Temple Cinema is a shrine to the demonic, the delirious and the dangerous. In its new regular monthly slot, London's most unique screening venue promises to dedicate itself to the dark arts of horror filmmaking. To celebrate the current horror revival and pay tribute to its heritage, Andaz London Liverpool Street and East End Film Festival are pairing the stand out titles of horror’s new wave with one of their spiritual ancestors.
Sealed off and lost, the Andaz London hotel’s Masonic Temple was once home only to the secrets of The Freemasons, but now after its rediscovery it has become a temple to cinema too. Its lacquered thrones, marble columns and golden zodiac-adorned ceiling will echo with screams once again...
With HEREDITARY, first time director Ari Aster terrified the cinema-going world last year and created a perfect platform for a deeply unsettling and imperious performance by Toni Collette as Annie who, as both a mother and a daughter, is the conduit for an sinister ancestral fate that consumes the life of her and her children. HEREDITARY is a truly terrifying, skin-crawling experience that has rightly become an instant classic of the genre.
Richard Donner's THE OMEN is perhaps the most iconic portrayal of youthful occultism in cinema. Wealthy American diplomat Robert (Gregory Peck) adopts the troubled and distant Damien (Harvey Stephens) but after the small boy joins the family, tragedy upon tragedy begins to afflict them. Could this young boy with those unsmiling eyes be the antichrist?
We start this season with MANDY, Panos Cosmatos's psychedelic fever dream of a movie, in which Nicolas Cage's Red Miller reaps a bloody and frantic revenge on the LSD-fuelled cult who have taken his one true love. An instant cult classic that couldn't be more suited to the gothic grandeur of the Masonic Temple and the many clandestine secrets it holds.
Often held up as the greatest horror movie of all time, THE SHINING has long been a cinematic icon, and for many the experience of walking around an old hotel is forever linked with the eerie discomfort of the Overlook Hotel, making Andaz London built in 1884, an ideal location. Jack Nicholson's Jack Torrance accepts a role as caretaker in an isolated hotel, but upon arriving with his young family, the building slowly reveals its self to be a place of spiritual disquiet and psychological discontent – and Jack soon begins to lose his mind in its winding corridors.
Future dates 25 July, 29 August, 26 September, 31 October, 28 November. Films to be announced soon.
A ticket gives you access to the screening, with a chair and a packet of popcorn. A cash bar will be available on the night. Please note the films will start at 19:30 sharp, no ads will be screened.
Enjoy a pre or post cinema meal and drinks at any of the Andaz London hotel’s six restaurants and bars.
Visit andazlondonliverpoolstreet.com to book a table or learn more.
| Ticket | Event time | Cost |
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Andaz London Presents Temple Cinema: Hereditary
Thursday 28 March 2019 |
19:30 - 22:30 | £15.00 |
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Andaz London Presents Temple Cinema: The Omen
Thursday 25 April 2019 |
19:30 - 22:30 | £15.00 |
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Andaz London Presents Temple Cinema: Mandy
Thursday 30 May 2019 |
19:30 - 22:30 | £15.00 |
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Andaz London Presents Temple Cinema: The Shining
Thursday 27 June 2019 |
19:30 - 22:30 | £15.00 |
Address
Andaz Hotel 40 Liverpool Street EC2M 7QN
Area
Liverpool Street
Nearest Station
Liverpool Street (Tube)
Hidden behind a secret wooden door on the 3rd Floor is The Temple, one of the original masonic rooms within the Andaz London Hotel. This imposing Grade I listed room dates back to the original construction of the hotel when it was used exclusively by Freemasons of the City. Wrap yourself in mystique…
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