With the upcoming launch of the virtual Brooklyn Horror Film Festival from October 14-21st, 2021, we'd like to take a look at several upcoming films screening at the event we're looking forward to the most.
AFTER BLUE (DIRTY PARADISE)
France | 2021 | 130 Min. | Dir. Bertrand Mandico
Set in an acid-trip-like future, on the exclusively women-inhabited planet known as After Blue, a hairdresser’s teenage daughter unwittingly empowers a long-dormant witch (of sorts, as nothing is only one thing in this film’s world) to revive the bloody nihilism of her past. In order to restore their good names, mother and daughter must navigate through a surrealist, fever-dream-minded landscape to track the evil woman down and eliminate her. As crazy as that synopsis sounds, singular French auteur Bertrand Mandico’s (The Wild Boys, BHFF 2019 selection Apocalypse After) genre-flipping and visually stunning film itself is ten times crazier, covering horror, sci-fi, western, and erotica all with excellent precision, often simultaneously. An Altered Innocence release.
THE FEAST
United Kingdom | 2021 | 93 Min. | Dir. Lee Haven Jones
A luxurious dinner party inside a lush house in the Welsh countryside is doomed upon the arrival of the family’s mysterious new hired helper with a dark agenda of her own. Gorgeously shot and viciously cruel, award-winning director Lee Haven Jones’ transfixing knockout marries angry eco-horror with a brutal classism takedown, resulting in a first-class modern folk nightmare. It’s nirvana for arthouse horror lovers. An IFC Midnight release.
NIGHT TEETH
USA | 2021 | 107 Min. | Dir. Adam Randall
When college student Benny gets to cover his older brother’s chauffeur duties, he anticipated a fun night of driving rich folks around Los Angeles. But the two young women he picks have something else in mind. As it turns out, they’re high-society vampires looking for fresh kills. Fast-paced, slick, and sharp, Adam Randall’s follow-up to his 2019 SXSW-premiering horror mystery I See You is a highly entertaining piece of bloodsucker pop cinema, complete with memorable appearances from Megan Fox and Euphoria’s Sydney Sweeney. A Netflix Original Film.
WHAT JOSIAH SAW
USA | 2021 | 120 Min. | Dir. Vincent Grashaw
A mother's death hangs over her children's lives in this haunting, Southern Gothic tale. As the story unfolds through four chapters, we're introduced to the vastly different lives of a group of adult siblings from the codependent relationship between Thomas and his abusive father Josiah, to the criminal life of Eli and Mary, whose main concern is adopting a child of her own. Each new section brings a shift in genre while always maintaining a dark and foreboding tone culminating in a shocking reunion at their childhood farmhouse.
Be sure to check out all of our upcoming reviews and coverage of the festival to come!
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