Beyond Fest 2021 Line-Up Revealed: Halloween Kills, The Black Phone, Michael Mann In Person, And More
Universal By Ben Pearson/Sept. 16, 2021 12:04 pm EST
Beyond Fest, one of the best and most fun genre festivals in the United States, has announced its full lineup for the 2021 iteration of the festival, and it is packed with tons of great stuff. In addition to the U.S. premiere of “Halloween Kills” with director David Gordon Green and producer Jason Blum in person, the fest will be featuring a 50th anniversary screening of “A Clockwork Orange,” repertory screenings of “Collateral” and “Thief” with director Michael Mann in person, the West Coast premiere of the Palm d’Or winning movie “Titane” with filmmaker Julia Ducournau in the flesh, and director Fede Álvarez in person to present the world’s first theatrical screening of his uncut “Evil Dead” remake.
If you’re going to be in the Los Angeles area from September 29 until October 11 and you love genre movies, this should definitely be on your radar. Tickets will be on sale at 1:00 P.M. PT/10:00 A.M. ET at AmericanCinematheque.com, and physical proof of vaccination will be required to attend. The festival will take place across multiple theaters in L.A., but all of the screenings at the Los Feliz 3 “Shudder Theatre” will be free for all guests.
Beyond Fest 2021 Lineup
Beyond Fest LEGION THEATRE TITANE West Coast Premiere Director: Julia Ducournau Country: France, Belgium Runtime: 108 minutes Year: 2021 GUESTS: Director Julia Ducournau in person HALLOWEEN KILLS US Premiere
Director: David Gordon Green Country: USA Runtime: 106 Minutes Year: 2021 GUESTS: Director David Gordon Green and producer Jason Blum in person ———————————————————————————————————– MUBI THEATRE at the Aero Theatre LAMB West Coast Premiere Director: Valdimar Jóhannsson Country: Iceland, Sweden, Poland Runtime: 106 minutes Year: 2021 GUESTS: Director Valdimar Jóhannsson and actor Noomi Rapace in person NEW YORK NINJA World Premiere Director: John Liu Country: USA Runtime: Year: 1984 GUESTS: Actors Cynthia Rothrock, Leon Isaac and Adrienne Meltzer, Producer Kurtis Spieler and Brad Henderson in person FREDDY VS. JASON Repertory Screening Director: Ronny Yu
Country: USA Runtime: 97 minutes Year: 2003 GUESTS: Writers Mark Swift and Damian Shannon in person YOU’RE NEXT Repertory Screening Director: Adam Wingard Country: USA Runtime: 94 minutes Year: 2011 GUESTS: Director Adam Wingard and Writer Simon Barrett in person EVIL DEAD Repertory Screening Director: Fede Álvarez Country: USA Runtime: 96 minutes Year: 2013 GUESTS: Director/Co-Writer Fede Álvarez in person V/H/S 94 West Coast Premiere Director: Jennifer Reeder, Simon Barrett, Timo Tjahjanto, Chloe Okuno, Ryan Prows Country: USA Runtime: 101 minutes Year: 2021 GUESTS: Director Simon Barrett, Chloe Okuno, Ryan Prows, Producers Brad Miska, Josh Goldbloom and composer Greg Anderson in person V/H/S Repertory Screening Director: Adam Wingard, David Bruckner, Ti West, Glenn McQuaid, Joe Swanberg, Radio Silence Country: USA Runtime: 116 minutes Year: 2012 GUESTS: Director Simon Barrett in person MAD GOD West Coast Premiere Director: Phil Tippett Country: USA Runtime: 83 minutes Year: 2021 GUESTS: Director Phil Tippett in person STARSHIP TROOPERS Repertory Screening Director: Paul Verhoeven Country: USA Runtime: 129 minutes Year: 1997 GUESTS: Phil Tippett in person COLLATERAL Repertory Screening Director: Michael Mann Country: USA Runtime: 120 minutes
