Another Hole in the Head 2025 Festival, Tix, Passes & Press Articles as they come
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22nd ANOTHER HOLE IN THE HEAD FILM FESTIVAL
December 5th - 18th
Balboa Theater San Francisco
December 1st to 31st, On-demand via Eventive
The 22nd Annual Another Hole in the Head Film Festival: A Celebration of the Wild, the Weird, and the Wonderfully Unexpected. Now in its 22nd year, the Another Hole in the Head Film Festival continues its mission to bring bold, boundary-pushing cinema to adventurous audiences. This year’s festival dives deep into the worlds of science fiction, fantasy, horror, and beyond, offering a global showcase of fearless independent filmmaking. Audiences can expect dozens of feature films and hundreds of short films that redefine genre storytelling—each one a testament to the imagination and creativity thriving in today’s indie film scene. Whether it’s mind-bending sci-fi, darkly comic horror, or genre hybrids that defy easy labels, the 2025 lineup promises to challenge, thrill, and inspire.
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Press Articles Below
9 films to see at S.F.’s Another Hole in the Head Film Festival
By Pam Grady, ContributorNov 25, 2025
A bounty hunter in search of a mysterious briefcase discovers there are things worse than eviction for tenants of a rundown apartment complex overdue on the rent in “LandLord.”
Another Hole in the Head: Begins online Monday, Dec. 1. Through Dec. 31. $17-$25 for live events; $10 online; $40-$160 pass. Online and at Balboa Theatre, 3630 Balboa St., S.F. ahith.com
Remington Smith’s vampire saga, in which the bloodsucker is the slumlord who owns the joint, is among the treats in store as the 2025 edition of Another Hole in the Head unspools Monday, Dec. 1 through Dec. 31 at the Balboa Theatre and online.
The festival mixes genres, as well as the new and old.
In the experimental realm, filmmaker Jorge Torres-Torres’ “Raising Phoenix (A Joaquin Phoenix Extensive Filmography)” offers an offbeat exploration of the Oscar-winner’s career using clips from his oeuvre. “Shopping for Superman” is a documentary examining the existential threats facing comic book stores. Horror and comedy meet in “Kombucha,” a film director Jake Myers describes as “David Cronenberg’s Office Space” for its blend of body horror and satire.
On the classic side, AHITH presents James Whale’s “Frankenstein” (1931), Stuart Rosenberg’s “The Amityville Horror” (1979) and John Carpenter’s Kurt Russell-starring dystopian masterpiece “Escape from New York” (1981) on 16mm.
Fritz Lang’s eerie vision of the future “Metropolis” (1927) appears in a new AI-colorized edition with a re-score by The New Pollutants. The San Francisco psychedelic doom band Sleepbomb appears live with their re-score of the Arnold Schwarzenegger vehicle “Conan the Barbarian” (1982).
Nov 25, 2025
Pam Grady
2025 ANIMATION NEWSLETTER FROM ASSIFA-SF
Nov 29, 2025
(This is a section from the newsletter mentioning AHITH)
HAVE A WEIRD TIME ONLINE OR AT THE BALBOA THEATRE The 22nd annual event will be December 5 – 18 at the Balboa Theater, 3630 Balboa St, San Francisco and from December 1 to 31, on demand via Eventive. Programs iclude Shrine of Abominations (2025), a stop motion horror film that was shot at Tippett Studio Animation, and BlackFlag (2025) animation from Italy. The latter is set in an oppressive regime that celebrates violence and uses propaganda to promote absolute control and the loss of individual freedom. There is also a program of 9 animated shorts with Metropolis. The shorts demonstrate “how artists are using AI to expand the language of film itself.”
