It's right around this time every year that I remember to love living in Los Angeles. Sure, the traffic sucks and our weather pretty much ranges from warm to melt-your-face hot, but we sure know how to do the Halloween season right. Haunted houses galore, abundant horror screenings, a handful of theme parks all decorated to the nines, and a crop of genre-centric film festivals like Spectrefest and, my personal favorite, Beyondfest.
The full Beyond Fest lineup just hit the web, and it's a doozy. Highlights include a screenings David Lynch's Eraserhead hosted by Die Antwoord's Ninja, Dog Day Afternoon hosted by Al Pacino and Brett Ratner, live-scored presentations of The Phantom of the Opera and Lucio Fulci's The Beyond, and the west coast premiere of Brian Helgeland's Tom Hardy twofer Legend. Some exciting double features include Karyn Kusama's The Invitation paired with Invasion of the Body Snatchers, and an Evil Dead/Evil Dead 2 double feature hosted by Edgar Wright and Bruce Campbell. See why I love Beyond Fest so much?
Hosted at the Egyptian Theater, the festival runs Thursday, October 1st - Monday, October 12th, and you can get your tickets starting today on Fandango and American Cinematheque. Check out the Beyond Fest trailer and the full line-up below.
BEYOND FEST 2015 PROGRAMEGYPTIAN THEATRETHE ASSASSINChina, 2015LA Premiere, 105 minDirector - Hsiao-hsien Hou
BETTER OFF DEAD - 30th Anniversary Reunion Hosted by The Meltdown with Jonah and KumailUnited States, 198597 minDirector - Savage Steve Hollandwi. Jonah Ray, Kumail Nanjiani, director Savage Steve Holland + cast in person
THE BEYONDUncut, uncensored director's cut in scope on 35mmItaly, 198135mm, 87 minDirector - Lucio Fulci
BONE TOMAHAWKUnited States, 2015West Coast Premiere, 133 minDirector - S. Craig Zahlerwi. director S. Craig Zahler and actor Matthew Fox in person
DOG DAY AFTERNOONUnited States, 201535mm, 125 minDirector - Sidney Lumetwi. actor Al Pacino and director Brett Ratner in person
THE DEVILSOriginal US X-rated cut on 35mmEngland, 197135mm, 111 minDirector - Ken Russellwi. introduction by director Bernard Rose
Ninja Presents ERASERHEAD: A Night of Zef AbsurdiaUnited States, 197735mm, 89 minDirector - David Lynchwi. Ninja and friends in person
[caption id="attachment_448397" align="alignright" width="350"] Image via Renaissance Pictures[/caption] THE EVIL DEAD (wi. EVIL DEAD II)Co-presented with Starz and Ash vs. The Evil DeadUnited States, 198335mm, 87 minDirector - Sam Raimiwi. Bruce Campbell and Edgar Wright in person
EVIL DEAD II (wi. THE EVIL DEAD)Co-presented with Starz and Ash vs. The Evil DeadUnited States, 198735mm, 84 minDirector - Sam Raimiwi. Bruce Campbell and Edgar Wright in person
FRIZZI 2 FULCI LIVE (wi. THE BEYOND)Italy, 2015West Coast Premiere, 100 minwi. Fabio Frizzi and 8-piece orchestra performing live
HE NEVER DIEDUnited States, 2015West Coast Premiere, 99 minDirector - Jason Krawczykwi. director Jason Krawczyk and actor Henry Rollins, moderated by Shepard Fairey in person
INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (wi. THE INVITATION)United States, 1978115 minDirector - Philip Kaufman
THE INVITATION (wi. INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS)United States, 2015Special Screening, 97 minDirector - Karyn Kusamawi. director Karyn Kusama, writers Phil Hay, Matt Manfredi and actor Logan Marshall-Green in person
[caption id="attachment_338479" align="alignright" width="350"] Image via Universal[/caption] LEGENDUnited States, 2015West Coast Premiere, 131 minDirector - Brian Hegelandwi. director / writer Brian Hegeland in person
THE MIND'S EYEUnited States, 2015US Premiere, 87 minDirector - Joe Begoswi. live performance by Steve Moore before screeningwi. director / writer Joe Begos, editor Josh Ethier and actors Graham Skipper, Noah Segan in person
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERAUnited States, 192516mm, 101 min (1925 original release)Director - Rupert Julianwi. live score performance of the original 1925 compositionwi. Ron Chaney in person
TOO LATE (free screening)United States, 201535mm, 107 minDirector - Dennis Hauckwi. director / writer Dennis Hauck in person
YAKUZA APOCALYPSEJapan, 2015West Coast Premiere, 115 minDirector - Takashi MiikeSHUDDER THEATRE
ASSASSINATION CLASSROOM (free screening)Japan, 2015West Coast Premiere, 110 minDirector - Eiichiro HasumiGermany, 2015West Coast Premiere, 85 minDirector - Nikias Chryssos
FEBRUARY (free screening)United States/Canada, 2015West Coast Premiere, 93 minDirector - Oz Perkinswi. director / writer Oz Perkins in person
IN SEARCH OF ULTRA SEX (free screening)France, 2015West Coast Premiere, 60 minDirectors - Nicolas Charlet and Bruno Lavaine
MEN AND CHICKEN (free screening)Denmark, 2015West Coast Premiere, 100 minDirector - Anders Thomas Jensen
RABID DOGS (free screening)France, 2015West Coast Premiere,99 minDirector - Eric Hannezo
SPL 2 (free screening)China, 2015West Coast Premiere, 120 minDirector - Pou-Soi Cheang
ZINZANA (free screening)United Arab Emirates, Jordan, 2015West Coast Premiere, 91 minDirector - Majid Al Ansari