Year: 2004 GUESTS: Director Michael Mann in person THIEF Repertory Screening Director: Michael Mann Country: USA Runtime: 122 minutes Year: 1981 GUESTS: Director Michael Mann in person VORTEX West Coast Premiere Director: Gaspar Noé Country: France Runtime: 144 minutes Year: 2021 GUESTS: Director Gaspar Noé in virtual Q&A POSSESSION West Coast Premiere – 4K Restoration Director: Andrzej Żuławski Country: France, Germany Runtime: 124 minutes Year: 1981 THE EMPTY MAN Repertory Screening Director: David Prior Country: USA Runtime: 137 minutes Year: 2020 GUESTS: Director David Prior in person THE BLACK PHONE West Coast Premiere Director: Scott Derrickson Country: USA Runtime: 102 minutes Year: 2021 GUESTS: Director Scott Derrickson in person BLOOD FOR DRACULA Repertory Screening Director: Paul Morrisey Country: Italy, France Runtime: 106 minutes Year: 1974 GUESTS: Actor Udo Kier in person ————————————————————————————————- SHUDDER THEATRE at the Los Feliz 3 WOODLANDS DARK AND DAYS BEWITCHED: A HISTORY OF FOLK HORROR West Coast Premiere Director: Kier-La Janisse Country: USA Runtime: 194 minutes Year: 2021 ALLISON’S BIRTHDAY World Premiere – 4K Restoration Director: Ian Coughlan
Country: Australia Runtime: 97 minutes Year: 1981 SOUTH OF HEAVEN World Premiere Director: Aharon Keshales Country: USA Runtime: 120 minutes Year: 2021 GUESTS: Director Aharon Keshales in person THE SPINE OF NIGHT West Coast Premiere Director: Morgan Galen King, Philip Gelatt Country: USA Runtime: 93 minutes Year: 2021 CODE NAME: NAGASAKI West Coast Premiere Director: Fredrik Hana Country: Norway Runtime: 70 minutes Year: 2021 DR. CALIGARI US Premiere – 4K Restoration Director: Stephen Sayadian Country: USA Runtime: 80 minutes Year: 1989 GUESTS: Director Stephen Sayadian, Writer Jerry Stahl, Director of Photography Ladi von Jansky TOMBS OF THE BLIND DEAD West Coast Premiere – Uncut Restoration Director: Amando de Ossorio Country: France, Portugal Runtime: 101 minutes Year: 1972 THE FEAST West Coast Premiere Director: Lee Haven Jones Country: UK Runtime: 93 minutes Year: 2021 SALOUM West Coast Premiere Director: Jean Luc Herbulot Country: Senegal, Congo Runtime: 84 minutes Year: 2021 THE SCARY OF SIXTY-FIRST US Premiere Director: Dasha Nekrasova Country: USA Runtime: 81 minutes Year: 2021 THE SEED World Premiere Director: Sam Walker Country: UK Runtime: Year: 2021 THE BETA TEST West Coast Premiere Director: Jim Cummings Country: USA Runtime: 93 minutes
Year: 2021 THE MEDIUM US Premiere Director: Banjong Pisanthanakun Country: Thailand, South Korea Runtime: 131 minutes Year: 2021 EARWIG US Premiere Director: Lucile Hadžihalilović Country: France, Belgium, UK Runtime: 114 minutes Year: 2021 HOMEBOUND West Coast Premiere Director: Sebastian Goodwin Country: UK Runtime: 75 minutes Year: 2021 SECRET SCREENING xxxxxxxx Premiere Director: xxxx xxxxxxxxx Country: xx Runtime: xxxxx minutes Year: 2021 THE SADNESS West Coast Premiere Director: Rob Jabbaz Country: Taiwan Runtime: 99 minutes Year: 2021 A BANQUET West Coast Premiere Director: Ruth Paxton Country: UK Runtime: 97 minutes Year: 2021 AFTER BLUE (DIRTY PARADISE) West Coast Premiere Director: Bertrand Mandico Country: France Runtime: 127 minutes Year: 2021 TRAVELLING LIGHT World Premiere Director: Bernard Rose Country: USA Runtime: 90 minutes Year: 2021 GUESTS: Director Bernard Rose, Actor Danny Houston, Tony Todd, Olivia D’Abo, Stephen Dorf and Matthew Jacob in person —————————————————————————- IFC MIDNIGHT SCREENINGS ANTICHRIST Director: Lars Von Trier Country: Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Sweden Runtime: 108 minutes Year: 2009 THE AUTOPSY OF JANE DOE Director: André Øvredal
