Outside of Sundance, SXSW and the Toronto International Film Festival, Fantastic Fest is probably the biggest festival for us hardcore […]
Outside of Sundance, SXSW and the Toronto International Film Festival, Fantastic Fest is probably the biggest festival for us hardcore genre fans.
Every year, the programmers somehow dig up a pile of brand-new horror and genre films that aren’t even on our radar yet, and suddenly they’re all we can talk about. This is a festival that has hosted premieres of everything from Smile and Split to Zombieland, Terrifier 2 and Terrifier 3, with last year’s Primate making its world premiere there before becoming a theatrical hit.
And the 2026 Fantastic Fest lineup looks as explosive as ever.
The festival will open with the World Premiere of Beware Boiúna, director Mike P. Nelson’s giant fucking snake movie starring Jessica Rothe and Kiana Madeira. Nelson returns to Fantastic Fest after bringing Silent Night, Deadly Night to the festival last year, and the new movie looks like an enormous, bloody Amazonian creature feature.
One of the biggest screenings, though, is Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil.
Cregger’s adaptation of the iconic survival horror video game franchise will receive a special gala screening at Fantastic Fest, just ahead of its September 18 theatrical release. This isn’t the festival opener, but it’s obviously going to be one of the hottest tickets of the week.
Fantastic Fest will then close with the World Premiere of The Swallow, the new survival horror film from Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer, the filmmaking team behind the excellent Starry Eyes and 2019’s Pet Sematary. The film stars Grace Van Dien and follows a sentient, quicksand-like sludge that terrorizes a group of young people in what’s said to be a brutally efficient, effects-forward creature feature.
Also making its way to Austin is Zachary Wigon’s Victorian Psycho, starring Margaret Qualley and Thomasin McKenzie, which has been high on my list for a while now.
And on a very personal note, I couldn’t be more excited that Fantastic Fest will host the world premiere of our own The Heretiks.
Directed by Gregg Bishop (Dance of the Dead, SiREN) and written by Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski (The Night House, Hellraiser), The Heretiks is a Halloween-set supernatural home invasion movie about a teenage girl who joins forces with a renegade witch to protect her younger sister from a murderous coven planning to use her in an apocalyptic ritual.
We’ve poured a whole lot of love into this new production from our company, Be Afraid Media, alongside Bleiberg Entertainment, which produced and financed the film. It’s our love letter to the kind of practical, Halloween-soaked ’80s horror that made us fall in love with this stuff in the first place.
I genuinely can’t wait to finally put it in front of a Fantastic Fest audience.
And that’s barely scratching the surface of this year’s lineup.
Fantastic Fest has become one of those rare festivals where half the fun is showing up for the movies you already know about, while the other half is discovering some completely fucking insane movie you’ve never heard of that everyone is talking about 24 hours later.
We’ll see you in Austin.
Here’s the full press release:
What’s that emerging from the shadows? Fantastic Fest’s 21st edition lineup is here, and ready to thrill, chill, and delight you. We are proud to present 35 World Premieres, 21 International and North American Premieres, and 14 U.S. Premieres featuring the very best in genre from across the globe, alongside our famous events and surprise guests. Join us to celebrate all things spooky at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar in Austin, TX, from September 17th-24th, 2026.
“This year, we’re doubling down on what we do best: introducing the world to exciting new talent and helping launch filmmakers’ careers,” says Festival Director Lisa Dreyer. “We really focused our programming efforts on bringing new discoveries to our audience of discerning and passionate cinephiles. I guarantee we have the next batch of breakout Directors in our lineup, and you’ll discover them first at Fantastic Fest.”
“After the historic year genre cinema had at the box office, Alamo Drafthouse is proud to be a leader in the space,” says Alamo Drafthouse CEO Michael Kusterman. “Because we have the most diverse film slate in all of exhibition, we are in a unique position to support these films from festival premiere to theatrical release, including our new Alamo Exclusives distribution model, giving the films that play Fantastic Fest a distinct advantage at reaching a nationwide audience.”
Opening the festival is the world premiere of Lionsgate’s Beware Boiúna, from Fantastic Fest alum Mike P. Nelson (Silent Night, Deadly Night). Equal parts terrifying and hiss-terical fun, this creature feature follows a group of medical volunteers whose adventure gets squeezed by Boiúna, “the mother of the waters,” the legendary giant snake that protects her domain. With a sssssstellar cast including Kiana Madeira, Jessica Rothe, and Logan Marshall-Green, Beware Boiúna has more twists than a coiled cobra and a tightly wound pace that will leave you choking for breath.
