We’ve left you hanging long enough since our collaborations with WOW Film Festival and Cardiff Animation Festival in the spring, so while we’re still ironing out the final details we thought we’d share what we’ve got coming up in Aberystwyth over the autumn! abertoir.co.uk/news/abertoi...

Abertoir’s not-so-fallow year revealed! - Abertoir

It’s been several months since we shared the news that we’d be doing things a bit differently in 2026. We shared that we were taking it down a notch, that

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One of my favourites from last years @abertoirfest.bsky.social

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"Māori woman seeking lost family history and anti-colonial revenge in Victorian England": Taratoa Stappard’s gothic debut feature MĀRAMA (2026) screens 4pm at #PanicfestFest2026 & 4.15pm (with filmmaker in attendance) at @overlookfilmfest.bsky.social projectedfigures.com/2026/04/10/m...

Really excited about this - I have a soft spot for Ray Harryhausen (who doesn't) and Prof. Abbot is fantastic! Plus the night before I'll be seeing the incredible Garth Marenghi in Cardiff...it's like a re-run of all the best bits of last year's Abertoir!!!!

Abertoir Horror Festival@abertoirfest.bsky.social · 5mo ago

We’re pleased to announce that we’ve joined forces with another of Wales’ great film festivals, Cardiff Animation Festival! abertoir.co.uk/news/caf-202...

We’re pleased to announce that we’ve joined forces with another of Wales’ great film festivals, Cardiff Animation Festival! abertoir.co.uk/news/caf-202...

CAF 2026 & Abertoir - THERE BE MONSTERS - Abertoir

We’re pleased to announce that we’ve joined forces with another of Wales’ great film festivals, Cardiff Animation Festival!

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I love this film which is a fantastic short I was introduced to via @abertoirfest.bsky.social

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For the Easter crew: here’s a short film where Jesus fights zombies.

Nia’s taking a closer look at Her Will Be Done over on our Letterboxd page – we’re presenting the film in Bangor and Aberystwyth as part of WOW Film Festival’s 25th edition. boxd.it/2nO7

“Give me a new life!” – Her Will Be Done at WOW Film Festival 2026

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Abertoir presents: Her Will Be Done Powerful performances and a stark style bring this tale of feminine rage searingly to life. Screening at Pontio, Bangor on March 21st and Aberystwyth Arts Centre on March 26th. Part of WOW Film Festival 2026. youtu.be/qT1Dmfkfv1A?...

HER WILL BE DONE trailer | WOW Wales One World Film Festival 2026

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We’ve joined forces once more with our good friends WOW Film Festival to bring a spooky bit of world cinema to the big screen as part of their festival programme. Experience Julia Kowalski’s searing Her Will Be Done in Bangor (March 21) and Aberystwyth (March 26). abertoir.co.uk/news/wow-202...

WOW 2026 & Abertoir - Her Will Be Done - Abertoir

We’re pleased to announce that we’ve joined forces once more with our good friends WOW Film Festival to bring a spooky bit of world cinema to the big

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Team Abertoir’s been taking a breather after our massive 20th edition and we’ve made a decision: we’re taking it down a notch for 2026. There won’t be a big 5-day festival in 2026, but we’re certainly not going to be dormant – far from it! Read the full details: abertoir.co.uk/news/abertoi...

Abertoir in 2026: an update - Abertoir

Team Abertoir’s been taking a breather after our massive 20th anniversary edition and we’ve made a decision: we’re taking it down a notch for 2026. We’re

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Caught this at @abertoirfest.bsky.social last week. It's a stunning restoration of a wonderful gothic yarn and a must for fans of Barbara Steele.

Severin Films@severinfilms.bsky.social · 9mo ago

***SEVERIN BLACK FRIDAY 2025 TITLE REVEAL #10*** THE GHOST FOUR DISC LIMITED EDITION THE WORLDWIDE UHD PREMIERE WITH 4 HOURS OF SPECIAL FEATURES PLUS ITALIAN HORROR OF THE ‘60s DOCUMENTARY AND FRANCESCO DE MASI SOUNDTRACK COMPILATION CD Trailer Link: youtu.be/I6DTS07tgQ0

My three favourite new releases at the recent Abertoir Horror Festival in Aberystwyth...

One of the highlights of the festival this year. Really enjoyed it Simon was excellent, his band phenomenal and it was so much fun.

Abertoir Horror Festival@abertoirfest.bsky.social · 9mo ago

We're half way through Abertoir 2025 - Simon Boswell and band are on stage! We've enjoyed films, talks, Q&As and much more - & there are 2 more days to go: premieres, a mystery screening that you'll go ape for, Bad Film Club, Victoria Price & Peter Fuller, more incredible films...let's keep going!

Old Dark House was so very very good , loved the humour. I need to get a copy as has crept into my top 5 favourite films! Thanks Abertoir Film Festival! @abertoirfest.bsky.social youtu.be/06RuAO980U4 #ClassicFilm #FilmCymru #DarkHumour #JamesWhale #GothicHorror #Potato 💀📽️ 🥔 #hahahaShrewsbury!

