Beyond Fest x Music Box Theatre Unleash ‘Beyond Chicago’; 30 Electrifying Films Including ‘Obsession,’ ‘Faces of Death’, and ‘The Furious’!

Beyond Fest, the biggest genre festival in the U.S., and Chicago’s world-renowned Music Box Theatre have combined forces to create Beyond Chicago: four days of all-killer-no-filler cinematic chaos and carnage.

From April 2–5, Beyond Chicago will explode 30 features across the Music Box Theatre’s historic screens from every corner of the globe. Presented by MUBI, this inaugural program further drives Beyond Fest’s commitment to the theatrical experience and its perennial championing of outsider visions, cult icons, and bold, new cinema voices.

Opening and Closing Night honors are bestowed upon two of contemporary cinema’s boldest voices: Opening Night brings Curry Barker’s instant shock horror classic Obsession whilst Closing Night honors are bestowed upon Daniel Goldhaber with the World Premiere of his audacious reinvention of the seminal Video Nasty shock doc, Faces of Death on stomach-churning 35mm.

Two of Beyond Fest’s favorite alumni make their welcome in-person returns with a ferocious pair of double-trouble-fists-of-fury. The great Bob Odenkirk joins us for the Centerpiece Screening of Ben Wheatley’s latest blast of action fire frenzy, Normal, on glorious 35mm. Complementing Normal, Odenkirk will also host his thematically-inspired pick, Joseph Sargent’s , also on 35mm. Rap legend brings his slick and soulful slice of contemporary exploitation, , to the big screen. In addition, the human wuxia-encyclopedia will present a very special 35mm screening of the Shaw Brothers classic, .