NorthwestFEARFest slashes into Edmonton this October 18-22 with the year’s most buzz-worthy genre films, including:
The Alberta Premiere of The Last Video Store
Suitable Flesh, and more!
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WEDNESDAY & Thursday - OCT. 18 & 19
When a masked killer terrorizes Javier’s high school, and he acquires an unusual gift, he and his best friend Bianca take on the responsibility of capturing the killer themselves.
Director Demián Rugna presents a terrifying tale of two brothers in a remote village encountering a demon-infected man on the brink of birthing evil itself…
Will Gilbey's debut feature film pays homage to classics like Assault on Precinct 13 and VFW as a small-town sheriff battles unknown attackers in this white-knuckle siege thriller.
Director Joe Lynch pays tribute to H.P. Lovecraft and Stuart Gordon in this over-the-top, ‘80s-style erotic thriller starring Barbara Crampton and an amazing Heather Graham.
Friday, Oct. 20
Released in the heyday of the early ‘80’s slasher movie craze, this film features some pretty good kills, a summer camp setting, and one of the most insane and unexpected twists ever committed to celluloid.
Part III returns to summer camp with more of the questionable decision-making found in the first two films, only this time, with more fun and humour. It's also where Jason dons the goalie mask for the first time, making this a film artifact worth seeing! Shown in old-school anaglyph (red/blue) 3D.
In a blood-soaked survival tale, Jamie Lancaster, falsely accused of her friends' murders and imprisoned at the local police station, must join forces with the cops and criminals within when a Lovecraftian nightmare engulfs the police station.
Saturday, oct. 21
50TH ANNIVERSARY SCREENING!
Rounding out our Saturday triple-header of '70s-set Satanic Shockers comes the granddaddy of them all - the film that left audiences in 1973 vomiting, fainting, and running for the exits.
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From the moment it burst onto screens at this year's SXSW Film Festival, this shocker has had audiences buzzing. Turning the "found footage" concept entirely on its head, Late Night with The Devil appears as an actual lost broadcast from a 1970s late-night talk show.
Two boarding school students, Samantha and Clara, face a deadly Christmas when a murderous cult arrives, seeking victims to help summon a demon.
When the wife of octogenarian Manuel suddenly and unexpectedly commits suicide, it sets off an unstoppable chain of events that threatens to destroy everyone around him.
For Jack Skellington, every day is Halloween. But when he inadvertently discovers Christmas Town, he decides it's time to change things up in Halloween Town. Chaos, confusion, and beautiful stop-motion hilarity ensues.
sunday, Oct. 22
In this love letter to the video store era, Nyla and a video store owner (played by Edmonton's own Kevin Martin) unwittingly awaken a long-dormant curse that unleashes a series of classic cinematic villains plucked from the bowels of the B-movies themselves.
Sasha, a sensitive young vampire, teams up with a suicidal teenager named Paul to fulfill his last wishes before dawn in a bid to save her life.
From the director of Frontier(s), Hitman, and The Divide comes one of the most thrilling, non-stop, bone-crunching action movies of the year. Featuring stunning fight choreography scenes, fans of The Raid: Redemption and the films of John Woo, rejoice!
When Dracula, Frankenstein, the Mummy, and the Wolfman come to take over a small town, it's up to "The Monster Squad" to save the world! Part of our "Gateway to Horror" series of family-friendly fear flicks.