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Fri 31st July
Sat 1st August
Sun 2nd August
| Friday | 31st July 2026 |
Feature
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
Monster Fest is proud to present the film that set the gold standard for post-apocalyptic action. George Miller’s Mad Max 2 is a relentless, high-octane cinematic landmark that shaped a genre and turned its leather-clad drifter into one of Hollywood’s biggest stars.
7:00pm Fri, 31st July, Cinema Nova, Melbourne
Feature
From Dusk Till Dawn
This exhilarating collaboration between Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino starts as a brutal crime thriller before detonating into full-blown horror carnage, as two outlaw brothers take a family hostage and head for the Mexican border.
9:00pm Fri, 31st July, Cinema Nova, Melbourne
| Saturday | 1st August 2026 |
Feature
Race With The Devil
Satanic cults, high-speed RV chases, and Warren fucken Oates—it doesn’t get any more awesome than RACE WITH THE DEVIL. This white-knuckle blast of ‘70s paranoia turns a fun couples road trip into a relentless fight for survival when they witness a human sacrifice in the wilds of Texas.
4:30pm Sat, 1st August, Cinema Nova, Melbourne
Feature
Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III
The man in the face mask is back - and his chainsaw is freshly sharpened and hungry for human meat. This criminally underrated sequel builds on the Sawyer family mythos and delivers plenty of kills, cannibals, and corpses in a relentless blast of roadside carnage built for hardcore horror fans.
7:00pm Sat, 1st August, Cinema Nova, Melbourne
Feature
The Hills Have Eyes
Remakes don’t usually hit this hard but Alexandre Aja’s brutal, blood-soaked retelling of Wes Craven’s desert vacay nightmare cranks up the terror, tension, and gore, unleashing a hillbilly mutant free-for-all. Fun for the whole family, guaranteed.
9:00pm Sat, 1st August, Cinema Nova, Melbourne
| Sunday | 2nd August 2026 |
Feature
Christine
In 1983, John Carpenter and Stephen King, two titans of horror, collided in a nightmarish film about a sentient 1958 Plymouth Fury that becomes fixated on a bullied teen, killing anyone who comes between them… and the world was never the same again.
2:00pm Sun, 2nd August, Cinema Nova, Melbourne
Feature
The Wraith
Charlie Sheen tears through a small desert town leaving behind a trail of dead bodies, mangled cars, and Sherilyn Fenn’s modesty in this action-packed ‘80s tale where supernatural revenge takes the form of a ghostly Dodge Turbo Interceptor.
4:30pm Sun, 2nd August, Cinema Nova, Melbourne
Feature
The Hitcher
No film captured the nightmare scenario of what happens when you pick up the wrong hitchhiker better than Robert Harmon’s relentless, blood-soaked road terror, The Hitcher. Featuring the perfectly cast Rutger Hauer as the world’s worst travelling companion, this nasty piece of cinema is the gold standard against which all other highway slashers are measured.
7:00pm Sun, 2nd August, Cinema Nova, Melbourne
The Wraith
40th Anniversary Screening | Mike Marvin | USA | 1986 | 93mins | Lionsgate | English
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Charlie Sheen tears through a small desert town leaving behind a trail of dead bodies, mangled cars, and Sherilyn Fenn’s modesty in this action-packed ‘80s tale where supernatural revenge takes the form of a ghostly Dodge Turbo Interceptor.
Session Time: 4:30pm Sun, 2nd August
Venue: Cinema Nova
Venue: Cinema Nova
After drifter Jake Kesey arrives in the small town of Brooks, Arizona, a wave of brutal, seemingly targeted murders tears through a vicious gang of local car thieves, who lash out at everyone and everything in revenge. As the violence escalates, Jake finds himself both suspect and prey as the mysterious killer continues its bloody campaign, while Packard (Nick Cassavetes) and his savage crew close in on him for punishment. Directed by Mike Marvin (Hamburger: The Motion Picture), The Wraith, with its metallic-blue VHS cover, became a highly sought-after video store staple throughout the ‘80s and ‘90s for its fusion of cool cars, shocking violence, and striking nudity. Randy Quaid and Clint Howard also star.
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