THINGS are getting seriously scary in Derby as the city stakes its claim as the UK capital of horror – with a 24-hour monster movie marathon.

The DMP Summer Scare-A-Thon hits the screen at city centre arts venue QUAD on June 3, with no fewer than 14 horror classics in a back-to-back binge.

Billed as the “ultimate cinematic horror experience”, all the movies will be shown uncut and digitally remastered but there’ll be much more than that.

Organisers are promising horror movie trivia, prize giveaways, drinking games, classic horror trailer shows, and classic grindhouse intermission pauses.

Here’s the bill, in all its gory glory.

• 18:00 – 18:15: Vintage Horror Trailer Show

• 18:15 – 19:45: Hellraiser (1987)

• 19:45 – 20:00: Vintage Horror Trailer Show

• 20:00 – 21:30: Hellbound: Hellraiser 2 (1988)

• 21:30 – 21:45: Vintage Horror Trailer Show

• 21:45 – 23:15: Slugs (1988) – With Drinking Game!

• 23:15 -23:45: Classic Horror Movie Trivia

• 23:45 – 00:00: Vintage Horror Trailer Show

• 00:00 – 01:30: Demons (1985)

• 01:30 – 03:00: Demons 2 (1986)

• 03:00 – 03:15: Vintage Horror Trailer Show

• 03.15 – 04:45: The Stuff (1985)

• 04:45 – 05:00: Vintage Horror Trailer Show

• 05:00 – 06:10: Blood Feast (1963)

• 06:10 – 07:45: The Wizard of Gore (1970)

• 07:45 – 08:00: Vintage Horror Trailer Show

• 08:00 – 10:00: Audition (1999)

• 10:00 – 11:30: Ringu (1998)

• 11:30 – 13:15: The Crazies (1973)

• 13:15 – 14:45: The Burning (1981)

• 14:45 – 16:15: Children of the Corn (1984)

• 16:15 – 16:30: Vintage Horror Trailer Show

• 16:30 – 18:00: Creepshow 2 (1987)

Lest you be in any doubt, the marathon carries an advisory notice: “WARNING: MANY OF THE FILMS SCREENED IN THIS MARATHON WILL SHOW SCENES OF GRAPHIC VIOLENCE, GORE, CANNIBALISM, AND SADISM – ABSOLUTELY NO ONE UNDER 18 WILL BE ADMITTED.”

Tickets are £35, with a reduced rate of £25 for concessions and under-25s.

QUAD is a centre for contemporary art and film, offering a year-round programme of innovative curated exhibitions, commissions, residencies, and festivals featuring artists from all over the world.

Learning, education and participation programmes involve people and communities locally and worldwide, with projects including the FORMAT International Photography Biennale and exhibitions by artists Benedict Drew, teamLab and Kimchi and Chips.

For event and exhibition updates see www.derbyquad.co.uk

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