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80's All Over - Live Podcast Recording at Gman Tavern with Jonah Ray
A part of Cinepocalypse 2018 - Sun, 6/24 at 7pm | **This event takes place at GMan Tavern** CLICK HERE to Purchase Tickets The podcast that covers every film released in the 1... READ MORE
Runtime: 90 mins
American Animals
AMERICAN ANIMALS is the unbelievable but entirely true story of four young men who attempt to execute one of the most audacious art heists in U.S. history. The film centers around two friends fro... READ MORE
Directed by: Bart Layton
Runtime: 116 mins
Format: DCP
The Appearance
World Premiere | Cast and crew in attendance for a post-film Q&AMateho (Jake Stormoen), an officer of the Inquisition and rational man of science, visits a remote monastery to investigate a bizarr... READ MORE
Directed by: Kurt Knight
Runtime: 90 mins
Format: DCP
Await Further Instructions
World PremiereTake the techno-paranoia of Black Mirror, add the intergalactic body horror of John Carpenter's THE THING, adapt them into a VHS board game, and wrap it all up in a bitingly satiric... READ MORE
Directed by: Johnny Kevorkian
Runtime: 96 mins
Format: DCP
The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned From A Mythical Man
Midwest Premiere | Director Tommy Avallone in attendance for a post-film Q&AYou've heard the tales--random chance encounters with funny man Billy Murray--some of which sound more like urban legend... READ MORE
Directed by: Tommy Avallone
Runtime: 70 mins
Format: DCP
Boogeyman Pop
World Premiere | Director Brad Michael Elmore in attendance for a post-film Q&ASet over the course of one summer weekend, a bat-wielding, masked killer in a rusted- out black Cadillac weaves in an... READ MORE
Directed by: Brad Michael Elmore
Runtime: 90 mins
Format: DCP
Bound
Director/Writer Lana Wachowski in attendanceThree years before they delivered THE MATRIX (and redefined action movies forever), the Wachowski siblings offered up a sensual, razor-sharp film noir throw... READ MORE
Directed by: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski
Runtime: 108 mins
Format: 35mm
The Brink
North American PremiereReckless police inspector Tung (Zhang Jin) is on a mission to crack down on Shing's (Shawn Yue) gold-smuggling operation, yet fails to apprehend the criminal. As Tung continues... READ MORE
Directed by: Jonathan Li
Runtime: 101 mins
Format: DCP
Clara's Ghost
Midwest PremiereIn a true family affair, actor Ted Reynolds (Chris Elliot) and Clara (his real-life wife Paula Niedert Elliott), his scattered, homemaker wife, welcome their 20-something daughters—a p... READ MORE
Directed by: Bridey Elliott
Runtime: 80 mins
Format: DCP
The Cop Baby
North American PremiereHaving failed a large covert operation and being cursed by a vengeful fortune teller, Major Chromov is trapped inside a baby's body. The only way for Major Chromov to return to... READ MORE
Directed by: Alexander Andrushenko
Runtime: 90 mins
Format: DCP
The Devil's Doorway
Midwest PremiereIf you spend much time on the horror film festival circuit, you know that we've had a fantastic infusion of Irish genre films over the past few years -- and this creepy, novel import f... READ MORE
Directed by: Aislinn Clarke
Runtime: 90 mins
Format: DCP
Doctor X
Rare 35mm Screening | A part of Cinepocalypse 2018The great granddaddy of body horror movies, DOCTOR X is a 1932 genre mash-up that may as well have been grafted together on the operating table w... READ MORE
Directed by: Michael Curtiz
Runtime: 76 mins
Format: 35mm
The Domestics + Opening Night Celebration
Opening Night | World Premiere | Director Mike P. Nelson in attendance for a post-film Q&AWe’re kicking off Cinepocalypse 2018 with a thunderous bang in what will certainly be one of the most talk... READ MORE
Directed by: Mike P. Nelson
Runtime: 100 mins
Format: DCP
Empathy Inc.