Beware Boiúna. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Lionsgate
Fantastic Fest’s opening night will also include a gala screening of TriStar Pictures, Constantin Film, and Davis Films’ Resident Evil, the highly anticipated horror film from visionary filmmaker Zach Cregger.
Closing out the festival is The Swallow, a brutally efficient, effects-forward survival horror. When a group of teenagers break into a fenced-off area of the woods during a camping trip, they end up terrorized by a sentient, quicksand-like sludge. Directors Kevin Kölsch & Dennis Widmyer deliver a thrilling throwback horror film starring Grace Van Dien.
Fantastic Fest is thrilled to honor legendary Director Walter Hill with a special award for his incomparable contributions to genre film. A special screening of his neo-Western action thriller Extreme Prejudice will follow, along with a conversation with Hill. Following the festival, Alamo Drafthouse will present a special retrospective of his work nationwide in January.
Fantastic Pitches are back and bigger than ever. Last year’s winning pitch, Play House, will have its world premiere at the festival, leading into our 2nd edition of the pitches. Six filmmaking teams will present their projects live at the fest, with the winner receiving $100,000 in financing, distribution, and sales provided by Chroma and Narrative Global Sales, and music supervision services from MakeSound. The winner will be selected by a jury led by Directors Catherine Hardwicke and Gore Verbinski. Additionally, one project will be hand-selected by Shooter Jennings, who will contribute an original piece of music and scoring at Sunset Sound Studios, and another project will receive a Blackmagic camera package, sponsored by Blackmagic Design and Fangoria. Travel support is provided by Full Spectrum Features.
Exciting world premieres include:
Chroma’s Play House, where the basement of a new home hides deadly secrets.
Shudder’s The Cycle, starring Deborah Ann Woll as a woman who discovers the body of her father at a gruesome crime scene after being missing for decades.
Pathetic Fallacy, a psychedelic odyssey from Director Adam Egypt Mortimer, starring Scott ‘Kid Cudi’ Mescudi and Jessica Roth.
The desert-set horror Godmother, from EP Seán “Jacksepticeye” McLoughlin and Director John Veron, starring icon Dee Wallace.
A brand-new cut of Quentin Dupieux’s hilarious first English-language feature Full Phil, starring Kristen Stewart and Woody Harrelson.
The supernatural Death of a Yellow Bird from Director Cody Calahan and Black Fawn Films, the team behind Undertone.
Other notable premieres and screenings include:
The North American premiere of Bleecker Street’s period-piece horror Victorian Psycho starring Maika Monroe as a psychotic governess.
The North American premiere of Shudder’s elite sports horror Bloody Tennis
The U.S. premiere of Prime Video’s new Original series, Carrie, from Mike Flanagan.
The U.S. premiere of Independent Film Company & Shudder’s brutal slasher River.
A screening of Searchlight Pictures’ riveting dramatic comedy Wild Horse Nine from Director Martin McDonagh.
The Events
Fantastic Fest has a variety of thrilling special events this year, including:
A spooktacular opening night party featuring the high-energy antics from synthpunk band Drakulas
An Evil Laugh Competition presented by the Blerdy Massacre podcast
Live podcast recordings including Doug Loves Movies and The Kingcast
Fresh Frights with Rotten Tomatoes, a conversation about all things horror
An unforgettable closing night concert with gore-rock legends GWAR
Rapturous Restorations and Other Rarities
Once again, we are partnering with our friends at the American Genre Film Archive to bring a selection of restorations to the festival, including the World Premieres of the new 4K Restoration of Herschell Gordon Lewis’s Blood Feast, and a Restoration of the impactful documentary Hell House, with filmmaker George Ratliff in person.
Formed in 2009, the American Genre Film Archive (AGFA) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to preserving the legacy of genre movies through collection, conservation, and distribution.
Other notable restorations include the international premiere of Dog God, after being banned for almost 30 years in Thailand, the North American Premiere of the 4K Restoration of the gay serial killer cult classic Frisk, the World Premiere of the 35mm print of the infamous film Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, the World Premiere of the Restoration of the ‘80s French slasher film Ogroff presented by BLEEDING SKULL, the World Premiere of the Restoration of one of the first animated films from Mexico Roy From Space, and the World Premiere of 4K Restoration of the queer horror Screamplay.
