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Forbidden Worlds Film Festival @fwfilmfestival.bsky.social · 6d

Deadline for press accreditation is this Sunday!

If you're a horror writer/podcaster/reviewer looking to cover Forbidden Worlds: The Big Scream this year, get applying!

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Forbidden Worlds Film Festival @fwfilmfestival.bsky.social · 18d

Forbidden Worlds Film Festival welcomes film press based in the UK currently reporting and/or reviewing, in a professional (or semi-professional!) capacity to apply for press accreditation.

Find out more and apply via our Linktree!

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Forbidden Worlds Film Festival @fwfilmfestival.bsky.social · 2d

On 24 October, Forbidden Worlds will open submissions for next year's Genre Film-makers of the Future: Shorts Showcase as part of 2026's festival.

If you've made a short genre film (sci-fi, action, horror, fantasy), find out how it could be shown on an IMAX screen!

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Tristan Sherfield, winner of Best Sci-Fi Short 2025, holds aloft his wooden trophy while holding a mic in front of an applauding crowd.

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Forbidden Worlds Film Festival @fwfilmfestival.bsky.social · 21h

Everything you’d expect from Halloween… but with an Aussie twist.

24-25 October: The Big Sceam - Six Feet Down Under

www.forbiddenworldsfilmfestival.co.uk

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Letterboxd @letterboxd.social · 1d

Diane Keaton (1946–2025)

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Forbidden Worlds Film Festival @fwfilmfestival.bsky.social · 1d

two men are standing next to each other and one has the letter z on his backpack

ALT: two men are standing next to each other and one has the letter z on his backpack

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Forbidden Worlds Film Festival @fwfilmfestival.bsky.social · 1d

Not sure what Ozploitation is?

Find out with our little primer…

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Forbidden Worlds Film Festival @fwfilmfestival.bsky.social · 17d

Individual screening tickets for The Big Picture: Six Feet Down Under are now on sale!

Watch our trailer below (edited by Arthur Cauty).

www.forbiddenworldsfilmfestival.co.uk

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Valhalla Entertainment @valhallaent.bsky.social · 3d

TBT to the behind the scenes on the set of #Aliens!

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Forbidden Worlds Film Festival @fwfilmfestival.bsky.social · 2d

We have detailed thoughts.

Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra @fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social · 3d

This is a trick question, isn’t it?

If you could watch anything on an IMAX screen, what would it be?

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Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra @fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social · 3d

This is a trick question, isn’t it?

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Forbidden Worlds Film Festival @fwfilmfestival.bsky.social · 2d

On 24 October, Forbidden Worlds will open submissions for next year's Genre Film-makers of the Future: Shorts Showcase as part of 2026's festival.

If you've made a short genre film (sci-fi, action, horror, fantasy), find out how it could be shown on an IMAX screen!

filmfreeway.com/fwfilmfestival

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Forbidden Worlds Film Festival @fwfilmfestival.bsky.social · 2d

"The Lurid and low brow #Ozploitation genre pushed the boundaries of censorship and the limits of tiny budgets to show a wilder side of our national identity." - ACMI (Australia's national museum of screen culture)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVCw...

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Forbidden Worlds Film Festival @fwfilmfestival.bsky.social · 3d

What actually is Ozploitation? And does it have anything to do with Wicked?

Writing for Forbidden Worlds, film journalist Sean Wilson dives into the pulse-pounding, rough-as-guts world of Ozploitation, the theme of this year's The Big Scream: Six Feet Down Under.

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Ozploitation and why you should watch it at The Big Scream: Six Feet Down Under

A story on Letterboxd.

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Forbidden Worlds Film Festival @fwfilmfestival.bsky.social · 3d

Which is your favourite of these Razorback posters from around the world?

See Russell Mulcahy’s iconic Outback creature feature on Bristol Megascreen on Saturday 25 October as part of The Big Scream: Six Feet Down Under.

www.forbiddenworldsfilmfestival.co.uk

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Forbidden Worlds Film Festival @fwfilmfestival.bsky.social · 3d

Stop it, George.