World Premiere | Director Yedidya Gorsetman, Producer Josh Itzkowitz, and Writer Mark Leidner in attendanceIn this twisted, sometimes-brutal, black-and-white work from director Yedidya Gorsetman, hots... READ MORE
Directed by: Yedidya Gorsetman
Runtime: 100 mins
Format: DCP
Gags
World Premiere | Director Adam Krause, Cast and Crew in attendance for a post-film Q&ARemember the photos of a horrifying clown in Wisconsin that went viral and ended up on the nightly news scarin... READ MORE
Directed by: Adam Krause
Runtime: 100 mins
Format: DCP
Heavy Trip
Midwest PremiereHailing from a small village in Northern Finland, musician Turo (Johannes Holopainen) is trying to overcome his fears by leading the an unknown heavy metal cover band, Impaled Rektum,... READ MORE
Directed by: Juuso Laatio, Jukka Vidgren
Runtime: 92 mins
Format: DCP
Hover
World Premiere | Director Matt Osterman and Cleopatra Coleman in person for a post-film Q&ASet in a near future where environmental strain has caused food shortages around the world, the film envi... READ MORE
Directed by: Matt Osterman
Runtime: 100 mins
Format: DCP
Howard the Duck
In 70mmIs it a guilty pleasure, a trainwreck, or a misunderstood masterpiece? The world may never agree, but there's one thing you can definitively say about George Lucas' cinematic interpretation of... READ MORE
Directed by: Willard Huyck
Runtime: 110 mins
Format: 70mm
Judgment Night
Director Stephen Hopkins in attendanceAlready a veteran of rough, tough genre flicks after A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1985) and Predator 2 (1990), director Stephen Hopkins went with... READ MORE
Directed by: Stephen Hopkins
Runtime: 110 mins
Format: DCP
Juice
Director Ernest R. Dickerson in person for a post-film Q&AAfter years of working as a celebrated cinematographer on such iconic films as John Sayles' THE BROTHER FROM ANOTHER PLANET and Spike Lee'... READ MORE
Directed by: Ernest R. Dickerson
Runtime: 95 mins
Format: 35mm
Killer Klowns From Outer Space
***Closing Night | The Chiodo Brothers in attendance for a post-film Q&A | 30th Anniversary Celebration***When you think of cult cinema in its purest, most deviant form, a handful of titles spring... READ MORE
Directed by: The Chiodo Brothers
Runtime: 88 mins
Format: 35mm
Luciferina
North American PremiereNineteen-year-old nun-in-training Natalia (newcomer Sofia Del Tuffo) reluctantly returns home to say goodbye to her dying father. However, when she meets up with her sister and... READ MORE
Directed by: Gonzalo Calzada
Runtime: 101 mins
Format: DCP
Malicious
World Premiere | Director Michael Winnick in attendance for a post-film Q&AWhen young college professor Adam (Josh Stewart, THE COLLECTOR, INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 4) and his pregnant wife Lisa (Bojana... READ MORE
Directed by: Michael Winnick
Runtime: 100 mins
Format: DCP
Mountain
Only three centuries ago, setting out to climb a mountain would have been considered close to lunacy. Mountains were places of peril, not beauty, an upper world to be shunned, not sought out. Why do m... READ MORE
Directed by: Jennifer Peedom
Runtime: 74 mins
Format: DCP
A Prayer Before Dawn
Midwest PremiereBased on the remarkable true story of Billy Moore (Joe Cole), a young English boxer incarcerated in two of Thailand's most notorious prisons. He is quickly thrown into a terrifying wor... READ MORE
Directed by: Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire
Runtime: 116 mins
Format: DCP
Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich
Midwest PremiereAstute horror fans know the long and colorful history of the Puppet Master franchise: kicked off in 1989 and boasting no less than ten wild sequels, it has blossomed into one of the mo... READ MORE
