The LA Film Festival unveiled the official Nightfall sections, which includes eight genre films.
The LA Film Festival takes place June 14 – June 22, 2017, headquartered at ArcLight Cinemas Culver City, with additional screenings at ArcLight Hollywood, ArcLight Santa Monica and more.
From the bizarre to the horrifying, these are films to watch after dark.
Desolation, dir. Sam Patton, USA, World Premiere
On a trip into remote wilderness to scatter her late husband’s ashes, a mother, her son and her best friend must confront their deepest fears when a lone hiker begins following them.
The Housemaid, dir. Derek Nguyen, Vietnam / USA, North American Premiere
After an orphaned Vietnamese girl is hired to be a housemaid at a haunted rubber plantation in 1953 French Indochina, she unexpectedly falls in love with the French landowner and awakens the vengeful ghost of his dead wife.
It Stains the Sands Red, dir. Colin Minihan, USA, North American Premiere
On a lonely, two-lane highway, a young couple has put Las Vegas – and the encroaching zombie apocalypse – in their rearview mirror. But when a lone traveler stumbles into view their troubles are only beginning.
Midnighters, dir. Julius Ramsay, USA, World Premiere
A couple’s strained marriage faces the ultimate test after they cover up a terrible crime and find themselves entangled in a Hitchcockian web of deceit and madness on New Year’s Eve – the perfect night to get away with murder.
The Neighbor, dir. Giancarlo Ruiz, Mexico, World Premiere
A man’s obsession with his downstairs neighbors escalates as he moves from voyeur to tormentor to kidnapper in this intense, experimental character study.
Replace, dir. Norbert Keil, Germany / Canada, North American Premiere
Afflicted with a dermatological disease, Kira discovers that she can replace her skin with that of another girl, but this short-term solution only leads to more victims.
Serpent, dir. Amanda Evans, South Africa, World Premiere
When a young couple take a getaway aimed at reviving their romance, they find themselves trapped in a tent with a venomous snake and a backlog of secrets, and realize that only one of them can make it out alive.
Thread, dir. The Boy, Greece, North American Premiere
This feverish fantasy thriller explores the world of a revolutionary woman and her son, oscillating amongst political aggression, sexual nightmares and violence as protest.
