Abertoir
Abertoir is an annual horror and horror film festival held in the Aberystwyth Arts Centre in Ceredigion, Wales in November. The festival began as a three-day event and has grown since to a six-day programme of films and events. Abertoir is Wales' only dedicated horror film festival and is a member of the European Fantastic Film Festivals Federation. As well as screening new big-budget horror films, classics and independent films form a large and important part of the festival line-up. Each year a short film competition is held, which showcases horror and fantasy short films from around the world. In addition to film screenings, the festival regularly features presentations, concerts, theatre shows, masterclasses, a pub quiz and off-site screenings in its line up.
Notable guests of honour
- Lloyd Kaufman (2007)
- Mark Gatiss (2008)
- Doug Bradley (2008 and 2009)
- Herschell Gordon Lewis (2009)
- Robin Hardy (2006 and 2010)
- Victoria Price (daughter of Vincent Price) (2011 and 2015)
- Catriona MacColl (2012)
- Richard Johnson (2013)
- Fabio Frizzi (2013, 2015 & 2016)
- Luigi Cozzi (2014 & 2016)
- Ian McCulloch (2014)
- Dario Russo and David Ashby (creators of Danger 5) (2015)
- Lynn Lowry (2016)
- Sergio Martino (2017)
- Lamberto Bava (2017)
- Brian O'Malley (2017)
- Gary Sherman (film director) (2019)
- John Scott (composer) (2019)
- Norman J. Warren (film director) (2019)
Notable pre-release films
- Broken (2006)
- Isolation (2006)
- All The Boys Love Mandy Lane (2007)
- Dead Wood (2007)
- Planet Terror (2007)
- Colin (2008)
- The Uh! Oh! Show (2009)
- Rare Exports (2010)
Notable bands who have played at Abertoir
- Daemonia (band of horror composer Claudio Simonetti) (2008)
- Zombina and the Skeletones (2009 and 2010)
- The Damned (2010)
- Devilish Presley (2011)
- Fabio Frizzi and the Frizzi 2 Fulci Band (2015, 2016)