Be Afraid, very afraid

Plenty of people love a good horror movie and lord knows I'm one of them. Therefore you can clearly imagine the pee-inducing excitement I experienced when I heard about the Australian Cinémathèque celebration of North American horror cinema. The film festivalish type gig started last Friday night with a screening of John Carpetner's classic Halloween and I went along on Saturday night to catch the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Titled Be Afraid the collection maps 50 years of fear on screen with horror films from the postwar period onwards. Featuring slasher, splatter, science fiction, thriller and apocalyptic disaster classics there's literally something here for everyone. There's also a few Australian films thrown in the mix for shits and giggles. The program includes films presented in their original format, recent restorations and archival film prints from Australia and around the world. Tickets are pretty darn cheap and are available from the Gallery Store Modern, GoMA during opening hours and from the Australian Cinémathèque box office one hour prior to film screenings. Adult tickets are $8 or you can get a 5 movie pass for $35, concession tickets are $6 or 5 movie pass for $25. The opportunity to see some of these horror classics in a cinema again is a rare experience and one fans of the genre shouldn't miss. The Australian Cinémathèque is located at the Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA) Southbank, Brisbane. Visit their website here to see a full listing of the films which run through till March 22.