It’s the ultimate way to experience Horror In The Caves – but you have been warned!
