Forbidden Worlds Film Festival
The former Bristol IMAX Cinema, Bristol Aquarium
18-21 May 2023
Bristol’s biggest repertory genre film festival is returning for four days in May, this time celebrating some of cinema’s iconic creatures and their creators, as well as action legend and Oscar-winner Michelle Yeoh, and a selection of genre classics inspired by the archives of Bristol’s beloved video shop 20th Century Flicks.
Ninety years ago, King Kong was unleashed upon screens around the world and changed cinema forever. This year, Forbidden Worlds Film Festival is celebrating the pioneering Creature Creators who transformed how we perceived ‘monsters’ through their stunning use of stop-motion animation and incredible puppetry work.
As well as a special screening of the original King Kong, we invite audiences to come see the classic Harryhausen adventure The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958), game-changing sci-fi actioner The Terminator (1984), terrifying childhood fable Return to Oz (1985), and much more on the biggest screen in the South West. Among the invited guests for these screenings will be members of The Ray & Diana Harryhausen Foundation, including Vanessa Harryhausen.
We will also be celebrating the career of Oscar-winner and action Legend Michelle Yeoh with three of her most iconic films - Royal Warriors (1986), Police Story 3: Supercop (1992) and The Heroic Trio (1993).
As always, we will be also be screening a host of cult and classic genre films From the Video Shop Archives of Bristol institution 20th Century Flicks, including a brand-new restoration of The Way of the Dragon (1972) to honour the 50th anniversary of Bruce Lee’s passing, the vertigo-inducing blockbuster Cliffhanger (1993), which is celebrating its 30th anniversary, and the Euro-slasher Amsterdamned (1988) that sees terror coming to the canals of the Dutch capital.
This year’s line-up includes four UK restoration premieres, four special anniversary screenings and, in true video shop style, seven titles are under ninety minutes long!
See the full schedule below!
At-a-glance schedule
Thursday 18 May 2023
6PM: THE TERMINATOR (1984) + The Creatures of Stan Winston
9PM: PUMPKINHEAD (1988)
Friday 19 May 2023
12PM: PREY (1977)
2PM: ROYAL WARRIORS (1986)
4PM: GREMLINS 2: THE NEW BATCH (1990)
7PM: THE WAY OF THE DRAGON (1972)
9PM: DOLLS (1987)
Saturday 20 May 2023
10.30AM: RETURN TO OZ (1985)
1PM: KING KONG (1933) + King Kong at 90: the legacy of Willis O’Brien
4PM: THE HEROIC TRIO (1993)
6.30PM: CLIFFHANGER (1993)
9PM: AMSTERDAMNED (1988)
Sunday 21 May 2023
11AM: THE 7TH VOYAGE OF SINBAD (1958) + A celebration of Ray Harryhausen
1.30PM: INVADERS FROM MARS (1953)
3.15PM: POLICE STORY 3: SUPERCOP (1992)
6PM: ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 (1976)
8PM: STARSHIP TROOPERS (1997)
Festival Passes and Tickets
Full Festival Pass holders are able to attend ALL screenings over the course of the festival.
Weekend Pass holders will be able to attend screenings from Friday to Sunday.
Day Pass holders can only access screenings on that particular day.
Upon your arrival at the event, if you have a Festival, Weekend or Day Pass, you will be given a festival lanyard for ease of access.
Early Bird Full Festival Pass (Thurs-Sun): £90 - SOLD OUT
Full Festival Pass (Thurs-Sun): £120 - SOLD OUT
Weekend Pass (Fri-Sun): £100 - SOLD OUT
Thursday Day Pass: £15 - SOLD OUT
Friday Day Pass: £40 - SOLD OUT
Saturday Day Pass: £40 - SOLD OUT
Sunday Day Pass: £40 - SOLD OUT
Festival Programme
Thursday 18 May 2023
“I don't do special effects. I do characters. I do creatures.”
Stan Winston
6PM: THE TERMINATOR (1984) + The Creatures of Stan Winston
Creature Creators | Dir: James Cameron | U.S. | 108 mins | Cert. 15
Experience Stan Winston’s stunning FX work in the James Cameron sci-fi classic that made Arnold Schwarzenegger a star!
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Few people have created more iconic cinematic creatures than Stan Winston - whether it’s the dreadlocked, mandible-faced Predator or the towering Alien Queen or the seemingly real animatronic dinosaurs of Jurassic Park, his work is synonymous with some of the most memorable movie moments.
