Starring: Will Smith, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Clive Owen, Benedict Wong
Screening in 2D
Henry Brogan is an elite assassin who becomes the target of a mysterious operative who can seemingly predict his every move. To his horror, he soon learns that the man who’s trying to kill him is a younger, faster, cloned version of himself.
Starring: Chloe Bennet, Albert Tsai, Tenzing Norgay Trainor, Eddie Izzard, Sarah Paulson
When teenage Yi (Chloe Bennet) encounters a young Yeti on the roof of her apartment building, she and her friends, Jin (Tenzing Norgay Trainor) and Peng (Albert Tsai), name him “Everest” and embark on an epic quest to reunite the magical creature with his family at the highest point on Earth.
But the trio of friends will have to stay one-step ahead of Burnish (Eddie Izzard), a wealthy man intent on capturing a Yeti, and zoologist Dr. Zara (Sarah Paulson) to help Everest get home.
New York premiere with producers Heather Buckley and Mike Capone in attendance with cast member Sam Sherman
Throughout the late 1960s and the entirety of the ’70s, B-movie director Al Adamson earned infamy with his no-budget productions, tantalizing genre fans with titles like Satan’s Sadists and Dracula vs Frankenstein and then treating them to earnestly made schlock. His hustle could make even Roger Corman blush. Unfortunately, Adamson’s legacy became forever tainted by his shocking 1995 passing, the details of which are stranger than his cinematic exploits. Severin Films founder and director David Gregory’s Blood & Flesh is an exhaustive and captivating analysis of Adamson’s singular career and inexplicable end.
Starring: Stephen Lang, Martin Kove, William Sadler
New York premiere with director Joe Begos, writer Max Brallier, and cast members Tom Williamson, David Patrick Kelly and Stephen Lang in attendance
A tight-knit group of grizzled military veterans (played by a formidable cast of genre fan favorites, including Stephen Lang, William Sadler and Fred Williamson) just want to have a laidback night of hard boozing inside their VFW digs. Too bad for them, though, that a gang of punk drug dealers and supercharged addicts have other plans for their unsuspecting elders. Coming off of his excellent descent-into-hell eye-opener Bliss, horror grime master Joe Begos puts his bold stamp on the good old-fashioned “siege movie” with this gore-drenched and delightfully sleazy adrenaline rush.
Starring: Philip Brooks, Trieste Kelly Dunn, Sarah Brooks
New York premiere with director Travis Stevens and lead actor Phil “CM Punk” Brooks in attendance
For married man Don Koch (Philip “CM Punk” Brooks), remodeling his new home gives him the chance to start anew while trying to overcome legal troubles and fidelity struggles. Once inside the fixer-upper, Don is helpless against the house’s goo-dripping walls, sordid history and inner demons, the latter hideously exposing those of its new owner. Utilizing the expertise acquired from producing several critically acclaimed indie horror films, including Starry Eyes and We Are Still Here, Travis Stevens makes his directorial debut with a slick and wildly entertaining haunted house movie that’s truly like no other.
Starring: Haley Bennett, Austin Stowell, Denis O’Hare
Pregnant housewife Hunter (Haley Bennett) suddenly develops a case of pica—a psychological disorder involving the desire to consume inedible objects. The more her husband and his family try to stop her compulsions, the gruesomely deeper she falls into this harmful obsession until her perfect home becomes a patriarchal prison. Carlo Mirabella-Davis’ metaphorically rich feature debut is a body horror film that feels utterly essential from its timely commentary down to Bennett’s jaw-dropping lead performance.
Starring: Liana Liberato, Noah Le Gros, Jake Weber
North American Premiere with director Jeffrey A. Brown and producer Andrew Corkin in attendance
Hoping to reignite their relationship, Emily and Randall arrive at their weekend getaway only to discover a peculiar older couple already staying there. They all agree to share the home and after an indulgent night of partying, wake up to a living nightmare of apocalyptic proportions. Something is infecting the water and a fog is making its way ashore. The Beach House calls to mind the best of ‘50s science fiction with an updated twist.
Starring: Nicole Brydon Bloom, Naomi Grossman, Alan Blumenfeld, Taylor Nichols
East Coast Premiere with director David Marmor in attendance, along with lead actress Nicole Brydon Bloom and producers Alok Mishra and Shane Vorster
For recent LA transplant Sarah, the Asilo Del Mar apartment complex seemed like the perfect place to start her new life; safe with friendly and considerate neighbors who treat each other like family. Hiding behind this utopian exterior is an all-consuming evil that wants to form her into its image and never let her go. 1BR taps into the universal fears of moving to a new city, forming a tableau not of unimaginable terror but something much worse.
(Hint) Anthology with each episode starring the same person. Paint it Black.
(Hint) Boy kills girl, boy hides in house. It’s not bad.