Burnt Ends, Fantastic Fest’s sidebar dedicated to micro-budget outlier cinema, is back! World Premieres include I Have Proof, Mr. Creamjeans’ Hidey Hole, Magic Mtn., the US Premiere of sci-fi mumblecore Little Doors from Director Anthony Oberbeck, and the return of our animation anthology Burnt Endominations, featuring gonzo outsider animation.
Fantastic Fest wouldn’t be possible without the support of its wonderful partners, including Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival, a first-person survival horror action video game developed and published by Saber Interactive, coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam on October 8, 2026. We are thrilled to have the exclusive world premiere of the Scarlet Church Trailer, a disturbing sneak peek into how the followers of the Scarlet Church and disciples of the Cenobites recruit new members into their twisted cult. The festival also extends its gratitude to Rotten Tomatoes, the most trusted measurement of entertainment recommendations.
Fantastic Fest is proud to present 73 feature films and episodics, as well as a variety of short film selections to be announced at a later date — showcasing World, North American, and US Premieres.
FEATURE FILM LINEUP BELOW:
3 WEEKS AFTER Serbia, Bulgaria, Italy, Croatia, Luxembourg, 2026 North American Premiere, 94 min Director – Miroslav Terzić Three weeks after his friend’s suicide, a teenager joins his classmates on a school trip. As the bullying escalates and tensions boil over, tongues loosen, forcing the truth out into the open.
5 MORE MINUTES Spain, 2026 International Premiere, 93 min Director – Javier Ruiz Caldera A husband and wife in an ailing marriage discover that actions really do have consequences in this darkly funny twist on the time loop motif.
ADULT SUPERVISION Sweden, 2026 World Premiere, 108 min Director – Alex Schulman When three fathers volunteer to chaperone their teenage daughters’ school trip, the initially idyllic getaway quickly reveals brutal social dynamics that have them in over their heads.
ATTACK ON PARADISE Belgium, The Netherlands, 2026 US Premiere, 99 min Director – Bob Colaers After seven years of no sleep, grief, and nightmares, Suleyman finally reunites with his mother in Paradise—just as henchmen, cops, and one very bad raid drag him back into hell.
BEWARE BOIÚNA USA, 2026 World Premiere, 104 min Director – Mike P. Nelson Deep in the Amazon, a medical mission spirals into a fight for survival when Boiúna, a colossal ancient predator, awakens to reclaim her domain. In the jungle where nature holds absolute power, she decides who lives and who dies.
THE BIRTHDAY PARTY France, 2026 North American Premiere, 114 min Director – Léa MYSIUS Happy biiiirthday to you! Nora is turning 40, and for her birthday she’ll be getting three uninvited guests who claim she isn’t who she says she is, plus the unraveling of her carefully constructed life.
THE BLOOD COUNTESS Austria, Germany, Luxembourg, 2026 North American Premiere, 119 min Director – Ulrike Ottinger Elizabeth Báthory, a recently reawakened vampire, pursues an ancient artifact that could destroy her family in present-day Austria.
BLOOD FEAST (Presented by AGFA) USA, 1963 World Premiere of the 4K Restoration, 67 min Director – Herschell Gordon Lewis A 4K restoration of the world’s first “splatter” film from AGFA + Something Weird.
BLOODY TENNIS Germany, 2026 North American Premiere, 90 min Director – Nikias Chryssos Sophie’s coming of age gets sweatier and bloodier than expected when she joins a summer tennis academy where the blood-red morning smoothie is by far the least weird thing going on.
CARRIE (Two Episodes) Canada, USA, 2026 US Premiere, 101 min Director – Mike Flanagan After her father’s sudden, untimely death thrusts her into the unforgiving ecosystem of public high school, Carrie is forced to navigate a viral bullying scandal that tears through her community, the relentless pressure and casual cruelty of the social‑media age, and the awakening of mysterious telekinetic powers that rise alongside her adolescence.