Twelve years after his first film credit, Winston’s career – and status as one of the great VFX practitioners – reached a new level with The Terminator, his first collaboration with director James Cameron, creating the iconic cyborg nemesis. From this partnership bloomed a working relationship that would earn Winston three Oscars: for Best Visual Effects on Aliens, and the Best Visual Effects and Best Make-Up awards for Terminator 2: Judgement Day. (He would also win a fourth, for his groundbreaking work on Spielberg’s Jurassic Park.)
From a war-torn 2029, where the remains of humanity are battling a robotic enemy bent on their annihilation, two soldiers are sent back in time to 1984. One is a cyborg assassin assigned to kill Sarah Connor, an unsuspecting young woman whose unborn child will lead the battle against the robots. The other is a human resistance fighter dedicated to saving her life and the future of mankind.
The screening will be introduced by film writer Ian Nathan, a former editor and executive editor of Empire magazine, and the author of numerous books including James Cameron: A Retrospective, Terminator Vault: The Complete Story Behind the Making of ‘The Terminator’ and ‘Terminator 2: Judgement Day’, who'll be discussing Stan Winston's iconic creature designs.
9PM: PUMPKINHEAD (1988)
From the Video Shop Archives | Dir: Stan Winston | U.S. | 96 mins | Cert. 18
An ancient demon is resurrected to unleash vengeance in this cult horror classic!
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Make-up and FX legend Stan Winston (The Terminator, Predator) only directed two films throughout his career – Pumpkinhead, originally released straight to video in the UK under the title Vengeance the Demon and A Gnome Named Gnorm (1990).
For Pumpkinhead, along with his trusted workshop of FX maestros and puppeteers, Winston created an ancient beast of folklore who is conjured when wrongs need to be righted.
When a group of teenagers accidentally kill his only son, Ed Harley (genre-cinema legend Lance Henriksen) calls upon a backwoods witch to save his child. Instead, he invokes a monstrously clawed demon, known as Pumpkinhead, which answers only to Ed's bloodlust and his need for vengeance.
As Pumpkinhead went straight to video here in the UK, we are especially excited to be celebrating its 35th anniversary via a very rare theatrical screening - maybe even the first ever in Britain!
Friday 19 May 2023
“I was always just fascinated with monsters in movies… when I realised that you could do it as a job, I just became obsessed with it.”
Rick Baker
12PM: PREY (1977)
From the Video Shop Archives | Dir: Norman J. Warren | U.K. | 85 mins | Cert. 18
A shapeshifting alien and a lesbian couple in an isolated English farmhouse – the perfect recipe for sex and violence.
Contains strong violence, sex and nudity.
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Norman J. Warren was one of the UK’s most distinctive voices in genre cinema. Working with great skill on low budgets, he produced a body of work that took in horror, science fiction, and that most British of exploitation movies, the cheeky sex comedy. Following on from the success of his first venture into horror territory with 1976’s Satan’s Slave, Prey found Warren taking in the sci-fi genre in an unusual, but no less effective, manner. For many fans, this remains his finest achievement.
An extra-terrestrial with the ability to change its form lands in rural England on a fact-finding mission and discovers a house owned by a lesbian couple. Unaware of their guest’s origins, the two women become involved in a claustrophobic psychological drama of sex and violence.
2PM: ROYAL WARRIORS (1986)
Legend | Dir: David Chung | Hong Kong | 96 mins | Cert. 15
Michelle Yeoh must battle a team of rogue Vietnam veterans in this classic Hong Kong ‘girls and guns’ actioner.
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Michelle Yeoh – in only her second starring role, following 1985’s Yes, Madam, in which she co-starred with Cynthia Rothrock – teams up with Michael Wong (Beast Cops, Thunderbolt) and the legendary Japanese action star Hiroyuki Sanada (The Twilight Samurai, The Last Samurai) for a truly exhilarating Hong Kong classic, already confirming her status as one of the decade’s great action stars.
When CID officer Yip (Yeoh), a Japanese Interpol agent (Sanada), and a security guard (Wong) foil an airplane hijacking, they find themselves targeted by a gang of Vietnam veterans who are out for vengeance. It’s not just personal… it’s also about to get explosive.
