The International Horror & Sci-Fi Film Festival, part of the 2024 Phoenix Film Festival, will feature a wide range of horror and science fiction themed films set to thrill audiences!
Top scares and highlights are listed below:
Horror Highlights
“SHERYL”
Synopsis: After she’s dumped by her serial killer boyfriend for not being “hot enough”, a beauty-obsessed woman, goes on a murderous, blood-soaked quest to create the perfect face, while simultaneously navigating her new relationship with the cop investigating the murders. Revenge never looked so good.
Directed by: Justin Best
Cast: Anthea Neri-Best, Shaan Sharma, Christopher Cendana, Jade Ramirez, Chelsea Spirito
Screening Times:
Saturday, April 6 at 9:45pm
Friday, April 12 at 9:15am
Sunday, April 14 at 5:10pm
“BAKEMONO”
Synopsis: A multitude of guests visit the same cheap Tokyo Airbnb at different times, unaware of the gruesome creature waiting for them.
Directed by: Doug Roos
Cast: Takashi Irie, Marilyn Kawakami, Dominic Early, Yurika Natsume, Yukina Takase
Screening Times:
Sunday, April 7 at 7:10pm
Friday, April 12 at 8:55pm
Saturday, April 13 at 9:15am
“MYSTERIOUS WAYS”
Synopsis: After a family tragedy, two sibling youth pastors attempt to save their struggling church with an End of Days-themed Tiktok dance they hope will go viral. Instead, the dance accidentally possesses their pastor’s daughter with a demonic spirit, sending them off on a rescue mission from Hell.
Directed by: Tyler Eaton
Cast: Alyssa Sabo, Brandon Raman, Miranda Rae Hart, Dennis Hurley, Eddie Pepitone, James Adomian, Shannon Dee, Russell Sperberg
Screening Times:
Friday, April 5 at 8:25pm
Friday, April 12 at 11:20am
Saturday, April 13 at 8:40pm
Sci-Fi Highlights
“ROSWELL DELIRIUM”
Synopsis: A young girl named Mayday receives an intergalactic distress call on her ham radios that takes her to Spacerock, a land with healing powers. She is exposed to severe radiation that rapidly declines her health, and her grieving mother takes her to Spacerock in hopes that she can be saved.
Directed by: Richard Bakewell
Cast: Anthony Michael Hall, Dee Wallace, Reginald VelJohnson, Lisa Whelchel, Sam Jones, Kylee Levien, Ashton Solecki, Arielle Bodenhausen, Ryan Kennedy, Kayden Tokarski, Georgia MacPhail, Romyn Smith
Screening Times:
Friday, April 5 at 4:10pm
Saturday, April 13 at 4:25pm
Sunday, April 14 at 11:35am
“TIM TRAVERS & THE TIME TRAVELERS PARADOX”
Synopsis: A scientist creates a Time Machine and kills their younger self. That is the Paradox, and Paradoxes are impossible. This man is Tim Travers, whose stated mission in life is to stand alone with God at the end of time, and tell the bastard off.
Directed by: Stimson Snead
Cast: Sam Dunning, Felicia Day, Joel McHale, Danny Trejo, Keith David, Stimson Snead, David Babbit, Nicole Murrey
Screening Times:
Sunday, April 7 at 9:25am
Friday, April 12 at 4:15pm
Sunday, April 14 at 2:45pm
“THE BOSTROM SCENARIO”
Synopsis: Alice Wonder is haunted by the visions of her brother’s death, but everyone denies he ever existed. Alice searches for answers, unravelling the story of Plato; a supernatural photographer of the H.E.B. And some renegade film students on the set of a cursed documentary, uncovering a dreaded computer experiment.
Directed by: Ricky Townsend
Cast: Isayah Snow, Felix Elliott, Kat Forrester, Kathleen Burns, Roy Snow, Josiah Morgan
Screening Times:
Saturday, April 6 at 9:05am
Friday, April 12 at 11:35am
Saturday, April 13 at 1:30pm
To view the full schedule and to purchase tickets, please visit: https://www.horrorscifi.com/films
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