News / 03 February 2025

MURDER CITY CARNIVALE OF CINEMA Returns

Adelaide, count your blessings as Australia’s purveyor of underground cinema, Dick Dale, has curated a fresh program of films for the second coming of the MURDER CITY CARNIVALE OF CINEMA, from February 7th – 9th.

The MURDER CITY CARNIVALE OF CINEMA is a three-day film festival that will invade three cinemas across Adelaide for a program of shorts and features from local and abroad.

FRIDAY 7 FEBRUARY

8:30PM | Palace Nova Cinema
I SHOULD HAVE BEEN DEAD YEARS AGO
Dir. Jason Summers | 101 Minutes

Exploring the life, music and artistic output of Stuart Gray, the notorious underground rocker who created the most psychotronic group to emerge from Australia: the legendary Lubricated Goat.

SATURDAY 8 FEBRUARY

4PM | Mercury Cinema
AN AMERICAN MASQUERADE
Dir. Addison Heath & Jasmine Jakupi | 102 Minutes | w/ Q&A

Two failed actors agree to transport a large amount of drugs from Portland to L.A. in order to fund their Hollywood dream. Along the way they meet a wild array of criminals, perverts and porn stars as they attempt to secure their own version of the ‘American Dream’.

7PM | Mercury Cinema
TRASHARAMA – LIVE ON STAGE
Short Film Program & Live Show | 120 Minutes

The TRASHARAMA LIVE on stage show is back! Fourteen sick and twisted short films from all over this wretched planet. Sourced by the Marco Polo of filth, your host, Dick Dale. Special guests and the Toilet Rock House band, The Raw Spud Ensemble. Schlock horror, video nasties, fake trailers, film clips, animations and more!! There will be prizes and the bar is open. You’ll need it!

9:30PM | Mercury Cinema
PERVIRELLA DELUX
Dir. Alex Chandon | 92 Minutes

The grotesque, power-mad Queen Victoria builds a wall around the country and establishes a monarchy of terror; intellectuals and “pervs” are prosecuted and killed, or driven underground to form the ‘cult of perv’. PERVIRELLA DELUX is remastered redux of the original 1997 cult classic with enhanced picture and audio.

SUNDAY 9 FEBRUARY

4PM | Piccadilly Cinema
NIGHTFALL: A PARANORMAL INVESTIGATION
Dir. Myles McEwen & Ripley Stevens | 80 Mins | w/ Q&A

June 6th, 1988, 6pm. Two young paranormal Investigators return to Elizabeth Blair’s home. This is Case 13. A chilling locally made South Australian Found Footage thriller.

7PM | Piccadilly Cinema
DICK DYNAMITE 1944
Dir. Robbie Davidson | 93 Minutes

In the dying days of World War II, Nazi scientists hatch a desperate plan to turn the population of New York into flesh-eating zombies. The only man who can stop them is DICK DYNAMITE: killing is his business and in ’44 business is good.

VIP, Daily & Session Tickets are available and for more information visit the official site.