The Dead by Dawn festival returns to Edinburgh at the start of May for four days of horror (not to mention exhaustion and hangovers I suspect!).

Taking place at the Filmhouse between the 5th and 8th of May, the festival features films such as The Afflicted, Cold Fish, The Death of Alice Blue, Yellowbrickroad, Chop, UK film Harold's Going Stiff, The Neighbour Zombie and more, plus short films supporting each feature. A full pass costs £65.

For those of you unable to make the full festival - and with the stamina to handle all-nighters - Spawn of Dawn runs from midnight on the Saturday and features a selection of features and shorts from throughout the event. This will cost you just £25.

What's more, there's be the usual range of supplemnetray attractions, including the wonderful-sounding 'shit film amnesty', where you can bring along the most embarrassing film in your collection and - if deemed to be worse than everyone elses - take the whole lot of them home with you.

More info at the website.