The full schedule includes programming details and ticket information. www.ahith.com or https://holehead2025.eventive.org/welcome
Screen Grabs: Let’s get weird for the holidays at Another Hole in the Head
Blood-sucking landlords, hilarious hoagies, deadly influencers, bad haircuts: 'Tis the season for the 22nd freak film fest
November 30, 2025
Holidays themselves are horror enough for many, and holiday horror movies such a thing by now that quite a number of folk have a personal favorite to watch each year. (In fact, so popular are the original Yuletide slashers Black Christmas and Silent Night, Deadly Night, both have been subjected to multiple remakes and/or sequels.)
But for the truly dedicated, all of December should be dedicated to cinema of the macabre. They get their wish with the latest edition of Another Hole In the Head, the festival whose focus on sci-fi, fantasy, horror, and more, i.e. the miscellaneously “wild, weird and wonderfully unexpected,” returns for its 22nd edition this week. The online edition on Eventive does indeed run all month long, December 1-31, with quite a number of titles available via streaming only.
The in-person program, held at SF’s Balboa Theatre, occupies a shorter if busy span December 5-18. It opens this Fri/5 with two indie US features (both accompanied by shorts): Daniel W. Bowhers’ Beyond the Drumlins finds a crew of university researchers waylaid by mysterious powers during a field trip in the woods; Kyle Misak’s more darkly comedic Bad Haircut has another collegian suffering some things far worse than the title predicament when he goes to get his faulty follicles fixed by one very peculiar barber.
Eating and drinking also prove potentially very hazardous to your health in Dead Bloom (toxic farm soil), The Undistilled (moonshine), self-explanatory Kombucha, and Spanish Free Buffet, about a Chinese restaurant where the menu gets a bit Eating Raoul, if you know what I mean. Likewise there are cautionary tales involving freelance housecleaners (Interaction), accepting stray dinner invitations (The Hanged Man), participating in community stage endeavors (Theater Is Dead), visiting that inevitable cabin in the woods (Weekend at the End of the World), and stumbling onto satanic cults (world premiere A Reservation).
Also represented among Hole Head’s features are true-crime (Dorothea, a rather camp dramatization of a 1980s Sacramento boarding-house proprietress’ serial-killing spree), documentary (Shopping for Superman, a history of comic book stores), and horror anthologies (Hans Christian Andersen-derived Danish Adorable Humans, midwest quartet The Driftless). Animation goes way out on various limbs in the Pasolini-inspired Italian phantasmagoria BlackFlag, as well as surreal Shrine of Abominations, which may appeal to Mad Godfans. Also on the dystopian sci-fi tip are the Mexican Beings aka Seres and Volume 7, a visually striking B&W futuristic drama from Greece. Other nations encompassed onscreen include the U.K. (Foul Evil Deeds), Spain (Lily’s Ritual), Japan (The Invisible Half) and Finland (Shadowland).
If you prefer your genre content vintage, there are plenty of opportunities to scratch that itch, including 16mm showings of James Whale’s 1931 Frankenstein—the one that made a star of Boris Karloff—and 1979’s The Amityville Horror on Thurs/11. John Milius’ 1982 version of Conan the Barbarian will be revived Sat/13 with a live “re-score” by SLEEPBOMB, while Mon/15 brings Fritz Lang’s silent
masterpiece Metropolis, newly colorized, and rescored by The New Pollutants. John Carpenter’s 1981 Escape From New York gets the 16mm treatment on Wed/17, and the next night Hole Head’s on-site component ends with that original 1984 Silent Night, Deadly Night—its killer-Santa antics showcased (if that’s the word) in projected VHS. Before the festival’s official start on Friday, there’s also a special Tues/2 screening at Alamo Drafthouse New Mission of Mary Harron’s 2000 American Psycho—a prime example of a very good movie adapted from a completely awful book.