Country: USA, UK Runtime: 86 minutes Year: 2016 KILL LIST Director: Ben Wheatley Country: UK Runtime: 95 minutes Year: 2011 THE BABADOOK Director: Jennifer Kent Country: Australia Runtime: 91 minutes Year: 2014 BERBERIAN SOUND STUDIO Director: Peter Strickland Country: UK Runtime: 94 minutes Year: 2014 MANIAC Director: Franck Khalfoun Country: USA Runtime: 89 minutes Year: 2012
Beyond Fest 2021 Line-Up Revealed: Halloween Kills, The Black Phone, Michael Mann In Person, And More
Universal
By Ben Pearson/Sept. 16, 2021 12:04 pm EST
Beyond Fest, one of the best and most fun genre festivals in the United States, has announced its full lineup for the 2021 iteration of the festival, and it is packed with tons of great stuff. In addition to the U.S. premiere of “Halloween Kills” with director David Gordon Green and producer Jason Blum in person, the fest will be featuring a 50th anniversary screening of “A Clockwork Orange,” repertory screenings of “Collateral” and “Thief” with director Michael Mann in person, the West Coast premiere of the Palm d’Or winning movie “Titane” with filmmaker Julia Ducournau in the flesh, and director Fede Álvarez in person to present the world’s first theatrical screening of his uncut “Evil Dead” remake.
If you’re going to be in the Los Angeles area from September 29 until October 11 and you love genre movies, this should definitely be on your radar. Tickets will be on sale at 1:00 P.M. PT/10:00 A.M. ET at AmericanCinematheque.com, and physical proof of vaccination will be required to attend. The festival will take place across multiple theaters in L.A., but all of the screenings at the Los Feliz 3 “Shudder Theatre” will be free for all guests.
If you’re going to be in the Los Angeles area from September 29 until October 11 and you love genre movies, this should definitely be on your radar. Tickets will be on sale at 1:00 P.M. PT/10:00 A.M. ET at AmericanCinematheque.com, and physical proof of vaccination will be required to attend. The festival will take place across multiple theaters in L.A., but all of the screenings at the Los Feliz 3 “Shudder Theatre” will be free for all guests.
Beyond Fest 2021 Lineup
Beyond Fest LEGION THEATRE TITANE West Coast Premiere Director: Julia Ducournau Country: France, Belgium Runtime: 108 minutes Year: 2021 GUESTS: Director Julia Ducournau in person HALLOWEEN KILLS US Premiere
Director: David Gordon Green Country: USA Runtime: 106 Minutes Year: 2021 GUESTS: Director David Gordon Green and producer Jason Blum in person ———————————————————————————————————– MUBI THEATRE at the Aero Theatre LAMB West Coast Premiere Director: Valdimar Jóhannsson Country: Iceland, Sweden, Poland Runtime: 106 minutes Year: 2021 GUESTS: Director Valdimar Jóhannsson and actor Noomi Rapace in person NEW YORK NINJA World Premiere Director: John Liu Country: USA Runtime: Year: 1984 GUESTS: Actors Cynthia Rothrock, Leon Isaac and Adrienne Meltzer, Producer Kurtis Spieler and Brad Henderson in person FREDDY VS. JASON Repertory Screening Director: Ronny Yu
