PORTLAND, OR - Portland Horror Film Festival returns to the historic Hollywood Theatre and Clinton Street Theater June 11-15th for its 10th annual event! From its inception in the political hellscape of 2016, the vision was clear: all people from around the world, from all walks of life, speaking the same language, and that language is Horror.
The fest is thrilled to be celebrating 10 years of bringing the most diverse and inclusive program of the best international, independent horror films to its horror-loving audience! This year’s theatrical and virtual lineup includes 70+ short and feature films from 13 countries, including films from Black, Asian, Indigenous, Latinx, and Queer filmmakers, with 32 films directed by women!
The festival opens with the PNW Premiere of Ethan Embry’s Oregon-filmed psychological shocker, ALMA & THE WOLF, co-starring Li Jun Li (SINNERS) and directed by Michael Patrick Jann. In a dish served bloody hot, revenge thriller SAYARA from BASKIN director and Turkish horror sensation Can Evrenol, is the most extreme, gory, and also most complex of the decade. The festival features two US Premieres, quirky ghostly thriller TOKYO STRANGE TALE, from Japanese director Koichi Ueno, and IT NEEDS EYES, an LGBTQ psychological thriller that questions our addiction to digital media, from PHFF alums Zack Ogle and Aaron Pagniano. The long awaited HOUSE OF ASHES from rising star Izzy Lee, gory shocker STRAIGHT ON TILL MORNING by Craig Ouellette, and Rose Trimboli’s YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE, a contemporary LGBTQ take on the classic vampire genre, make their PNW Premieres. Rounding out the feature film line up are two indie arthouse killers, security footage analog horror DOOBA DOOBA from Ehrland Hollingsworth, and the decidedly Lynchian black and white MALDOROR by directing team LP Behbahani.
More than 50 short films grace this year’s program! Highlights include “La Vedova Nera”, a Lynchian queer horror homage to giallo films from France, “Junio’s First Kiss”, a coming of age horror from Indonesia, the World premiere of “Mrs. Chang’s Perfect Teeth” by Asian-Canadian director Karen Lam, Portland-local woodlands stalker “Lumberjack”, lush cinematic spookiness in “The Red Stone” from Mexico, “Left” from Egypt, and “The Scalpel”, a long lost black and white silent film by Richard Lyford, recently restored by Seattle composer Ed Hartmann.
Horror fanatics who can’t make it in person can stream a selection of 6+ short film blocks, 4 features, and streaming exclusive films, available through the Portland Horror Film Festival’s Eventive portal. The streaming program begins Thursday June 12th and concludes June 17th (available anywhere in the US only).
For ticket information, the full schedule, film listing, and more, please visit https://portlandhorrorfilmfestival.com
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