SpectreFest 2015 Lineup Includes Cooties, Sun Choke, Goodnight Mommy, Deathgasm, and More!

Debi Moore |

Aug 22, 2015

SpectreVision, the production company founded and partnered by Elijah Wood, Daniel Noah, and Josh C. Waller, also participates in an annual horror film/music festival; and a very impressive lineup has been announced for this year’s event.

SpectreFest 2015 opens with Cooties, in which Wood co-stars, and closes with Avishai Sivan’s Tikkun, which won Best Actor, Best Israeli Feature, Best Screenplay, and Best Cinematography at this summer’s Jerusalem Film Festival. Sandwiched in-between are several Los Angeles premieres (Sun Choke, Love & Peace, and Nasty Baby); screenings of the highly anticipated Goodnight Mommy, Deathgasm, and The Final Girls; plus tributes to filmmakers Larry Fessenden and E. Elias Merhige (if you’ve never seen Begotten, you’re in for quite an experience!) and lots more.

SpectreFest is a hand-picked look at the latest and greatest in progressive genre films and forward-thinking music from around the world that challenge our grip on reality. It’s a place where unexpected elements of the fantastic gather together — offering cold shadows, distant melodies, forgotten memories, and new hauntings.

“It’s a deeply satisfying experience to put together an annual list of the films we feel push the envelope of what genre cinema can be and to bring these sometimes under-appreciated films to Los Angeles,” says Noah.

SpectreFest takes place during the months of September and October in conjunction with Cinefamily at the Silent Movie Theatre, 611 N. Fairfax Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90036. The 2015 edition marks the fest’s third year already and is presented in association with the new premium video streaming service Shudder.

For more info visit the SpectreFest website. Also check out SpectreVision.com.

Tickets range from $12 to $35 (they’re free for Cinefamily members). Note that the below showtimes are subject to change, and the free screenings require pre-registration on the Cinefamily site.

Thursday, 9/3, 7:30pm : Cooties (Opening Night L.A. Premiere Free Sneak Peek!)
Thursday, 9/10, 7:30pm : Goodnight Mommy (w/ Directors Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz in Person!)
Thursday, 9/17, 7:30pm : Hour of the Wolf (w/ Live Score by Kreng!)
Thursday, 9/24, 7:30pm : The Final Girls (w/ Thomas Middleditch in Person!)
Thursday, 10/1, 7:30pm : Deathgasm (w/ Cast & Crew in Person!)
Saturday, 10/3, 11:30am : ABD: Saturday Morning Cartoons – SpectreFest Edition
Sunday, 10/4, 7:30pm : A Conversation w/ Larry Fessenden (featuring Habit)
Thursday, 10/8, 7:30pm : Sun Choke (L.A. Premiere w/ Cast & Crew in Person!)
Sunday, 10/11, 7:30pm : Steve Moore vs. Superman
Thursday, 10/15, 7:30pm : Love & Peace (L.A. Premiere!)
Friday, 10/16, 7:30pm : Joe Frank’s Murdered by the Mind
Saturday, 10/17, 7:30pm : Joe Frank’s Murdered by the Mind
Sunday, 10/18, 7:30pm : Terrible Resonance – Live Show from Here Be Monsters
Thursday, 10/22, 7:30pm : Nasty Baby (L.A. Premiere w/ Kristin Wiig & Dir. Sebastian Silva in Person!)
Wednesday, 10/28, 7:30pm : Show & Tell w/ E. Elias Merhige (featuring Begotten & Din of Celestial Birds)
Thursday, 10/29, 7:30pm : Tikkun (Closing Night w/ Dir. Avishai Sivan in Person!)