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Our popular annual horror fest returns, kicking off in high gear with two unusually strong-female-driven terror tales, both featuring medical students with unorthodox methods—the 2008 Spanish Sexykiller, just now making its New York debut, and the Soska Sisters’ highly anticipated American Mary. Also on offer are advance showings of the bloody good Maniac remake, Stitches (behold the zombie clown!), a creepy K-horror omnibus (Horror Stories), and two films featuring the latest in evil-kid incarnations: Citadel and Here Comes the Devil. For another deadly dose of child mischief, revisit Eden Lake, if you dare. And what would Halloween week be without Wes Craven (Deadly Blessing), Vincent Price (The Last Man on Earth), a little bit of voodoo (The Believers), and undeservedly obscure Italian gems like Giorgio Ferroni’s The Night of the Devils!
Programmed by Laura Kern and Gavin Smith
Lineup
American Mary
New York Premiere!
A penniless med student (fearlessly played by Katharine Isabelle) stumbles upon an alternative education opportunity: the underground world of illegal body modification.
The Believers
Midnight Cowboy director John Schlesinger’s underrated ‘80s chiller stars Martin Sheen as a single father trying to save his son from a Santeria cult known to sacrifice children.
Citadel
Due to the expected arrival of Hurricane Sandy, both the Walter Reade Theater and the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center will be closed as of 6pm on Sunday, October 28 until the storm threat has passed.
New York Premiere!
An agoraphobic husband and father teams with a cantankerous priest to rid the world of the feral, hoodie-wearing children responsible for a brutal attack on his wife.
Deadly Blessing
Craven’s underrated third feature follows a psycho on the loose in Amish-like country, with Ernest Borgnine as a loopy religious leader and an early appearance by Sharon Stone.
Eden Lake
A couple go camping in search of romantic tranquility only to be terrorized by a gang of sadistic teens in the debut feature of The Woman in Black director James Watkins.
Here Comes The Devil
Due to the expected arrival of Hurricane Sandy, both the Walter Reade Theater and the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center will be closed as of 6pm on Sunday, October 28 until the storm threat has passed.
New York Premiere!
Argentinian genre specialist Bogliano (Penumbra) spins a refreshingly low-fi, super-creepy tale of possession, revenge and reason-defying, steadily encroaching supernatural forces.
Horror Stories
New York Premiere!
Six established Korean horror directors join forces for this superior anthology film of stories set in tight, uncompromising places (like an airplane with a serial killer onboard).
The Last Man On Earth
Vincent Price occupies the title role in this spare and haunting adaptation of Richard Matheson’s classic novel I Am Legend, vastly superior to the later Charlton Heston and Will Smith versions.
Maniac
New York Premiere! Director in person at Halloween screening!
Elijah Wood assumes the lead role—a serial killer who scalps women, then places his trophies on the bodies of mannequins—in this stylish variation on William Lustig’s 1980 grindhouse classic.
The Night of the Devils
A delirious amnesiac is admitted to the hospital and, in flashback, we learn of the horrific events that brought him there in this rarely screened Eurotrash classic.
Sexykiller
New York Premiere!
A medical student moonlights as a sexy serial killer with a killer fashion sense in this gloriously outlandish slasher/love story/zombie flick mash-up.
Stitches
North American Premiere!
An undead clown seeks revenge on the bratty kids who witnesses his “final” act in this highly inventive, very bloody horror comedy.
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Our popular annual horror fest returns just in time for Halloween with two strong-female-driven terror tales featuring medical students with unorthodox methods, plus zombie clowns, evil kids, voodoo, obscure Italian gems, Wes Craven, Vincent Price and the bloody good remake of Maniac! Read More
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Scary Movies is back with an upped deadly dosage of hair-raising premieres and classics. Join us for Ben Wheatley’s genre-crossing Kill List and the first New York showings of Ti West’s supernatural caper The Innkeepers, Scott Leberecht’s fresh take on vampirism Midnight Son, and the deliciously grotesque multiple-director omnibus The Theatre Bizarre, as well as Mariano Baino’s 1993 atmospheric chiller Dark Waters. Read More
