FEARnyc, New York City’s biggest horror film festival, will present its 2019 event from October 24 – 31, 2019 at Film Noir Cinema in Greenpoint, Brooklyn and The Green Room 42 at The Yotel in Manhattan.
The event will feature more than 60 films and events, from world premieres to retrospectives and reimaginings, panel discussions, experiential events, and an award ceremony. View the lineup and purchase tickets or festival passes at www.FEARnyc.com.
Among the highlights: The 35th Anniversary Screening of A Nightmare on Elm Street, the premiere of the new 4K restoration of George A. Romero and Dario Argento’s Two Evil Eyes, a recreation of William Castle’s legendary in-theater gimmicks for the 60th Anniversary of Vincent Price’s The Tingler, panel discussions on horror filmmaking, queer horror, and fan films, and dozens of feature film and short film premieres with the filmmakers in attendance.
“Our theme this year is Real/Surreal,” said John Capo, founder and festival director of FEARnyc. “From the morning commute to the evening news, New Yorkers are barraged by moments that are relentlessly real and surreal, often simultaneously. Our selections this year, which deal with everything from obsessive Instagram culture, conversion therapy, and a school shooting to several Grindr-gone-wrong tales, demonstrate that horror filmmakers are moving away from traditional ‘let’s kill some pretty women tropes’ and focusing instead on the real life horrors that affect so many of us. In that sense, this year’s selections represent the maturity of horror filmmaking in 2019.”
The FEARnyc Award Ceremony, which will take place at The Green Room 42 at The Yotel, will include the presentation of this year’s Juried Awards as well as the FEARnyc Honors. The FEARnyc Legacy Honor will be posthumously presented to Debra Hill, writer/producer/director whose credits include the original Halloween, Halloween II, Escape from New York, Clue, and The Fog. Featuring tributes by Paul Reubens and Bruce Cohen, with Ms. Hill’s brother, Bob Hill, accepting the honor on her behalf, Ms. Hill will be recognized not only for her filmmaking but for her groundbreaking commitment to advancing the visibility and employment of women in film. Ms. Hill is only the third recipient of the Legacy Honor. Past recipients include Wes Craven and George A. Romero.
The FEARnyc Trailblazer Award will be presented to the creative team of Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror, the first documentary to comprehensively examine the history of the black influence on horror filmmaking. Producer/co-writer Ashlee Blackwell and executive producers Phil Nobile Jr. and Dr. Robin R. Means Coleman will accept the award.
The FEARnyc Next Generation Awards will be presented to Terrifier writer-director Damien Leone for his work in using social media and relationship marketing to create a fandom around Terrifier’s villain Art the Clown (with Art the Clown actor David Howard Thornton live in person.) and to Brooklyn filmmaker Sydney Clara Brafman for her surreal short films including Spoiled Milk and The Only Thing I Love More Than You Is Ranch Dressing. Brafman will be presented her award by Larry Fessenden (Fear Itself, Until Dawn, We Are Still Here).
The FEARnyc Opening Night Event will be presented by Kinetic Film Group, a startup independent movie studio and intellectual property rights company. In mid-September 2019, Kinetic Film Group wrapped principal photography of their psychological horror movie Home, which stars Emily Hampshire (Schitt’s Creek, 12 Monkeys).
FEARnyc has partnered with AdaptLab, a video production company helping to pioneer career paths in the film industry for neurodiverse filmmakers. AdaptLab hires neurodiverse employees with a passion for creative storytelling and prepares them for careers in the industry.
Film Noir Cinema is a genre-lover’s dream located at 122 Meserole Avenue in Greenpoint, Brooklyn off the G train (Greenpoint & Nassau stop) and the L train (Bedford stop) as well as the B43 and B62 bus lines. Or you can take a boat. The ferry landings at Greenpoint India Street and North 5th Street are both local to the theater. Just watch out for the piranhas.
The Green Room 42 is located at 570 Tenth Avenue (at 42nd Street) in New York City.
Visit www.FEARnyc.com for the complete lineup.
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