Beyond Fest 2017: Modern Hits And Bold Classics Mix it up in Los Angeles This Fall

 

BEYOND FEST ANNOUNCES ITS FULL SLATE FOR THE RETURN OF LA’S BIGGEST GENRE FILM FESTIVAL   

 

 

 

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Vince Vaughn, Dario Argento, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Edgar Wright, Tommy Wiseau and Paul Williams headline a star studded roster of guests and a slate featuring 23 West Coast Premieres including BRAWL IN CELL BLOCK 99, THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER, and BEST F(R)IENDS. 

 

 

 

Los Angeles, CA - Thursday, September 7, 2017 - Beyond Fest, the highest-attended genre film festival in the US, is excited to announce its full slate of 2017 programming featuring 32 events and 23 West Coast premieres of cinematic excess. Co-presented by Shudder, Beyond Fest returns to Hollywood’s famed Egyptian Theatre for 12 days of movies, music and mayhem spanning Friday, September 29th - Tuesday, October 10th to generate funds for the nonprofit 501c3 American Cinematheque.   

 

 

 

With a diverse slate that includes films from all corners of the globe Beyond Fest is proud to open with BRAWL IN CELL BLOCK 99 with director S.Craig Zahler returning with Vince Vaughn and Udo Kier in person, while closing night honors are bestowed upon Yorgos Lanthimos’ ferociously-twisted follow-up to THE LOBSTER, THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER. Other hotly-anticipated titles making their debuts include the World Premiere of Justin MacGregor’s BEST F(R)IENDS with Tommy Wiseau and Greg Sestero reunited and in person, Joe Lynch’s blissfully violent MAYHEM, and, courtesy of Amazon Prime Video, a very special theatrical premiere of JEAN-CLAUDE VAN JOHNSON with the Muscles from Brussels himself, Jean-Claude Van Damme, in person with the show’s cast and creators.

 

 

 

“While the two worst manbaby haircuts on the planet prepared for nuclear destruction, we prepped cinematic armageddon,” said Beyond Fest Co-Founder, Christian Parkes. “We’re immigrants and we saw DR. STRANGELOVE - we know how this ends - but at least we get to watch some great films with our heroes and friends and go out with a real bang.”

 

 

 

The most beloved genre films are highlighted with a series of special event screenings throughout the festival. Arnold Schwarzenegger takes center stage for an explosive 30th anniversary one-two punch of PREDATOR and THE RUNNING MAN. The Master, Dario Argento, will be in attendance to celebrate the 40th anniversary of SUSPIRIA with screenings of Synapse Film’s 4K restoration AND the recently unearthed 35mm print. ‘Car Chases, Collisions & Conversation: An Evening with Edgar Wright and Walter Hill' covers four decades of filmmaking and the interrelated nature of the pulsating smash BABY DRIVER and the seminal THE DRIVER in one epic night. Musical maestro, Paul Williams, will share stories from behind the mask of PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE. Mick Garris and Masters of Horror preside over a reverential tribute to two of the greats - George A. Romero and Tobe Hooper -  with a double bill featuring the West Coast premiere of MOMA and FIlm Foundation’s NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD 4K digital restoration and TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE. And the theatrical premiere of NAPOLEON DYNAMITE BOOTLEG EDITION pairs a totally gonzo WTF double bill with HOWARD THE DUCK on 70mm with Lea Thompson in person.

 

 

 

Beyond Fest welcomes the return of genre streaming platform Shudder as its co-presenting sponsor, a partnership that provides 14 screenings (11 West Coast premieres) absolutely free to film fans. Every night, the 90-seat ‘Shudder Theatre’ will feature a brand new film selected from across the world including Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s triumphant return BEFORE WE VANISH, home invasion thrill ride BETTER WATCH OUT, the critically acclaimed Canadian zombie shocker LES AFFAMES (THE HUNGRY), Marc Meyers’ searing portrait of a serial-killer-in-the-making, MY FRIEND DAHMER, Alexandre O. Phillippe’s revelatory PSYCHO shower scene doc 78/52, and Ted Geoghegan’s sophomore scalper, MOHAWK.

 

 

 

For Cinematic Void’s sidebar they have enlisted the help of like minds as they venture further into the unknown with a series of special screenings. Author and academic Kier La Janisse will be present for Jean Rollin’s THE GRAPES OF DEATH and the release of the book, Lost Girls: The Phantasmagorical Cinema of Jean Rollin which she is publishing. Friday Night Frights are co-presenting the west coast premiere of the 4K restoration of the thoroughly bugnuts RAWHEAD REX and the Death Waltz Records record release of HELLRAISER on 35mm. And filmmakers Amy Holden Jones and Deborah Brock will be present for a double bill of anniversary screenings of their films SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE and SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE II.

