The fifth annual Ithaca Fantastik film festival will be getting underway starting November 9th and running through the 13th. The festival specializes in horror, sci fi, fantasy, thrillers, and general genre weirdness.
Over the long weekend in Ithaca, New York, 28 new genre films will be screened, including the Iko Uwais martial arts movie Headshot, indie creature feature The Master Cleanse, an animated zombie movie from Train to Busan director Yeon Sang-ho, and a bonkers-looking Tamil-language zombie movie from India called Miruthan. There will also be retrospective screenings of An American Werewolf in London, Altered States, and Aliens.
Flixist won’t be up in Ithaca in person, but we will review some of the films screening at the festival. Keep an eye out for our coverage during that long weekend.
The list of films being screened is included below, as well as a handful of trailers to give a feel for the festival’s programming. For tickets and move information, visit the official Ithica Fantastik website.
24×36: A Movie About Movie Poster – Kevin Burke, Canada
Alipato: A Very Brief Life of Ember – Khavn, Philippines/Germany
Aloys – Tobias Nölle, France/Switzerland
Another Evil – Carson D Mell, US
Autohead – Rohit Mittal, India
The Autopsy of Jane Doe – André Orvedal, UK
Belief: The Possession Of Janet Moses – David Stubbs, New Zeland
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex – Gilles Penso & Alexandre Poncet, US
Dearest Sister – Mattie Do, Laos
Headshot – Kimo Stamboel & Timo Tjahjanto, Indonesia
Here Alone – Rod Blackhurst, US
I, Olga Hepnarova – Petr Kazda &Thomas Weinreb, Czech Republic/Poland/Slovakia/France
Kiyamachi Daruma – Hideo Sakaki, Japan
K-Shop – Dan Pringle, UK
The Love Witch – Anna Biller, US
Master Cleanse – Bobby Miller, US
Miruthan – Shakti Soundar Rajan, India
My Father Die – Sean Brosnam, US
Nova Seed – Nick DiLiberto, Canada
The Open – Marc Lahore, France
Pet – Carles Torrens, USA/Spain
Return of MIZUNO – Hikaru Tsukuda, Japan
S is for Stanley – Alex Infascelli, Italy
Sadako vs. Kayako – Koji Shiraishi, Japan
Safe Neighbourhood – Chris Peckover, Australia/USA
Seoul Station – Yeon Sang-ho, South Korea
She’s Allergic to Cats – Michael Reich, US
Terror 5 – Sebastian Rotstein & Federico Rotstein, Argentina
Retrospective: Werewolf ’81
Wolfen – Michael Wadleigh, US (1981)
American Werewolf in London – John Landis, US (1981)
Retrospective: The Known Unknowns
The Naked Prey – Cornel Wilde, US (1965)
Deliverance – John Boorman, US (1972)
Long Weekend – Colin Eggleston, AUS (1978)
Altered States – Ken Russell, US (1980)
Aliens – James Cameron, US (1981)
