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Freak Me Out

Your destination for spine-tingling, pulse-quickening and very weird talking pictures.

Freak Me Out is your SFF destination for spine-tingling, pulse-quickening and very weird talking pictures. Heavy duty horror, tick. Mind boggling action, tick. Moody and mystical dreamscapes, tick. Rasping social horror, tick. Hilarious adventures across time and space, tick. Eight wondrous walks on the wild side of cinema? Tick.

Richard Kuipers,
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Wed Jun 5 at 8:30pm Event Cinemas George Street - Cinema 9

Wake Up

Feature Genre giants RKSS (Turbo Kid, SFF 2015) return to FMO with a supreme slasher. Gen Z activists become the prey after breaking into a homeware megastore. This one delivers.
Wed Jun 5 at 8:30pm Event Cinemas George Street - Cinema 9

It Will Find You

Short Film A reporter interviews a convicted killer, with terrifying results.
Thu Jun 6 at 8:45pm Dendy Newtown - Cinema 1

Cuckoo

Feature Hunter Schafer (Euphoria) stars in a fantastically unrestrained tale of very strange goings-on at a holiday resort in the Bavarian Alps. Berlinale, SXSW 2024.
Thu Jun 6 at 8:45pm Dendy Newtown - Cinema 1

Transylvanie

Short Film Bullied 10-year-old Ewa believes she is a vampire and is ready to prove it. Grand Jury Award, SXSW Midnight Shorts 2024.
Guest
Fri Jun 7 at 8:15pm Dendy Newtown - Cinema 3

The Paragon

Feature A tennis coach teams with a mysterious psychic tutor to seek revenge on a hit-and-run driver. This delightfully lo-fi cosmic comedy-fantasy is set in Auckland and surrounding alternate realities.
Fri Jun 7 at 8:15pm Dendy Newtown - Cinema 3

Meat Puppet

Short Film A glove puppet makes Oz’s life hell. Special Jury Award, SXSW Midnight Shorts 2024.
Fri Jun 7 at 9:00pm Palace Central Cinemas - Cinema 1

Cuckoo

Feature Hunter Schafer (Euphoria) stars in a fantastically unrestrained tale of very strange goings-on at a holiday resort in the Bavarian Alps. Berlinale, SXSW 2024.
Fri Jun 7 at 9:00pm Palace Central Cinemas - Cinema 1

Transylvanie

Short Film Bullied 10-year-old Ewa believes she is a vampire and is ready to prove it. Grand Jury Award, SXSW Midnight Shorts 2024.
Guest
Sat Jun 8 at 8:30pm Event Cinemas George Street - Cinema 5

The Moogai

Feature A malicious spirit enters the home of a young Indigenous couple with a newborn baby. Based on his SFF-winning short of the same name, writer-director Jon Bell’s striking feature debut arrives direct from SXSW and Sundance.
Guest
Sun Jun 9 at 8:30pm Event Cinemas George Street - Cinema 3

The Paragon

Feature A tennis coach teams with a mysterious psychic tutor to seek revenge on a hit-and-run driver. This delightfully lo-fi cosmic comedy-fantasy is set in Auckland and surrounding alternate realities.
Sun Jun 9 at 8:30pm Event Cinemas George Street - Cinema 3

Meat Puppet

Short Film A glove puppet makes Oz’s life hell. Special Jury Award, SXSW Midnight Shorts 2024.
Guest
Sun Jun 9 at 8:45pm Dendy Newtown - Cinema 1

The Moogai

Feature A malicious spirit enters the home of a young Indigenous couple with a newborn baby. Based on his SFF-winning short of the same name, writer-director Jon Bell’s striking feature debut arrives direct from SXSW and Sundance.
Mon Jun 10 at 6:30pm Event Cinemas George Street - Cinema 3

Lullaby

Short Film A refugee is haunted by a devastating incident from her past.
Mon Jun 10 at 6:30pm Event Cinemas George Street - Cinema 3

Hunting Daze

Feature Annick Blanc’s blistering debut centres on a woman stranded at a buck’s party in the Quebec wilderness. This SXSW Midnighters hit subverts expectations with a vengeance...
Wed Jun 12 at 7:00pm City Recital Hall

Hear My Eyes: Hellraiser

Feature Experience Clive Barker’s 1987 extra-dimensional horror classic, re-scored live by EBM explorers Hieroglyphic Being and Robin Fox, and synched laser-art show.
Wed Jun 12 at 8:35pm Ritz Randwick - Cinema 5

Cuckoo

Feature Hunter Schafer (Euphoria) stars in a fantastically unrestrained tale of very strange goings-on at a holiday resort in the Bavarian Alps. Berlinale, SXSW 2024.
Thu Jun 13 at 8:45pm Dendy Newtown - Cinema 1

Wake Up

Feature Genre giants RKSS (Turbo Kid, SFF 2015) return to FMO with a supreme slasher. Gen Z activists become the prey after breaking into a homeware megastore. This one delivers.
Thu Jun 13 at 8:45pm Dendy Newtown - Cinema 1

