Beyond Fest 2014 Features ‘Starry Eyes,’ ‘Nightcrawler’ And 4K ‘Halloween’ With John Carpenter And Jamie Lee Curtis
By Russ Fischer/Sept. 4, 2014 4:00 pm EST
For those who live in LA, October is a great month. Several theaters really orient the month’s programming to horror, the supernatural, and the strange. One of the best recent events in town is Beyond Fest, which in 2014 runs from September 25 to October 4. (Leaving fans the rest of October to enjoy horror at other venues!)
This year, the Beyond Fest lineup lives up to its name, with a new 4K transfer of Halloween, for which John Carpenter and Jamie Lee Curtis will be in attendance. There’s the local premiere of the Hollywood horror Starry Eyes; the Jake Gyllenhaal thriller Nightcrawler; Horns, the Daniel Radcliffe film from Alexandre Aja; the remake of The Town That Dreaded Sundown; and a Fight Club retrospective screening with Chuck Palahnuik and Jim Uhls in attendance. Beyond the big-ticket items, many of the fest’s screenings are free. Films such as The ABCs of Death 2, The Editor, Norway, and Future Shock! The Story of 2000AD will all be LA premieres that won’t cost you a dime. Check out the full Beyond Fest 2014 lineup below.
Here’s the fest trailer. The official site will have more info; in the meantime, the list of films and guests follows. At the EGYPTIAN THEATRE NIGHTCRAWLER presented by Backstory 2014 dir. Dan Gilroy United States 117 minutes Dan Gilroy in person THE WORLD OF KANAKO / KAWAKI – LA Premiere – FREE SCREENING 2014 dir. Tetsuya Nakashima Japan 118 minutes THE TOWN THAT DREADED SUNDOWN presented by Shock Till You Drop and Blumhouse Productions – FREE SCREENING 2014 dir. Alfonso Gomez-Rejon United States 85 minutes FIGHT CLUB presented by Backstory 1999 dir. David Fincher United States 139 minutes FIGHT CLUB author Chuck Palahniuk and screenwriter Jim Uhls in person STARRY EYES presented by Bloody Disgusting – LA Premiere Dir. Kevin Kölsch, Dennis Widmyer United States 98 minutes Cast and crew in person POSSESSION 1981 dir. Andrezj Zulawski France / West Germany 124 minutes V/H/S VIRAL + V/H/S Shorts presented by Bloody Disgusting – LA Premiere dir. Todd Lincoln, Nacho Vigalondo, Marcel Sarmiento, Gregg Bishop, Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead Multiple Countries 98 minutes Cast and crew in person 20,000 DAYS ON EARTH 2014 dir. Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard UK 97 minutes TOKYO TRIBE – LA Premiere 2014 dir. Sion Sono Japan
116 minutes SNOWPIERCER – A Vis a Vis Event presented by the French Consulate, Meltdown Comics and RADiUS 2013 dir. Bong Joon-ho South Korea 126 minutes Snowpiercer creator Jean-Marc Rochette and DC Comics Publisher Jim Lee in person HORNS presented with Fantastic Fest – LA Premiere 2013 dir. Alexandre Aja United States / Canada 123 minutes A Night at the Movies with THE MELTDOWN WITH JONAH AND KUMAIL featuring THE MONSTER SQUAD 1987 dir. Fred Dekker United States 82 minutes Jonah Ray, Kumail Nanjiani, Fred Dekker and guests in person TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE presented by Death Waltz Recording Company with live re score by Antoni Maiovvi & Umberto 1974 dir. Tobe Hooper United States 88 minutes HOUSE OF THE DEVIL presented by Death Waltz Recording Company 2009 dir. Ti West United States 95 minutes Cast and crew in person HALLOWEEN 4K REMASTER presented by Humans From Earth 1978 dir. John Carpenter United States 90 minutes John Carpenter and Jamie Lee Curtis in person ONLY GOD FORGIVES 2013 dir. Nicolas Winding Refn Denmark / France 90 minutes Nicolas Winding Refn in person MY LIFE DIRECTED BY NICOLAS WINDING REFN – LA Premiere 2014 dir. Liv Corfixen United States 58 minutes Liv Corfixen and Nicolas Winding Refn in person
