Black Sunday Midsummer Scream Schedule

Black Sunday Film Festival are once again heading back to spook out Colchester, and this time it’s for a one-day mini-fest. This is the Black Sunday Film Festival Midsummer Scream!

Taking place at the Firstsite Cinema on Saturday, 5th July, the Black Sunday team will be bringing you a day jam-packed with some incredible horror features and short films from some of the best indie filmmakers the world has to offer.

The day is split into four blocks, starting at 11am. Each block has one headline feature, with a short film set to play before each (apart from our Cult Film Screening).

To purchase a day pass you will need to add all four screenings to your basket.

Simply select the standard tickets for each screening. Once all four screenings are in your basket the price will automatically be updated. Please note that the discount will only be applied to standard tickets.

Here’s what’s in store:


11:00am – 1:00pm: Video Dreams: A VHS Massacre Story

Dir: Thomas Edward Seymour. Starring: Debbie Rochon, Lloyd Kaufman, John Bloom.

From Blockbuster Dreams to streaming screens, a filmmakers journey through a vanishing world. Follow a director’s thirty year odyssey to get on the shelf of Blockbuster Video and beyond. A tale of struggle, perseverance and what to do when your dreams no longer makes sense

Short Film Presentation: The Tunnel (dir: Brendan Cleaves)


1:30pm – 3:30pm: Vincent

Dir: David Noel Bourke. Starring: Siir Tilif, Mikkel Vadsholt, Søren Hauch-Fausbøll.

Nobody can understand you when you’re 14. Except possibly a monster. A bullied teenager meets a stranger from out of town and they form an unusual relationship.

Short Film Presentation: Dolos (Dir: James Fletcher)


4:00pm – 6:00pm: The Behemoth

Dir: Kai Edmund Bogatzki. Starring: Beatrice Fletcher, Johnny Vivash, Ryan Wichert.

A couple on vacation encounters a dark cult set on bringing back a fearsome entity from the shadows.

Short Film Presentation: Fudge Sundae (Dir: Georgia Redman)


6:30pm – 8:30pm: Cult Film Secret Screening

Dir: ? Starring:?

As is the Black Sunday tradition, we will be closing our Midsummer Scream with a stone-cold cult classic!

This rare big-screen appearance is absolutely not to be missed!