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‘Starfish’ Mixtape Could Prevent the End of the World [Trailer]
Yellow Veil Pictures and 1091 Media’s The Orchard have released the first trailer for upcoming cosmic horror Starfish, featuring a dazzling lead performance from Virginia Gardner (Halloween 2018, Marvel’s “The Runaways”). The film begins its theatrical roadshow tour starting in NYC on March 13 with a rollout in other cities through late April, followed by the Digital/VOD release May 28. Full list of theatrical dates can be found below.
The film, which is directed by A.T. White, follows Gardner as a young woman who struggles with the death of her best friend, while trying to assemble a series of clues left on mixtapes in order to stop a monstrous end to the world as we know it.
Meagan reviewed the film and wrote that it “plays like an eclectic mixtape of cosmic horror.”
Theatrical Roadshow Dates:
March 13*, 15, 16, Brooklyn NY, Nitehawk Cinema
March 15*, Yonkers NY, Alamo Drafthouse
March 16*, Boston MA, Coolidge Corner Theater
March 18*, Philadelphia PA, The Rotunda
March 20*, Columbus OH, Gateway Film Center
March 21*, Cleveland OH, Cleveland Cinematheque
March 22-24, Brooklyn NY, Film Noir Cinema
March 24*, Winchester VA, Alamo Drafthouse
March 27*-31, Knoxville TN, Central Cinema
March 29* 30*-April 4, Chicago IL, Facets
April 2*, Omaha NE, Alamo Drafthouse Midtown
April 6*, Denver CO, Sie Film Center
April 12-14, San Francisco CA, Alamo Drafthouse New Mission
April 13*-14, Phoenix AZ, FilmBar
April 18*, Los Angeles CA, The Landmark
April 19, Austin TX, Alamo Drafthouse Mueller
April 19*, Los Angeles CA, The Arena Cinelounge
*Director A.T. White expected to attend.
Dates and ticket links are available here: http://starfishmixtape.com/
There’s no slowing down Alice Maio Mackay. The filmmaker behind So Vam, Bad Girl Boogey, and this year’s The Serpent’s Skin is already back with sci-fi horror Our Effed Up World.
Starring Annapurna Sriram (Fucktoys), Sara Thompson (“One of Us is Lying”) and Jess McLeod (It’s a Wonderful Knife) and produced by Dark Star Pictures, the film will receive its International Premiere at Fantasia Film Festival on July 18, 2026.
The first teaser has arrived ahead of its fest screening, which sees a group of friends contend with terror from outer space when it crash lands nearby.
The synopsis reads: “Sheri thought her biggest problem in life was dealing with the recent loss of her beloved grandma. But when a mysterious entity crash lands in the woods, only she and her group of shitkicker friends are what stands in the way of an insatiable, intergalactic hunger.”
Scott Major, Brandon Flynn, Jordan Dulieu, JackHaven, Leela Varghese, Tommy Dorfman, and Chris Gun also star.
I Saw the TV Glow and Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun produces.
Mackay directs from a script co-written with Ben Pahl Robinson.
Mackay shares of her latest, “Our Effed Up World is my latest no budget queer film. I wanted to delve into a completely new sub-genre—sci-fi. But still through my signature lens and blend of campiness and melodrama. This project allowed me to take a step back from all the horrors that are happening around us and to really reflect on what makes us who we are and what we need to do to hang on to what is important in our lives. Whilst also being a rumination on grief and how we cope with living in an ‘effed” up world.'”
The 30th edition of Fantasia begins today; stay tuned for more from our coverage of the fest.
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