Win MIFF Tickets
With less than a week to go before Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) opens, we’re excited to share with you an opportunity to Win 1 of 5 Double Passes to two of our favourite films on this year’s program, CHAIN REACTIONS and WENT UP THE HILL, both of which will have special guest talent in-attendance for their premieres.
CHAIN REACTIONS
Dir. Alexandre O. Philippe 2024 | Saturday 9 August 6:45pm
w/ Q&A by Alexandre O. Philippe
Documentarian Alexandre O. Philippe has made a career out of his obsession with movies. From The People vs. George Lucas to MIFF hits 78/52 (MIFF 2017) and Lynch/Oz (MIFF 2022), Philippe’s films are love letters to cinema and its capacity to shape the way we see the world. In Chain Reactions, he turns his attention to Tobe Hooper’s game-changing 1974 horror The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, exploring its lasting legacy – on the genre, on the culture and on filmmaking itself.
Released to commemorate the film’s 50th anniversary, Philippe’s documentary carves out space for five of its most passionate devotees – comedian Patton Oswalt, director Karyn Kusama, J-horror maestro Takashi Miike, novelist Stephen King, and beloved Melbourne film critic and renowned author Alexandra Heller-Nicholas – to expound on their enduring love for The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and how Leatherface and his family of American cannibals changed their lives. Shot in an expressionistic replica of the original’s farmhouse and intercut with iconic scenes and never-before-seen outtakes, Chain Reactions offers a fascinating insight into one of cinema’s most influential genre works.
“It’s a love letter to horror, art, influence, and how Tobe Hooper and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre changed cinema forever, whether you can stomach it or not.” – Collider
WENT UP THE HILL
Dir. Samuel Van Grinsven 2024 | Sunday 10 August 3:45pm
w/ Q&A by Samuel Van Grinsven and key cast member Dacre Montgomery
Jack (Dacre Montgomery, Stranger Things) travels to New Zealand for the funeral of his estranged mother, Elizabeth, from whom he was separated by social services as a child. Though Jack claims he was invited by his mother’s widow, Jill (Vicky Krieps, The Dead Don’t Hurt, MIFF 2024), she has no recollection of doing so. Nevertheless, Jill invites Jack to stay in her austere South Island home, an architectural marvel designed by her dead wife. As night falls, it becomes clear that Elizabeth’s malevolent spirit lingers in the space – and that she has unfinished business with both of them.
This Bergmanesque queer psychosexual two-hander is the second feature by New Zealand–born, Sydney-based filmmaker Samuel Van Grinsven (Sequin in a Blue Room, MIFF 2019). Montgomery and Krieps give a scene partner masterclass, deftly handling three personas between them through subtle shifts in physicality and voicework. With an unnerving musical score by recurring Terrence Malick collaborator Hanan Townshend, this elegant ghost story explores the difficulty of reckoning with what the dead leave behind.
“Went up the Hill is a note-perfect Gothic: stunning, uneasy, and harrowing.” – The Curb
Courtesy of our friends at MIFF, we’re giving you a chance to Win 1 of 5 Double Passes to see CHAIN REACTIONS or WENT UP THE HILL.
Just LIKE either our Facebook or Instagram post and EMAIL competitions@monsterfest.com.au with the film you wish to see and why.
Entry details and conditions:
Closes 11:59pm AEST 6 August 2025
Open only to entrants residing in Australia.
One entry per person.
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