Starring: J.J. Rodgers, Lori Morrissey, Micky Levy, Lynne Baker, Ali Elk
“A live-action cartoon funhouse spiraling out of control.”
A group of college students chasing a sorority initiation stumble into a hallucinatory mix of low-budget, butt-biting vampires, unexplained time jumps, and increasingly ridiculous supernatural situations. What could have easily been a standard late-’90s sexy campus romp instead mutates into a kinetic, self-aware horror spoof. It stacks crude jokes, whiplash editing, and chaotic genre detours at such a relentless pace that it plays less like a conventional shot-on-video vampire film and more like a live-action cartoon funhouse spiraling out of control.
Les Sekely’s Vampire Time Travelers is also an absurdist precursor to the deliberately chaotic anti-comedy and disruptive editing later perfected by The Eric Andre Show and Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, and operates on the idea that psychically overloading the viewer is ultimately the joke. Its anything-goes structure, meta humor, and total disregard for narrative stability place it firmly in the lineage of the surreal DIY comedy that would eventually be refined for a generation of Adult Swim viewers, making it one of the most unique SOV horror films ever committed to tape.
Ash Ward’s short My Whore Roommate is a Vampire will screen before the feature
Starring: Burt Ward, Tyrone Wade, Roxanne Coyne, Mark Sawyer
“A perfectly blended, cut-price collision of The Hidden, I Come in Peace and The Terminator.”
A meteor loaded with the stolen souls of a savage alien race crashes to Earth, triggering a battle against human extinction. From the distant world of Praximus 13, an elite warrior named Trace is sent to destroy the meteor before his ruthless rival Gorak can unleash its evil power on humanity. Hunted by the FBI and locked in combat with his vicious alien nemesis, Trace teams up with a fearless earth woman in a no-holds-barred battle of technology and martial arts mayhem.
Directed by veteran SOV genre master Ron Ford (V-World Matrix, Tiki, Deadly Scavengers), Alien Force is a perfectly blended, cut-price collision of The Hidden, I Come in Peace and The Terminator, and explodes with wall-to-wall sci-fi action—nonstop karate brawls, scrappy early CGI eye candy, and unforgettable dialogue delivered with absolute conviction. Punching far above its tiny budget, the film spills over with raw energy, ambition, and genuine heart, proving that attitude and momentum always matter more than money in the shot-on-video realm.
Starring: Scott Davis, Blue Thompson, Barbara Dow, Brad McCormick
“A cross between Deliverance and Dawn of the Dead.”
When a toxic chemical spill tears open the ozone above rural Texas, backwoods locals mutate into drooling, slime-choked ghouls with an insatiable appetite for flesh. Environmental science student Arlene and hitchhiker Kevin stumble into the madness as small-town life collapses into a grotesque carnival of green vomit, yellow pus, and blood-soaked carnage.
Director Matt Devlen’s infamous Super-8 splatter oddity—sister film to Bret McCormick’s The Abomination (1988)—remains a true DIY regional relic, long overshadowed by its limited VHS release in the late ’80s via Muther Video. Overflowing with dubbed dialogue, surreal padding, Americana weirdness and gallons of inventive practical gore, the results are both unforgettable and stomach-churning.
Starring: Rachel McAdams, Dylan O’Brien, Bruce Campbell, Dennis Haysbert
Two colleagues become stranded on a deserted island, the only survivors of a plane crash. On the island, they must overcome past grievances and work together to survive, but ultimately, it’s a battle of wills and wits to make it out alive.
Starring: Charli xcx, Alexander Skarsgård, Rachel Sennott, Rosanna Arquette, Kylie Jenner, Jamie Demetriou, Kate Berlant
A rising pop star navigates the complexities of fame and industry pressure while preparing for her arena tour debut.
Starring: Marwen Soltana, Youssef Soltana, Deena Abdelwahed, Lassaad Jamoussi, Aymen Omrani, Montassar Ayari, Ghalia Benali, Baya Medhaffar
To make an additional $10 donation to Mawjoudin, a Tunisian NGO fighting for justice, equality and respect for bodily and sexual rights, select the “Event + Donation” ticket on the checkout screen.
As I Open My Eyes depicts the clash between culture and family as seen through the eyes of a young Tunisian woman balancing the traditional expectations of her family with her creative life as the singer in a politically charged rock band. Director Leyla Bouzid’s musical feature debut offers a nuanced portrait of the individual implications of the incipient Arab Spring.
Starring: Tim Robbins, Elizabeth Peña, Patricia Kalember, Danny Aiello, Jason Alexander, Eriq La Salle, Ving Rhames
4K restoration
Jacob Singer (Tim Robbins), a Vietnam War veteran plagued with troubling hallucinations and traumatic flashbacks, struggles to maintain his sanity as his terrible past invades his waking life. As girlfriend Jezzie (Elizabeth Peña) and chiropractor friend Louis (Danny Aiello) try to help him find balance, Jacob only descends further into madness and despair.
Starring: Shih-Yuan Ma, Janel Tsai, Nina Ye
Join The FOFIF for a special screening of LEFT-HANDED GIRL, recently shortlisted for 98th Oscars International Feature Film and including a Q&A with director Shih-Ching Tsou. To make an additional $10 donation to The Future of Film is Female (a non-profit org), select the “Event + Donation” ticket on the checkout screen.
A single mother and her two daughters return to Taipei after several years of living in the countryside to open a stand at a buzzing night market. Each in their way will have to adapt to this new environment to make ends meet and maintain the family unity. But when their traditional grandfather forbids his youngest left-handed granddaughter from using her “devil hand,” generations of family secrets begin to unravel.
Starring: Lily Gilliam, Francesca Calo, Page Leong, Jayne Taini, Brent Mukai, Jessica DiSalvo
The world is a perplexing, peaceful mystery to Amélie until a miraculous encounter with chocolate ignites her wild sense of curiosity. As she develops a deep attachment to her family’s housekeeper, Nishio-san, Amélie discovers the wonders of nature as well as the emotional truths hidden beneath the surface of her family’s idyllic life as foreigners in post-war Japan. Adapted from the autobiographical novel by Amélie Nothomb and brought to life in the completely original animated style of directors Mailys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han, Little Amélie or the Character of Rain tells a tender, poignant and visually stunning story about the healing power of human connection.
Starring: Dylan O’Brien, James Sweeney, Aisling Franciosi
In Twinless, two young men meet in a twin support group and form an unlikely friendship. Roman (Dylan O’Brien) and Dennis (James Sweeney) both search for solace and an identity without their other halves and soon become inseparable outside the group. But when Roman meets Dennis’ ebullient co-worker, Marcie (Aisling Franciosi), all is revealed to be not what it seems, as each man harbors secrets that could unravel everything.