Directed by: Sonny Laguna, Tommy Wiklund
Runtime: 84 mins
Format: DCP
The Ranger
Illinois PremiereJenn Wexler's feature debut THE RANGER has been tearing up film festivals across the South since its premiere at SXSW, and now this wildly energetic love letter to punk rock and '80s... READ MORE
Directed by: Jenn Wexler
Runtime: 77 mins
Format: DCP
Relaxer
Illinois PremiereWith the impending Y2K apocalypse fast approaching, Abbie (Joshua Burge) is issued the ultimate challenge by his older brother (David Dastmalchen)--to conquer the unbeatable record se... READ MORE
Directed by: Joel Potrykus
Runtime: 91 mins
Format: DCP
Rio Bravo
Presented by The Chicago Film Society | CLICK HERE to purchase ticketsA Western about relationships, honor, purple light in the canyon, and the inexhaustibly fine line between “good” and “go... READ MORE
Directed by: Howard Hawks
Runtime: 141 mins
Format: 35mm
The Russian Bride
World Premiere | Director Michael Ojeda in attendance for a post-film Q&AA Russian woman (Oksana Orlan) travels with her 11-year-old daughter (Kristina Pimenova) to America, with plans to marry an... READ MORE
Directed by: Michael S. Ojeda
Runtime: 100 mins
Format: DCP
Satan's Slaves
Midwest PremiereJoko Anwar's remake of the 1980s Indonesian horror classic SATAN'S SLAVES proves that two things are universal: Nostalgia and the power of a good haunted house movie. Anwar uses every... READ MORE
Directed by: Joko Anwar
Runtime: 107 mins
Format: DCP
The Secret Poppo
U.S. PremiereIn this largely improvised comedy from the directors of MEATHEAD GOES HOGWILD, Hall of Fame Architect and untrained actor Nick Luzietti (also a Chicago local!) shines in easily the most p... READ MORE
Directed by: Nevi Cline, Zach Harris, Sean Pierce
Runtime: 86 mins
Format: DCP
Seven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss By Passing Through the Gateway Chosen By the Holy Storsh
Midwest PremiereA small-town Ohio couple (Kate Micucci and Sam Huntington) thinks they've found the perfect, inexpensive Los Angeles apartment, except for one catch: the domicile is home to the ritual... READ MORE
Directed by: Vivieno Caldinelli
Runtime: 90 mins
Format: DCP
Shorts Program: Short Trip to Hell
Shorts Featured in This Year's ProgramPAGE ONE - Dir: Don P. HooperSTAY - Dir: David MikalsonTHE BLOODY BALLAD OF SQUIRT REYNOLDS - Dir: Anthony CousinsBRACE FACE - Dir: Jonathan Holbro... READ MORE
Runtime: 96 mins
Format: DCP
Summer of '84
Midwest PremiereFor 15-year-old Davey (Graham Verchere), the thought of having a serial killer in his suburban town circa the 1980s is a scary yet exciting prospect at the start of a lazy summer. In h... READ MORE
Directed by: François Simard, Anouk Whissell, Yoann-Karl Whissell
Runtime: 105 mins
Format: DCP
Tales From the Crypt: Demon Knight
Director Ernest R. Dickerson in person for a post-film Q&AFor his third time in the director's chair -- after the celebrated Juice (1992) and the cult classic Surviving the Game (1994) -- Ernest D... READ MORE
Directed by: Ernest R. Dickerson
Runtime: 92 mins
Format: 35mm
What Keeps You Alive
Midwest PremiereWHAT KEEPS YOU ALIVE, Colin Minihan's artfully suspenseful follow-up to his 2016 film IT STAINS THE SANDS RED, opens with two women pulling up to a remote cabin to celebrate their wedd... READ MORE
Directed by: Colin Minihan
Runtime: 98 mins
Format: DCP
Wolfman's Got Nards
Midwest PremiereA heartfelt documentary exploring the power of the 1987 cult film The Monster Squad and its 30-year impact on its rabid fan base, the cast and crew, and the future of tween horror come... READ MORE
Directed by: André Gower
Runtime: 91 mins
Format: DCP
