Dundead is a horror film festival in Dundee, Scotland.
Dundead is Dundee Contemporary Arts' (DCA) annual festival and programme strand that celebrates horror, cult and weird cinema.
The festival brings together a mix of previews and premieres of brand new genre titles as well as specially selected horror classics. It has taken place at DCA on an annual basis since April 2011, with monthly screenings throughout the year and a curated programme in October to celebrate Halloween.
The festival was programmed by Chris O'Neill, head of cinema at the Triskel Arts Centre in Cork, Ireland, from 2011 to 2019.
Since 2020, it has been programmed by Michael Coull, the DCA's cinema programmer.
The 2016 festival took place from 28 AprilâÂÂ1 May 2016, with the programme including four previews and a Wes Craven retrospective.
The 2017 festival took place from 27âÂÂ30 April 2017, featuring a mix of previews, new titles and a retrospective of Stephen King classics.
The 2018 festival took place from 10âÂÂ13 May 2018, with a special Tobe Hooper retrospective following his death the previous year.
The 2019 festival took place from 2âÂÂ5 May 2019. A number of films from 1999 were screened to mark the 20th anniversary of the DCA's opening that year.
Dundead festival did not take place in 2020 a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
A scaled-down programme of events took place in 2021 under the title Dundead Summer Camp, This took place from 9 to 11 July 2021.
The 2022 festival, the first full festival since 2019 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, took place from 28 AprilâÂÂ1 May 2022.
The 2023 festival took place from 11âÂÂ14 May 2023, with the programme including one European première, one UK première and three Scottish premières, as well as a five-film retrospective of David Cronenberg.