On Halloween night 1998, Northern Ireland TV veteran Gerry Burns teams up with popular new children's presenter Michelle Kelly to investigate poltergeist activity in a reputedly haunted house in Belfast. Light entertainment turns to horror when an unseen terror reveals itself.
Combining found footage horror, folklore and a nostalgia for regional television, Haunted Ulster Live recreates a familiar world of 90’s light entertainment which, much like Belfast itself during the Northern Ireland Troubles, is haunted by something unseen and sinister. Written and directed by Dominic O’Neill, the film premiered at FrightFest 2023 with an Irish premiere at Belfast Film Festival and earned acclaim at leading international genre film festivals including Fantaspoa and Panic Fest.
Haunted Ulster Live is available on UK and Ireland digital platforms from 14 October
Combining found footage horror, folklore and a nostalgia for regional television, Haunted Ulster Live recreates a familiar world of 90’s light entertainment which, much like Belfast itself during the Northern Ireland Troubles, is haunted by something unseen and sinister. Written and directed by Dominic O’Neill, the film premiered at FrightFest 2023 with an Irish premiere at Belfast Film Festival and earned acclaim at leading international genre film festivals including Fantaspoa and Panic Fest.
Haunted Ulster Live is available on UK and Ireland digital platforms from 14 October
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00:00We now have a very special live broadcast for Halloween.
00:08Spooky goings on in a Belfast home.
00:11This is Haunted Ulster Live.
00:13Viewer discretion is advised.
00:15They've set up all sorts of impressive cameras, microphones and sensors around the house.
00:20Stephen had to come in to me a couple of times.
00:22He was that scared.
00:23He needs me to guide him to the spirit world where he can find peace.
00:28It's unmistakable.
00:29I will tell you the truth for the life.
00:30No one shall come to the father except through me.
00:31There stands a whore of Stephen.
00:32You are not going to want to avert your eyes for even a second.
00:41People say if there were black footprints beside your bed, it means he'd been there.
00:52We need the police.
00:53Bring the army in.
00:55The man was found in Montgomery Street in Belfast city centre.
00:59The scene is still cordoned off.