Brad Anderson | 2001 | US • English
Feature • Repertory | 1 hr 37 min
Wed Apr 30 7:45 PM  | Salem Access TV

Tensions rise within an asbestos cleaning crew as they work in an abandoned mental hospital with a horrific past that seems to be coming back.

Hellraiser 2: Hellbound | Tony Randel | 1988 | UK/US • English
Feature • Repertory | 1 hr 37 min
Thu May 1 (part of Opening Night programming: 5:30 VIP | 6:30 PM standard | movie starts at 8:35 PM)

Peabody Essex Museum - Morse Auditorium

Ashley Laurence in attendance

Opening Night ticket required - General Festival Pass does not include admission for this programming.

Kirsty is brought to an institution after the horrible events of Hellraiser, where the occult-obsessive head doctor resurrects Julia and unleashes the Cenobites and their demonic underworld.

Colm McCarthy | 2016 | US • English
Feature • Repertory | 1 hr 51 min
Fri May 2 5:15 PM  | Salem Access TV

Followed by a live Girl, That's Scary! podcast, with special guest Professor Tananarive Due (7:15 - 8:15 PM)

A scientist and a teacher living in a dystopian future embark on a journey of survival with a special young girl named Melanie.

Neil Marshall | 2005 | UK • English
Feature • Repertory | 1 hr 39 min
Fri May 2 8:45 PM  | Salem Access TV
20th Anniversary

A caving expedition goes horribly wrong, as the explorers become trapped and ultimately pursued by a strange breed of predators.

Coralie Fargeat | 2024 | France/UK/US • English
Feature • Repertory | 2 hr 21 min
Sat May 3 12:15 PM (doors open at noon) | Peabody Essex Museum - Morse Auditorium

Followed by live Faculty of Horror podcast (2:50 PM to 4:00 PM)

A fading celebrity takes a black-market drug: a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself.

Claudio Fragasso | 1990 | Italy/US • English
Feature • Repertory | 1 hr 35 min
Sat May 3 6:30 PM (doors open at 6:15) | Salem Access TV
Co-Presented with Bloody Disgusting
Screened in conjunction with The Horror Show podcast (full program 6:30 PM - 9:15 PM)

A vacationing family discovers that the entire town they're visiting is inhabited by goblins, disguised as humans, who plan to eat them.

Followed by The Horror Show podcasters' trivia night at Bit Bar. (Trivia event open to the public.)

Alexandre O. Phillippe | 2024 | US • English/Japanese
Feature • Repertory | 1 hr 43 min
Sun May 4 2:30 PM | Salem Access TV

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre's impact on 5 artists - Patton Oswalt, Takashi Miike, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Stephen King, Karyn Kusama - through interviews, outtakes, exploring how it shaped their art, psyche from childhood trauma.

2022 | US • English
Hannah Alline • Avital Ash • Bonnie Discepolo • Loren Escandon • Valerie Finkel • Natasha Halevi • Caitlin Josephine Hargraves • Danin Jacquay • Sarah Kopkin • Francesca Maldonado • Monica Moore Suriyage • Kelly Nygaard • Megan Rosati • Mary C. Russell •Megan Swertlow • Erica Mary Wright  
Feature • Repertory | 1 hr 40 min
Sun May 4 4:30 PM  | Salem Access TV

16 stories. 16 female filmmakers. A wild ride of an anthology weaves horror, sci-fi and dark comedy to explore bodily autonomy and human rights in a post Roe world. Rage, fear and raw emotion fuel this politically charged film.

Open to the public; a donation to an abortion healthcare providers is requested but not required.