Can’t sleep? Neither can we!
EIFF’s Midnight Madness strand returns for a second year with a bumper selection of six of the very best genre films of 2025. Films that will whet the appetite of night owls looking for something a little extreme. From lo-fi to high concept, period romp to futuristic dystopia, from feminine dreamscapes to the most toxic masculinity imaginable, these movies will shock, delight and dazzle in equal measure.
A quintessential midnight movie, Ben Wheatley’s wildly inventive, darkly funny and completely unpredictable new film draws on a wealth of references from Airfix and Thunderbirds
... In Dead Lover, Grace Glowicki crafts a macabre yet tender reimagining of Frankenstein, where a gravedigger’s grief leads to madcap resurrection experiments. Shot on 16mm
... A young woman finds herself in a strange, derelict hotel as nightmarish visions from her past come to haunt her. As the lines of reality
... Prone to lashing out at staff, indulging in drug-fuelled binges, and wildly over-selling the stability of her company, ruthless real estate agent Natasha (Maberly) finds
... A broken, grieving mother finds herself trapped in a loop of unfulfilling vengeance. Traveling through the Multiverse, she has but one purpose: to kill the
... A hapless middle aged man is thrust into the role of a brutal avenger after a disastrous encounter with chemical waste. In this inventive, hilarious
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We are joined by the acclaimed director Ben Wheatley and his longtime producing partner Andy Starke for an in-depth career conversation hosted by Sam...
Ken Loach’s 2006 Palme D’Or winning film is a heartfelt and stirring epic exploring the rift that emerges between two brothers who find themselves...
Three adult children and their mother reunite after the death of their abusive father, engaging in a strange, cruel competition that shaped their childhood....