CINEMA RECOMPOSED: SILENT MONSTERS (Presented by Golden Hornet) USA, 1908, 1910, 1912, 1919, 1922, 1929, 1930 World Premiere, 65 min Directors – THE THIEVING HAND – Unknown Director / FRANKENSTEIN – J. Searle Dawley / DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE – Lucius J. Henderson / THE GHOST OF SLUMBER MOUNTAIN – Willis O’Brien / HÄXAN: HELL SEQUENCE – Benjamin Christensen / HELLS BELLS – Ub Iwerks / THE HAUNTED SHIP – John Foster & Mannie Davis A live string quartet plays new scores for seven classic silent horror short films. Seven composers, aged 17 to 24, composed new scores for these films under the mentorship of some of the industry’s top professionals.
COMPLIANCE USA, 2026 North American Premiere, 104 min Director – Kyle Mangione-Smith A corporate client relations rep pulls a loose string, unraveling a vast conspiracy in this doom-laden found footage stunner.
CORPUS USA, 2026 US Premiere, 102 min Director – Corrin Evans Three friends flee the club scene for an exclusive, steamy party at a remote estate only to find themselves victims of increasingly erotic and violent supernatural attacks.
THE CYCLE USA, 2026 World Premiere, 111 min Director – Jordan Downey When the body of a man missing for thirty-six years is discovered at the scene of a horrific crime, it’s up to his estranged daughter to unravel his dark past.
DEATH HAS NO MASTER Venezuela, Canada, Italy, Luxembourg, 2026 North American Premiere, 106 min Director – Jorge Thielen Armand After her father’s death, Caro travels to Venezuela to sell the family cacao plantation, only to find it occupied by a mother who refuses to leave—forcing Caro down a path of violence with devastating consequences.
DEATH OF A YELLOW BIRD Canada, 2026 World Premiere, 93 min Director – Cody Calahan A dying man returns to his childhood home to film messages for his son when he discovers a supernatural presence haunting the isolated cabin in this emotional ghost movie.
DOG GOD Thailand, 1997 International Premiere, 110 min Director – Ing K Banned in Thailand for almost 30 years for insulting religion, and maybe the monarchy too, the elusive DOG GOD emerges as a gleefully anarchic critique of blind faith.
DONKEY PRINCESS Chile, France, Netherlands, Uruguay, Germany, 2026 North American Premiere, 90 min Directors – Cristóbal León & Joaquín Cociña In a kingdom where love has been declared a plague, a princess travels across different realities to find love, confront grief, and attain individuation.
EXTREME PREJUDICE USA, 1987 Special Presentation, 105 min Director – Walter Hill Nick Nolte stars as a Texas Ranger engaged in a showdown against his former childhood friend turned drug kingpin, played by Powers Boothe, in this classic neo-Western action film.
THE FACE OF HORROR UK, 2026 US Premiere, 120 min Director – Anna Biller A vain knight, an inconvenient wife, and a marriage built on murder. Anna Biller’s gloriously lurid ghost story proves that killing your wife may only be the beginning of your problems.
FLAPJAX USA, Canada, 2026 World Premiere, 98 min Director – Rocko Zevenbergen An annoyingly optimistic, but endearingly earnest, fast food restaurant manager is tasked with relaunching the long-dormant product, Flapjax, and no amount of mysterious warnings or disappearances are going to get in his way in this campy horror-comedy.
FRISK USA, 1995 North American Premiere of the 4K Restoration, 89 min
Director – Todd Verow Tired of only fantasizing about murdering young, attractive men, Dennis decides to take the plunge and do the deed in this restoration of Todd Verow’s 1995 gay serial killer fantasia.
FULL PHIL France, USA, 2026 World Premiere, 78 min Director – Quentin Dupieux Tim, Eric, K-Stew, Woody, and Dupieux team up in this feature-length comic romp that’ll leave your belly full o’ laffs.
FUTURE TENSE South Africa, Australia, 2026 US Premiere, 98 min Director – Jenna Cato Bass In a dystopian future, a young couple clashes during their time-traveling vacation.
GAME MASTER France, 2026 International Premiere, 89 min Director – Éric Judor A joyous celebration of imagination, awkward parenthood, and the transformative power of play that ventures deep into the wonderfully eccentric world of live-action role-playing.
GHOST IN THE CELL Indonesia, 2026 North American Premiere, 106 min Director – Joko Anwar Witness Indonesian genre visionary Joko Anwar’s most deliriously ambitious film: a blood-soaked fusion of supernatural horror, prison thriller, martial arts action, and pitch-black political satire.
