Exeter based gothic horror festival IS BACK, celebrating Devon's rich heritage of horrors. Never short of a lure to draw you upon the moor... Sep 26th - 28th.
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1 Sep 2025
Join us at the Exeter Phoenix for a weekend of GHOSTS!
Classic ghosts films, talks and special guests 👻
TICKETS: exeterphoenix.org.uk/genre/h…
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1 Sep 2025
Spooky news! The HELL TOR FESTIVAL is back at the Exeter Phoenix Sep 26th-28th for a weekend of all things ghostly. There'll also be the launch of an award honouring actor Julian Sands, celebrating filmmaking tenacity. Plus some special guests! @FilmHell exeterphoenix.org.uk/genre/h…
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18 Sep 2024
THE COUNTDOWN BEGINS...only 2 days until our gothic horror weekender HELL TOR FESTIVAL rises again. Will you be joining us?🦇
Tickets: exeterphoenix.org.uk/genre/h…
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3 Sep 2024
Was the Westcountry antiquarian and clergyman Sabine Baring-Gould the inspiration behind Dracula?
How does he fit into the construction of Bram Stoker's novel?
I'll be examining these questions in my talk at @FilmHell this month.
Join me, @jamescswanton @ReeceShearsmith @ more
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5 Sep 2024
Lovely interview with @ReeceShearsmith here ahead of our @FilmHell event 'Grim and Grisly Ranks of the Undead: The Shearsmith-Rigby-Swanton Vampire Classics'! We've already picked out some all-timers for discussion. And tickets are now available... devon-cornwall-film.co.uk/20…
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15 Sep 2024
Just a week to go until @FilmHell and here’s the full line up.
I’ll be speaking on the alleged connections between Dracula and Devon alongside some fabulous other people including @ReeceShearsmith @jamescswanton @fireeyeschron and @hammerfilms Caroline Munro and Madeline Smith
9 Sep 2024
Here's the full killer lineup for the HELL TOR FESTIVAL 24!
Full HELL TOR FESTIVAL 24 Guide as flipbook
online.flippingbook.com/view…
BOOK single events, day and weekend passes here: exeterphoenix.org.uk/genre/h…
PS: Thank you for all of the lovely birthday messages! 📷
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15 Sep 2024
Friday 20th @FilmHell kicks off with the 4K restoration of RAZOR BLADE SMILE by @jakewest_director 🦇📷
Guests for the festival include @ReeceShearsmith, @jamescswanton , @AnnoDracula , @DrRKnightley @maddysmith007 & Caroline Munro📷
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18 Jun 2024
HELL TOR FESTIVAL tickets are now ON SALE!
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16 Jun 2024
This year it's Vampires… 🦇
Hell Tor film fest @exeter_phoenix
📅 Fri 20 Sep - Sun 22 Sep | @FilmHell
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24 May 2024
GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT - JAMES SWANTON! (The First Omen, Host, Lot No. 249 for @Markgatiss )
James will be joining Jonathan Rigby for 'LORDS OF DARKNESS' - a lively discussion of the actors who have portrayed Count Dracula. *
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*Pending film commitments.
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19 May 2024
We are looking for SHORT FILMS to screen at our festival - you can submit here:
filmfreeway.com/HellTorFesti…
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17 May 2024
We are SO VERY PROUD to be able to announce this...CAROLINE MUNRO and MADELINE SMITH will be joining our fantastic lineup at this years HELL TOR FESTIVAL at the @Exeter_Phoenix in September!
Tickets will be available from the beginning of June. 🦇
#devon_hour #exeter_hour
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17 May 2024
2 mega announcements from @FilmHell today
1. a line-up that includes The Ladies of Hammer Horror, Caroline Munro Madeline Smith
2. support for local filmmakers in the 'opportunity hour'
Read our interview with Carrion Events | #SupportIndieFilm
devon-cornwall-film.co.uk/20…
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4 Feb 2024
Covid may have stopped our venture dead in its tracks back in 2020, but our gothic horror folklore celebration 'HELL TOR' will return in September 2024!
A date for the diary...more details & guests will be announced in the near future.
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11 Nov 2019
THANK YOU to everyone who joined us at the first HELL TOR FESTIVAL this weekend! Wonderful guests, a great team and a brilliant audience.
Next year? Never short of a lure to draw you back upon the moor...
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10 Nov 2019
Next panel @FilmHell festival at 3 pm is @dominicbrunt (Emmerdale) discussing his horror film directing. This is followed at 5pm by me talking about Demon Hounds and then @Stevevolkwriter in discussion with Jonathan Rigby about Hound of the Baskervilles. A fun Gothic horror pm
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10 Nov 2019
Day two of @FilmHell starts off with @WITCHplayCoS discussing less well known Devon witchcraft cases through history.
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