 

 

 

Tickets go on sale starting noon on Friday, September 8th on Fandango.  See below for the full lineup of Beyond Fest 2017.

 

 

 

EGYPTIAN THEATRE

 

 

 

BABY DRIVER

 

Director: Edgar Wright

 

Country: USA

 

Runtime: 102 min.

 

Year: 2017

 

GUESTS: Edgar Wright & Walter Hill in Person

 

 

 

BAD BLACK  (free screening)

 

West Coast Premiere

 

Director: Isaac Nawibana

 

Country: Uganda

 

Runtime: 60 minutes / Year: 2016

 

 

 

BATMAN: MASK OF THE PHANTASM

 

Directors: Bruce Timm, Eric Radomski 

 

Country: USA 

 

Runtime: 76 min. 

 

Year: 1993

 

GUESTS: Andrea Romano plus voice actors TBA in Person

 

 

 

BEST F(R)IENDS

 

World Premiere

 

Director: Justin MacGregor

 

Country: USA 

 

Runtime: 95 min. 

 

Year: 2017

 

GUESTS: Tommy Wiseau, Greg Sestero and Justin Macgregor in Person

 

 

 

BRAWL IN CELL BLOCK 99

 

West Coast Premiere

 

Director: S. Craig Zahler

 

Country: USA

 

Runtime: 132 min.

 

Year: 2017

 

GUESTS: S. Craig Zahler, Vince Vaughn and Udo Kier in Person

 

 

 

DOUBLE IMPACT

 

Director: Sheldon Lettich

 

Country: USA

 

Runtime: 110 min.

 

Year: 1991 / 35mm

 

GUEST: Jean-Claude Van Damme and Sheldon Lettich in Person

 

 

 

THE DRIVER

 

Director: Walter Hill

 

Country: USA

 

Runtime: 90 min.

 

Year: 1978 / 35mm

 

GUESTS: Edgar Wright & Walter Hill in Person

 

 

 

HELLRAISER 

 

Co-presented with Death Waltz Records + Friday Night Frights

 

Director: Clive Barker

 

Country: USA

 

Runtime: 94 min.

 

Year: 1987 / 35mm

 

 

 

ICHI THE KILLER - Digital Restoration

 

West Coast Premiere

 

Director: Takashi Miike

 

Country: Japan 

 

Runtime: 129 min. 

 

Year: 2001

 

 

 

 

HOWARD THE DUCK - 70mm

 

Director: Willard Huyck

 

Country: USA 

 

Runtime: 110 min.  

 

Year: 1986  

 

GUESTS: Lea Thompson in Person

 

 

 

JEAN-CLAUDE VAN JOHNSON - Episodes 1 & 2

 

Presented by Amazon 

 

World Premiere

 

Director: Peter Atencio

 

Country: USA

 

Runtime: 60 min.

 

Year: 2016

 

GUESTS: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Peter Atencio, Dave Callaham, Kat Foster, Moises Arias.

 

 

 

THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER

 

West Coast Premiere

 

Director: Yorgos Lanthimos

 

Country: UK, Ireland

 

Runtime: 109 min.

 

Year: 2017

 

 

 

MAYHEM

 

West Coast Premiere

 

Director: Joe Lynch

 

Country: USA

 

Runtime: 86 min.

 

Year: 2017 

 

GUESTS: Joe Lynch and cast in person

 

 

 

NAPOLEON DYNAMITE - THE BOOTLEGGED EDITION

 

Theatrical Premiere

 

Director: Jared Hess

 

Country: USA

 

Runtime: 96 min.

 

Year: 2004

 

GUESTS: Cast and crew in person

 

 

 

NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD - 4K Restoration

 

West Coast Premiere

 

Director: George A. Romero

 

Country: USA 

 

Runtime: 96 min.

 

Year: 1968

 

GUESTS: Mick Garris & Masters of Horror in Person

 

 

 

OPERA (aka TERROR AT THE OPERA)

 

Director: Dario Argento

 

Country: Italy 

 

Runtime: 100 min.

 

Year: 1987

 

GUESTS: Dario Argento in Person

 

 

 

PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE

 

Co presented with Creature Features

 

Director: Brian De Palma

 

Country: USA 

 

Runtime: 92 min. 

 

Year: 1974

 

GUESTS: Paul Williams in Person

 

 

 

PREDATOR

 

Director: John McTiernan

 

Country: USA

 

Runtime: 107 min.