GIMME TRUTH Canada, 2026 US Premiere, 84 min Directors – Brad Abrahams & Simon Ennis Delve deep into the world of conspiracy theories in North America in this compassionate documentary by Brad Abrahams and Simon Ennis.
GIRL IN THE NIGHT Slovenia, 2026 World Premiere, 94 min Director – Luka Marčetić In this deadpan Slovenian romp, a lonesome guy desperate for human connection decides to steal the bicycle of the town’s self-appointed vigilante; as the “sole witness” of the crime, he is inducted into joining her nightly escapades.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD USA, 2026 US Premiere, 81 min Directors – John Adams & Toby Poser A sheriff and her deputy awaken to a world transformed: bloody chasms erupt from the earth, grotesque flesh-born creatures roam the land, and the recently deceased rise again.
GODMOTHER USA, 2026 World Premiere, 85 min Director – John Veron A meticulously planned desert couples’ vacation spirals into chaos when family tensions and a pair of mysterious hosts with devilish intentions transform a romantic getaway into a nightmare.
HALF India, 2026 International Premiere, 111 min Director – Samjad Two half-human, half-vampire siblings are run off the road and left for dead by a gang of scavengers—and they’re coming back for bloody revenge.
HELL HOUSE (Presented by AGFA) USA, 2001 World Premiere of the Restoration, 86 min Director – George Ratliff A restoration of the essential Y2K-era doc from the American Genre Film Archive (AGFA) with director George Ratliff in person.
HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER (Presented by Dark Sky Films & AGFA) USA, 1986 World Premiere of the 35mm print, 83 min Director – John McNaughton A brand-new 35mm print produced for the 40th anniversary of one of the 20th century’s most harrowing films, HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER features a chilling, career-defining turn by Michael Rooker.
Pictured: Gregg Bishop directs The Heretiks
THE HERETIKS USA, 2026 World Premiere, 89 min Director – Gregg Bishop When a coven of witches determined to unleash the apocalypse marks Ada’s younger sister for sacrifice, she joins forces with a renegade witch in a relentless fight for survival.
I HAVE PROOF (Burnt Ends Selection) USA, 2026 World Premiere, 76 min Director – James Cullen Bressack Alex has proof, and he wants you to see it.
INTO THE SKY USA, 2026 World Premiere, 97 min Directors – Evan Wolf Buxbaum & Drew Mylrea A man’s efforts to win back his estranged wife are derailed by a mysterious extraterrestrial force that keeps snatching him from Earth.
JANUR IRENG: SEWU DINO THE PREQUEL Indonesia, 2026 North American Premiere, 94 min Director – Kimo Stamboel Indonesian horror specialist Kimo Stamboel cooks up a deliriously demonic prequel to his box office hit SEWU DINO, as a pair of desperate siblings stumble unwittingly upon a centuries-old satanic ritual orchestrated by their wealthy relatives.
JIM QUEEN France, 2026 US Premiere, 84 min Directors – Marco Nguyen & Nicolas Athane As a virus that turns gay people straight sweeps across the world, Jim Perfect goes on a quest across Paris, with his number one fan Lucien, to find the cure in this animated comedy.
JOLLYFACE USA, 2026 World Premiere, 77 min Director – Justin Floyd A white woman launches her own investigation into her Black fiancé’s violent murder only to find herself hunted in her apartment complex by a killer determined to keep the truth silent.
KICK ON Australia, 2026 US Premiere, 89 min Director – Nick Kozakis Four friends trying to keep their late-night bender going end up at the apartment of a reckless mobster; what starts as a casual substance-fueled afterparty quickly escalates into a violence-filled rager.
KUNG FU DEADLY Ireland, Australia, 2026 World Premiere, 96 min Director – Fergal Costello A late-to-launch young man and his even less responsible friend realize they may be the last line of defense between humanity and an ancient Chinese evil. Martial arts and supernatural horror collide in this romp of a buddy comedy.
KYLGOR IN THE GRISLY ABYSS Canada, 2026 World Premiere, 74 min Director – Mason Jeffrey Newton-DeRushie Grimdark fantasy, an epic quest, buckets of blood… all puppets. Need we say more?