At the EL REY’S ‘THE PEOPLE’S NETWORK’ THEATRE / SPIELBERG THEATRE ABC’S OF DEATH 2 – LA Premiere – Free screening 2014 dir. Larry Fessenden, Marvin Kren, Todd Rohal, Jim Hosking, Julien Maury & Alexandre Bustillo, Julien Gibney, Soichi Umezawa, Lancelot Imasuen, Jerome Sable, Robert Boocheck, Aharon Keshales & Navot Papushado, Bill Plympton, Rodney Ascher, Erik Matti, Juan Moreno, Steven Kostanski, Alejandro Brugues, E.L. Katz, Julian Barratt, Hajime Ohata, Vincenzo Natali, Chris Nash, Jen & Sylvia Soska, Dennisison Ramalho, Robert Morgan, Kristina Buozyte and Bruno Samper Multiple Countries 125 minutes Cast and crew in person THE EDITOR – Free Screening – LA Premiere 2014 dir. Matthew Kennedy, Adam Brooks Canada 102 minutes HYENA – Free Screening – LA Premiere 2014 dir. Gerard Johnson United Kingdom 112 min FUTURE SHOCK! THE STORY OF 200AD - Free Screening – LA Premiere 2014 dir. Paul Goodwin United Kingdom 100 min LOST SOUL – THE DOOMED JOURNEY OF RICHARD STANLEY’S ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU – Free Screening – LA Premiere 2014 dir. David Gregory United Kingdom 97 min R100 – Free Screening 2013 dir. Hitoshi Matsumoto Japan 100 minutes Lindsay Kay Hayward in person NORWAY – Free Screening – LA Premiere
2014 dir. Yannis Veslemes Greece 73 minutes THE CANAL presented by Shock Till You Drop – Free Screening – LA Premiere - 2014 dir. Ivan Kavanagh Ireland 92 minutes
Beyond Fest 2014 Features ‘Starry Eyes,’ ‘Nightcrawler’ And 4K ‘Halloween’ With John Carpenter And Jamie Lee Curtis
By Russ Fischer/Sept. 4, 2014 4:00 pm EST
For those who live in LA, October is a great month. Several theaters really orient the month’s programming to horror, the supernatural, and the strange. One of the best recent events in town is Beyond Fest, which in 2014 runs from September 25 to October 4. (Leaving fans the rest of October to enjoy horror at other venues!)
This year, the Beyond Fest lineup lives up to its name, with a new 4K transfer of Halloween, for which John Carpenter and Jamie Lee Curtis will be in attendance. There’s the local premiere of the Hollywood horror Starry Eyes; the Jake Gyllenhaal thriller Nightcrawler; Horns, the Daniel Radcliffe film from Alexandre Aja; the remake of The Town That Dreaded Sundown; and a Fight Club retrospective screening with Chuck Palahnuik and Jim Uhls in attendance. Beyond the big-ticket items, many of the fest’s screenings are free. Films such as The ABCs of Death 2, The Editor, Norway, and Future Shock! The Story of 2000AD will all be LA premieres that won’t cost you a dime. Check out the full Beyond Fest 2014 lineup below.
Here’s the fest trailer. The official site will have more info; in the meantime, the list of films and guests follows. At the EGYPTIAN THEATRE NIGHTCRAWLER presented by Backstory 2014 dir. Dan Gilroy United States 117 minutes Dan Gilroy in person THE WORLD OF KANAKO / KAWAKI – LA Premiere – FREE SCREENING 2014 dir. Tetsuya Nakashima Japan 118 minutes THE TOWN THAT DREADED SUNDOWN presented by Shock Till You Drop and Blumhouse Productions – FREE SCREENING 2014 dir. Alfonso Gomez-Rejon United States 85 minutes FIGHT CLUB presented by Backstory 1999 dir. David Fincher United States 139 minutes FIGHT CLUB author Chuck Palahniuk and screenwriter Jim Uhls in person STARRY EYES presented by Bloody Disgusting – LA Premiere Dir. Kevin Kölsch, Dennis Widmyer United States 98 minutes Cast and crew in person POSSESSION 1981 dir. Andrezj Zulawski France / West Germany 124 minutes V/H/S VIRAL + V/H/S Shorts presented by Bloody Disgusting – LA Premiere dir. Todd Lincoln, Nacho Vigalondo, Marcel Sarmiento, Gregg Bishop, Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead Multiple Countries 98 minutes Cast and crew in person 20,000 DAYS ON EARTH 2014 dir. Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard UK 97 minutes TOKYO TRIBE – LA Premiere 2014 dir. Sion Sono Japan
116 minutes SNOWPIERCER – A Vis a Vis Event presented by the French Consulate, Meltdown Comics and RADiUS 2013 dir. Bong Joon-ho South Korea 126 minutes Snowpiercer creator Jean-Marc Rochette and DC Comics Publisher Jim Lee in person HORNS presented with Fantastic Fest – LA Premiere 2013 dir. Alexandre Aja United States / Canada 123 minutes A Night at the Movies with THE MELTDOWN WITH JONAH AND KUMAIL featuring THE MONSTER SQUAD 1987 dir. Fred Dekker United States 82 minutes Jonah Ray, Kumail Nanjiani, Fred Dekker and guests in person TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE presented by Death Waltz Recording Company with live re score by Antoni Maiovvi & Umberto 1974 dir. Tobe Hooper United States 88 minutes HOUSE OF THE DEVIL presented by Death Waltz Recording Company 2009 dir. Ti West United States 95 minutes Cast and crew in person HALLOWEEN 4K REMASTER presented by Humans From Earth 1978 dir. John Carpenter United States 90 minutes John Carpenter and Jamie Lee Curtis in person ONLY GOD FORGIVES 2013 dir. Nicolas Winding Refn Denmark / France 90 minutes Nicolas Winding Refn in person MY LIFE DIRECTED BY NICOLAS WINDING REFN – LA Premiere 2014 dir. Liv Corfixen United States 58 minutes Liv Corfixen and Nicolas Winding Refn in person
At the EL REY’S ‘THE PEOPLE’S NETWORK’ THEATRE / SPIELBERG THEATRE ABC’S OF DEATH 2 – LA Premiere – Free screening 2014 dir. Larry Fessenden, Marvin Kren, Todd Rohal, Jim Hosking, Julien Maury & Alexandre Bustillo, Julien Gibney, Soichi Umezawa, Lancelot Imasuen, Jerome Sable, Robert Boocheck, Aharon Keshales & Navot Papushado, Bill Plympton, Rodney Ascher, Erik Matti, Juan Moreno, Steven Kostanski, Alejandro Brugues, E.L. Katz, Julian Barratt, Hajime Ohata, Vincenzo Natali, Chris Nash, Jen & Sylvia Soska, Dennisison Ramalho, Robert Morgan, Kristina Buozyte and Bruno Samper Multiple Countries 125 minutes Cast and crew in person THE EDITOR – Free Screening – LA Premiere 2014 dir. Matthew Kennedy, Adam Brooks Canada 102 minutes HYENA – Free Screening – LA Premiere 2014 dir. Gerard Johnson United Kingdom 112 min FUTURE SHOCK! THE STORY OF 200AD - Free Screening – LA Premiere 2014 dir. Paul Goodwin United Kingdom 100 min LOST SOUL – THE DOOMED JOURNEY OF RICHARD STANLEY’S ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU – Free Screening – LA Premiere 2014 dir. David Gregory United Kingdom 97 min R100 – Free Screening 2013 dir. Hitoshi Matsumoto Japan 100 minutes Lindsay Kay Hayward in person NORWAY – Free Screening – LA Premiere
2014 dir. Yannis Veslemes Greece 73 minutes THE CANAL presented by Shock Till You Drop – Free Screening – LA Premiere - 2014 dir. Ivan Kavanagh Ireland 92 minutes
This year, the Beyond Fest lineup lives up to its name, with a new 4K transfer of Halloween, for which John Carpenter and Jamie Lee Curtis will be in attendance. There’s the local premiere of the Hollywood horror Starry Eyes; the Jake Gyllenhaal thriller Nightcrawler; Horns, the Daniel Radcliffe film from Alexandre Aja; the remake of The Town That Dreaded Sundown; and a Fight Club retrospective screening with Chuck Palahnuik and Jim Uhls in attendance.
Beyond the big-ticket items, many of the fest’s screenings are free. Films such as The ABCs of Death 2, The Editor, Norway, and Future Shock! The Story of 2000AD will all be LA premieres that won’t cost you a dime. Check out the full Beyond Fest 2014 lineup below.
Here’s the fest trailer. The official site will have more info; in the meantime, the list of films and guests follows.
At the EGYPTIAN THEATRE
NIGHTCRAWLER presented by Backstory
2014
dir. Dan Gilroy
United States
117 minutes
Dan Gilroy in person
THE WORLD OF KANAKO / KAWAKI – LA Premiere – FREE SCREENING
dir. Tetsuya Nakashima
Japan
118 minutes
THE TOWN THAT DREADED SUNDOWN presented by Shock Till You Drop and Blumhouse Productions – FREE SCREENING
dir. Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
85 minutes
FIGHT CLUB presented by Backstory
1999
dir. David Fincher
139 minutes
FIGHT CLUB author Chuck Palahniuk and screenwriter Jim Uhls in person
STARRY EYES presented by Bloody Disgusting – LA Premiere
Dir. Kevin Kölsch, Dennis Widmyer
98 minutes
Cast and crew in person
POSSESSION
1981
dir. Andrezj Zulawski
France / West Germany
124 minutes
V/H/S VIRAL + V/H/S Shorts presented by Bloody Disgusting – LA Premiere
dir. Todd Lincoln, Nacho Vigalondo, Marcel Sarmiento, Gregg Bishop, Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead
Multiple Countries
20,000 DAYS ON EARTH
dir. Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard
UK
97 minutes
TOKYO TRIBE – LA Premiere
dir. Sion Sono
116 minutes
SNOWPIERCER – A Vis a Vis Event presented by the French Consulate, Meltdown Comics and RADiUS
2013
dir. Bong Joon-ho
South Korea
126 minutes
Snowpiercer creator Jean-Marc Rochette and DC Comics Publisher Jim Lee in person
HORNS presented with Fantastic Fest – LA Premiere
dir. Alexandre Aja
United States / Canada
123 minutes
A Night at the Movies with THE MELTDOWN WITH JONAH AND KUMAIL featuring THE MONSTER SQUAD
1987
dir. Fred Dekker
82 minutes
Jonah Ray, Kumail Nanjiani, Fred Dekker and guests in person
TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE presented by Death Waltz Recording Company with live re score by Antoni Maiovvi & Umberto
1974
dir. Tobe Hooper
88 minutes
HOUSE OF THE DEVIL presented by Death Waltz Recording Company
2009
dir. Ti West
95 minutes
HALLOWEEN 4K REMASTER presented by Humans From Earth
1978
dir. John Carpenter
90 minutes
John Carpenter and Jamie Lee Curtis in person
ONLY GOD FORGIVES
dir. Nicolas Winding Refn
Denmark / France
Nicolas Winding Refn in person
MY LIFE DIRECTED BY NICOLAS WINDING REFN – LA Premiere
dir. Liv Corfixen
58 minutes
Liv Corfixen and Nicolas Winding Refn in person
At the EL REY’S ‘THE PEOPLE’S NETWORK’ THEATRE / SPIELBERG THEATRE
ABC’S OF DEATH 2 – LA Premiere – Free screening
dir. Larry Fessenden, Marvin Kren, Todd Rohal, Jim Hosking, Julien Maury & Alexandre Bustillo, Julien Gibney, Soichi Umezawa, Lancelot Imasuen, Jerome Sable, Robert Boocheck, Aharon Keshales & Navot Papushado, Bill Plympton, Rodney Ascher, Erik Matti, Juan Moreno, Steven Kostanski, Alejandro Brugues, E.L. Katz, Julian Barratt, Hajime Ohata, Vincenzo Natali, Chris Nash, Jen & Sylvia Soska, Dennisison Ramalho, Robert Morgan, Kristina Buozyte and Bruno Samper
125 minutes
THE EDITOR – Free Screening – LA Premiere
dir. Matthew Kennedy, Adam Brooks
Canada
102 minutes
HYENA – Free Screening – LA Premiere
dir. Gerard Johnson
United Kingdom
112 min
FUTURE SHOCK! THE STORY OF 200AD - Free Screening – LA Premiere
dir. Paul Goodwin
100 min
LOST SOUL – THE DOOMED JOURNEY OF RICHARD STANLEY’S ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU – Free Screening – LA Premiere
dir. David Gregory
97 min
R100 – Free Screening
dir. Hitoshi Matsumoto
100 minutes
Lindsay Kay Hayward in person
NORWAY – Free Screening – LA Premiere
dir. Yannis Veslemes
Greece
73 minutes
THE CANAL presented by Shock Till You Drop – Free Screening – LA Premiere -
dir. Ivan Kavanagh
Ireland
92 minutes