Forbidden Worlds Film Festival is proud to be screening a new 2K restoration of Royal Warriors, presented in association with Eureka Entertainment.
Please note: this film will be shown in its original Cantonese language with English subtitles.
4PM: GREMLINS 2: THE NEW BATCH (1990)
Creature Creators | Dir: Joe Dante | U.S. | 106 mins | Cert. 12
Rick Baker’s iconic creatures return in this fourth-wall-breaking satirical horror comedy!
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After the success of the first Gremlins film, Warner Bros. were eager for a sequel and gave director Joe Dante carte blanche to do whatever he wanted… an invitation he gladly fulfilled!
In one of the most leftfield meta-sequels ever released by a mainstream studio, Gremlins 2: The New Batch takes everything about the original and goes full Looney Tunes with it.
After his home is destroyed, Gizmo finds himself in an ultra-modern skyscraper run by a egotistical media mogul. It isn’t long before Gremlins are running amok and only Billy Peltzer (Zach Galligan), his bride-to-be Kate (Phoebe Cates), B-movie legend Dick Miller, and a host of bizarre cameos can stop them!
Taking over the mantle from original Gremlins designer Chris Walas, legendary make-up effects artist Rick Baker (who won the first ever Academy Award for Makeup for his work on 1981’s An American Werewolf in London) joined the project after Joe Dante told him he could personify the gremlins and give them different features – and he did just that!
7PM: THE WAY OF THE DRAGON (1972)
From the Video Shop Archives | Dir: Bruce Lee | Hong Kong | 86 mins | Cert. 18
We celebrate the life of Bruce Lee with the UK premiere of a new 4K restoration of the only film written, produced and directed by the great martial artist!
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In 1973, the world lost Bruce Lee just before the worldwide sensation of Enter the Dragon. Fifty years later, his star continues to shine so we are celebrating action cinema’s most iconic star with the film that took the martial arts genre global – The Way of the Dragon!
After becoming a box-office titan in Hong Kong with back-to-back hits The Big Boss and Fist of Fury, Bruce Lee was given the chance to write, produce, and direct his third film. Taking the production to Rome, Lee plays a martial artist who travels to the Italian capital to help his cousin, whose restaurant is being threatened by a gang of thugs. Cue furious fists, nunchuck-swinging action and one of the most iconic cinematic fights of all time as Lee faces off against Chuck Norris in an epic gladiatorial death match in the Roman Colosseum.
Forbidden Worlds Film Festival is proud to be premiering the new 4K restoration of The Way of the Dragon from Arrow Video, ahead of its release on Blu-ray and 4K UHD this summer.
The Way of the Dragon has been exclusively restored in 4K from the best existing film elements by Arrow Films and is presented in its original aspect ratio of 2.35:1.
Please note: this film will be shown in its original Mandarin language with English subtitles.
Before the main feature, we’ll also be screening Survivors, the proof of concept short film from stuntmen-turned-directors Harry and George Kirby that won Best British Short Film and the Audience Choice award at Fighting Spirit Film Festival.
9PM: DOLLS (1987)
Creature Creators | Dir: Stuart Gordon | U.S. | 78 mins | Cert. 18
From the director of cult classic Re-Animator (1985) comes a new 2K restoration of the diminutive toys of terror!
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The late David W. Allen was a stop-motion legend and worked on such beloved films such as The Howling, Young Sherlock Holmes (for which he earned a nomination for the Best Visual Effects Oscar), and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.
In this eighties cult favourite, a precocious girl, her nasty parents, two punk-rock groupies, and a nervous salesman find themselves the guests of two ghoulish senior toymakers in their dark, haunted mansion. The old couple make and collect dolls that seem to have a life of their own, particularly at night…
For his twisted take on the Hansel and Gretel fairy tale, director Stuart Gordon knew that when it came to animating his cute and cuddly killers, there was only one man to turn to...
Forbidden Worlds Film Festival is proud to be screening the UK premiere of a new 2K restoration of Dolls, scanned from an original 35mm Interpositive, supervised by James Pearcey and James White, Arrow Films.
Saturday 20 May 2023
“[Willis] O'Brien was a genius. King Kong is as much his picture as it is mine. There was never anybody in his class as far as special effects went, there never was, and there probably never will be.”
