 This year, the Boston Underground Film Festival returns with some hotly anticipated horror flicks sure to set the year off right... ...If you're in New England later this month, then rejoice! One of our favorite festivals, the 22nd annual Boston Underground Film Festival returns to Harvard Square, bringing with it five days of "sublime cinervana" to the Brattle Theatre from March 25th through the 29th. This year’s program promises "a whole lot of unholy obsession, objectophilia, WTF thrillers, genre-spinning slashers, familial dysfunction, queer clairvoyance, and more." Check out the full list of new genre films playing at the fest below, and make sure to get tickets here!  DEERSKIN Boston Premiere Quentin Dupieux | France | 2019 A man's obsession with his designer deerskin jacket causes him to blow his life savings and turn to crime.  DINNER IN AMERICA East Coast Premiere Adam Rehmeier | USA | 2020 An on-the-lam punk rocker and a young woman obsessed with his band unexpectedly fall in love and go on an epic journey together through America's decaying Midwestern suburbs.  HOLY TRINITY Boston Premiere Molly Hewitt | USA | 2019 A queer dominatrix named Trinity huffs the contents of a magic aerosol can and develops the ability to talk to the dead.  IT COMES New England Premiere Tetsuya Nakashima | Japan | 2018 One day, a visitor leaves Hideki a memo of his unborn daughter's name "Chisa". Two years later, Hideki's house is attacked by a sinister presence. To protect his family, Hideki asks for help to perform a ritual to break an unknown spell.  IT CUTS DEEP World Premiere Nicholas Payne Santos | USA | 2020 While on Christmas vacation, a young couple contemplates their future together. Ashley is interested in getting married and having kids which terrifies Sam. When the more attractive and paternal Nolan enters the picture, Sam’s life spirals out of control as Ashley questions their relationship. Chaos reigns as Sam desperately clings to Ashley while fending off the threatening Nolan.  JESUS SHOWS YOU THE WAY TO THE HIGHWAY New England Premiere Miguel Llansó | Spain/Estonia/Ethiopia/Latvia/Romania | 2019 CIA Agents Palmer and Gagano are tasked with the mission of destroying a computer virus called "Soviet Union". They enter the system using VR but the mission turns into a trap.  JUMBO East Coast Premiere Zoé Wittock | France/Belgium/Luxembourg | 2020 Jeanne, a shy young woman, works in an amusement park. Fascinated with carousels, she still lives at home with her mother. That's when Jeanne meets Jumbo, the park's new flagship attraction.  LUCKY East Coast Premiere Natasha Kermani | USA | 2020 A suburban woman fights to be believed as she finds herself stalked by a threatening figure who returns to her house night after night. When she can't get help from those around her, she is forced to take matters into her own hands.  SAINT MAUD Boston Premiere Rose Glass | UK | 2019 The debut film from writer-director Rose Glass, Saint Maud is a chilling and boldly original vision of faith, madness, and salvation in a fallen world. Maud, a newly devout hospice nurse, becomes obsessed with saving her dying patient’s soul — but sinister forces, and her own sinful past, threaten to put an end to her holy calling.  SHARK WEEK International Premiere Bri Proke | USA | 2020 Lonely burnout Bill Berney loses his dog, and skateboards around the city trying to find him. Throughout this sweaty summer day, Bill is repeatedly confronted with his past, and those involved in it.  THE DEEPER YOU DIG East Coast Premiere John Adams, Toby Poser | USA | 2019 In the aftermath of a roadside accident, the line between the living and the dead collapses for a mother, a daughter and a stranger. By Matt Konopka
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