Moving should be easy.
Movies should be scary.
Join us for the 2023 Brooklyn Horror Film Festival. In its 8th year, this local celebration of genre scares runs from October 12th through October 19th at Nitehawk Cinema Prospect Park and Nitehawk Cinema Williamsburg in Brooklyn, NY. Don’t forget to come knock on our door & take a look through the peep hole at both locations. We’d love to see your pictures, tag @coolhandmovers.
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The Brooklyn Horror Film Festival is a 501(c)(3) non-profit in its 8th year bringing thrills and chills to audiences in Park Slope and Williamsburg. The critically acclaimed event highlights the best from established and debut horror filmmakers. Visit Nitehawk Cinema for the full schedule.
Festival attendees, mention BHFF when you request an estimate for 10% off of your rate.
Audiences are in for an unearthly lineup of films and events. The festival’s signature sidebar programs all return:
Home Invasion | Slayed: LGBTQ Horror Films | Fear in Focus | Head Trip
The Home Invasion sidebar, presented by Cool Hand Movers shines a spotlight on NYC’s brightest new filmmakers and includes Chris Skotchdopole’s anxiety-inducing debut CRUMB CATCHER, BHFF short film alum Mary Dauterman’s singular feature debut BOOGER, CANNIBAL MUKBANG, and two shorts blocks.
HOME INVASION #1 & #2 (Shorts blocks)
Your one-stop shop for the best in local genre shorts, this annual program is an ever-impressive showcase for the boundless talent and twisted imaginations of NYC filmmakers.
Red Gloves, dir. Santiago Saba Salem; The Third Ear, dir. Nathan Ginter; Leaving Yellowstone, dir. Kayla Arend; Variations on a Theme, dir. PeteFlorence in Customer Care, dir. Jordan Sommerlad, Corey Stonebrook; hArmless, dir. Elizabeth Cappuccino; Beneath Cracked Pavement, dir. Marcus Fahey; All Your Women Things, dir. Madison Bloom; Mercury, dir. Clara Dubau; Rejoice in the Lamb; dir. Will Carington, Courtney Bush, Jake Goicoechea; Ties, dir. Esteban Baileyr Collins Campbell; Versace Softboi, dir. Charlie Gillette, Sarah Metcalf; Smothered, dir. Heather Luscombe; Boyhoarder, dir. Gabrielle Carrubba
The Opening Night film is the World Premiere of KILL YOUR LOVER from directors Alix Austin and Keir Siewert, who previously announced themselves to the BHFF audience last year with their short film SUCKER. The 2023 festival boasts the World Premieres of two more exciting new films: GAIA director Jaco Bouwer’s unsettling BREATHING IN, and Tyler Chipman’s powerfully creepy debut THE SHADE. The festival’s other spotlight titles include director Pascal Plante’s recently announced Utopia Distribution title RED ROOMS as the festival’s Centerpiece Film, and Jenn Wexler’s ’70s supernatural Christmas horror THE SACRIFICE GAME as the Closing Night Film.