Merian C. Cooper, co-director of King Kong (1933)
10.30AM: RETURN TO OZ (1985)
Creature Creators | Dir: Walter Murch | U.S. | 113 mins | Cert. PG
The most terrifying Disney film ever made… and, yes, we’re including The Black Cauldron.
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Will Vinton Studios earned an Oscar nomination for its work on Return to Oz. Founded in 1975 by the pioneering animator – he would trademark the term Claymation – the studio’s distinctive style is instantly recognisable and will be familiar to many thanks to The California Raisins Show, Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker, and another strange children’s film from the mid-eighties, The Adventures of Mark Twain. For Return to Oz, Claymation techniques were used for the Nome King and other memorable sequences, as well as more traditional VFX and make-up artistry.
What do you picture when you think of a sequel to the classic Hollywood musical The Wizard of Oz? That loveable Aunt Em and Uncle Henry would decide young Dorothy was delusional and have her taken to a sanatorium where she would be administered electro-therapy? Well, that’s the starting point for this dark Disney fantasy, one of the strangest children’s films ever to be produced by a major studio.
For years, Walter Murch had been working behind the scenes on films such as American Graffiti, Apocalypse Now and Dragonslayer as an editor and sound designer. When the opportunity came for him to finally direct a feature film, Disney fired him after a couple of weeks for allegedly falling behind schedule. However, his good friend George Lucas flew to England, watched the footage, declared it to be wonderful and got Francis Ford Coppola and Steven Spielberg to vouch for him. Murch was promptly rehired two days later.
It’s good to have Lucas, Coppola and Spielberg as your friends.
1PM: KING KONG (1933) + King Kong at 90: the legacy of Willis O’Brien
Creature Creators | Dir: Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack | U.S. | 100 mins | Cert. PG
Behold the Eighth Wonder of the World as The Ray & Diana Harryhausen Foundation joins us to celebrate the founding father of stop-motion animation – Willis O’Brien!
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In 1933, King Kong exploded onto the silver screen from the mind of explorer Merian C. Cooper, and his co-director Ernest B. Schoedsack, and changed cinema forever. However, Kong is more than simply a big-screen monster. With his nuanced approach to Kong’s movements and expressions, stop-motion pioneer Willis O’Brien made Kong a seemingly naturalistic and emotive character, and created a cinematic icon whose legacy is still felt to this day.
Director Carl Denham (Robert Armstrong) leads a film crew to the remote, uncharted Skull Island in search of the legendary Kong, a gigantic ape. After the island’s natives attempt to sacrifice actress Ann Darrow (Fay Wray) to Kong, Denham and his crew pursue the beast through the dinosaur-infested jungle. Ann is rescued and Kong is captured, and the stage is set for a clash of civilisations.
Joining us for this special 90th anniversary screening of the legendary 1933 film are Connor Heaney, Collections Manager for The Ray & Diana Harryhausen Foundation, and Vanessa Harryhausen, a Trustee of the foundation and Ray and Diana’s daughter, who will be introducing the film to discuss its groundbreaking visual effects and how it influenced generations of filmmakers from Steven Spielberg to Peter Jackson.
4PM: THE HEROIC TRIO (1993)
Legend | Dir: Johnnie To | Hong Kong | 83 mins | Cert. 18
Hong Kong leading ladies Michelle Yeoh, Maggie Cheung and Anita Mui assemble for this super-powered slice of comic-book craziness!
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Director Johnnie To defies all genres and conventions in this superhero team-up that features everything from martial-arts madness to infant cannibalism!
A mysterious force is kidnapping newborn babies for nefarious purposes and the police are powerless to stop it! Only three heroic women who share a terrible past can possibly stop the machinations of the Evil Master and his plans: the mask-wearing, knife-throwing crime fighter, Wonder Woman (Anita Mui), shotgun-wielding bounty hunter with a heart of gold Thief Catcher (Maggie Cheung), and the principled Invisible Woman (Michelle Yeoh), whose loyalties are about to be put to the test…
Co-starring Anthony Wong and Damian Lau, The Heroic Trio quickly established itself as a genre classic thanks to its delirious action, comic-book production design, and its trio of leading ladies whose combined star power dominated nineties Hong Kong cinema.
Please note: this film will be shown in its original Cantonese language with English subtitles.
