There are plenty of ways to spend your Halloween, but few shows are going to offer as much horrific weirdness and punk mayhem this year as the rock ‘n roll freakshow that’s set to hit Melbourne once again this year, the always-controversial Titty Twister.

Taking over the entirety of Brown Alley/Colonial Hotel on Halloween Eve, this year’s event will blend a “dark, deep and dirty” soundtrack with a suitably bizarre array of horror-themed events, transforming the venue’s four rooms into a wrestling arena, underground cinema and vampire strip club.

On the music front, fans of the harder stuff will be sorted – psychobilly/speed rock outfit FIREBALLS will tear the place apart, joined by live-mashup maestros Bareback Titty Squad and the dirty blues rock of the appropriately-named Werewolves of Melbourne. On a grimier tip, the 50/50 crew will be keeping the grime, DnB and reggae flowing alongside a stack of DJs including Knave Knixx, Arctic, DJ Hijack, Alaska, Aus-One and MC Fraksha.

If you’re looking for some violence to get you in the Halloween spirit, the live horror wrestling will probably scratch that itch, as cinematic icons will be facing off throughout the evening. Freddy Krueger takes on Jason (tough one to call) and Leatherface battles Chucky (our bet’s on Leatherface – he’s got a massive reach advantage). The horror that is the presidential election isn’t forgotten, either, with a grudge match going down between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. We’re even told that the late Harambe will be making an appearance.

Tying the wrestling and music together, the night will be the official launch party and advance screening of Iron Spyder, a wrestling film scored by legendary Aussie muso Mick Harvey (Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, The Birthday party). The film recently won a ‘Best Director’ nod for Titty Twister ringleader Chris Mitchell and co-director Yoav Lester at the huge Texan genre film festival Fantastic Fest, so it’ll be a celebration too, with prizes, outtakes and a Q&A.

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On top of all this, there’ll be plenty more horrific weirdness to keep you entertained from Titty Twister’s trademark crew of “freaks and geeks”, including the event’s signature go-go girls and pole dancers, as well as a psychobilly circus of aerial performers, fire twirlers and sideshow oddities. To blend in, punters are expected to head along in costume, but you can apparently just douse yourself in a bucket of blood to make the cut – real or fake wasn’t specified.

If this sounds like your idea of Halloween (and it pretty much ticks most of the boxes we can actually think of), it all kicks off this Sunday October 30 from 9pm ’til late at Brown Alley in the Melbourne CBD. You can check out the full lineup at the Titty Twister website and keep up to date on the Facebook page, and tickets are on sale now for 35 bucks.

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