2025 Festival Attended
10 Nominations 3 Awards

How To Kill Monsters

The sole survivor of a blood-drenched massacre must team up with a rag-tag bunch of rookie cops and lawbreakers to defend a police station from an invasion of monsters from another dimension.

Synopsis

How to Kill Monsters follows Jamie Lancaster, the lone survivor of a horrific massacre at a remote cabin in the woods. Branded a suspect rather than a witness, she is taken into police custody after claiming that a monstrous creature was responsible for the deaths of her friends. Her story is dismissed as impossible until a terrifying chain of events plunges the entire police station into a nightmare beyond comprehension, forcing officers, criminals, and civilians alike to confront a threat unlike anything they have ever encountered. 

Blending creature-feature horror, action, and comedy, How to Kill Monsters embraces the spirit of classic monster movies while delivering a fast-paced and wildly entertaining adventure. Packed with practical effects, larger-than-life creatures, and a healthy dose of dark humour, the film throws an unlikely group of survivors together in a desperate fight for survival. Drawing inspiration from Lovecraftian horror and creature cinema, How to Kill Monsters offers a bloody, energetic, and unapologetically fun journey into a world where the impossible suddenly becomes terrifyingly real. 

Cast & Crew

Directed by
Stewart Sparke
Produced by
Paul Butler
Cal O'Connell
Stewart Sparke
Written by
Paul Butler
Stewart Sparke
Cinematographer
Hamish Saks
Edited by
Stewart Sparke
Music by
Dave S. Walker
Hair & Makeup
India Stone

Film Details

Project Type
Feature
Language
English

Production Details

Country of Origin
United Kingdom
Country of Filming
United Kingdom
Film Color
Color

Creator / Status

First-time Filmmaker
No
Student Project
No

Festival & Release

Festival Edition
2025
Attended
Yes

Awards / Nominations

Nomination
Best Feature Film
How To Kill Monsters
2025
Nomination
Best Director
Stewart Sparke
2025
Nomination
Best Screenplay
How To Kill Monsters
2025
Winner
Best Actress
Lyndsey Craine
2025
Nomination
Best Supporting Actor
Johnny Vivash
2025
Nomination
Best Supporting Actress
Michaela Longden
2025
Nomination
Best Cinematography
How To Kill Monsters
2025
Nomination
Best Editing
How To Kill Monsters
2025
Nomination
Best Score
How To Kill Monsters
2025
Nomination
Best Sound Design
How To Kill Monsters
2025
Winner
Best Kill Scene
How To Kill Monsters
2025
Nomination
Best Gorefest
How To Kill Monsters
2025
Winner
Audience Choice
How To Kill Monsters
2025

Screening took place

UK (GMT) Time
MAY
17
Session No.
6
Session Started
19:45
Played at
19:45
Session Finished
21:20

Session information

This screening has ended. The films below were shown in the same session.