MAN VS BEAST
8 films in this collection
Throughout history, a bloody battle has raged between MAN and BEAST!
For centuries they were hunted, farmed and petted... until now! From the ocean, to the jungle and even in our own back gardens, they plot their revenge. Swiping claws, gnashing jaws and bloody claws! It’s our most savage season yet - as The Nickel goes face to face with the animal kingdom. Nature revolts - and the hunter becomes the hunted…
Each film will be preceded by a bespoke set of trailers and commercials and other themed surprises.
Pets welcome.
Art by @awwcreativeco
For centuries they were hunted, farmed and petted... until now! From the ocean, to the jungle and even in our own back gardens, they plot their revenge. Swiping claws, gnashing jaws and bloody claws! It’s our most savage season yet - as The Nickel goes face to face with the animal kingdom. Nature revolts - and the hunter becomes the hunted…
Each film will be preceded by a bespoke set of trailers and commercials and other themed surprises.
Pets welcome.
Art by @awwcreativeco

GODMONSTER OF INDIAN FLATS
(1973, USA, Fredric Hobbs)
89 mins18
A small desert town is thrown into panic when a mysterious, mutated creature emerges from the surrounding wilderness. Half-human, half-beast, and entirely terrifying, the “Godmonster” wreaks havoc as locals struggle to understand what they are facing, torn between fear, fascination, and the desire to exploit the creature for profit and notoriety.
Blending science fiction, horror, and darkly satirical social commentary, Godmonster of Indian Flats turns a low-budget monster tale into an offbeat meditation on greed, superstition, and human folly. The film thrives on its surreal atmosphere and bizarre charm, creating a world where terror and absurdity coexist. Strange, unsettling, and oddly poignant, it transforms a desert nightmare into a critique of small-town paranoia and exploitation.
Blending science fiction, horror, and darkly satirical social commentary, Godmonster of Indian Flats turns a low-budget monster tale into an offbeat meditation on greed, superstition, and human folly. The film thrives on its surreal atmosphere and bizarre charm, creating a world where terror and absurdity coexist. Strange, unsettling, and oddly poignant, it transforms a desert nightmare into a critique of small-town paranoia and exploitation.
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OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN
(1983, USA, George P. Cosmatos)
88 mins15
Set in a quiet Manhattan apartment, a work-obsessed scientist discovers that a relentless intruder is sabotaging his life. As the menace escalates, he realizes the culprit is a single, cunning rat, and his struggle to eliminate it spirals into an obsessive, life-or-death battle.
A taut, psychological thriller in the tradition of urban paranoia, Of Unknown Origin transforms a single apartment into a claustrophobic arena of fear and obsession. With escalating suspense and meticulous attention to detail, the film turns a simple infestation into a gripping study of human fragility, obsession, and the thin line between sanity and terror.
A taut, psychological thriller in the tradition of urban paranoia, Of Unknown Origin transforms a single apartment into a claustrophobic arena of fear and obsession. With escalating suspense and meticulous attention to detail, the film turns a simple infestation into a gripping study of human fragility, obsession, and the thin line between sanity and terror.
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SLUGS
(1988, Spain, Juan Piquer Simón)
89 mins18
Set in a small, isolated town, a mysterious outbreak turns ordinary garden slugs into vicious, carnivorous killers. As residents begin to vanish and panic spreads, a local scientist races to uncover the cause and stop the growing menace before the town is overrun.
A gruesome exercise in eco-horror, Slugs combines relentless creature attacks with grimy, small-town atmosphere. Packed with practical effects and escalating gore, the film transforms a seemingly harmless pest into a relentless force of terror, delivering a disturbingly visceral vision of nature turned lethal.
A gruesome exercise in eco-horror, Slugs combines relentless creature attacks with grimy, small-town atmosphere. Packed with practical effects and escalating gore, the film transforms a seemingly harmless pest into a relentless force of terror, delivering a disturbingly visceral vision of nature turned lethal.
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MAN VS BEAST MYSTERY MOVIE
18
Mystery movie plucked from the depths of our Man vs Beast season!
Not for the easily offended, and strictly programmed for adult audiences only - our mystery films are eye-popping forays into the bold and bonkers world of psychotronic cinema. Expect the unacceptable.
Not for the easily offended, and strictly programmed for adult audiences only - our mystery films are eye-popping forays into the bold and bonkers world of psychotronic cinema. Expect the unacceptable.
