The Brooklyn Horror Film Festival Announces Full 2024 Program: "The Brooklyn Horror Film Festival (BHFF) announces today 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.
Festival badges are on sale now here and a limited amount of individual tickets go on sale this Friday at 12PM EST. To view the full lineup, schedule, and purchase a badge, visit: https://brooklynhorrorfest.com/
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Millennial Nasties: Analyzing a Decade of Brutal Horror Film Violence by Ariel Powers-Schaub is out today!: Via Encyclopocalypse Publications - "First of all, we'd like to congratulate Ariel Powers-Schaub on having our Best-Selling Title of 2024 so far! I'm generally not one for throwing numbers around, but for our meager publishing company, over 500 physical copy pre-sales is something that's never happened for us. If you've picked up Millennial Nasties already, thank you so much! Things like this keep a scrappy little publisher going and it means the world.
The life of a book before it's released is a pretty crazy thing. Ariel Powers-Schaub approached us about 2 years ago with this idea to analyze the 2000s “Torture Porn” subgenre. Ariel's approach was to literally change the perception of these films as well as the title and reputation of this subgenre.
“Millennial Nasties” was officially coined in that original email, and I now can't think of a better way to describe these films. Ariel has given us many relevant reasons to accept this new coined phrase as the NEW title of this brutal horror subgenre, and now in 2024 we can all retire the phrase “Torture Porn” and begin referring to Saw, Hostel, and many more of these films officially as “Millennial Nasties.”
SYNOPSIS:
Torture porn, shock-for-shock's sake, violence that doesn't serve the plot, and characters you hate - what was going on in the 2000s in horror cinema? And why were audiences hungry for it? Millennial Nasties takes a critical but appreciative look at an oft-ignored subset of horror. This book dissects the English-language horror films of the 2000s and the cultural events they were responding to. Processing tragedy and war throughout the world, keeping pace with films from other countries, and swinging wildly away from the safe horror of the 1990s, the 2000s brought grisly kills and shocking gore to cinema audiences and home viewers. Films once dismissed as torture porn, their nasty slasher friends, and the remakes of this era have found a new home, and that home is a subgenre called Millennial Nasties.
Foreword by Zoë Rose Smith, founder and owner of Zobo With A Shotgun and former EIC of Ghouls Magazine."
For more info and to purchase, visit: https://encyclopocalypse.com/products/millennial-nasties
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BLUMHOUSE AND AMC THEATRES ANNOUNCE AMC’S BLUMFEST 2024 WITH ICONIC HORROR FILM SCREENINGS IN 54 CITIES EVERY WEDNESDAY IN OCTOBER: "Blumhouse, the driving force in horror, and AMC Theatres (NYSE: AMC) are celebrating Halloween starting in September and running through the end of October with AMC’s BlumFest. Every Wednesday starting September 25, Blumhouse fans can attend special screenings, score one-time-only giveaways, be the first to see exclusive sneak peeks, and more. AMC’s BlumFest marks the first time that BlumFest, the annual October celebration of all things Blumhouse, has included a national screening program.
The six-week festival kicks off Wednesday, Sept. 25 in 54 cities and 150 AMC Theatres across the U.S., and features six different repertory films – anchored by the 15th anniversary of Paranormal Activity September 25.
Festival-goers can catch their favorite Blumhouse films on the big screen, with screenings each Wednesday night at 7pm and 9pm local time, and tickets priced at a discounted rate. Plus, all attendees will receive a special poster giveaway commemorating this year’s lineup, plus see exclusive sneak peeks and exclusive recorded messages from directors and talent from the films. Tickets are on sale today, Tuesday, September 17 at on AMCTheatres.com and within the AMC Mobile App for the following films:
Wednesday, September 25, 2024 - Paranormal Activity – written and directed by Oren Peli
Wednesday, October 2, 2024 - Lights Out – written by Eric Heisserer and David F. Sandberg and directed by David F. Sandberg
Wednesday, October 9, 2024 - Insidious: Chapter 2 – written by James Wan and Leigh Whannell and directed by James Wan
Wednesday, October 16, 2024 - Happy Death Day – written by Scott Lobdell and directed by Christopher Landon
Wednesday, October 23, 2024 - The Black Phone – written by Joe Hill, Scott Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill, and directed by Scott Derrickson
Wednesday, October 30, 2024 – Five Nights At Freddy’s – written by Scott Cawthon, Seth Cuddeback and Emma Tammi and directed by Emma Tammi
“This whole month is a love letter to Halloween and our fans, and we’re grateful to our partners at AMC for joining us for BlumFest, our annual October celebration of all things Blumhouse. I can’t believe we’re already celebrating the 15th anniversary of Paranormal Activity, because it feels like we’re just getting started,” said Jason Blum, Founder and CEO of Blumhouse.
“Though AMC entertains Blumhouse film fans year-round, the Halloween season makes horror movies even more fun,” said Elizabeth Frank, EVP of Worldwide Programming and Chief Content Officer at AMC Theatres. “We’re excited to bring the BlumFest celebration to the big screen with fan favorite movies and unique extra content.”
The full list of cities includes: Atlanta (GA), Austin (TX), Baltimore (MD), Boston (MA), Charlotte (NC), Chattanooga (TN), Chicago (IL), Cincinnati (OH), Columbus (GA), Columbus (OH), Dallas (TX), Denver (CO), Detroit (MI), El Paso (TX), Grand Rapids (MI), Harlingen (TX), Hartford (CT), Houston (TX), Huntsville (AL), Indianapolis (IN), Jacksonville (FL), Kansas City (MO), Las Vegas (NV), Los Angeles (CA), Madison (WI), Miami (FL), Milwaukee (WI), Minneapolis (MN), Mobile (AL), Nashville (TN), New Haven (CT), New Orleans (LA), New York (NY), Norfolk (VA), Oklahoma City (OK), Orlando (FL), Peoria (IL), Philadelphia (PA), Phoenix (AZ), Pittsburgh (PA), Portland (OR), Raleigh (NC), Rockford (IL), Sacramento (CA), San Diego (CA), San Francisco (CA), Seattle (WA), Spokane (WA), St. Louis (MO), Tallahassee (FL), Tampa (FL), Tucson (AZ), Tulsa (OK), Washington, D.C."
Learn more about AMC’s BlumFest here: http://amctheatres.com/events/
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