Festivals: Beyond Fest

Sitges 2023 Review: LAST STRAW, Taut Diner-Invasion Neo-Noir Thrills, But Doesn't Chill

The first feature-length film from writer Taylor Sardoni and director Alan Scott Neal, Last Straw answers a seemingly simple, if rarely asked, question: When is a home-invasion thriller not a home-invasion thriller? The answer is just as simple, if also...

NIGHT OF THE HUNTED: Trailer And Poster Released Ahead of October 20th Premiere on Shudder

When an unsuspecting woman stops at a remote gas station in the dead of night, she's made the plaything of a sociopathic sniper with a secret vendetta. To survive she must not only dodge his bullets and fight for her life, but also figure out who wants her dead and why.

IT'S A WONDERFUL KNIFE: RLJE Films And Shudder Get The Gift of Theatrical & Streaming Rights For Holiday Horror

After saving her town from a psychotic killer, Winnie Carruthers' life is less than wonderful. When she wishes she'd never been born, she finds herself in a nightmare parallel universe where without her, things could be much, much worse.

WHEN EVIL LURKS: Official Trailer And Poster Are Here, Watch at Your Own Peril

This is a public service announcement, I implore you to try and go into a screening of Demian Rugna's When Evil Lurks as blind as possible. Do not watch this trailer. Do not scroll down and look at the poster. Both...

LAST STRAW Teaser: Alan Scott Neal's Horror Thriller to Premiere at Sitges

Alan Scott Neal's debut horror thriller Last Straw will have its world premiere at Sitges laster this month, followed by the North American premiere at Beyond Fest. The frist teaser has just been sent out. Check it out down below. ...

Beyond Fest 2023: Lineup of Classic And Current Faves Highlight This Year's Edition

Beyond Fest have just unveiled the lineup for this year's edition of the two-week spectacle. As always, the lineup is a stellar mix of contemporary hits and celebrated classics.    Among the classic that genre lovers will not want to...

FEED ME Teaser: XYZ Films Acquires UK Cannibal Horror For North America

Following the death of his wife, a broken man spirals into an abyss of night tremors and depression and finds himself in the home of a deranged cannibal who convinces him to take his own life in the most horrific way imaginable.

Beyond Fest 2022: Full Lineup Announced. Ten World Premieres, Tributes to Park, Shatner, Friedkin And Much More

We don't know how you're going to take it all in because the complete program of this year's Beyond Fest is a beast.    This year's festival boasts ten world premieres, including Halloween Ends, My Best Friend's Exorcism and Christmas...

Beyond Fest 2022: Festival Hosting The First U.S. Retrospective of RRR's Director, S.S. Rajamouli

This is fantastic news to share with you today. The RRR train just keeps on rolling! The fine folks at Beyond Fest have announced that they will host a special program called, From Tollywood to Hollywood: The Spectacle & Majesty...

THE SEED Clip: Eggs. An Excellent Source of What The Hell!?!?

What starts out as girls weekend away in the Mojave desert becomes a tale of horror, death and alien invasion.   Sam Walker's debut feature horror flick, The Seed, arrives on Shudder this Thursday. They've released a clip this afternoon...

THE SEED Trailer: Ready to Alter Body And Minds This March

Lifelong friends Deidre, Heather, and Charlotte are finally getting some time away together, using the upcoming meteor shower to gather more followers for their social media channels. But what starts out as a girls’ getaway in the Mojave Desert descends...

THE SEED: Shudder Acquires Creature Feature Before World Premiere at Beyond Fest

Lifelong friends Deidre, Heather, and Charlotte are finally getting some time away together, using the upcoming meteor shower to gather more followers for their social media channels. But what starts out as a girls’ getaway in the Mojave Desert descends...

V/H/S/94 Trailer: More Bonkers And Violent Found Footage Horror is on it's Way

A Shudder Original Film, V/H/S/94 is the fourth installment in the hit horror anthology franchise and marks the return of the infamous found footage anthology with segments from franchise alumni Simon Barrett (Séance) and Timo Tjahjanto (May the Devil Take...

Beyond Fest 2021: A Lineup of New Hits And Beloved Classics Are Coming to L.A.

I always look forward to finding out what Beyond Fest has wrangled up each year, not just for the crop of current and new festival faves but for their top shelf rep programming as well. We'll get to that in...

ARCHENEMY Blu-ray Giveaway: Win a Copy of Adam Egypt Mortimor's Cosmic Adventure

This should be a popular one. RLJE Films is releasing Adam Egypt Mortimor's cosmic adventure flick Archenemy on DVD and Blu-ray on February 16th, so that means it's giveaway time! We have three (3) Blu-ray copies of Mortimor's latest flick...

ARCHENEMY Trailer: Joe Manganiello Saves The Day, One Fist at a Time

Adam Egypt Mortimer's third film Archenemy, starring Joe Manganiello, will have its world premiere during the Fuck Covid Edition of this year's Beyond Fest on October 7th. RLJE Films have already picked up the film for North American distribution and plan...

ARCHENEMY: RLJE Films Acquires North American Rights For New Adam Egypt Mortimer Flick Ahead of World Premiere

It's days away from the world premiere of Archenemy, the new flick from Adam Egypt Mortimer (Daniel Isn’t Real, Some Kind of Hate), and the North American rights have been picked up by RLJE Films. Wasting no time they're planning...

Beyond Fest 2020: The Fuck Covid Edition Features World Premieres of THE WOLF OF SNOW HOLLOW, ARCHENEMY, FREAKY

Where there is a will there is a way. The resurgance of the drive-in cinema has been a blessing for the industry still struggling under the current pandemic and film festivals are no exception. Normally a combination of ticketed and...

Hey LA Genre Hounds! Check Out Beyond Fest 2015's Full Slate

With a stat like "the highest attended genre film festival in the US," Beyond Fest has every right to call itself LA's biggest Genre Festival. Well the good folks at all the wonderful organizations that put on Beyond Fest (that...