Blockhead + Danny Horn & Director's Q&A

The Electric Palace is screening Blockhead on Thursday 5 November, with a Q&A to follow. It's a local one, too: the film stars Hastings' own Danny Horn, who'll be there on the night alongside director Matt Harlock to talk through it after the credits roll.

Blockhead follows a failing novelist who believes his muse appears to him as a drunk, psychotic decorator. As the novel starts to take shape, his life spirals into violent chaos. It's a strange, dark premise, and the film was made in just 14 days. It's picked up acclaim at festivals like FrightFest and Encounters, with critics calling it 'mesmerising', 'sophisticated', 'haunting, memorable & subversive' and 'mind bending'. Horn shares the screen with Joe Sims, known for Broadchurch and Doctor Who.

Matt Harlock is an award-winning filmmaker whose first feature, American: The Bill Hicks Story, was the second most successful documentary released in UK cinemas that year, played at over 40 international festivals and won several Best Documentary awards. He also founded No Direction Home, a networking community for directors. The whole evening runs about 90 minutes, so you're in for the screening and the Q&A in one go.

It starts at 19:30 at The Electric Palace Cinema, 39A High Street, Hastings, TN34 3ER. Tickets are £12 for a standard adult, £10 for concessions, and £6 for members aged 21 and under.