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Event News: Grimm Up North - MANIAC & 247°F Double Bill

Written by Animal Johns Thursday, 28 February 2013

Events News

We're pleased to be teaming up with GRIMM UP NORTH as they host the Manchester premiere of MANIAC and the UK premiere of 247°F on 7th March at Manchester's Dancehouse Theatre. There's also limited edition Maniac Cinema-Quad Posters and copies of Starburst up for grabs*!

Maniac tells the story of Frank Zito, an isolated, mentally disturbed man who runs a mannequin store. Following the death of his overbearing mother, Frank’s twisted fantasies about women, and in particular women’s hair, begin increasingly to control his life. He descends further and further into madness and violent murder… An unflinchingly fierce and full-blooded re-imagining of William Lustig’s infamous, oft-banned 1980 cult shocker, from the boundary-pushing creative team behind Haut Tension / Switchblade Romance, P2, Mirrors and the Hills Have Eyes and Piranha reboots, this nightmarish study of misogynous psychosis is shot almost entirely POV, forcing the viewer to inhabit the fetid world of Zito’s imagination, and thus to become uncomfortably complicit in his bloody crimes. Challenging, controversial, and confrontational, this is truly a film that takes no prisoners (see the Starburst review here.)

And that’s just one half of the double bill. There's also the UK Premiere of the blistering, claustrophobic thriller 247°F. Four young friends travel to an isolated lakeside cabin for a weekend of partying, including hot times in a sauna. Only problem is, things start to get a little too hot, as they find themselves trapped in the steam room, with the heat on full-blast and no way to turn it off. With its attractive young cast, including Scout Taylor-Compton (the rebooted Halloween I and II), Travis Van Winkle (Transformers, the Friday The 13th reboot), Michael Copon (One Tree Hill) and Christina Ulloa (Charmed) and initial “weekend party” set up, you could be forgiven for expecting this to be a typical “dumb-teens-in-peril” schlocker. But then it takes a turn into much darker, more harrowing territory, as the temperature rises and the panic sets in…

So that’s two movie premieres on the same night, and for just £8 a head! Tickets are available now.

*The first 40 people who pre-book 2 or more tickets will get a limited edition exclusive Cinema Quad poster of the movie (You won’t find these in the shops!), a copy of STARBURST and free entry to the after party at Fab Cafe.

This event is sponsored by Appliances Online