Newman And Kermode In Conversation At The BFI

• 20th Apr 2011

To celebrate the launch of Kim Newman’s updated essential horror tome Nightmare Movies (published 18 April), Newman and fellow horror expert and fan Mark Kermode will take to the BFI Southbank on April 29th stage for an illustrated conversation on all things scary in film. Immediately followed by a screening of a special evil treat hand picked by Newman the rarely seen Let’s scare Jessica to Death.

Recently released from a stay in a mental institution after a nervous breakdown, Jessica moves to a Victorian-era farmhouse with her husband and close friend in an effort to start afresh. Already fragile, when Jessica encounters Emily, an enigmatic and supposedly transient hippie in her new home, it disturbs her and, convinced that Emily is a vampiric ghost who is draining the rural town’s population, she becomes increasingly unnerved. Is Jessica having another breakdown or is something sinister going on

Following the screening Kim Newman will be signing his new edition of Nightmare Movies which will be available for sale at the BFI Filmstore.