Sequels. Bigger, bolder and bloodier than ever.

This year, Monster Fest isn’t just paying tribute to genre sequels, we’re mutating into one ourselves with MONSTER FEST WEEKENDER III PART 2: THE SPAWNING, where the body count is higher, the stakes are deadlier, and the titles are somehow even longer.

FRIDAY – DAWN OF THE SEQUEL

We’re kicking things off with an undead double-header straight out of ’88, a year that proved horror franchises had zero chill. First up, RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD PART II brings back the punk rock attitude, gooey zombies, and brain-munching mayhem—because if it ain’t broke (or properly buried), don’t fix it. Then, prepare for the nightmare logic and nightmarish everything of PHANTASM II (aka THE NEVER DEAD PART TWO), where the Tall Man returns, the spheres fly faster, and the horror gets a major studio upgrade with more action, more gore, and way more barrels per shotgun.

SATURDAY – RETURN OF THE SEQUEL

Slashers, spectres, and super-charged law enforcement —it’s a sequel smorgasbord of relentless killers, cyborgs and urban legends. First, ROBOCOP 2, a brutal, motor-oil-fuelled sequel that pulls no punches and leaves no criminal left unpunished. Then, say his name (if you dare) as CANDYMAN 2: FAREWELL TO THE FLESH delves deeper into the tragic terror of the hook-handed legend, proving that some ghosts never rest. And to close out the night? The slicker-clad, hook-wielding fisherman is back for another round of teen torment in I STILL KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER, because nothing says “bad vacation” like a tropical getaway with a vengeful murderer and a Rastafarian Jack Black.

SUNDAY – CURSE OF THE SEQUEL

Our final day, the sequels get weirder, wackier and 100% wilder. First up, RETURN TO OZ, a nightmare-fuelled follow-up to THE WIZARD OF OZ, that swaps whimsy for Wheelers, talking decapitated heads, and a stone-faced Gnome King. Then, deep in the heart of Texas, after a decade of silence, Leatherface oils up his chainsaw for THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE PART 2, a sequel that ditches raw terror for pitch black comedy, Dennis Hopper in a chainsaw duel, and a family dinner somehow more disturbing than the first. Finally, we close out the festival with RE-ANIMATOR 2: BRIDE OF RE-ANIMATOR, where the esteemed Dr. Herbert West proves that love—and mad science—never dies, especially when you’ve got enough spare parts for sequel.

LOCATIONS:

SYDNEY
Event Cinemas Burwood

BRISBANE
Event Cinemas Brisbane City

ADELAIDE
Event Cinemas Marion

PERTH
Event Cinemas Innaloo

TICKETS - $21
VIP PASS - $120

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