Terror-Fi Film Festival 2023: Auckland

From ‘Looney Tunes’ to ‘Lunatics’, this year sees the festival’s best and most diverse programme yet!

Join us at The Capitol on 25 October for Opening Night and then 2-5 November for the rest of the fest.

This year’s programme has been carefully curated to include award-winning and audience favourite genre films from festivals like Sundance, SXSW, Fantasia, Toronto, Sitges, and Fantastic Fest... with some incredible hidden gems and two retro classics thrown in for good measure!

We have blockbuster New Zealand Premiere screenings of massive horror hits Five Nights at Freddy’s and Cobweb to open and close the festival.

Headline titles also include the gripping thriller Red Rooms (winner of Best Picture at Fantasia 2023), chilling horror Birth/rebirth (rated as one of the best horrors of 2023 and a fresh new take on the Mary Shelly’s classic tale of Frankenstein), Coen brothers-esque comedy crime thriller Maggie Moore(s) (starring the brilliant Jon Hamm and Tina Fey), deliriously delightful throwback vibes with Suitable Flesh (Lovecraftian horror goodness from director Joe Lynch (‘Mayhem’) and writer Dennis Paoli (‘Re-Animator’, ‘From Beyond’), and the most controversial film Terror-Fi has ever played Megalomaniac – they definitely don’t make films like this anymore!

Terror-Fi also presents some truly unique creative visions. The brilliant sci-fi, heist, comedy, thriller Time Addicts out of Australia sees two junkie best friends steal a bag crack that enables them to travel through time, and the utterly hilarious comedy Hundreds of Beavers is a film like no other – think Looney Tunes meets Charlie Chaplin meets Blazing Saddles meets Adult Swim!

Another indie gem that’s a ‘Must See’ at the festival year is the haunting horror/thriller You’ll Never Find Me – a one room filmmaking masterclass.

We also love to rescue incredible films from bypassing our cinemas, ensuring you get to see them in the way they deserve to be seen. When Evil Lurks is a stunning nightmare vision and how a film about possession should be made, and The Artifice Girl is one of the best pieces of indie sci-fi in decades – an intimate look at A.I. and what it means to become sentient.

Our two retro classics this year are the hilarious horror, sci-fi, comedy Killer Klowns from Outer Space (our Friday Night Frights screening with prizes for best dressed) and we’re bringing back Stargate, the sci-fi blockbuster that started a global phenomenon.

Lastly, our free short film showcase returns this year... this time with New Zealand and International films!

Tickets just $18.50 for adults and $16.50 for students, seniors, guilds etc. You can also buy a Fan Badge and see all 14 films at the festival for just $175 – only $12.50 per film

For films, trailers, tickets and Fan Badges: www.terrorfifest.com/films

Here's the full schedule:

Wed 25 Oct
Pm: Five Nights at Freddy’s

Thu 2 Nov
Pm: Maggie Moore(s)
Pm: You’ll Never Find Me

Fri 3 Nov
Pm: Suitable Flesh
Pm: When Evil Lurks
Pm: Killer Klowns from Outer Space

Sat 4 Nov
Pm: Short Film Showcase
Pm: the Artifice Girl
Pm: Hundreds of Beavers
Pm: Birth/rebirth
Pm: Megalomaniac

Sun 5 Nov
Pm: Stargate
Pm: Time Addicts
Pm: Red Rooms
Pm: Cobweb

We Can't Wait to See You at the Capitol!