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Forbidden Worlds Film Festival @fwfilmfestival.bsky.social · 4d

A young woman is kidnapped by a cult of vampires who believe she is their messiah!

This classic of Ozploitation cinema - THIRST (1979) - will be screening as part of The Big Scream: Six Feet Down Under on 25 October at Bristol Megascreen.

www.forbiddenworldsfilmfestival.co.uk

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Forbidden Worlds Film Festival @fwfilmfestival.bsky.social · 3d

What actually is Ozploitation? And does it have anything to do with Wicked?

Writing for Forbidden Worlds, film journalist Sean Wilson dives into the pulse-pounding, rough-as-guts world of Ozploitation, the theme of this year's The Big Scream: Six Feet Down Under.

letterboxd.com/fwfilmfestiv...

Ozploitation and why you should watch it at The Big Scream: Six Feet Down Under

A story on Letterboxd.

letterboxd.com

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Forbidden Worlds Film Festival @fwfilmfestival.bsky.social · 4d

Intriguing.

Via @bristol247.bsky.social

www.bristol247.com/culture/film...

IMAX could soon return to Bristol

Decades after Bristol's only IMAX screen shut down, the city might finally get a new one

www.bristol247.com

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Bloody Disgusting @bloody-disgusting.com · 4d

Did you know that you can now book a stay at the iconic POLTERGEIST house through Airbnb? @thewolfman.bsky.social survived his stay to report on the house's history and the new owner's painstaking recreation of the movie experience for guests:

I Stayed in the House from ‘Poltergeist’ and Here’s What Happened

Los Angeles is a mecca for horror fans for a variety of reasons, one of which is to see the real-life filming locations of iconic movies. Whether you want to see the Myers house from Halloween in Sout...

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 4d

Happy birthday, Sci-fi Queen Sigourney.

And she's far from finished with sci-fi, as she'll be appearing in Avatar: Fire and Ash (Dec. 2025) and The Mandalorian & Grogu (May 2026).

Sigourney Weaver in The Mandalorian & Grogu (2026)

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Forbidden Worlds Film Festival @fwfilmfestival.bsky.social · 5d

"In the Australian Outback, a young wildlife conservationist is terrorized by bored poachers and decides to fight back!"

FAIR GAME (1986) - Saturday 25 August at Bristol Megascreen - as part of The Big Scream: Six Feet Down Under

🎟️ www.forbiddenworldsfilmfestival.co.uk

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 4d

"Then came Waterworld."

How Kevin Costner Lost Hollywood

On-set brawls. Courtroom battles. Epic bombs. Why the world's most bankable cowboy is suddenly shooting blanks.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

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Forbidden Worlds Film Festival @fwfilmfestival.bsky.social · 4d

Happy birthday to the legend that is Sigourney Weaver.

We still can't believe she sent in this special message for this year's festival Legend - @galeannehurd.bsky.social - earlier in the year.

May her birthday be always free of ghosts, serial killers and xenomorphs.

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Forbidden Worlds Film Festival @fwfilmfestival.bsky.social · 4d

A young woman is kidnapped by a cult of vampires who believe she is their messiah!

This classic of Ozploitation cinema - THIRST (1979) - will be screening as part of The Big Scream: Six Feet Down Under on 25 October at Bristol Megascreen.

www.forbiddenworldsfilmfestival.co.uk

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Forbidden Worlds Film Festival @fwfilmfestival.bsky.social · 5d

October! OCTOBER! We meant October!

Where are we? What day is it? What year?!

Forbidden Worlds Film Festival @fwfilmfestival.bsky.social · 5d

"In the Australian Outback, a young wildlife conservationist is terrorized by bored poachers and decides to fight back!"

FAIR GAME (1986) - Saturday 25 August at Bristol Megascreen - as part of The Big Scream: Six Feet Down Under

🎟️ www.forbiddenworldsfilmfestival.co.uk

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