The Gallery’s Australian Cinémathèque presents Monsters, a film program showcasing the baddest bloodthirsty fiends, zombies, monsters and mutants that the silver screen has to offer at Brisbane's Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) from 19 April to 2 June.
Monsters celebrates an enduring fascination with cinematic monsters, including Zombies, Mutants, Shapeshifters, Mad Doctors, Foreign Entities and Monstrous Absurdities. It also considers some of the most popular periods of monster filmmaking, from Universal Studios films of the 1930s and 1940s, the reinvigoration of these stories by Hammer Films in the 1950s, the drive-in creature features of the 1950s and 1960s, and subsequent revivals of the monster genre.
Rediscover some of the genre's most popular films on the big screen, including recent digital restorations and archival film prints from around the world. Monsters also offers the opportunity to experience a selection of silent films with live musical accompaniment performed on the Gallery's 1929 Wurlitzer Organ.
The Audi GOMA Bar opens from 5.30pm for Friday and Saturday screenings.