Country: USA Runtime: 97 minutes Year: 2003 GUESTS: Writers Mark Swift and Damian Shannon in person YOU’RE NEXT Repertory Screening Director: Adam Wingard Country: USA Runtime: 94 minutes Year: 2011 GUESTS: Director Adam Wingard and Writer Simon Barrett in person EVIL DEAD Repertory Screening Director: Fede Álvarez Country: USA Runtime: 96 minutes Year: 2013 GUESTS: Director/Co-Writer Fede Álvarez in person V/H/S 94 West Coast Premiere Director: Jennifer Reeder, Simon Barrett, Timo Tjahjanto, Chloe Okuno, Ryan Prows Country: USA Runtime: 101 minutes Year: 2021 GUESTS: Director Simon Barrett, Chloe Okuno, Ryan Prows, Producers Brad Miska, Josh Goldbloom and composer Greg Anderson in person V/H/S Repertory Screening Director: Adam Wingard, David Bruckner, Ti West, Glenn McQuaid, Joe Swanberg, Radio Silence Country: USA Runtime: 116 minutes Year: 2012 GUESTS: Director Simon Barrett in person MAD GOD West Coast Premiere Director: Phil Tippett Country: USA Runtime: 83 minutes Year: 2021 GUESTS: Director Phil Tippett in person STARSHIP TROOPERS Repertory Screening Director: Paul Verhoeven Country: USA Runtime: 129 minutes Year: 1997 GUESTS: Phil Tippett in person COLLATERAL Repertory Screening Director: Michael Mann Country: USA Runtime: 120 minutes
Year: 2004 GUESTS: Director Michael Mann in person THIEF Repertory Screening Director: Michael Mann Country: USA Runtime: 122 minutes Year: 1981 GUESTS: Director Michael Mann in person VORTEX West Coast Premiere Director: Gaspar Noé Country: France Runtime: 144 minutes Year: 2021 GUESTS: Director Gaspar Noé in virtual Q&A POSSESSION West Coast Premiere – 4K Restoration Director: Andrzej Żuławski Country: France, Germany Runtime: 124 minutes Year: 1981 THE EMPTY MAN Repertory Screening Director: David Prior Country: USA Runtime: 137 minutes Year: 2020 GUESTS: Director David Prior in person THE BLACK PHONE West Coast Premiere Director: Scott Derrickson Country: USA Runtime: 102 minutes Year: 2021 GUESTS: Director Scott Derrickson in person BLOOD FOR DRACULA Repertory Screening Director: Paul Morrisey Country: Italy, France Runtime: 106 minutes Year: 1974 GUESTS: Actor Udo Kier in person ————————————————————————————————- SHUDDER THEATRE at the Los Feliz 3 WOODLANDS DARK AND DAYS BEWITCHED: A HISTORY OF FOLK HORROR West Coast Premiere Director: Kier-La Janisse Country: USA Runtime: 194 minutes Year: 2021 ALLISON’S BIRTHDAY World Premiere – 4K Restoration Director: Ian Coughlan
Country: Australia Runtime: 97 minutes Year: 1981 SOUTH OF HEAVEN World Premiere Director: Aharon Keshales Country: USA Runtime: 120 minutes Year: 2021 GUESTS: Director Aharon Keshales in person THE SPINE OF NIGHT West Coast Premiere Director: Morgan Galen King, Philip Gelatt Country: USA Runtime: 93 minutes Year: 2021 CODE NAME: NAGASAKI West Coast Premiere Director: Fredrik Hana Country: Norway Runtime: 70 minutes Year: 2021 DR. CALIGARI US Premiere – 4K Restoration Director: Stephen Sayadian Country: USA Runtime: 80 minutes Year: 1989 GUESTS: Director Stephen Sayadian, Writer Jerry Stahl, Director of Photography Ladi von Jansky TOMBS OF THE BLIND DEAD West Coast Premiere – Uncut Restoration Director: Amando de Ossorio Country: France, Portugal Runtime: 101 minutes Year: 1972 THE FEAST West Coast Premiere Director: Lee Haven Jones Country: UK Runtime: 93 minutes Year: 2021 SALOUM West Coast Premiere Director: Jean Luc Herbulot Country: Senegal, Congo Runtime: 84 minutes Year: 2021 THE SCARY OF SIXTY-FIRST US Premiere Director: Dasha Nekrasova Country: USA Runtime: 81 minutes Year: 2021 THE SEED World Premiere Director: Sam Walker Country: UK Runtime: Year: 2021 THE BETA TEST West Coast Premiere Director: Jim Cummings Country: USA Runtime: 93 minutes
Year: 2021 THE MEDIUM US Premiere Director: Banjong Pisanthanakun Country: Thailand, South Korea Runtime: 131 minutes Year: 2021 EARWIG US Premiere Director: Lucile Hadžihalilović Country: France, Belgium, UK Runtime: 114 minutes Year: 2021 HOMEBOUND West Coast Premiere Director: Sebastian Goodwin Country: UK Runtime: 75 minutes Year: 2021 SECRET SCREENING xxxxxxxx Premiere Director: xxxx xxxxxxxxx Country: xx Runtime: xxxxx minutes Year: 2021 THE SADNESS West Coast Premiere Director: Rob Jabbaz Country: Taiwan Runtime: 99 minutes Year: 2021 A BANQUET West Coast Premiere Director: Ruth Paxton Country: UK Runtime: 97 minutes Year: 2021 AFTER BLUE (DIRTY PARADISE) West Coast Premiere Director: Bertrand Mandico Country: France Runtime: 127 minutes Year: 2021 TRAVELLING LIGHT World Premiere Director: Bernard Rose Country: USA Runtime: 90 minutes Year: 2021 GUESTS: Director Bernard Rose, Actor Danny Houston, Tony Todd, Olivia D’Abo, Stephen Dorf and Matthew Jacob in person —————————————————————————- IFC MIDNIGHT SCREENINGS ANTICHRIST Director: Lars Von Trier Country: Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Sweden Runtime: 108 minutes Year: 2009 THE AUTOPSY OF JANE DOE Director: André Øvredal
Country: USA, UK Runtime: 86 minutes Year: 2016 KILL LIST Director: Ben Wheatley Country: UK Runtime: 95 minutes Year: 2011 THE BABADOOK Director: Jennifer Kent Country: Australia Runtime: 91 minutes Year: 2014 BERBERIAN SOUND STUDIO Director: Peter Strickland Country: UK Runtime: 94 minutes Year: 2014 MANIAC Director: Franck Khalfoun Country: USA Runtime: 89 minutes Year: 2012
LEGION THEATRE
TITANE
West Coast Premiere
Director: Julia Ducournau
Country: France, Belgium
Runtime: 108 minutes
Year: 2021
GUESTS: Director Julia Ducournau in person
HALLOWEEN KILLS
US Premiere
Director: David Gordon Green
Country: USA
Runtime: 106 Minutes
GUESTS: Director David Gordon Green and producer Jason Blum in person
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MUBI THEATRE at the Aero Theatre
LAMB
Director: Valdimar Jóhannsson
Country: Iceland, Sweden, Poland
Runtime: 106 minutes
GUESTS: Director Valdimar Jóhannsson and actor Noomi Rapace in person
NEW YORK NINJA
World Premiere
Director: John Liu
Runtime:
Year: 1984
GUESTS: Actors Cynthia Rothrock, Leon Isaac and Adrienne Meltzer, Producer Kurtis Spieler and Brad Henderson in person
FREDDY VS. JASON
Repertory Screening
Director: Ronny Yu
Runtime: 97 minutes
Year: 2003
GUESTS: Writers Mark Swift and Damian Shannon in person
YOU’RE NEXT
Director: Adam Wingard
Runtime: 94 minutes
Year: 2011
GUESTS: Director Adam Wingard and Writer Simon Barrett in person
EVIL DEAD
Director: Fede Álvarez
Runtime: 96 minutes
Year: 2013
GUESTS: Director/Co-Writer Fede Álvarez in person
V/H/S 94
Director: Jennifer Reeder, Simon Barrett, Timo Tjahjanto, Chloe Okuno, Ryan Prows
Runtime: 101 minutes
GUESTS: Director Simon Barrett, Chloe Okuno, Ryan Prows, Producers Brad Miska, Josh Goldbloom and composer Greg Anderson in person
V/H/S
Director: Adam Wingard, David Bruckner, Ti West, Glenn McQuaid, Joe Swanberg, Radio Silence
Runtime: 116 minutes
Year: 2012
GUESTS: Director Simon Barrett in person
MAD GOD
Director: Phil Tippett
Runtime: 83 minutes
GUESTS: Director Phil Tippett in person
STARSHIP TROOPERS
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Runtime: 129 minutes
Year: 1997
GUESTS: Phil Tippett in person
COLLATERAL
Director: Michael Mann
Runtime: 120 minutes
Year: 2004
GUESTS: Director Michael Mann in person
THIEF
Runtime: 122 minutes
Year: 1981
VORTEX
Director: Gaspar Noé
Country: France
Runtime: 144 minutes
GUESTS: Director Gaspar Noé in virtual Q&A
POSSESSION
West Coast Premiere – 4K Restoration
Director: Andrzej Żuławski
Country: France, Germany
Runtime: 124 minutes
THE EMPTY MAN
Director: David Prior
Runtime: 137 minutes
Year: 2020
GUESTS: Director David Prior in person
THE BLACK PHONE
Director: Scott Derrickson
Runtime: 102 minutes
GUESTS: Director Scott Derrickson in person
BLOOD FOR DRACULA
Director: Paul Morrisey
Country: Italy, France
Year: 1974
GUESTS: Actor Udo Kier in person
————————————————————————————————-
SHUDDER THEATRE at the Los Feliz 3
WOODLANDS DARK AND DAYS BEWITCHED: A HISTORY OF FOLK HORROR
Director: Kier-La Janisse
Runtime: 194 minutes
ALLISON’S BIRTHDAY
World Premiere – 4K Restoration
Director: Ian Coughlan
Country: Australia
SOUTH OF HEAVEN
Director: Aharon Keshales
GUESTS: Director Aharon Keshales in person
THE SPINE OF NIGHT
Director: Morgan Galen King, Philip Gelatt
Runtime: 93 minutes
CODE NAME: NAGASAKI
Director: Fredrik Hana
Country: Norway
Runtime: 70 minutes
DR. CALIGARI
US Premiere – 4K Restoration
Director: Stephen Sayadian
Runtime: 80 minutes
Year: 1989
GUESTS: Director Stephen Sayadian, Writer Jerry Stahl, Director of Photography Ladi von Jansky
TOMBS OF THE BLIND DEAD
West Coast Premiere – Uncut Restoration
Director: Amando de Ossorio
Country: France, Portugal
Year: 1972
THE FEAST
Director: Lee Haven Jones
Country: UK
SALOUM
Director: Jean Luc Herbulot
Country: Senegal, Congo
Runtime: 84 minutes
THE SCARY OF SIXTY-FIRST
Director: Dasha Nekrasova
Runtime: 81 minutes
THE SEED
Director: Sam Walker
THE BETA TEST
Director: Jim Cummings
THE MEDIUM
Director: Banjong Pisanthanakun
Country: Thailand, South Korea
Runtime: 131 minutes
EARWIG
Director: Lucile Hadžihalilović
Country: France, Belgium, UK
Runtime: 114 minutes
HOMEBOUND
Director: Sebastian Goodwin
Runtime: 75 minutes
SECRET SCREENING
xxxxxxxx Premiere
Director: xxxx xxxxxxxxx
Country: xx
Runtime: xxxxx minutes
THE SADNESS
Director: Rob Jabbaz
Country: Taiwan
Runtime: 99 minutes
A BANQUET
Director: Ruth Paxton
AFTER BLUE (DIRTY PARADISE)
Director: Bertrand Mandico
Runtime: 127 minutes
TRAVELLING LIGHT
Director: Bernard Rose
Runtime: 90 minutes
GUESTS: Director Bernard Rose, Actor Danny Houston, Tony Todd, Olivia D’Abo, Stephen Dorf and Matthew Jacob in person
—————————————————————————-
IFC MIDNIGHT SCREENINGS
ANTICHRIST
Director: Lars Von Trier
Country: Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Sweden
Year: 2009
THE AUTOPSY OF JANE DOE
Director: André Øvredal
Country: USA, UK
Runtime: 86 minutes
Year: 2016
KILL LIST
Director: Ben Wheatley
Runtime: 95 minutes
THE BABADOOK
Director: Jennifer Kent
Runtime: 91 minutes
Year: 2014
BERBERIAN SOUND STUDIO
Director: Peter Strickland
MANIAC
Director: Franck Khalfoun
Runtime: 89 minutes