LITTLE DOORS (Burnt Ends Selection) USA, 2026 US Premiere, 79 min Director – Anthony Oberbeck Two socially awkward people find love and then define it for themselves in a barren, post-apocalyptic world before they discover a small, wooden door in the side of her body and decide whether or not to open it.
MAGICK MTN. (Burnt Ends Selection) USA, 2026 World Premiere, 80 min Directors – Hana Mae Lee & Hal Satin Ghosts, Goblins, and Crowley. MAGICK MTN. is a rock and roll fairytale set deep in Laurel Canyon using instruments of the occult to dig beneath the soil of a hillside marked by tragedy and death.
MR. CREAMJEANS’ HIDEY HOLE (Burnt Ends Selection) USA, 2026 World Premiere, 70 min Director – Heath Benfield A raunchy series of sexy, horrifying, and hilarious vignettes, MR. CREAMJEANS’ HIDEY HOLE is a shocking, disgusting, and ultimately satisfying anthology that’s never afraid to put a man in his proper place.
NO REST FOR THE WICKED Denmark, 2026 US Premiere, 103 min Director – Kasper Kalle After Baldur is rescued from drowning by a handsome whaler, the two begin a passionate love affair that requires sacrifices to an Elder God to endure.
NO WAY DOWN France, 2026 World Premiere, 91 min Directors – Mohamed Chabane & Théo Jourdain Fresh out of prison, Idriss enters the derelict Kraken apartment complex to find his ex-girlfriend’s brother, only to be dragged back into violence by a ruthless squatter tied to the past Idriss is fighting to leave behind.
OGROFF (Presented by BLEEDING SKULL) France, 1983 World Premiere of the Restoration, 89 min Director – Norbert Moutier Bleeding Skull presents a restoration of the fabled underground slasher from France.
THE ONES WHO GRIEVE France, 2026 North American Premiere, 116 min Director – Quarxx At the end of the 19th century, as a mysterious plague spreads across the countryside, a young woman living under the tyranny of her deeply religious father fights to reclaim her freedom.
PATHETIC FALLACY USA, 2026 World Premiere, 98 min Director – Adam Egypt Mortimer After suffering the devastating loss of his wife, a man embarks on a surreal journey to bring her back.
PHREAKER Canada, 2026 World Premiere, 98 min Director – Adam Yorke A blind lonely teen becomes the latest breed of telecom criminal in this crackling dial-up thriller.
PLATYPUS Canada, 2026 World Premiere, 85 min Director – Joshua Gratton Kimberly’s recurring dreams of a masked killer murdering young people around town progressively close in on her in this Canadian genre experiment.
PLAY HOUSE USA, 2026 World Premiere, 85 mi
Director – Nicolas Jon Curcio While renovating a dilapidated house to win back his ex, Elliot discovers VHS tapes of an unaired children’s TV show. The show’s dark history seeps into his life, threatening his last chance at reconciliation. Winner of the 2025 Fantastic Pitches.
POSTHUMOUS Australia, 2026 World Premiere, 110 min Director – Josh Tanner Zoe returns home to her estranged father, seeking comfort from a series of VHS birthday recordings left behind by her deceased mother, and uncovers an occult ritual that upends everything she was told about her mother’s death.
A PRAYER FOR THE DYING Norway, Greece, UK, Sweden, 2026 North American Premiere, 95 min Director – Dara Van Dusen In a rural Wisconsin town in 1870, Sheriff Jacob Hansen—a man still haunted by the Civil War—is pushed to his psychological limits when a deadly plague sweeps through his community and encroaching wildfires close in.
RED SNOW Finland, Estonia, Sweden, 2026 World Premiere, 92 min Director – Ilja Rautsi A vampire posing as Santa Claus invades the home of a family whose rebellious teenage daughter wants only one thing: to become a vampire herself and escape her miserable life.
RESIDENT EVIL USA, 2026 Gala Screening, 93 min
Director – Zach Cregger From the mind of visionary filmmaker Zach Cregger (WEAPONS, BARBARIAN) comes a thrilling — and terrifying — reinvention of the RESIDENT EVIL franchise. In an all-new story, Resident Evil follows Bryan (Austin Abrams), a medical courier who unwittingly finds himself in an action-packed, non-stop race for survival as one fateful, horrifying night collapses around him in chaos. From TriStar Pictures, Constantin Film, and Davis Films, RESIDENT EVIL hits theatres September 18, 2026.
