Blood & Guts
Directed by Carlye Rubin, Katie Green, Tina Grapenthin
The lines between real life and reel life are muddied in the story of the Adams, an unconventional family who makes independent horror films. While they may vomit blood onto one another, lack boundaries, and make frequent use of the f-word, they also face what every family must: change. • 80 minutes (presented with This is Book Club, 20 minutes) • United States • English
Saturday, May 2
3:30 PM
Hawthorne Hotel Library
Blood Shine
Directed by Emily Bennett, Justin Brooks
SHF Alum
In her remote country home, a religious zealot takes a young filmmaker captive, claiming her sadistic rituals will change him into a god. • 100 minutes • United States • English
Saturday, May 2
8:15 PM
Salem Access Television
SHF Showcase
Deep Hallows
Directed by Beto Marquez
The small town of Furnas Fundas hides a secret far older than its pastures, forests, or inhabitants. During a heated election marred by scandals, the town drunk Bartira must face a dark force that has returned to turn the town into a true bloodbath. • 116 minutes • Brazil • Portuguese
Saturday, May 2
4:30 PM
Peabody Essex Museum
World Premiere
Frankie, Maniac Woman
Directed by Pierre Tsigaridis
SHF Alum
After years of wanting to look like those who grace the covers of magazines, Frances Ramirez ends up making headlines in a different way. She is soon to be known as the Maniac Woman. • 96 minutes • United States • English
Saturday, May 2
10:00 PM
Die With Your Boots On
East Coast Premiere
Co-Presented With
Jump Scare
Directed by Donnie Hobbie
The all-woman metal band JUMP SCARE retreats to a remote cabin to write their next album, only to be terrorized by the family of cannibals next door. • 102 minutes (presented with Kandie, 15 minutes) • United States • English
Friday, May 1
8:15 PM
Die With Your Boots On
Co-Presented With
Lily’s Ritual
Directed by Manu Herrera
Four friends travel to an isolated house deep in the forest to perform a witchcraft initiation ritual and complete the circle of the four elements. What begins as a white witchcraft ritual in harmony with nature soon turns into a diabolical nightmare. • 105 minutes • Spain • Spanish
Saturday, May 2
5:45 PM
Salem Access Television
Co-presented with Boston Underground Film Fest
Regression
Directed by Melissa Vitello
After the unexplained death of her best friend, Wenonah becomes haunted by an eerie manifestation of the past, forcing her and her roommates to look at their deeper connections through past life regression hypnotherapy. • 108 minutes • United States • English
Friday, May 1
2:00 PM
Salem Access Television
Co-presented with Women in Film & Video New England
The Barn Part III
Directed by Justin M. Seaman
Years after the events of The Barn Part II, the group is still left in fear that the evil three might come back to finish the harvest once and for all. Stars Courtney Gains and Kelli Maroney. • 100 minutes • United States • English
Saturday, May 2
8:00 PM
Die With Your Boots On
East Coast Premiere
The Mid-Night Driver
Directed by Alex Cherney
When a young girl summons a driver using a seemingly innocent ritual, she must fulfill his demands if she ever wants to get back home in 1992 Long Island. • 80 minutes • United States • English
Sunday, May 3
3:45 PM
Salem Access Television
New England Premiere
