“LET THE BODIES HIT THE FLOOR!” The New York Metropolis Horror Movie Pageant (NYCHFF) is returning to Manhattan’s LOOK Dine-In Cinema (657 West 57th Road) from December fifth to eighth, 2024. The pageant will characteristic a curated collection of over 50 horror movies. This 12 months’s pageant will characteristic a report variety of feminine and worldwide administrators, representing roughly 13 nations.
The gala twenty second version of the New York Metropolis Horror Movie Pageant will kick off with Dinner with Leatherface, director Mike Kallio’s revealing documentary about Gunnar Hansen, the actor who portrayed
Leatherface in The Texas Chainsaw Bloodbath (1974). In Dinner with Leatherface, mates, colleagues, filmmakers and fellow actors share private tales and talk about the dichotomy between the maniacal chainsaw-wielding character Hansen performed on-screen and the very clever, inventive, soft-spoken man he truly was in actual life. Interviewees embody Bruce Campbell, Kane Hodder, Danielle Harris and Linnea Quigley, in addition to Hansen’s Chainsaw co-stars Edwin Neal, Teri McMinn and Allen Danziger.
An Anchor Bay Leisure launch, Dinner with Leatherface will likely be making its World Premiere on the New York Metropolis Horror Movie Pageant. The timing couldn’t be higher for the pageant to play the years-in-the-making documentary: The unique Texas Chainsaw Bloodbath is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary this 12 months, and Hansen performed the movie’s most iconic character.
The Woods, directed by Sarah Lyons, may also be showcased on opening evening. The night may also characteristic the bone-chilling shorts La Petite Mort, directed by Federica Avagliano; La Diablesse, directed by Grace Perez; and Darkish Mommy, directed by Courtney Eck. Main visitors from the opening evening movies are anticipated.
The horror-comedy Scared to Loss of life, starring beloved scream stars Lin Shaye (Insidious) and Invoice Moseley (The Satan’s Rejects), will shut the pageant, attended by actor/musician Kurt Deimer, producer Eric Barrett and author/director Paul Boyd. Most screenings will likely be accompanied by vigorous Q&As with the attending filmmakers, and the venue affords a bar and restaurant on the premises.
In different notable NYCHFF choices, Bystanders, the directorial debut of Dread Central web site editor Mary Beth McAndrews, will make its East Coast premiere. And author/director Peter Filardi, creator of The Craft and Flatliners, will unveil his newest brief movie, Rattling Useful. Filardi, who additionally co-created the current Stephen King collection Jerusalem’s Lot, will likely be attending the pageant as nicely.
Different terrifying movies enjoying the New York Metropolis Horror Movie Pageant embody: Stewart Sparke’s The Dæmon; Eric Huskisson & P.J. Starks’ New Fears Eve (with Sleepaway Camp’s Felissa Rose); Michael Stasko’s Vampire Zombies…From Area! (with Troma chief Lloyd Kaufman and unique Evening of the Residing Lifeless star Judith O’Dea); and Stuart Ortiz’ Unusual Harvest: Occult Homicide within the Inland Empire.
The NYC Horror Movie Pageant was established in 2001 by Michael J. Hein as a platform for rising unbiased horror filmmakers. Since Michael’s passing in 2011, the pageant has launched the Michael J. Hein Achievement Award to honor the dedication and perseverance of creators within the style. The pageant additionally pays tribute to horror legends with its Lifetime Achievement Award, with previous recipients together with George Romero, Greg Nicotero, Roger Corman, Wes Craven, Stuart Gordon, Tom Savini, Tobe Hooper, and lots of different luminaries.
For extra details about the pageant and to buy passes and tickets, please go to http://www.nychorrorfest.com. Or, ship an e mail to ronnie@nychorrorfest.com Potential sponsors can e mail: amclean@nychorrorfest.com.
