TERRIFYING AND ECLECTIC SHOWCASE FEATURES REIGN AT THE INTERNATIONAL HORROR & SCI-FI FILM FESTIVAL
PHOENIX (Friday, March 29, 2024) – The International Horror & Sci-Fi Film Festival, part of the 2024 Phoenix Film Festival, will include a wide variety of bone-chilling Showcase Features. Below is a preview of the terrifying titles being shown during this year's run:
***SHOWCASE FEATURES***
"WHAT YOU WISH FOR"
IHSFFF Opening Night Film
Synopsis: Ryan, a chef with gambling problems, meets an old friend in a Latin American villa where he's been hired to cook an elaborate private meal for incoming guests. After assuming his friend's identity to take over the lucrative gig, Ryan comes to realize he may have bitten off more than he can chew.
Screenings:
Friday, April 5 at 7:35pm
Thursday, April 11 at 6:45pm
"THINGS WILL BE DIFFERENT"
Synopsis: In order to escape police after a robbery, two estranged siblings lay low in a farmhouse that hides them away in a different time. There they reckon with a mysterious force that pushes their familial bonds to unnatural breaking points.
Screenings:
Tuesday, April 9 at 9:00pm
Saturday, April 13 at 7:30pm
"THE LONELY MAN WITH THE GHOST MACHINE"
Synopsis: The last man on Earth after a global catastrophe finds himself questioning his purpose and sanity as both his dead wife and a mysterious stranger confront him with his past, his present, and whatever future might remain in the wastes of a dead world.
Screenings:
Friday, April 12 at 6:30pm
Saturday, April 13 at 9:35pm
"ANIMALIA"
Synopsis: Itto, a young woman from a modest rural background, is slowly adapting to the Moroccan privileged codes of her husband's family. But when supernatural events put the country in a state of emergency, Itto finds herself separated from her husband and new family. Alone, pregnant and looking for her way back, she finds emancipation.
Screenings:
Saturday, April 6 at 9:45pm
Wednesday, April 10 at 9:05pm
"CREEP BOX"
Synopsis: After his wife’s death, a scientist tries to use ground- breaking technology to determine if there is life after death but once he is through the looking glass, there is no turning back.
Screening:
Friday, April 12 at 8:35pm
"HANDLING THE UNDEAD"
Synopsis: On a hot summer day in Oslo, the dead mysteriously awaken, and three families are thrown into chaos when their deceased loved ones come back to them. Who are they, and what do they want? A family is faced with the mother’s reawakening before they have even mourned her death after a car accident; an elderly woman gets the love of her life back the same day she has buried her; a grandfather rescues his grandchild from the gravesite in a desperate attempt to get his daughter out of her depression. Handling the Undead is a drama with elements of horror about three families, a story about grief and loss, but also about hope and understanding of what we can’t comprehend or control.
Screenings:
Saturday, April 13 at 9:40pm
Sunday, April 14 at 5:15pm
"TIGER STRIPES"
Synopsis: The first amongst her friends to hit puberty, Zaffan, 12, discovers a terrifying secret about her body. Ostracized by her community, Zaffan fights back, learning that to be free she must embrace the body she feared, emerging as a proud, strong woman.
Screenings:
Friday, April 5 at 8:40pm
Monday, April 8 at 6:50pm
"THE CONCIERGE"
Synopsis: Akino is a trainee concierge at the Hokkyoku Department Store, an unusual department store that caters exclusively to animals. Under the watchful eyes of the floor manager and senior concierges, Akino runs around to fulfill the wishes of customers with a myriad of needs and problems in her pursuit to become a full-fledged concierge.
Screenings:
Sunday, April 7 at 6:45pm
Saturday, April 13 at 11:20am
"THE BECOMERS"
Synopsis: Opening with a shot of planet Earth, a voice describes meeting their lover for the first time. “I remember how pretty and pale they looked, standing in the sulfur rain,” they intone. Part science fiction and part road movie, The Becomers is a genre-bending romantic tale of two body-swapping aliens trying to find their place on this big, dumb planet. The film mines an American landscape increasingly beset by uncertainty and violence to capture a real sense of unease and dread underlying the surface of public life. With its fun, lo-fi effects and singular strangeness, The Becomers will make you laugh, cringe, and yearn — all in the same breath.
Screenings:
Saturday, April 6 at 10:00pm
Tuesday, April 9 at 6:45pm
"SLEEP"
Synopsis: SLEEP follows newlyweds Hyun-su (LEE Sun-kyun, PARASITE) and Soo-jin (JUNG Yu-mi), whose domestic bliss is disrupted when Hyun-su begins speaking in his sleep, ominously stating, “Someone’s inside.” From that night on, whenever he falls asleep, Hyun-su transforms into someone else, with no recollection of what happened the night before. Overwhelmed with anxiety that he may hurt himself or their young family, Soo-jin can barely sleep because of this irrational fear. Despite treatment, Hyun-su’s sleepwalking only intensifies, and Soo-jin begins to feel that her unborn child may be in danger.
Screenings:
Monday, April 8 at 9:00pm
Friday, April 12 at 8:45pm
"HUMANIST VAMPIRE SEEKING CONSENTING SUICIDAL PERSON"
Synopsis: Sasha is a young vampire with a serious problem: she’s too sensitive to kill! When her exasperated parents cut off her blood supply, Sasha’s life is in jeopardy. Luckily, she meets Paul, a lonely teenager with suicidal tendencies who is willing to give his life to save hers. But their friendly agreement soon becomes a nocturnal quest to fulfill Paul’s last wishes before day breaks.
Screenings:
Saturday, April 6 at 7:30pm
Wednesday, April 10 at 6:45pm
"PROPERTY"
Synopsis: Teresa and her husband travel to their family farm to take refuge from urban violence. But there they face a revolt by local workers, alarmed by the imminent loss of their homes. She locks herself in her armored car, but is unable to start it. Meanwhile, workers try to communicate with her and if necessary, take her out by force. The layer of armor that separates these two universes may not be enough to contain the fear and violence that grows every passing minute.
Screenings:
Thursday, April 11 at 9:00pm
Saturday, April 13 at 9:45pm
To view the full schedule and to purchase tickets, please visit: https://www.horrorscifi.com/films
