6 Terrifying Movies To See At Brooklyn Horror Film Festival
Sharai Bohannon
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The Brooklyn Horror Film Festival is almost upon us! This year’s fest runs from October 13 to October 20 and is taking no prisoners. The fest is packing highly anticipated documentaries, features, and shorts from all over the globe, and showcasing some brain-melting gems from yesteryear.
The 7th edition of New York City’s celebrated genre fest promises to be an unforgettable time. Brooklyn Horror Film Festival passes are currently on sale, now for those able to attend in person. I was obsessively combing through titles, and I found six titles that sound like the kind of chaos I crave.
Mother May I?
World Premiere
Emmett (Kyle Gallner) begins a weird game where his wife Anya (Holland Roden) acts like his dead mom. This movie sounds like the most creepy psychological thriller that I didn’t know I needed to see. Laurence Vannicelli directs in what is supposed to be a twisty nightmare-powered vehicle.
NightMare
Mona and Robby’s new life together is off to a great start, and they even have a baby on the way. However, Mona is starting to believe something inhuman wants her unborn child and that it might have something to do with this new apartment building they moved into. Because I refuse to stop looking for movies in the vein of Rosemary’s Baby that leaves the horror on screen, I’m very much here for Kjersti Helen Rasmussen’s feature debut.
Nocebo
Christine (Eva Green) has a weird illness that leads her to discover a larger mystery in her home. The Nocebo Effect is the idea of negative thinking leading to negative results, so I already know I can’t trust anyone in the film. Which also means we’re in for a ride! I am also here because Irish horror hardly ever fails me. I am expecting Lorcan Finnegan’s film to disturb me, and leave me unsettled.
Old Flame
World Premiere
Two exes meeting up at a college reunion might force their horrible secret to be exposed. The idea of truth, memory, and perspective are explored in this thriller, and that sounds sexy. Old Flame is told through a theatrical three-act structure which excites this theatre kid. I am also eager to see Christopher Denham’s work seeing how I somehow missed his last feature.
Repulse
Two dysfunctional families collide which results in abduction, filth, terror, and death. Repulse also boasts minimal dialogue, a lack of narrative chronology, and mystery. I am also pretty sure this will be my first horror feature film from the Czech Republic, and cannot wait to start correcting that oversight after this fest wraps up. Writer-director Emil Křižka’s’s promises to be a grimy ride, and I am so ready.
Terror Train
World Premiere
Most of us know what the ‘80s Jamie Lee Curtis helmed Terror Train was about. This is why I’m excited to see a more modern take on that story. I was making plans to camp out on Tubi and wait for this Tubi Original to drop, but I can now sneak a peak earlier. I am here to see a train full of college students get it earlier than I thought I would. Also excited to know the movie was written by Ian Carpenter and Aaron Martin, who gave us nothing but mayhem in Slasher: Flesh & Blood.
Let me know what movies you’re most excited to see at Brooklyn Horror Film Fest at @misssharai.
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