The Ultimate Guide To Brooklyn Horror Film Festival 2022

Sunday, October 16

Daughter

(USA | 2022 | 95 Min. | Dir. Corey Deshon) Screen #1 11:45 AM

Held against her will inside an isolated house deep in the woods, a young woman has no choice but to challenge the interpersonal dynamics and self-imposed rules of her captors, a three-person nuclear family that believes the air outside is toxic and that the apocalypse has arrived. A Dark Star Pictures Release. (Matt Barone)

Shorts: Home Invasion 1

Screen #6 1:00 PM

Brooklyn Horror’s mainstay showcase for New York City-based genre filmmakers is back for another two rounds of that good shit. This is the kickass opening salvo.

Certified Forgotten Podcast and screening of

Jack Be Nimble Screen #7 1:15 PM

Co-Presented by Dark Sky Films

Certified Forgotten co-hosts Matt Donato and Matt Monagle are joined by the curators of Horror: Messaging the Monstrous at MoMA—Caryn Coleman and Ron Magliozzi—for an exclusive Brooklyn Horror live podcast episode to discuss New Zealand’s lost 1993 gem Jack Be Nimble. First, you’ll watch a very special screening that brings the gothic tale starring Alexis Arquette back to theaters, then enjoy a conversation between the Matts and their guests about forgotten horror cinema.

Shorts: Home Invasion 2

Screen #6 3:35 PM

The onslaught of awesome continues with this second dose of NYC-local talent here to scare, amuse and disturb the hell out of you.

Sick of Myself

(Norway | 2022 | 97 Min. | Dir. Kristoffer Borgli) Screen #7 4:15 PM

Everything in their relationship is a competition for Signe (Kristine Kujath Thorp, Ninja Baby) and her boyfriend Thomas. When Thomas finds success in the modern art world, Signe scratches for a way to put the spotlight back on herself. She finds her answer in sympathy baiting, ultimately landing on a new pill with a dangerous side-effect. Body horror by trojan horse, Sick of Myself sees the fantastic Norwegian actress Kristine Kujath Thorp create a literal attention-seeking monster. A must-see. (Joseph Hernandez)

Give Me an A

(USA | 2022 | 90 Min | Dir. Natasha Halevi, Meg Swertlow, Bonnie Discepolo, Danin Jacquay, Annie Bond, Sarah Kopkin, Monica Moore-Suryiage, Caitlin Hargraves, Megan Rosati, Hannah Alline, Avital Ash, Mary C. Russell, Valerie Finkel, Kelly Nygaard, Loren Escandon, Francesca Maldonado) Screen #6 6:15 PM

Extended post-screening discussion with the filmmakers

An urgent and passionate response to the recent overturning of Roe v. Wade, Give Me an A is an anthology collecting 15 brand new shorts and a wraparound piece running the genre gamut from satire to horror, all thematically focused on abortion rights and bodily autonomy. An ambitious project put together in record time, Give Me an A sees a massive ensemble of female filmmakers gather in unprecedented fashion to use their creative voices at a crucial moment in history. This is art for survival. (Joseph Hernandez)

100% of proceeds from the screening will be donated to The New York Abortion Access Fund (NYAAF) to help provide access to reproductive services.

Society

(France | 1989 | 99 Min. | Dir. Brian Yuzna) Screen #7 6:30 PM

Being released via Feminist Press, the new book It Came From The Closet examines dozens of horror classics through essays that re-contextualize the films with fresh, queer points of view. One such film is Brian Yuzna’s bonkers Society, a late-’80s gem of body horror excess that follows a Beverly Hills teen whose parents belong to the grossest cult imaginable and features one of the wildest finales in cinema history. BHFF’s special Society screening will be introduced by It Came From The Closet editor Joe Vallese. (Matt Barone)

Run Sweetheart Run

(USA | 2022 | 103 Min. | Dir. Shana Feste) Screen #2 7:30 PM

What starts off as a promising blind date for single mom Cherie devolves into a fight for her life throughout the streets of Los Angeles in writer-director Shana Feste’s slick, popcorn-ready debut. Originally launching at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, this Blumhouse-backed horror-comedy will make its long-overdue New York Premiere with additional scenes that weren’t part of its initial Sundance premiere. (Matt Barone)

Zombie

(1979 | Dir. Lucio Fulci) Screen #7 8:45 PM

Also known as Zombi 2, Fulci’s living dead opus was originally conceived as a kinda-sorta sequel to George A. Romero’s Dawn of the Dead, although any narrative connections to Romero’s mall-set classic are, well, non-existent. Taking place nowhere near a shopping mall, this gruesome masterwork, punctuated by an amazing Fabio Frizzi score, revolves around a walking dead outbreak on a Caribbean island and features, among other sights, horror’s nastiest eyeball gag, an epic “zombie vs. shark” fight scene and a great Brooklyn Bridge cameo. (Matt Barone)

Influencer

(USA | 2022 | 92 Min | Dir. Kurtis David Harder) Screen #6 9:15 PM

Post-screening Q&A with director Kurtis David Harder

Despite what she tells her loyal followers on IG, social media influencer Madison is having a lonely and disappointingly uneventful visit in Thailand. Her experience does a miraculous 180 when she meets CW, another traveler who seems to thrive on her own. After showing Madison all the amazing sights, CW saves the best surprise for last—a deserted island completely off the grid. Kurtis David Harder (BHFF 2019 selection Spiral) directs this sneakily twisted thriller that begs the question, are we the stars of our own stories, or is no one? (Joseph Hernandez)