Slip into the alluring absurdity and unhinged energy of this year’s MIDNIGHT MOVIES. Featuring alternative storytelling from around the world, spanning the darkest of comedies, edge-of-your-seat thrillers, frenzied animations and erotica so twisted you’ll want to bleach your eyeballs. A healthy dose of ghosts, ghouls and trauma is guaranteed. Join the cult – we promise you’ll leave alive, shaken and stirred.
Praying Mantis, dir. Joe Hsieh
Taiwan / Hong Kong, 18 min
A mother stalks bustling city streets, seducing men to do whatever it takes to save her child.
(Content Warnings: Sex, nudity, infant death, blood, cartoonish gore)
Yathoom, dir. Hana Kazim
United Arab Emirates, 15 min
Plagued by sleep paralysis, a young woman struggles under the weight of survivor’s guilt.
(Content Warnings: Blood, injury detail)
Bloodsuckers, dir. Rosie Brear
UK, 10 min
Bliss, a vampire slayer, suspects her housemate may not be what she seems.
(Content Warnings: Blood, strong language)
Feedback, dir. Nico van den Brink
Netherlands, 7 min
An indie band hunt a mysterious crackle disrupting their final recording session together.
(Content Warnings: Sudden loud noises, strong language)
TELE XXX, dir. Johnny Massahi
UK, 9 min
A late-night phone sexline seduces a reclusive man in this techno body horror.
(Content Warnings: Graphic sex, nudity, gore, injury detail)
UM, dir. Nieto
France, 9 min
As destruction looms, bird deities return to Earth to restore balance.
(Content Warnings: Nudity, flashing images)
Hyena, dir. Altay Ulan Yang
China, 20 min
Students lose their moral compass at a ruthless art training camp shaping their futures.
(Content Warnings: Violence, strong language, depictions of bullying)
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