9
Nov/10

NEW YORK CITY HORROR FILM FESTIVAL

9
Nov/10

Vincent D’Onofrio’s DON’T GO INTO THE WOODS is centerpiece of horror film fest

Tribeca Cinemas
54 Varick St. at Laight St.
November 10-14
212-941-2001
www.nychorrorfest.com
www.tribecafilm.com

Just in time for Halloween — well, not quite — the ninth annual New York City Horror Film Festival returns, screening more than forty scary features and shorts at Tribeca Cinemas. The festival gets under way November 10 with a free kickoff bash at Soirée on Bowery, with five bands, an hour of free beer, short films, and appearances by many of the filmmakers and actors. The opening-night selection is Stevan Mena’s BEREAVEMENT, about a psychotic man who kidnaps a six-year-old boy and raises him on a pig farm where really bad things happen. Other programs are anchored by such films as Andy Mitton and Jesse Holland’s YELLOW BRICK ROAD, Frank Richard’s THE PACK, Colm McCarthy’s OUTCAST, Israel Luna’s TICKED-OFF TRANNIES WITH KNIVES, and James Mogart’s WON TON BABY. The centerpiece is DON’T GO IN THE WOODS, the directorial debut of Vincent D’Onofrio, who will be on hand for a postscreening Q&A and after-party featuring live music from the film, about a band that gets caught up in a bloody slasher mystery. In addition, Robert Englund will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award on Saturday night, accompanied by a screening of Wes Craven’s original A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET.