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"Gosh, it's exhilarating to revisit a beloved movie and find that it's just as perfect as you remember...It's Manos by way of Texas Chain Saw except it's not a thing like either. This is its own thing and it's eye-bleeding perfection." -Ian Brooker A…
This Month's Movie Is...NIGHTMARE BEST FRIEND Katy is delighted to reconnect with her old high school friend, Gina. But when Gina’s boyfriend, Ray, also shows up, it turns out that the surprise reunion wasn’t so impromptu after all as the…
Hysteria Fest 2023 kicks off with an introduction to the festival and the French Extremity movement, followed by a guest speaker and then a secret screening of one of the most legendary French Extremity provocations! 7pm – An introduction to…
“A confronting watch about trauma and toxicity wrapped up in slasher-friendly packaging.” -THN A sound engineer is forced to confront her trauma when she and her girlfriend's grunge band are trapped in a recording studio by a shadowy killer.
THE ONCE AND FUTURE SMASH “Totally cool, hysterically funny” -Screen Zealots In 1970, Mikey and William both portrayed football cannibal Smash-Mouth in the influential cult hit, End Zone 2. Now, 50 years later, only one can wear the mask. END…
A shorts block containing the best slasher films currently on the festival circuit, along with some films of stalking killers. Films included: NIGHTMARE AT CAMP BLOODBATH, FLAPPY, THAT’S OUR TIME, CRINGE, TROUBLE FOLLOWS, GLOVEBOX, IN THE MEANTIME, SLIP, CART RETURN,…
THE ONCE AND FUTURE SMASH “Totally cool, hysterically funny” -Screen Zealots In 1970, Mikey and William both portrayed football cannibal Smash-Mouth in the influential cult hit, End Zone 2. Now, 50 years later, only one can wear the mask. END…
“The best horror anthology I’ve seen in recent memory. Crazy, creepy and concise.” -Horror Society Filmed in three different states by three acclaimed genre short film directors all making their feature debut. Three tales of vacation-themed horror adapted from the…
“An oddly charming, uber-violent, gross-out funny slice of teenage coming-of-age nostalgia.” -THN On a weekend campout, a dark monster terrorizes a group of campers who fall prey to an ancient legend and conspiring local townsfolk. For pre-teen Dug, Mel and…
A short film block containing the most haunting, the spookiest and the just plain wildest short films currently on the festival circuit. Film included: THE KNOWING, SUPREME CLAWS OF JUSTICE, BRUJA, GREETINGS, LIKENESS, THE PERFECT JUMP SCARE, THE DREAD, ‘NEATH,…
Emily, an up-and-coming musical artist, stuck in quarantine with no way to make a living, struggles with maintaining her sanity while dealing with the loss of her best friend, the lingering effects of a breakup, and the current state of…
“The movie we need in times like these...a defiant scream and a middle finger to the patriarchy." -Dread Central Ancient parasites rise from a small town, taking the most fearful and susceptible hosts. A young filmmaker finds herself as the…
This block of short films is made of some of the more challenging works currently on the festival circuit. Extreme violence, human cruelty and sexual assault is displayed in some of these films. As the title of the block suggest,…
"Challenging, nightmarish, and visually haunting" -Screen Zealots (about AGATHA) This block of short films includes some of the best animated horror works, along with an insane live-action short about killer gnomes, all capped off by an hour-long animated feature (AGATHA).…
"The cast is strong...The originality of the story is impressive." -Film Threat True crime documentarian Olivia Brandreth was nine years old when her father disappeared. The official police statement was suicide though no body was ever recovered. Twenty five years…
A shorts block that includes some of the goriest and bloodiest horror filled with violence and exhilarating action. Films included: CAREGIVER, WE FORGOT ABOUT THE ZOMBIES, THE NEWCOMER, KICKSTART MY HEART, THEY CALL IT…RED CEMETERY!, GREED & GORE, BLACK DRAGON,…
"A film to be reckoned with, a repository of darkness and evil that pushes the “extreme horror” genre as far as it can possibly go." -Scott Tobias, The A.V. Club A notoriously bleak and violent journey into the depths of…
Drinkolas Cage! A monthly Nic Cage movie and drinking game event only at Arkadin Cinema & Bar. The last Wednesday of each month we show a mystery Nic Cage movie with an accompanying drinking game hand-written by us! Tickets are…
"As much as politics has always been embedded in Dante’s work, The Howling is rightly remembered as a model of low-budget horror, turning the forest setting into a Grimm storybook of dense canopies and creepy cottages, and giving effects artist…
"ONE OF THE GREATEST HORROR FILMS OF ALL TIME ... Pulse is the closest a film has come to fully capturing the paradoxical and deceptively empowering trap of online societies that allow you to indulge an illusion of socialization alone in…
