An extra taste of the festival held April 7th – 10th.
AMERICAN PSYCHO
25th Anniversary
Mary Heron | 2000 | USA, Canada | 102 min
I think my mask of sanity is about to slip.
Cast: Christian Bale, Willem Dafoe, Jared Leto, Josh Lucas, Samantha Mathis
Monday, April 7th, 7:30 PM, Prytania Theatre Uptown (Not available for pass reservations)
Tuesday, April 8th, 10:00 PM, Prytania Theatre Uptown (Not available for pass reservations)
Wednesday, April 9th, 2:30 PM, Prytania Theatre Uptown (Not available for pass reservations)
Thursday, April 10th, 5:00 PM, Prytania Theatre Uptown (Not available for pass reservations)
BEST WISHES TO ALL
Yûta Shimotsu | 2024 | Japan | 89 min
A young nursing student gets an unexpectedly twisted dose of reality when she visits her grandparents in the countryside, only to uncover the secrets to their exceedingly happy life. Director Yûta Shimotsu’s unsettling debut draws from classics like Audition and The Wicker Man to create a wholly unique vision.
Cast: Kotone Furukawa
Tuesday, April 8th, 9:00 PM, Prytania Theatres at Canal Place (Not available for pass reservations)
CHAIN REACTIONS
Alexandre Philippe | 2024 | USA | 103 min
For fifty years, Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre has terrified audiences by worming its way into their subconscious. In this documentary analyzing its profound lasting influence, director Alexandre O. Philippe (78/52, Overlook ‘17) dives into the memory palaces of five iconic artists whose lives were forever altered by seeing it: Patton Oswalt, Takashi Mike, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Stephen King, and Karyn Kusama.
Featuring: Patton Oswalt, Takashi Miike, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Stephen King, Karyn Kusama
Tuesday, April 8th, 7:00 PM, Prytania Theatres at Canal Place (Not available for pass reservations)
THE DESCENT
20th Anniversary
Introduction by Guest Curator Flying Lotus
Neil Marshall | 2005 | United Kingdom | 99 min
The scariest movie in Earth.
Cast: Shauna Macdonald, Natalie Mendoza, Alex Reid, Saskia Mulder, Nora-Jane Noone, MyAnna Buring
Tuesday, April 8th, 7:30 PM, Prytania Theatre Uptown (Not available for pass reservations)
Wednesday, April 9th, 10:00 PM, Prytania Theatre Uptown (Not available for pass reservations)
FREWAKA
Aislinn Clarke | 2024 | Ireland | 103 min
Irish folkloric terror awaits in this remarkably atmospheric bone-chiller about a care worker who, after suffering a personal tragedy, leaves her Dublin home for a remote assignment in the north country to look after an elderly shut-in… Deep inside her new abode, she finds a portal to something far more sinister.
Cast: Clare Monnelly, Bríd Ní Neachtain, Aleksandra Bystrzhitskaya
Monday, April 7th, 8:30 PM, Prytania Theatres at Canal Place (Not available for pass reservations)
GOOD BOY
Ben Leonberg | 2024 | USA | 73 min
Indy is a good boy; a faithful dog, he is always by his human Todd’s side. When Todd seeks quiet in an empty family home in the countryside, Indy finds there is a strange, malevolent presence lurking in the shadows — an evil that only he can sense. Shot entirely from Indy’s perspective, Ben Leonberg’s first feature balances bark with bite.
Cast: Indy, Shane Jensen, Larry Fessenden, Arielle Friedman, Stuart Rudin, Anya Krawcheck, Hunter Goetz, Max
Monday, April 7th, 7:00 PM, Prytania Theatres at Canal Place (Not available for pass reservations)
HOUSE OF USHER
65th Anniversary
Tribute to Roger Corman
Roger Corman | 1960 | USA | 79 min
Edgar Allen Poe’s overwhelming tale of EVIL & TORMENT.
Cast: Vincent Price, Mark Damon, Myrna Fahey, Harry Ellerbe
Monday, April 7th, 10:00 PM, Prytania Theatre Uptown (Not available for pass reservations)
Tuesday, April 8th, 5:00 PM, Prytania Theatre Uptown (Not available for pass reservations)
Wednesday, April 9th, 5:00 PM, Prytania Theatre Uptown (Not available for pass reservations)
STRAIT-JACKET
William Castle | 1964 | USA | 93 min
WARNING! ‘Strait-Jacket’ vividly depicts axe murders!
Cast: Joan Crawford, Diane Baker, Leif Erickson, Howard St. John
Monday, April 7th, 5:00 PM, Prytania Theatre Uptown (Not available for pass reservations)
Wednesday, April 9th, 10:00 AM, Prytania Theatre Uptown (Not available for pass reservations)