This year’s BFI blockbuster season is In Dreams Are Monsters – charting how the monsters of horror have evolved, made physical the anxieties of their times, and how we react when faced with the monster within.
Our programme of films, talks and workshops dives into the topic. Examining fear, introducing the genre of horror, and encouraging us to face and share our own fears. We will explore our relationship with the sea and monsters on film. For those of us living on islands water surrounds us, it offers a livelihood but also a threat to life. It is an elemental force and the last wilderness, the great unknown where lurk monstrous creatures from the deep….
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Saturday 3rd December
An Cridhe
Isle of Coll
3pm Sea Monster Workshop
5pm Creature from the Black Lagoon (PG)
Oban Phoenix
Oban
7.45pm The Fog (15)
Sunday 4th December
Oban Phoenix
Oban
7.45pm The Fog (15)
Friday 9th December
Illustrated Talk: Surrounded by Water – Our Elemental Fear
7pm Village Hall, Isle of Jura
7pm An Talla, Isle of Tiree
7pm An Cridhe, Isle of Coll
7pm Community Hall, Isle of Barra
Saturday 10th December
Village Hall, Isle of Jura
7.30pm Creature from the Black Lagoon (PG)
Sea Monster Animation Session
Saturday 12th November, An Talla, 2pm
Bringing to life wonderful Sea Monster creations using animation makes and movie tricks and techniques. In this 2hr hour session with animation artist Jack Lockhart you will make your own mini monster movies. Using iPads and video and animation software and maybe a few sound effects thrown in too! All equipment and materials provided. Suitable for P3 – S1, limited places, booking essential: email info@screenargyll.co.uk
Creature from the Black Lagoon (PG) (1954)
Saturday 12th November, An Talla, 4pm
Creature from the Black Lagoon is a straight-up monster movie. Its comparative simplicity is one of its core strengths. A strange prehistoric beast lurks in the depths of the Amazonian jungle. A group of scientists try to capture the animal and bring it back to civilization.
Dark Water (15) (2005)
Saturday 12th November, An Talla, 8pm
In the supernatural horror directed by Walter Salles (The Motorcycle Diaries), a remake of the Japanese film of the same title, a mother and daughter, still wounded from a bitter custody dispute, hole up in a run-down apartment building, where they are targeted by the ghost of a former resident. Jennifer Connolly gives a great performance in this unsettling film.
The Fog (15) (1980)
Sunday 13th November, An Talla, 8pm
Introduced by Richard Cooke from Western Isles and Tiree Weather
John Carpenters classic film, starring Jamie Lee Curtis, strange things begin to occur as a tiny California coastal town prepares to commemorate its centenary. Carpenter achieves a palpable sense of dread and atmosphere in this ghost story which confirms him as the master of terror.
Illustrated Talk: Surrounded by Water – Our Elemental Fear
Friday 9th December, An Talla, 7.30pm
Led by Roy Stafford via Zoom
Our illustrated talk will bring together several strong themes – the misuse of water through pollution, the belief in the spirits of the seas and lochs, the ghosts and monsters associated with traditions and the dangers associated with shipwrecks, whirlpools and tidal waves.
Not all of these films would be described as ‘horror’ they all deal with elemental fear and real or psychological peril for individuals and communities.
FREE
It Came From the Deep some titles are available to stream online at https://stream.screenargyll.co.uk
For more info on events and screenings visit screenargyll.co.uk/it-came-from-the-deep
BFI In Dreams Are Monsters is led by BFI, and Film Hub Midlands on behalf of the BFI Film Audience Network, supported by funds from the National Lottery. Screen Argyll’s In Dreams Are Monsters is funded by Film Hub Midlands.