6.30PM: CLIFFHANGER (1993)
From the Video Shop Archives | Dir: Renny Harlin | U.S. | 112 mins | Cert. 15
Hang on for dear life with a 30th anniversary 4K screening of Stallone’s action classic.
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It can be argued that Cliffhanger represents an action star at his zenith, not just in terms of altitude, but in terms of sheer audacity and scope.
Shot in 70mm, Cliffhanger is jam-packed with seamless special effects, death-defying stunts (including one of the most expensive and dangerous ever aerial stunts ever performed, according to Guinness World Records) and star-driven action as Sylvester Stallone runs, jumps and fights to deliver one of the best blockbusters that the nineties ever delivered.
Stallone plays Gabe Walker, a retired mountain ranger, who must face his personal demons head on when terrorists crash-land in the middle of a national park. Kidnapping his fellow ranger and former best friend, Tucker (Michael Rooker), Gabe must play a deadly game of cat and mouse with the terrorists, led by the sadistic Qualen (John Lithgow) as they seek to find the $100 million dollars that they lost in the crash and is spread across the mountain range’s snow-capped peaks.
Directed by Renny Harlin (Die Hard 2, The Long Kiss Goodnight, Deep Blue Sea), Cliffhanger is the sort of star-driven blockbuster that just doesn’t get made anymore.
9PM: AMSTERDAMNED (1988)
From the Video Shop Archives | Dir: Dick Maas | Netherlands | 105 mins | Cert. 18
A serial killer is stalking the citizens of Amsterdam via the city’s famous canals… and only a grizzled detective can stop him!
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From director Dick Maas (The Lift) comes this gripping Euro-slasher that is one-part police procedure, one-part horror and one-part stunt spectacular!
From the murky depths of Amsterdam’s famous canals, a predator is on the hunt. Surfacing at night, he is killing people seemingly at random and disappearing without a trace. With panic gripping the city, Detective Visser is assigned to stop the killer before he strikes again… But could someone close to him be the killer’s next victim?
This Dutch thriller became very popular on VHS thanks to its combination of slasher tropes and incredible action sequences – highlighted by an explosive speedboat chase through the city’s narrow canals that has to be seen to be believed.
Please note: this film will be shown in its original Dutch language and will be subtitled.
Sunday 21 May 2023
“I don’t like the term ‘monster’, because that’s not what we do. All our creatures are misunderstood creatures, because they usually come from another world.”
Ray Harryhausen
11AM: THE 7TH VOYAGE OF SINBAD (1958) + A celebration of Ray Harryhausen
Creature Creators | Dir: Nathan Juran | U.S. | 87 mins | Cert. PG
For the 65th anniversary of this classic action adventure, The Ray & Diana Harryhausen Foundation joins us to celebrate Ray Harryhausen and his iconic cinematic creations.
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Ray Harryhausen’s stop-motion creations have wowed audiences for decades from the giant octopus in It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955) to the terrifying skeleton warriors in Jason and the Argonauts (1963) with everyone from George Lucas to J.J. Abrams citing him as an influence on their films.
To celebrate his impact on cinema, we’ll be doing a special 65th anniversary screening of Harryhausen’s first feature film in colour – The 7th Voyage of Sinbad.
In this stunning 4K restoration of the adventure classic, join legendary hero Sinbad (Kerwin Mathews) as he battles some of mythology’s most fearsome creatures including a dragon, the enormous Roc and the terrifying Cyclops! After the scheming sorcerer Sokurah (Torin Thatcher) shrinks Sinbad’s fiancee, Princess Parisa (Kathryn Grant), to the size of a thumb, he must journey to a mysterious island to retrieve a magical lamp…
The screening will be introduced by Connor Heaney, Collections Manager for The Ray & Diana Harryhausen Foundation, and Vanessa Harryhausen, a Trustee of the foundation and Ray and Diana’s daughter, to discuss her father’s legacy and his iconic creations.
1.30PM: INVADERS FROM MARS (1953)
From the Video Shop Archives | Dir: William Cameron Menzies | U.S. | 78 mins | Cert. PG
Dare you come to the UK premiere of the new 4K restoration of this sci-fi classic that once you see it will haunt your dreams forever?!
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For sci-fi fans around the world, Invaders from Mars has forever burned itself into their psyche. This classic from 1953 plays on many of the paranoid Cold War fears of the age. Can you trust the people around you? Even your loved ones…?