 

Year: 1987 / 35mm

 

GUESTS: Arnold Schwarzenegger in Person

 

 

 

RAWHEAD REX 4K Restoration

 

Co presented with Cinematic Void and Friday Night Frights

 

West Coast Premiere

 

Director: George Pavlou

 

Country: USA

 

Runtime: 89 min.

 

Year: 1986

 

 

 

THE ROOM

 

Director: Tommy Wiseau

 

Country: USA 

 

Runtime: 99 min. 

 

Year: 2003

 

GUESTS: Tommy Wiseau, Greg Sestero and Guests in Person

 

 

 

THE RUNNING MAN 

 

Director: Paul Michael Glaser

 

Country: USA

 

Runtime: 101 min.

 

Year: 1987 / 35mm

 

GUESTS: Arnold Schwarzenegger in Person

 

 

 

SUSPIRIA - 4K Restoration

 

LA Premiere

 

Director: Dario Argento

 

Country: Italy 

 

Runtime: 100 min. 

 

Year: 1977

 

GUESTS: Dario Argento, Udo Kier, Barbara Magnolfi in Person

 

 

 

SUSPIRIA - 35mm Italian Cut

 

LA Premiere 

 

Director: Dario Argento

 

Country: Italy 

 

Runtime: 98 min. 

 

Year: 1977

 

GUESTS: Dario Argento and Barbara Magnolfi in Person

 

 

 

THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE

 

Director: Tobe Hooper

 

Country: USA 

 

Runtime: 83 min.

 

Year: 1974

 

35mm

 

GUESTS: Mick Garris & Masters of Horror in Person

 

 

 

SHUDDER THEATRE

 

 

 

78/52 (Free Screening)

 

West Coast Premiere

 

Director: Alexandre O. Philippe

 

Country: USA

 

Runtime: 91 min.

 

Year: 2017 

 

 

 

BEFORE WE VANISH (Free Screening)

 

West Coast Premiere

 

Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa

 

Country: Japan

 

Runtime: 129 min.

 

Year: 2017

 

 

 

BETTER WATCH OUT (Free Screening)

 

West Coast Premiere

 

Director: Chris Peckover

 

Country: Australia, USA 

 

Runtime: 85 min. 

 

Year: 2016

 

 

 

COLD HELL (Free Screening)

 

West Coast Premiere

 

Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky

 

Country: Austria

 

Runtime: 92 min.

 

Year: 2017 

 

 

 

THE GRAPES OF DEATH AKA Les Raisins de La Mort (Free Screening)

 

Director: Jean Rollin

 

Country: France 

 

Runtime: 90 min. 

 

Year: 1978

 

 

 

HAUNTERS: THE ART OF THE SCARE (Free Screening) 

 

West Coast Premiere 

 

Director: Jon Schnitzer

 

Country: USA 

 

Runtime: 88 min.

 

Year: 2017

 

 

 

JAILBREAK (Free Screening)

 

West Coast Premiere

 

Director: Jimmy Henderson

 

Country: Cambodia 

 

Runtime: 92 min. 

 

Year: 2017

 

 

 

LES AFFAMES (Free Screening)

 

West Coast Premiere

 

Director: Robin Aubert

 

Country: Canada

 

Runtime: 100 min.

 

Year: 2017

 

 

 

MOHAWK (Free Screening)

 

West Coast Premiere

 

Director: Ted Geoghegan

 

Country: USA 

 

Runtime: 91 min.

 

Year: 2017

 

 

 

MY FRIEND DAHMER (Free Screening)

 

West Coast Premiere

 

Director: Marc Meyers

 

Country: USA

 

Runtime: 107 min.

 

Year: 2017

 

 

 

REVENGE (Free Screening)

 

West Coast Premiere

 

Director:  Coralie Fargeat

 

Country:   France

 

Runtime:  108 min

 

Year:  2017

 

 

 

SEQUENCE BREAK (Free Screening)

 

West Coast Premiere

 

Director:  Graham Skipper

 

Country:   USA

 

Runtime:  108 min

 

Year:  2017

 

GUESTS: Graham Skipper, Cast and Crew in Person

 

 

 

THE SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE (Free Screening)

 

Co-presented by Etheria and Cinematic Void

 

Director: Amy Holden Jones

 

Country: USA

 

Runtime: 77 min.

 

Year: 1982

 

GUESTS: Amy Holden Jones in Person

 

Double Feature with SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE II

 

 

 

THE SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE II

 

Co-presented by Etheria and Cinematic Void

 

Director: Deborah Brock

 

Country: USA

 

Runtime: 77 min.

 

Year: 1987

 

GUESTS: Deborah Brock in Person

 

Double Feature with SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE