GenreBlast Film Fest has announced its lineup for the seventh year of their international independent genre film festival, beginning this upcoming Thursday, September 1st.

The four day in-person event will feature fourteen feature films and roughly ninety short films from around the world as well as the results of their annual screenplay competition. Emanating from the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Winchester, Virginia, GenreBlast continues to champion truly independent genre cinema and this year features one of its strongest lineups of cross-genre fare so far. With horror, science-fiction and fantasy, action, and even cult and midnight offerings, the fest prides itself on being an eclectic mixtape of genres and filmmakers.

Of the thirteen features selected this year, there are two world premieres, one North American premiere, one U.S. premieres, one east coast premiere, four regional premieres, and four Virginia premieres and a special advance screening.

Liam Regan’s satirical bloodbath EATING MISS CAMPBELL makes its North American premiere while indie horror filmmaking doc THE BRILLIANT TERROR has its in-theater U.S. premiere. Regional premieres feature Alexandra’s Spieth’s ensemble thriller STAG and Syliva Caminer’s twisty FOLLOW HER, plus Jeffrey Garcia’s cult VHS comedy BUBBLEGUM, and Antonio Rotunno’s bloody Mexican midnighter PLEASE DON’T ABANDON ME.

World premieres include cult auteur Jeff Frumess’ sophomore effort GOUGE AWAY as well as Jonathan Straiton’s long-awaited post-apocalyptic action horror throwdown JOHNNY Z. Kenneth Lui’s mockumentary ARTISTS IN AGONY: HITMEN AT THE CODA TEAHOUSE arrives as an East Coast premiere. Justin Seaman’s slasher sequel THE BARN PART II makes its Virginia premiere along with Marc Coleman’s bittersweet fish-out-of-water flick MANFISH, Kenichi Ugana’s Japanese sci-fi black comedy EXTRANEOUS MATTER, and Ryan Imhoff & Matt Neal’s demented horror satire FRESH HELL.

Plus a special advance screening of GenreBlast’s first feature film with fest director Nathan D. Ludwig as producer along with Samantha Kolesnik. GenreBlast Films presents the film adaptation of WORST LAID PLANS, a feature horror anthology culled from the pages of the Grindhouse Press book, edited by Kolesnik. Segments directed by John Hale, Jeremy Herbert, and Christopher G. Moore. The fest runs from Thursday, Sept. 1st through Sunday, Sept. 4th at the Alamo Winchester concluding with a livestreamed awards ceremony followed by the GB Aftermath After Party. Script table reads and a discussion panel will also be on the schedule during the fest.

Here’s the full schedule of events for GenreBlast 2022….

THURSDAY 9/1

5pm – HAPPY HOUR IN THE ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE LOBBY

6pm – SHORTS BLAST #1 – THE GB WORLD TOUR
WHEN SHE WAS GOOD (dir. Margarita Milne / UK)
THE RISE (dir. Lorenzo Fassina / ITALY)
THE PORTRAIT (dir. Diana Caro / SPAIN)
HIDDEN (dir. Mathilde Suissa / US)
TISTLEBU (dir. Simon Matthew Valentine / NORWAY)
SINS OF A WEREWOLF (dir. David Prendeville / IRELAND)

8:05pm – ARTISTS IN AGONY: HITMEN AT THE CODA TEAHOUSE (dir. Kenneth Lui / US) world premiere
plays with:
CANDYFIGHT (dir. Eduardo Saenz Santiago / SPAIN)
FULL ON SUNNIES (dir. James Adams / AUSTRALIA)

10:30pm – EATING MISS CAMPBELL (dir. Liam Regan / UK) north american premiere
plays with:
BLEED AUSTRALIAN (dir. Kii Belling / AUSTRALIA)
NASTY (dir. Paige Dillon / US)

FRIDAY 9/2

10am – BIZARROLAND MORNING DOUBLE FEATURE
EXTRANEOUS MATTER (dir. Kenichi Ugana / Japan / 60m)
PLEASE DON’T ABANDON ME (dir. Antonio Rotunno / Mexico)

12:45pm – MANFISH (dir. Marc Coleman / UK) virginia premiere
plays with:
CHECKPOINT (dir. Jason Sheedy / US)

2:45pm – SHORTS BLAST #2 – TRIPPING THE SCI-FANTASTIC
KEEP/DELETE (dir. Kryzz Gautier / US)
RECOVERY OF THE FALLEN (dir. Curtis Matzke / US-SPAIN)
PANOPTO (dir. Harry Valentine / US)
SUBSCRIBED (dir. Diana Porter / US)
NOXIOUS (dir. Jordan Pfeiffer / US)
PAPER KINGDOMS (dir. Raine Bracken / CANADA)
WORMHOLE IN THE WASHER (dir. Paireac Keane / IRELAND)

4:45pm – SHORTS BLAST #3 – CATNIP FOR WEIRDOS
SCALEY (dir. Emily Renner Wallace / CANADA)
WHAT A HARVEST (dir. Austin Rivera Davison & Matt Shapiro / US)
MISSED INTERPRETATION (dir. William O’Boyle / US)
JUDY, JUDY, JUDY (dir. Jessica McGaugh / US)
DONUT CHASE (dir. Sarah Baskin / US)
HEART FAILURE (dir. Will Wightman / UK)
THE BLOOD OF THE DINOSAURS (dir. Joseph Badon / US)
THERE ARE MERMAIDS IN L.A. (dir. Summer Benowitz / US)

6:50pm – FOLLOW HER (dir. Sylvia Caminer / US) regional premiere
plays with:
JUST DO IT (dirs. Antonia Kinlay & Laurence Dobiesz / UK)

9:10pm – THE BARN PART II (dir. Justin Seaman / US) virginia premiere
plays with:
PUMPKIN BOY (dir. Trent Shy / US)
BAD HARE DAY (dir. Jonathan Patrick Hughes / US)

11:40pm – BUBBLEGUM (dir. Jeffrey Garcia / US) regional premiere
plays with:
BEDMATES (dir. Tyler Council / US)
HUBBARDS (dir. Kevin Ralston / US)
PRETTY PICKLE (dir. Jim Vendiola / US)

SATURDAY 9/3

10am – SHORTS BLAST #4 – WAKE UP & BLAST! THE BEST OF ANIMATION & MUSIC VIDEOS
THE BLACK RECAT (dir. Paulo Gaudio / ITALY)
KERPLUNKY! (dir. Robert Kleinschmidt / US)
MONSTER ENCOUNTERS (dir. James Smith / US)
EXPERIENCE THE WORLD – THE TRAIN (dir. Duro Howard Jr. / US)
TRISKELION (dir. Jessica Raes / BELGIUM)
FOLLICLES (dir. Matthew John Lawrence / US)
WHERE DO YOU GO? (dir. Luke Borsten / US)
BUZZKILL (dir. Peter Ahern / US)
FLORIAN (dirs. Gustav Bengtsson & David Bengtsson / SWEDEN)
THE WELL (dir. Peter Stanley-Ward / UK)
HEART OF GOLD (dir. Simon Filliot / FRANCE)
SPACE RACE (dir. Shane Dioneda / US)
DESTINATION: MOON (dir. Nathaniel JW Hendricks / US)
PLAYDATE (dir. Cory Snearowski / US)

12:05pm – SHORTS BLAST #5 – THE FULL GENREBLAST
FAME FATALE (dir. Michelle Iannantuono / US)
UNDER THY WINGS (dir. Jamal Hodge / US)
A PSYCHOGEOGRAPHY OF MOURNING (dir. Shayna Connelly / US)
PUSH (dir. Jasmine / US)
CHEKMATE (dir. Carlos Garcia Jr. / US)
SWOLE GHOST (dir. Tim Troemner / US)
PEANUT BUTTER PALS IN… THE SECRET OF CAVE MOUNTAIN CAVE (dir. David Hiatt / CANADA)
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL WEDDING (dir. Michael Smallwood / US)
THE CURE (dir. T.L. Westgate / US)
SPECTER OF WEEPING HILL (dirs. Matthew & Nathaniel Barber / US)