When young David McLean sees a spaceship crash during the night, he can’t believe his eyes… nor the fact that his family and neighbours have begun to act strangely. Determined to stop the invaders, David teams up with astronomer Stuart Kelston (Arthur Franz) and Dr. Pat Blake (Helena Carter), and the trio must fight together to repel the insidious intruders.
Forbidden Worlds Film Festival is proud to host the UK premiere of the new 4K restoration of Invaders from Mars from Ignite Films.
3.15PM: POLICE STORY 3: SUPERCOP (1992)
Legend | Dir: Stanley Tong | Hong Kong | 95 mins | Cert. 15
Michelle Yeoh teams up with Jackie Chan for some of the most dangerous stunts ever performed on camera!
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After initially retiring from the business in 1987, Michelle Yeoh returned to acting in what is widely considered to be one of the greatest action films of all time. Teaming up with Jackie Chan, Yeoh proved that she was every part the action legend that her co-star was through incredible fight scenes and breathtaking stunts, one of which saw her jump a motorcycle onto a moving train!
After Hong Kong ‘supercop’ Chan Ka-Kui (Chan) is assigned to take down an international drug ring, he teams up with Chinese Inspector Yang Chien-Hua (Yeoh) in order to infiltrate the cartel. Together, the two officers must put aside their differences and work together to take down one of Asia’s most ruthless crime families.
With some of the most explosive and outrageous stunt sequences ever committed to film, Forbidden Worlds Film Festival is excited to be screening a new 4K restoration of Police Story 3: Supercop, in association with Eureka Entertainment.
Please note: this film will be shown in its original Cantonese language with English subtitles.
6PM: ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 (1976)
From the Video Shop Archives | Dir: John Carpenter | U.S. | 91 mins | Cert. 18
The UK premiere of a brand-new 4K restoration of John Carpenter's explosive cult classic!
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Two years before he redefined the horror genre with Halloween, John Carpenter unleashed this reimagining of a modern Western that combined gritty action, his unique arthouse sensibilities… and his classic synth score.
Police officers and convicts find themselves as unlikely allies after they must join forces inside a soon-to-be-closed L.A. police station. The reason? They must defend themselves against Street Thunder, a vicious gang who have taken a blood oath to kill someone trapped inside the precinct.
Inspired by the classic John Wayne western Rio Bravo, Assault on Precinct 13 is an edge-of-your-seat thriller that firmly established Carpenter as a creative force to be reckoned with.
Forbidden Worlds Film Festival is proud to host the UK premiere of the new 4K restoration of Assault on Precinct 13 courtesy of producer Joseph Kaufman, Deaf Crocodile and the American Genre Film Archive.
This screening will be introduced by Adam Murray of Bristol Black Horror Club.
8PM: STARSHIP TROOPERS (1997)
Creature Creators | Dir: Paul Verhoeven | U.S. | 129 mins | Cert. 18
It’s time for intergalactic war, blood, guys and carnage in Paul Verhoeven’s classic satire on authoritarianism.
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In 1993, Jurassic Park changed the visual effects landscape forever with its CGI dinosaurs wowing audiences. For ‘dinosaur supervisor’ Phil Tippett, who had carved out a career doing incredible stop-motion work on films such as The Empire Strikes Back, RoboCop and Dragonslayer, he knew that he would have to evolve… or go extinct.
Starship Troopers represented a watershed moment for Tippett and his studio, and saw them launch into a full-CG facility, while also using life-size puppets and maquettes for certain projects. Director Paul Verhoeven credits Tippett as his co-director on the film as, while he focused on the actors, Tippett and his team breathed life into the intergalactic creatures that earned him an Oscar nomination.
Set in a fascist future where young people must do military service to qualify as citizens, own property or even have babies, a bunch of idealistic teenagers (Casper Van Dien, Denise Richards, Neil Patrick Harris, Dina Myers) all sign up for military service to battle evil arachnids. However, as the war rages, they soon discover that their enemies aren’t the mindless creatures they’d been taught about.
A gloriously over-the-top slice of science fiction that saw Paul Verhoeven take the militaristic glorification of Robert Heinlein's pulp classic and undermine it completely! It’s no wonder that the film was embraced by international audiences while the satire went over American audiences’ heads…
Before the main feature, we will be screening Phil Tippett’s 1984 short film, Prehistoric Beast.