New York City Horror Film Festival Announces Its 22nd Annual Lineup [Exclusive]
The New York City Horror Film Festival (NYCHFF) is returning to Manhattan’s LOOK Dine-In Cinema from December 5 to 8, 2024! The festival will feature a curated selection of over 50 horror films from 13 countries.
The 22nd edition of the New York City Horror Film Festival kicks off with the world premiere of Dinner with Leatherface, director Mike Kallio’s revealing documentary about Gunnar Hansen, the actor who portrayed Leatherface in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974). In Dinner with Leatherface, friends, colleagues, filmmakers, and fellow actors share personal stories and discuss the dichotomy between the maniacal chainsaw-wielding character Hansen played on-screen and the very intelligent, creative, soft-spoken man he actually was in real life.
Sarah Lyons’ feature The Woods will also play opening night, as well as bone-chilling shorts. La Petite Mort, directed by Federica Avagliano; La Diablesse, directed by Grace Perez; and Dark Mommy, directed by Courtney Eck.
The horror-comedy Scared to Death, starring stars Lin Shaye (Insidious) and Bill Moseley (The Devil’s Rejects), will close the festival, attended by actor/musician Kurt Deimer, producer Eric Barrett and writer/director Paul Boyd. Most screenings will be accompanied by lively Q&As with the attending filmmakers.
In other notable NYCHFF offerings, Bystanders, the directorial debut of Dread Central editor-in-chief Mary Beth McAndrews, will make its East Coast premiere. And writer/director Peter Filardi, creator of The Craft and Flatliners, will unveil his latest short film, Damn Handy. F
Other terrifying films playing at the New York City Horror Film Festival include Stewart Sparke’s The Dæmon; Eric Huskisson & P.J. Starks’ New Fears Eve, Michael Stasko’s Vampire Zombies…From Space! (with Troma chief Lloyd Kaufman and original Night of the Living Dead star Judith O’Dea), and Stuart Ortiz’ Strange Harvest: Occult Murder in the Inland Empire.
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