EVER wanted to see horror classics The Exorcist and The Omen in an old church or catch action classic Predator at a recently decommissioned B&Q?
Well of course you have – and now you actually can, courtesy of the Belfast Film Festival which is staging special site-specific screenings of all three favourites next month.
First up is William Friedkin's masterful adaptation of William Peter Blatty's hit novel The Exorcist at the abandoned Holy Rosary Church on the Ormeau Road on Saturday August 19.
The organisers will barely have time to scrape the ectoplasm off the walls before screening Richard Donner's superlative Exorcist rip-off The Omen at the same venue the following evening.
As for John McTiernan's Predator, on Saturday August 26 ye olde B&Q on the Boucher Road will be transformed into a steaming urban jungle to fit in with the Central American setting of the Schwarzenegger classic – one of the finest sci-fi actioners of the 1980s.
Attendees are encouraged to celebrate Predator's 30th anniversary by playing dress-up – though it's probably best of you leave your assault rifle and giant hunting knife at home, given the times we're living in.
:: Tickets available now via Belfastfilmfestival.org
