Surrealistic Nightmares: An In-Depth Look at Walloon Horror Cinema

Apr 12, 2025

1h 35m

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Overview

After researching the Flemish horror cinema in "Forgotten Scares", director Steve De Roover - with the help of co-director Jérôme Vandewattyne (Spit'N'Split) - digs deeper in the follow-up documentary "Surrealistic Nightmares" and shows the beginning of Walloon horror cinema in the '20s (!) and how the genre evolved during the following years. Through unique experiences from the original cast and crew, horror experts and various genre journalists, a broad and in-depth picture is painted about the one-of-a-kind horror legacy from the French side of Belgium, without forgetting the difficult cinema landscape of this small country with two very different languages. "Surrealistic Nightmares: An In-depth Look at Walloon Horror Cinema" is illustrated by exclusive behind the scene footage, famous film scenes and loads of original promotional artwork.

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Horror

Documentary

Production Companies

Skladanowsky

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Cast

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Guillermo del Toro

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Pascal Laugier

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Xavier Gens

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Fabrice Du Welz

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Hélène Cattet

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Bruno Forzani

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Alexandre Bustillo

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Julien Maury

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Mathieu Mortelmans

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Laurent Lucas

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6.5

Scream 2

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6.0

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3.7

The Birds II: Land's End

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0.0

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5.8

The Ghost of Frankenstein

Mar 13, 1942

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6.2

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Mar 5, 1943

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6.7

Son of Frankenstein

Jan 13, 1939

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6.0

House of Frankenstein

Dec 1, 1944

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6.1

The Evil of Frankenstein

May 8, 1964

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6.6

The Revenge of Frankenstein

Jun 13, 1958

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2.7

Dead Human Collection

Sep 2, 2005

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6.4

The War of the Gargantuas

Jul 31, 1966

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6.4

Alien³

May 22, 1992

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6.2

Alien Resurrection

Nov 12, 1997

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5.6

The Rage: Carrie 2

Mar 12, 1999

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