Click/tap any poster below for more information on the films in this year’s lineup!
The Paper Tigers
OPENING NIGHT SELECTION
A Nostalgic, Feel-Good Action-Comedy | Three Kung Fu prodigies have grown into washed-up, middle-aged men, one kick away from pulling their hamstrings. But when their master is murdered, they must find a way to avenge his death. Read More
2020 | USA
108 mins | English
The Columnist
A barbed, bloody dark comedy | Flooded with anonymous nasty messages and death threats on social media, columnist and author Femke Boot has finally had enough and decides to take revenge. Read More
PLUS! Death Walks on Nitrate
2020 | Netherlands
84 mins
In Dutch with English subtitles
Featured Creatures
SHORTS BLOCK #1 | Stories about the things that go bump, roar, whir, and beep in the night.
INCLUDES: Bring Your Demon to Work Day • Cottonmouth • Bella and the Slasher • Coming Out • Patch • Live Forever • The Haunted Swordsman
84 mins
The Last Blockbuster
2020 | USA
86 mins | English
Jumbo
A strange and beguiling love story | Shy, awkward Jeanne works the night shift at an amusement park and finds herself increasingly drawn to the newest attraction: a neon-lit tilt-a-whirl she dubs Jumbo. A sweet, strange, and heartfelt romance unlike any you’ve seen before. Read More
PLUS! Disco Graveyard
2020 | France, Belgium, Luxembourg
| 93 mins
In French with English subtitles
Dark Stories
A Chilling and Charming Horror Anthology | Evoking a series of legends told around a campfire, when Christine is attacked by a bloodthirsty doll, she has to use her imagination to distract it with horror stories of zombies, ghosts, djinns, aliens, and ghouls to entertain it and get her through the night. Read More
2020 | France
97 mins
In English, and French with English subtitles
Gremlins:
The Puppet Story
FESTIVAL PREMIERE
An Intimate look at the Creation of a Classic | Take a unique behind-the-scenes journey with Oscar-winning special effects legend Chris Walas on the making of the legendary puppet effects for Joe Dante’s 1984 seminal film “Gremlins,” featuring rare images and videos from Walas’ personal collection. Read More
PLUS! Little Willy
2020 | USA
83 mins | English
Wicked Ways
SHORTS BLOCK #2 | A glimpse into the sinister sides of human nature, where our darkest desires are left to roam free.
INCLUDES: A Mission • Cambiante • Spiritual Practice • There's a Ghost in the House•Black Pill •Thorns •Make a Wish • The Killer in Cursed Water
74 mins
The AGFA Horror
Trailer Show
A Wicked Collection of Kick-Ass Trailers and More | Miss the theatrical experience? Ready for some drive-in nostalgia? Unleashed from the dungeon of AGFA (the American Genre Film Archive) are these hand-curated, spine-ripping, slime-slinging trailers, commercials, and other ephemera. Read More
PLUS! Seventeen
2020 | USA
80 mins | English
The Legend of Baron To'a
2020 | New Zealand
103 mins
In English, and Tongan with English subtitles
Sleep
An Unsettling Waking Nightmare | A woman plagued by horrific dreams suffers a breakdown in a remote village. As her daughter follows, she discovers a well-kept family secret and a curse that threatens her very life. Read More
PLUS! Ten, Thirteen, Twelve
2020 | Germany
102 mins
In German with English subtitles
Bleed With Me
A Psychological Horror Slow-Burn | At an isolated winter cabin, a young woman begins to suspect that her best friend is stealing her blood. Writer-director Amelia Moses’ debut feature is a story of obsession with a constant sense of feverish paranoia. Read More
2020 | Canada
80 mins | English
Strange Happenings
SHORTS BLOCK #3 | Weird, wild, wacky, and occasionally wonderful things are afoot.
INCLUDES: The Day the Rocket Left • The Howling Wind • Bioluminescence • Snowflakes • Wally and His Hideously Malformed Wart • Optic Nerve • Lower World • Bad Hair
81 mins
The Twentieth Century
A Tragi-Comedy Biopic Fantasia | Determined to become the leader of the Dominion of Canada, a young W.L. Mackenzie King rises to power in this highly-fictionalized tale of a nation’s early political history… with shoe fetishes, ice-skating contests, and dreamy, expressionistic early cinema techniques. Read More
PLUS! Hellevate
2019 | Canada
90 mins | English
I Blame Society
2020 | USA
84 mins | English
The Day of the Beast
ANOMALY ARCHIVE
A Dark Comedy-Horror Christmas Movie | Bent on committing as many sins as possible to avert the birth of the Antichrist, a Catholic priest teams up with a Black Metal aficionado and an Italian connoisseur of the occult. Read More
PLUS! Momma, Don’t Go
1995 | Spain, Italy
104 mins
In Spanish with English subtitles
Empress of Darkness
FESTIVAL PREMIERE
A Handmade Animated Fantasy Adventure | An empress slayed, a world forever cursed to darkness, and the chase to save it. Drawing every frame of his film by hand, Nick DiLiberto spins the archetypal hero’s quest into a marvel of independent filmmaking. Read More
PLUS! Forest Soul
2020 | Japan
68 mins | English
A Shorts Encore
BONUS SHORTS BLOCK | Hungry for even more short-y goodness? Gain access to every short film that screened before feature films in this year’s lineup.
INCLUDES: Decapitato: Consequenze Mortali • Death Walks on Nitrate • Cassette • Disco Graveyard • Little Willy • Seventeen • Gabby! • Ten, Thirteen, Twelve • Hellevate • Lili • Momma, Don’t Go • Forest Soul