11.00 am - saturday 27th August - TROLL HUNTER

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Director Andre Ovredal. Starring Otto Jespersen, Glenn Erland Tosterud, Johanna Morck, Tomas Alf Larsen, Hans Morten Hansen, Norway 2010, 99 mins.

After successfully redefining the vampire and thriller genres with LET THE RIGHT ONE IN and THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, the Scandinavians now turn their attention to the creature feature. The adorably weird result is the coolest monster movie import since THE HOST. Best described as Ray Harryhausen goes the 'found footage' horror route, this slyly compelling and dryly humorous hybrid details what happens when a group of documentary filmmakers attempt to expose an infamous bearskin poacher – who actually turns out to be Norway's only living troll hunter. Culling the rock-scarfing, Christian-blood-chugging ogres has become a necessity because they are the real reason behind such natural concerns as global warming; hiding in dense forests and underneath snowy mountain ranges. And some trolls are massive, Godzilla-sized, in this silly, scary and sincere balance of horror, adventure and mockumentary that both reinvents and pays homage to the creature classics of old.

In Norwegen with English subtitles.

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Thursday 25th August 2011

Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark
Final Destination 5 - 3D
The Theatre Bizarre

Friday 26th August 2011

Rogue River
The Holding
Total Film Interview
Urban Explorers
The Glass Man
Tucker & Dale Vs. Evil
Vile

Saturday 27th August 2011

Troll Hunter
The Wicker Tree
Panic Button
Fright Night - 3D
The Woman
Chillerama + Bad Moon Rising

Sunday 28th August 2011

The Divide
Short Film Showcase + Andy Nyman Quiz
The Innkeepers
Saint
Kill List+ Shifter - 6 Min.
Detention

Monday 29th August 2011

A Night In The Woods
Deadheads
Sennentuntschi:
Curse Of The Alps
Inbred
A Lonely Place To Die

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