Sundance 2016: Midnight Section Includes 31, Yoga Hosers, Antibirth, Trash Fire & More; New Photos!
The 2016 Sundance Film Festival is taking place January 21-31 in Park City, Utah; and already the early details of the main section that we’re interested in – the Midnight Section – have arrived. The films to be screened under that banner include the following.
31 (USA)
Director/Screenwriter: Rob Zombie
Starring: Sheri Moon Zombie, Malcolm McDowell, Richard Brake, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Jeff Daniel Phillips, Meg Foster
Five friends are kidnapped on the day before Halloween and are held hostage in a terrifying place named Murder World. While trapped, they must play a violent game called 31, in which the mission is to survive 12 hours against a gang of evil clowns.
Antibirth (USA)
Director/Screenwriter: Danny Perez
Starring: Natasha Lyonne, Chloë Sevigny, Mark Webber, Meg Tilly, Maxwell McCabe-Lokos
In a desolate community full of drug-addled Marines and rumors of kidnapping, a wild-eyed stoner named Lou wakes up after a crazy night of partying with symptoms of a strange illness and recurring visions. As she struggles to get a grip on reality, the stories of conspiracy spread.
Carnage Park (USA)
Director/Screenwriter: Mickey Keating
Starring: Ashley Bell, Pat Healy, Alan Ruck, Darby Stanchfield, James Landry Hebert, Larry Fessenden
The year is 1978. A team of wannabe crooks botch a small-town bank heist and flee with their hostage deep into the California desert, where they inexplicably find themselves in a harrowing fight for survival against a psychotic ex-military sniper.
Outlaws and Angels (USA)
Director/Screenwriter: JT Mollner
Starring Nathan Russell, Madisen Beaty, Teri Polo, Luke Wilson, Francesca Eastwood, Chad Michael Murray
With a notorious bounty hunter closing in on their trail, a gang of cold-blooded outlaws invade the home of a seemingly innocent frontier family, where an unexpected game of cat and mouse ensues throughout the night, leading to seduction, role reversal, and ultimately bloody revenge.
The Blackout Experiments (USA)
Director: Rich Fox
Starring: Abel Horowitz, Allison Fogerty, Bob Glouberman, Russell Eaton, Kristjan Thor, Josh Randall
A group of friends discover the dark underworld of the ultra-scary, psychosexual horror experience called Blackout. But what starts as a thrill ride through the unknown becomes deeply personal, developing into an obsession that hijacks their lives and blurs the line between reality and paranoid fantasy.
The Greasy Strangler (USA)
Director: Jim Hosking
Screenwriters: Toby Harvard, Jim Hosking
Starring: Joe David Walters, Jesse Keen, Gil Gex, Elizabeth De Razzo, Sky Elobar, Michael St. Michaels
When Big Ronnie and his son, Brayden, meet lone female tourist Janet on Big Ronnie’s Disco Walking Tour—-the best and only disco walking tour in the city—-a fight for Janet’s heart erupts between father and son, and the infamous Greasy Strangler is unleashed.
Trash Fire (USA)
Director/Screenwriter: Richard Bates, Jr.
Starring Ray Santiago, Matthew Gray Gubler, Fionnula Flanagan, AnnaLynne McCord, Angela Trimbur, Adrian Grenier
When Owen is forced to confront the past he’s been running from his whole adult life, he and his girlfriend, Isabel, become entangled in a horrifying web of lies, deceit, and murder. You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. You’ll be scarred for life.
Under the Shadow (UK/Jordan)
Director/Screenwriter: Babak Anvari
Starring: Arash Marandi, Ray Haratian, Bobby Naderi, Avin Manshadi, Narges Rashidi
Tehran, 1988: As the Iran-Iraq War rumbles into its eighth year, a mother and daughter are slowly torn apart by the bombing campaigns on the city coupled with the country’s bloody revolution. As they struggle to stay together amidst these terrors, a mysterious evil stalks through their apartment.
Yoga Hosers (USA)
Director/Screenwriter: Kevin Smith
Starring: Tyler Posey, Austin Butler, Justin Long, Johnny Depp, Harley Quinn Smith, Lily-Rose Depp
Colleen Collette and Colleen McKenzie are teenage besties from Winnipeg who love yoga and live on their smartphones. But when these sophomores get invited to a senior party by the school hottie, the Colleens accidentally uncover an ancient evil buried beneath their Canadian convenience store.
The rest of the 2016 program will be announced soon. In the meantime keep your eyes on the official Sundance Film Festival website for more info.
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