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EATEN ALIVE
(1976, USA, Tobe Hooper)
91 mins18
In Eaten Alive, a deranged hotel owner named Judd lures unsuspecting guests to his remote East Texas establishment, where they quickly discover that his hospitality masks a horrifying secret. A man‑eating crocodile lurks in the nearby swamp, and Judd delights in orchestrating gruesome encounters for his victims, watching them fight for survival as the creature attacks. The hotel, dilapidated and isolated, becomes a nightmarish trap where escape seems impossible.
Known for its tense atmosphere, graphic violence, and Hooper’s signature surreal horror touches, Eaten Alive combines backwoods terror with grotesque suspense. The film explores human cruelty alongside natural predation, creating a claustrophobic and relentless experience that heightens both shock and dread as the line between predator and prey blurs in the swamp’s shadowy depths.
Known for its tense atmosphere, graphic violence, and Hooper’s signature surreal horror touches, Eaten Alive combines backwoods terror with grotesque suspense. The film explores human cruelty alongside natural predation, creating a claustrophobic and relentless experience that heightens both shock and dread as the line between predator and prey blurs in the swamp’s shadowy depths.
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ROAR
(1981, USA, Noel Marshall)
95 mins18
Tippi Hedren and Noel Marshall star as a couple living on a sprawling estate filled with over 100 untrained lions, tigers, and other big cats. Their idyllic life takes a dangerous turn when their family is threatened by external forces, and the unpredictable animals begin to attack. In a chaotic mix of comedy, drama, and sheer animal mayhem, the family must navigate life alongside some of the most dangerous predators on Earth.
Roar is infamous for its on-set hazards, with actors and crew sustaining real injuries during filming. Beyond the spectacle, the film portrays the complex bond between humans and animals, highlighting both the majesty and unpredictability of wildlife while capturing the unrelenting energy and peril of living in close quarters with wild creatures.
Roar is infamous for its on-set hazards, with actors and crew sustaining real injuries during filming. Beyond the spectacle, the film portrays the complex bond between humans and animals, highlighting both the majesty and unpredictability of wildlife while capturing the unrelenting energy and peril of living in close quarters with wild creatures.
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Q: THE WINGED SERPENT
(1982, USA, Larry Cohen)
92 mins18
In New York City, a series of bizarre murders baffles the police, all linked to a mysterious, ancient flying creature. Detective Shepard investigates the attacks and soon realizes that a gigantic winged serpent, identified with the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl, is responsible. As the creature terrorizes the city, Shepard races against time to stop it before it strikes again, navigating both the disbelief of authorities and the chaos caused by a mythical predator in an urban landscape.
Featuring a combination of horror, adventure, and urban spectacle, Q: The Winged Serpent blends city grit with supernatural terror. The film’s inventive creature effects and tense action sequences create a sense of wonder and dread, as humanity confronts a force both ancient and unstoppable amidst the concrete jungle.
Featuring a combination of horror, adventure, and urban spectacle, Q: The Winged Serpent blends city grit with supernatural terror. The film’s inventive creature effects and tense action sequences create a sense of wonder and dread, as humanity confronts a force both ancient and unstoppable amidst the concrete jungle.
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LA BÊTE
(1975, France, Walerian Borowczyk)
98 mins18
Erotic folklore rendered as aristocratic farce and pastoral hallucination. Walerian Borowczyk’s scandalous period fantasy begins in drawing rooms of inherited wealth and decaying lineage, then slips backward into a fevered 18th-century legend of lust, animality, and transgression. Civilization peels away; appetite remains.
This is costume drama dragged into the mud. Silk gowns and antique furniture give way to rutting in long grass, extended to the point of discomfort and absurdity. Borowczyk stages the encounter between woman and beast as both explicit spectacle and savage satire — a confrontation with repression that’s by turns painterly, grotesque, and deliberately excessive. Sirpa Lane moves from porcelain composure to ecstatic abandon, anchoring a film that refuses good taste as a governing principle.
Banned, cut, and argued over on release, La Bête stands as one of European art-cinema’s most brazen provocations: a heritage romance infected by animal desire, played straight and pushed too far.
This is costume drama dragged into the mud. Silk gowns and antique furniture give way to rutting in long grass, extended to the point of discomfort and absurdity. Borowczyk stages the encounter between woman and beast as both explicit spectacle and savage satire — a confrontation with repression that’s by turns painterly, grotesque, and deliberately excessive. Sirpa Lane moves from porcelain composure to ecstatic abandon, anchoring a film that refuses good taste as a governing principle.
Banned, cut, and argued over on release, La Bête stands as one of European art-cinema’s most brazen provocations: a heritage romance infected by animal desire, played straight and pushed too far.
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