Georgina had a fantastic time at the 20th @abertoirfest.bsky.social, seeing Simon Boswell in concert, South Korean thriller Noise, and short films from around the world. A huge thanks and well done to the whole team!

We wrapped the 20th Abertoir late on Sunday and can’t thank you enough for joining us – 5 days of horror, old and new, and all the delights in between! As the dust settles & we return to our crypts to sleep, we want to reiterate our thanks to you all for joining us again, both old friends and new.

@abertoirfest.bsky.social Totally amazing festival!!! What a SCREAM!! See you next year!! @chrishathway.co.uk

Thank you to @abertoirfest.bsky.social for a wonderful 5 days of films and talks and coffee. So much dang coffee. We had a blast!

Sadly @abertoirfest.bsky.social is all over but what a wonderful festival. Maggie and I had such a fantastic time and will definitely be returning next year. Thank you so much for all your hard work Gaz, Rhys and Nia. So glad I finally got to meet you! Oh and Nia… 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

Watched Mārama last night at @abertoirfest.bsky.social Suitably impressive. A powerful anti-colonial tale of cultural appropriation, torn families, abuse beneath the veneer of civilisation, and righteous, roaring revenge. Highly recommended. youtu.be/0E6hLpW70yg

MĀRAMA | Festival Trailer | 2025

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I’ve been looking forward to this one all festival 💎 @abertoirfest.bsky.social

"here genre is polished like a perfect, glistening diamond, and distilled to a chaotic, quixotic dream of desire and death": Cattet & Forzani's superlative superspy superspectacle REFLECTION IN A DEAD DIAMOND (2025) screen 6.10pm at @abertoirfest.bsky.social projectedfigures.com/2025/03/20/r...

Reflection in a Dead Diamond (Reflet dans un diamant mort) (2025) - Projected Figures

Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani's kaleidoscopic mystery REFLECTION IN A DEAD DIAMOND dreams up the Eurospy genre as hallucinatory half-memory

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"dissects the horrific meeting point of fairytale and modernity with surgical precision": Georges Franju's fantastique EYES WITHOUT A FACE (LES YEUX SANS VISAGE, 1960) screens 4.15pm today at @abertoirfest.bsky.social projectedfigures.com/2015/06/30/e...

Eyes Without A Face (Les yeux sans visage) (1960) - Projected Figures

Franju's Eyes Without A Face occupies uncharted territories somewhere between gothic horror, fairytale lyricism and the charnel-house realism.

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"A half-Japanese schoolgirl is inexorably pursued by her own sense of alienation": Masaki Nishiyama's horror feature debut THE INVISIBLE HALF (2025) screens 10am today at @abertoirfest.bsky.social. Review for @dmovies.bsky.social dmovies.org/2025/06/20/t...

The Invisible Half - DMovies

Half-Japanese schoolgirl is inexorably pursued by her own sense of alienation, in this dirty gem of a horror debut - world premiere takes place at the 33rd edition of Raindance

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Only one day left of @abertoirfest.bsky.social. I’m having a wonderful time and will definitely be returning next year. Also in the pics are my son and his girlfriend…

The lobby at @abertoirfest.bsky.social has temporarily become ABBAtoir and I am loving it. So many sequins

This show absolutely ruled. One song was so good they just played it twice lol

Abertoir Horror Festival@abertoirfest.bsky.social · 9mo ago

We're half way through Abertoir 2025 - Simon Boswell and band are on stage! We've enjoyed films, talks, Q&As and much more - & there are 2 more days to go: premieres, a mystery screening that you'll go ape for, Bad Film Club, Victoria Price & Peter Fuller, more incredible films...let's keep going!

This was phenomenal.

Abertoir Horror Festival@abertoirfest.bsky.social · 9mo ago

We're half way through Abertoir 2025 - Simon Boswell and band are on stage! We've enjoyed films, talks, Q&As and much more - & there are 2 more days to go: premieres, a mystery screening that you'll go ape for, Bad Film Club, Victoria Price & Peter Fuller, more incredible films...let's keep going!

Just dropping in to tell you how good Simon Boswell was @abertoirfest.bsky.social tonight…He played a selection of music from films he has worked on including many of my favourite films. 90 mins wasn’t enough though!

We're half way through Abertoir 2025 - Simon Boswell and band are on stage! We've enjoyed films, talks, Q&As and much more - & there are 2 more days to go: premieres, a mystery screening that you'll go ape for, Bad Film Club, Victoria Price & Peter Fuller, more incredible films...let's keep going!

I'm not a veteran of many film festivals, but I wholeheartedly recommend @abertoirfest.bsky.social if you can make it over one November. Wonderful people and a superb line-up of films and guests, all in a stunning coastal location. Right, I'm off to crawl the chazzas before Theatre of Blood.