Brooklyn Horror Film Festival is back with another superb lineup. Check out the official selection below.
| The Brooklyn Horror Film Festival Announces Full 2024 Program Festival opens with Joe DeBoer, Kyle McConaghy’s TIFF hit DEAD MAIL and Honors Larry Fessenden with this year’s Leviathan Award, reveals new poster art Highlights also include FEAR IN FOCUS: SPAIN sidebar, World Premiere of Izzy Lee’s HOUSE OF ASHES, director Joe Begos’ JIMMY & STIGGS, Jayro Bustamante’s RITA and closing night film THE RULE OF JENNY PEN |
| Brooklyn, NY — The Brooklyn Horror Film Festival (BHFF) announces the full program for its 2024 incarnation, running October 17-24 with all screenings held at Nitehawk Cinema’s Williamsburg and Prospect Park locations. Audiences are in for an unworldly lineup of films and events, including a special screening of Larry Fessenden’s HABIT with the Leviathan Award Ceremony, honoring his film career. The Opening Night film is the NY premiere of DEAD MAIL from directors Joe DeBoer and Kyle McConaghy. The 2024 festival boasts the North American Premieres of exciting new films: Tiago Teixeira’s unsettling body horror film CUSTOM; a new documentary on horror at the turn of the millennium from Phillip Escott and Sarah Appleton, GENERATION TERROR; and New Zealand director Sasha Rainbow’s film GRAFTED. The festival will feature the world premieres of Izzy Lee’s first feature, HOUSE OF ASHES; the atmospheric ghost story, LILLY LIVES ALONE, and the queer sci-fi adventure PSYCHONAUT. The festival’s other spotlight titles include ANIMALE, the beautiful revenge-fantasy from French director Emma Benestan as the festival’s Centerpiece Film; and THE RULE OF JENNY PEN starring Geoffrey Rush and John Lithgow as the Closing Night Film. |
Additional highlights include the action fueled revenge film SAYARA from Turkey; Joe Begos’s latest neon drenched bloodbath JIMMY & STIGGS; a screening of several episodes of the new horror anthology TALES FROM THE VOID which includes an episode directed by John Adams and Toby Poser; a fantastical time traveling romance from director Alice Lowe, TIMESTALKER; GAZER, the dreamy noir film from Ryan J. Sloan; Mercedes Bryce Morgan’s gory erotic thriller BONE LAKE; and the nightmarish mystery SOMNIUM which premiered at the Chattanooga Film Festival earlier this year.
The festival’s signature sidebar programs return, starting with FEAR IN FOCUS: SPAIN, which includes the North American premiere of EXORCISMO, a documentary that focuses on the violent and smutty film history of the post-Franco era of Spanish cinema; as well as retro screenings of VAMPYRES and THE BLOOD SPATTERED BRIDE on 35mm; which ties into the Vampire sidebar that features Abel Ferrara’s THE ADDICTION and a screening of the Spanish version of DRACULA with a live score from The Flushing Remonstrance. MISKATONIC INSTITUTE OF HORROR STUDIES will also return to host a special lecture by Dr. Leah Richards “Queer Vampires, Queer Liberation, Queer Futurity.
Read on for the full list of Brooklyn Horror Film Festival films below.
Festival badges are on sale now here and a limited amount of individual tickets go on sale this Friday at 12PM EST. Full program info is detailed below:
| DEAD MAIL OPENING NIGHT FILM New York Premiere US | 2024 | 106 Min. | Dir. Joe DeBoer, Kyle McConaghy A blood-stained note arrives at a county post office, leading its experienced “dead letter” mailroom clerk and his associates down a perilous path to discover its origins. Meanwhile, an entrepreneurial synthesizer engineer enters a precarious partnership with an overbearing investor. Perfectly capturing an authentic retro aesthetic, Joe DeBoer and Kyle McConaghy’s indie horror-synth thriller is a total gem and should launch this directing team into the stratosphere. ANIMALE CENTERPIECE FILM East Coast Premiere France | 2024 | 98 Min. | Dir. Emma Benestan As a French town’s annual bull racing competition approaches, a string of grisly murders committed by a wild bull ignites the community into a frenzy. THE RULE OF JENNY PEN CLOSING NIGHT FILM East Coast Premiere New Zealand | 2024 | 103 Min. | Dir. James Ashcroft John Lithgow vies for “Best Villain of the Year” honors playing a deranged nursing home resident terrorising a new fellow resident (played by Geoffrey Rush) in this twisted and mean-spirited gem. HABIT LEVIATHAN AWARD Presented by Arrow Video United States | 1995 | 112 Min. | Dir. Larry Fessenden On a drunken downward spiral following a breakup and the recent death of his father, Sam’s troubles only multiply when he meets the enigmatic Anna who just might be a vampire. This special screening of HABIT will be followed by the Leviathan Award presentation and Q&A w/ Larry Fessenden, moderated by BHFF alum Jenn Wexler. BIRDEATER East Coast Premiere New Zealand | 2023 | 113 Min. | Dir. Jack Clark, Jim Weir Louie invites his fiance Irene to join him at his bachelor party, but as alarming details of their relationship emerge, the night free falls into full-on madness. BLACK EYED SUSAN NYC Premiere United States | 2024 | 85 Min. | Dir. Scooter McRae In a world increasingly relying on AI technology, one company experiments with BDSM sex dolls to offer to their most violent clients. BONE LAKE New York Premiere United States | 2024 | 94 Min. | Dir. Mercedes Bryce Morgan Hoping to get out of their romantic rut, a couple rents out a scenic cabin, but their plans are disrupted when they find another couple has also rented the same cabin. CUSTOM North American Premiere United Kingdom | 2024 | 76 Min. | Dir. Tiago Teixeira A couple produce their own erotic films for money but when they take on a new client they become embroiled in something dark and sinister. DEAD TALENTS SOCIETY New York Premiere Taiwan R.O.C. | 2024 | 106 Min. | Dir. John Hsu To avoid getting kicked out of the underworld, a ghost joins a small haunting talent agency and sets out to become the scariest urban legend of them all. THE DEAD THING East Coast Premiere United States | 2024 | 95 Min. | Dir. Elric Kane Disillusioned by empty hookups, Alex finally connects with a charismatic guy who seems worth her time, only to learn that he’s harboring a nightmarish secret. GAZER NYC PremiereUnited States | 2024 | 114 Min. | Dir. Ryan J. Sloan An ingenious and challenging marriage of noir and horror, this singular feature debut finds a young mother with a time-distorting mental condition forced to pull off a heist to provide for her daughter. GENERATION TERROR North American Premiere United Kingdom | 2024 | 100 Min. | Dir. Phillip Escott, Sarah Appleton Generation Terror looks at the global effects of the turn of the millennium had on horror and the slew of films it ushered in. GRAFTED North American Premiere New Zealand | 2024 | 96 Min. | Dir. Sasha Rainbow Body horror gets an extreme, bubblegum-poppy makeover in this funny and gruesome feature debut, in which a college student’s research into skin diseases helps her achieve popularity in the most perverse way imaginable. |
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