It Will Find You

Short Film A reporter interviews a convicted killer, with terrifying results.
Fri Jun 14 at 9:00pm Event Cinemas George Street - Cinema 5

Kill

Feature One speeding train. 40 bloodthirsty bandits. And a badass hero who smashes, kicks and pulverises his way through them. This action spectacle lit up the Toronto Midnight Madness screen.
Fri Jun 14 at 9:00pm Dendy Newtown - Cinema 3

Hunting Daze

Feature Annick Blanc’s blistering debut centres on a woman stranded at a buck’s party in the Quebec wilderness. This SXSW Midnighters hit subverts expectations with a vengeance...
Fri Jun 14 at 9:00pm Dendy Newtown - Cinema 3

Lullaby

Short Film A refugee is haunted by a devastating incident from her past.
Fri Jun 14 at 9:00pm Event Cinemas George Street - Cinema 5

Earwax

Short Film A sound designer’s temporary deafness spirals out of control.
Sat Jun 15 at 8:15pm Dendy Newtown - Cinema 1

She Loved Blossoms More

Feature Direct from its Tribeca World Premiere comes Yannis Veslemes’ existential fever dream about time travel and family ties. The Greek Weird Wave just got gloriously weirder.
Sat Jun 15 at 8:15pm Dendy Newtown - Cinema 1

Dream Creep

Short Film Suzy’s terrified voice cries out from her ear while she is asleep.
Sat Jun 15 at 8:30pm Event Cinemas George Street - Cinema 5

Cuckoo

Feature Hunter Schafer (Euphoria) stars in a fantastically unrestrained tale of very strange goings-on at a holiday resort in the Bavarian Alps. Berlinale, SXSW 2024.
Sat Jun 15 at 8:30pm Event Cinemas George Street - Cinema 5

Transylvanie

Short Film Bullied 10-year-old Ewa believes she is a vampire and is ready to prove it. Grand Jury Award, SXSW Midnight Shorts 2024.
Sun Jun 16 at 8:40pm Dendy Newtown - Cinema 1

Earwax

Short Film A sound designer’s temporary deafness spirals out of control.
Sun Jun 16 at 8:40pm Dendy Newtown - Cinema 1

Kill

Feature One speeding train. 40 bloodthirsty bandits. And a badass hero who smashes, kicks and pulverises his way through them. This action spectacle lit up the Toronto Midnight Madness screen.
Sun Jun 16 at 8:45pm Event Cinemas George Street - Cinema 3

Dream Creep

Short Film Suzy’s terrified voice cries out from her ear while she is asleep.
Sun Jun 16 at 8:45pm Event Cinemas George Street - Cinema 3

She Loved Blossoms More

Feature Direct from its Tribeca World Premiere comes Yannis Veslemes’ existential fever dream about time travel and family ties. The Greek Weird Wave just got gloriously weirder.

Cuckoo

Feature Hunter Schafer (Euphoria) stars in a fantastically unrestrained tale of very strange goings-on at a holiday resort in the Bavarian Alps. Berlinale, SXSW 2024.

Dream Creep

Short Film Suzy’s terrified voice cries out from her ear while she is asleep.

Earwax

Short Film A sound designer’s temporary deafness spirals out of control.

Hear My Eyes: Hellraiser

Feature Experience Clive Barker’s 1987 extra-dimensional horror classic, re-scored live by EBM explorers Hieroglyphic Being and Robin Fox, and synched laser-art show.

Hunting Daze

Feature Annick Blanc’s blistering debut centres on a woman stranded at a buck’s party in the Quebec wilderness. This SXSW Midnighters hit subverts expectations with a vengeance...

It Will Find You

Short Film A reporter interviews a convicted killer, with terrifying results.

Kill

Feature One speeding train. 40 bloodthirsty bandits. And a badass hero who smashes, kicks and pulverises his way through them. This action spectacle lit up the Toronto Midnight Madness screen.

Lullaby

Short Film A refugee is haunted by a devastating incident from her past.

Meat Puppet

Short Film A glove puppet makes Oz’s life hell. Special Jury Award, SXSW Midnight Shorts 2024.
Guest

The Moogai

Feature A malicious spirit enters the home of a young Indigenous couple with a newborn baby. Based on his SFF-winning short of the same name, writer-director Jon Bell’s striking feature debut arrives direct from SXSW and Sundance.
Guest

The Paragon

Feature A tennis coach teams with a mysterious psychic tutor to seek revenge on a hit-and-run driver. This delightfully lo-fi cosmic comedy-fantasy is set in Auckland and surrounding alternate realities.

She Loved Blossoms More

Feature Direct from its Tribeca World Premiere comes Yannis Veslemes’ existential fever dream about time travel and family ties. The Greek Weird Wave just got gloriously weirder.

Transylvanie

Short Film Bullied 10-year-old Ewa believes she is a vampire and is ready to prove it. Grand Jury Award, SXSW Midnight Shorts 2024.

Wake Up

Feature Genre giants RKSS (Turbo Kid, SFF 2015) return to FMO with a supreme slasher. Gen Z activists become the prey after breaking into a homeware megastore. This one delivers.
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