RIVER USA, 2026 US Premiere, 92 min Director – Joshua Giuliano When three estranged siblings reunite in their hometown after the death of their father, they set out to scatter his ashes at his favorite spot on a remote river. But when their boat breaks down, the trip devolves into a waking nightmare.
ROMA ELASTICA France, Italy, 2026 North American Premiere, 107 min Director – Bertrand Mandico French cinema maestro Bertrand Mandico and mega-starlet Marion Cotillard broadcast a daring hyper-pulp transmission straight from 1980s Italian cinema.
ROY FROM SPACE Mexico, 1983 World Premiere of the Restoration, 64 min Director – Héctor López Carmona An evil space emperor plots to take over the Earth in this restoration of one of the first fully animated feature films from Mexico.
SCREAMPLAY USA, 1984 World Premiere of 4K Restoration, 93 min Director – Rufus Butler Seder Your new favorite queer horror rediscovery, newly restored.
SICK Poland, 2026 World Premiere, 90 min Director – Agata Trzebuchowska Things spiral out of control in more ways than one when two siblings are tasked with caring for their ailing grandma.
THE SPIRAL Italy, France, Belgium, 2026 US Premiere, 115 min Director – Paolo Strippoli When Alice’s estranged mother arrives with a confession about a twenty-year-old bargain, Alice discovers that the miracle that saved her came with a debt… and the bill has finally come due.
THE SQUIRREL Finland, Germany, The Netherlands, Sweden, 2026 International Premiere, 92 min Director – Markus Lehmusruusu In a sterile future devoid of nature where emotions are forbidden, a toy designer developing robotic companion dogs rescues an injured squirrel, setting him on a journey of self-discovery and societal rebellion.
THE SWALLOW USA, 2026 World Premiere, 82 min Directors – Kevin Kölsch & Dennis Widmyer A sentient, quicksand-like sludge terrorizes a group of young people in this brutally efficient, effects-forward creature feature.
TOO MANY BEASTS France, 2026 North American Premiere, 96 min Director – Sarah Arnold Transferred to the French countryside, a disgraced cop investigates a rift between the local farmers and hunters, uncovering corruption that runs far deeper than the damage the exploding population of wild boars has wreaked on the region’s crops.
UPIRO Spain, 2026 World Premiere, 106 min Director – Óscar Martín In the Age of Enlightenment, Ana is sent to a remote monastery to atone for her sins. There, she finds a place plagued by a mysterious blood disease linked to a supernatural being: the upyr.
ÜREI Kazakhstan, 2026 World Premiere, 80 min Director – Yerkezhan Baizhan When a young girl is left with her aging grandmother in rural Kazakhstan, an ordinary act of familial care quickly turns into an unsettling descent into the unknown where loss can take monstrous forms.
VERTIGINOUS France, 2026 US Premiere, 67 min Director – Quentin Dupieux Quentin Dupieux offers a delightfully off-kilter take on the simulation hypothesis with early Y2K graphics and his trademark deadpan wit, turning the theory into an absurdly funny mirror of contemporary life.
VICTORIAN PSYCHO USA, 2026 North American Premiere, 102 min Director – Zachary Wigon Set in Victorian England, VICTORIAN PSYCHO sees an eccentric governess arrive at a remote gothic manor, where strange happenings stir suspicion that she’s not what she seems.
WELCOME TO DOLLY’S HOUSE R.O.C. (Taiwan), 2026 North American Premiere, 86 min Directors – Seven Ych, Rady Fu, & Tree Muta Taiwan’s first major rotoscoped 2D animated feature tells the story of a ghost-debunking influencer who begins to question her own identity after entering the mansion of a famously reclusive doll-maker.
WHAT HAPPENED TO DORIS? USA, 2026 World Premiere, 92 min Director – Nick Simon Based on the terrifying true story that inspired THE ENTITY, WHAT HAPPENED TO DORIS? follows a single mother whose violent encounters with an unseen force draw UCLA investigators into one of the most infamous paranormal cases in American history.
WILD HORSE NINE UK, USA, Chile, 2026 Texas Premiere, 118 min Director – Martin McDonagh A CIA mission to Easter Island unravels amid conspiracies, secrets, and Chile’s looming coup.
