CHEAP THRILLS And BUSHIDO MAN Join First Wave Of Titles From Ithaca International Fantastic Film Festival!

The 2nd annual Ithaca International Fantastic Film Festival- November 13-17; 2013

The Ithaca International Fantastic Film Festival is returning to Cinemapolis, and Cornell Cinema in Ithaca, NY this November, and is going to be bigger, and better than before.

The IIFFF has grown to a 5-day-long film festival this year, and will offer a more fully developed experience of fantastic film culture for genre fans from all walks of life.  From an homage series, to our fantastic film competition, to special concerts and parties, there is sure to be something for everyone. This year's retrospective of 35mm prints is dedicated to the seldom thought-of scifi screenwriter and tour de force, Dan O'Bannon. Best know for penning the screenplay for the original Alien (Ridley Scott, 1979), O'Bannon brought the old monsters back from the dead and anchored them in the post-1968, more realistic horror era. Dan O'Bannon: Re-Thinking the monsters will showcase 6 films, including Dead and Buried (Gary Sherman, 1981), Alien (Ridley Scott, 1979) and Lifeforce (Tobe Hooper, 1985).  The roster for our international competition has been beefed up to 9 unreleased fantastic and genre films, in addition to the always-popular international shorts competition.  A bigger fest this year also means bringing our audience more of what made last year such a blast; more midnight, and special screenings, and our Fantastic Documentary series will continue to play a major role in the program. 

First wave of movies include:

Cheap Thrills - E.L. Katz 2013; USA  

LFO: The movie - Antonio Tublen 2013; Sweden/Denmark

Confession of Murder - Byeong-gil Jeong 2012; South Korea

Demon's Rook - James Sizemore 2013; USA

Bushido Man - Takanori Tsujimoto 2013; Japan

I'm Divine - Jeffrey Schwarz 2013; USA

Full Retrospective on 35mm print include:

Alien - Ridley Scott 1979

Dead & Buried - Gary Sherman 1981

Invaders from Mars - Tobe Hooper 1986

Heavy Metal - Gerald Potterton 1981

Lifeforce - Tobe Hooper 1985

The Return of the Living Dead - Dan O'Bannon 1985

The IIFFF will proudly present on Friday, November 15 at Cornell Cinema a cine-concert on Rene Clair's early short films Entr'act and Paris Asleep with an original score from Tzar (Willie B and Michael Stark/ http://tzar.bandcamp.com)