2:15pm – DISCUSSION PANEL
“JUST KEEP MAKING STUFF: HOW TO GET CREATIVE AND STAY PROLIFIC”

3:30pm – STAG (dir. Alexandra Spieth / US) regional premiere
plays with:
MAIRZY DOATS (dir. Seth Chatfield / US)

5:50pm – SHORTS BLAST #6 – THE MOTHERLODE
IN THE SHADOW OF GOD (dir. Brian Sepanzyk / CANADA)
GET OUT OF THERE (dirs. Matthew & Nathaniel Barber / US)
SMILE (dir. Joanna Tsanis / CANADA)
I’M LOSING YOU (dirs. Courtney Sposato & Mark Sposato / US)
REEL TROUBLE (dir. Brian Asman / US)
SUCKER (dir. Alix Austin / UK)
THE TRUNK (dir. Travis Laidlaw / CANADA)
LILY’S MIRROR (dirs. Linnea Frye & Adam Pinney / US)

7:50pm – THE BRILLIANT TERROR (dirs. Julie Kauffmann & Paul Hunt / US) regional premiere
plays with:
TA-DA! (dir. Jeffrey Howe / US)
BIGFOOT BROS (dir. Austin Griffin / US)
TAPEHEAD (dir. Jason Zink / US)

9:55pm – WORST LAID PLANS (dirs. Christopher G. Moore, John Hale & Jeremy Herbert / US) special advance screening
plays with:
LIVESCREAMERS TRAILER (world premiere!)
MEMENTO MORI (dir. Izzy Lee / US)
CAREGIVER (dir. Rafael De Leon Jr. / US)
UNVEILED (dir. Ryan Graff / US)

11:55pm – GOUGE AWAY (dir. Jeff Frumess / US / 85m) world premiere
plays with:
THAT DOLL AIN’T RIGHT! TOO! (dirs. Brian W. Smith & Vincent Vinas / US)
A NEW DAY (BROUGHT TO YOU BY HORIZON RESEARCH SYSTEMS) (dir. Nate Southard / US)
GUS’S DIESEL GARAGE DOOR OPENERS (dir. Tyler Council / US)
MEAT FRIEND (dir. Izzy Lee / US)

SUNDAY 9/4

11am – VIRGINIA SHORTS SHOWCASE
RURAL (dir. Amelia Annen / US)
HE’S NOT COMING (dir. Seleste Cowie / US)
BATTLE OF THE BANDS (dir. Carter Schaefer / US)
NETFINS & CHILL (dir. Joe Carabeo / US)
BA’AL OUT (dir. Derek Silver / US)
OUR FIRST PRIORITY (dir. Ariel Baska / US)
SIDEKICKED! (dir. Nina Ham / US)
APPALACHIAN VOICES (dir. Madi Haun / US)

1:45pm – “THE GB TABLE READ” FEATURING SELECTIONS FROM THE SCRIPT COMPETITION

4pm – JOHNNY Z (dir. Jonathan Straiton / US) world premiere or special screening
plays with:
GUTS (dir. Chris McInroy / US)
BLISS (dir. Alexander McDannell / US)
LEX: THE UNAUTHORIZED DOCUMENTARY (dir. Tom White / US)

6:45pm – AWARDS CEREMONY

8pm – GENREBLAST AFTERMATH AFTER PARTY IN THE ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE LOBBY

8:30pm – FRESH HELL (dirs. Ryan Imhoff & Matt Neal / US) special screening
plays with:
PRINTER (dir. Tom Gregory Janson / GERMANY)

THE BIG D (dirs. Nathan D. Ludwig & Chad Farmer / US)

Weekend passes are now on sale at the Alamo Winchester website: https://drafthouse.com/winchester. Additional info can be found at the fest’s official website.