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FACT presents

The Keep (35mm) [18]

Screen 12 Second Floor
FACT Liverpool, 88 Wood Street, Liverpool, L1 4DQ
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Runtime: 96 mins

Genre: Supernatural Horror

Michael Mann’s visually arresting cult horror brings ancient evil, wartime brutality and Tangerine Dream’s haunting electronic score to the big screen on 35mm.

On the first Monday of every month, FACT presents a specially selected 35mm film. Look closely, and you’ll see the grain, flicker and occasional imperfections of a print that has been preserved, handled and enjoyed by audiences over time. This is the first in an ongoing series of screenings, with many more films to be announced.

One lucky audience member will be invited into the projection room to start the film. Step behind the scenes, see the reels and specialist equipment up close, and discover the increasingly rare skills that bring film to life on the big screen.

Doors: 19:00. Screening: 19:30.

The screening will begin at the advertised time without adverts or trailers.

Bookings

Booking Required — £8-10*

*£8 tickets are available for anyone who is in full-time education, unwaged, or over 60.

Michael Mann’s visually arresting cult horror brings ancient evil, wartime brutality and Tangerine Dream’s haunting electronic score to the big screen on 35mm.

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During the Second World War, a group of German soldiers occupies an isolated stone fortress in the Carpathian Mountains. When two soldiers attempt to steal the mysterious silver crosses embedded in its walls, they unwittingly release a powerful presence from deep within the building.

As the deaths begin to mount, the soldiers force a Jewish historian and his daughter to investigate. But the arrival of a mysterious stranger suggests that something far older and more dangerous has been awakened.

Featuring Scott Glenn, Ian McKellen, Jürgen Prochnow and Gabriel Byrne, The Keep is a singular collision of supernatural horror, wartime nightmare and dreamlike 1980s style. Its atmospheric imagery and Tangerine Dream score demand the big screen, and a 35mm print is the perfect way to enter Mann’s strange, shadowy world.

Presented by FACT and supported by Film Hub North with National Lottery funding on behalf of the BFI Film Audience Network.

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