Splatterfest XII

The All Night Italian Horror Film Festival, aka Splatterfest, returns to the Colonial Theatre for an all-nighter featuring five ferocious from Italy (released, filmed,  or directed by an Italian filmmaker).

The 2024 selection is filled with insanely strange, gory Italian horror cinema. Trust us, you will find contentment in the craziness. For 2024, we are back to being completely on 35mm. Thanks to Exhumed Films for making this a reality. 

Children under 17 must be accompanied by a Parent or Guardian. Tickets are non-refundable. Ticket prices include the Processing Fee. This fee will be added at check out. Tickets are available with cash, check, or credit card at the Colonial Theatre Box Office, or online. No member or guest passes are accepted for this event.

Food Tickets

Running Order For the Night*

The timing of Splatterfest is subject to change:

6:45 p.m – 7:00 p.m  – Introductions/ Trailers

7:00 p.m. – 8:25 p.m. – Creepers (aka Phenomena)

20 min break: Food orders available at the new concession stand (10 min of trailers/ 10 min drive-in count down)

8:45 p.m. – 10:10 p.m. – Nightmare (aka Nightmares in a Damaged Brain)

10 min break: Free Raffle Prizes Distributed

10:20 p.m. – 12:05 a.m.– The Face with Two Left Feet

10 min break (trailers will play)

12:15 a.m. – 1:45 a.m.– The House of Exorcism

10 min break (trailers will play)

1:55 a.m. – 3:35 a.m. – The House By The Cemetery

* Times are approximate

Creepers (aka Phenomena)

Dario Argento. Italy. 1985. 1hr 23 min. 35mm. R. 
Screening rights are provided by Synapse Films. 35mm film print courtesy of AGFA (American Genre Film Archives).
An American (Jennifer Connelly) at a Swiss finishing school calls on insects to help a paralyzed scientist (Donald Pleasence) fight a monster.

Nightmare (aka Nightmares in a Damaged Brain)

Romano Scavolini. Italy. 1981. 1hr 37 min. 35mm. R.
Screening rights are provided by AGFA (American Genre Film Archives). 35mm film print courtesy of Exhumed Films.
A drug-treated schizophrenic (Baird Stafford) plagued by horrible nightmares escapes from the hospital and goes on a killing spree.

The Face with Two Left Feet

Neri Parenti. Italy. 1979. 1hr 29 min. 35mm. PG.
35mm film print courtesy of Exhumed Films.
A nerdy hotel cook poses as a Hollywood star to get his friends into a nightclub. They enter a dance contest and steal the competition out from under their rude competitors.

The House of Exorcism

Lamberto Bava, Mario Bava, and Alfredo Leone. Italy. 1975. 1hr 32 min. 35mm. R.
35mm film print courtesy of Exhumed Films. 
A troubled priest attempts to exorcise the soul of a tourist who has been possessed by the Devil after witnessing supernatural events at a Spanish villa. Please note this Alfredo Leone’s re-shot and re-structured version of Mario Bava’s Lisa and the Devil.

The House By The Cemetery

Lucio Fulci. Italy. 1981. 1hr 26 min. 35mm. R.
Screening rights are provided by Blue Underground. 35mm film print courtesy of Exhumed Films.
Soon after moving his family into a New England house with a dark history, a doctor begins receiving warnings from a mysterious girl to get out.

The Official Event Merchandise: 

Our Splatterfest XII merch will be in collaboration with Sons of Thunder Studios. A limited number of t-shirts and posters (11X17) will be available at the event. Prices TBD. Sons of Thunder Studios will be vending during the show.

Vendor: 

Exhumed Films will be on hand with Blu-Rays and DVDs for sale.