Among all these well-known revivals, a true obscurity is 1984’s Charon aka The Jar, an incomprehensible widescreen oddity in which a 30-ish bachelor picks up a distraught, wounded older man after a car accident. He brings him to his apartment to “clean up,” but when the stranger vanishes, finds himself left with a jar in which a grotesque troll doll/fetus-like creature is pickled…or something. Our hero almost immediately begins experiencing hallucinations, nightmares, et al., and cannot seem to get rid of the nasty thing no matter how he tries. Director Bruce Toscano, writer George Bradley and star Gary Wallace all seem to have never made another film, before or since. Is this near-plotless curio good? Well, not really. But it is strange enough to make you very curious just what the makers intended—and you can ask Wallace, who will be present for a Q&A after the recently restored film’s screening.
That still doesn’t cover the whole program gamut, which also includes several “shorts blocks,” yet more features, in-person appearances, and more. Here are a few recommended highlights we were able to check out in advance:
Hoagie
Hole Head always offers plenty of comedy alongside the bloody thrills and spills, frequently in movies that intermingle all three. That is certainly the case with Matt Hewitt’s anarchic feature, in which a milquetoast suburban dad (co-writer Ryan Morley) acquires the titular pulsating organic whatsit from a rural store. Eventually what his kids term a “puke sandwich” gives birth to a pint-sized being with supernatural powers—one avidly being sought by its prior owner (Stephen Heath), a crazed alt-right militia leader who’ll stop at nothing to get “my homunculus” back. Occupying terrain at the intersection of Napoleon Dynamite, E.T. and The Toxic Avenger, complete with power-ballad montage, this is a relentlessly juvenile exercise in splatstick whose witty direction and some inspired performances make it pretty dang funny.
Influencers
This sequel to writer-director Kurtis David Harder’s streaming hit Influencer a couple years ago has its surviving would-be victim Madison (Emily Tennant) realizing that serial murderess Catherine (Cassandra Naud) is alive and unwell, still wreaking havoc on well-heeled tourists and online personalities around the world. She tracks the perp down in the luxury resorts of Southeast Asia, where the two young women slowly, lethally close in on one another. Though you have to suspend a certain amount of disbelief (how could Catherine, who has a very prominent facial birthmark, hide in plain sight from authorities for so long?), this Ripley-esque thriller for the internet age is full of entertaining twists, as well as handsome sites in multinational locations.
The Killing Cell
No horror-centric fest would be complete without at least one “found-footage” narrative, and this effort by James Bessey and Karsen Schovajsa (who are also in the cast) manages to be a cut above average in a frequently tired subgenre. Five friends venture to a long-shuttered private prison facility in rural Georgia that was notorious for its abuses, intending to videotape their nocturnal poking-around for a web show exploring “haunted” places. Needless to say, what they find is much, much worse than the mild shivers hoped for. Straightforward and nasty, this doesn’t boast any particularly original ideas, but goes from creepy to brutal with impressive dedication.
LandLord
Tasked with recovering a briefcase full of loot, a no-nonsense bounty hunter-hitwoman (Adama Abramson) infiltrates a nondescript Kentucky apartment complex. But in seeking her quarry, she realizes something awful is going on here—tenants seem to be disappearing i.e. getting murdered on a regular basis. You know that thing about vampires needing to be invited into homes by their victims? Well, that doesn’t apply if the bloodsucker owns the building. Remington Smith’s gritty thriller recalls other inventive modernizations of vampire lore, like Near Dark and Let the Right One In, while staking out its own distinctive, blood-soaked terrain.
Raising Phoenix
A different kind of “found footage feature” is the assemblage constructed entirely of parts from other, prior movies, some excellent recent examples being San Francisco cinema homage The Green Fog and Soda Jerk’s subversive political commentary Hello Dankness. Jorge Torres Torres contributes his own unique spin with this loose life-story narrative about a protagonist who suffers a traumatizing shock as a child—one portrayed from grade-school youth to middle age by Joaquin Phoenix, or rather by clips drawn from his entire career to date. Only the later parts are likely to be very familiar, as they utilize scenes from variably famous, more recent films like Joker and Gladiator. You may well have forgotten, or never knew, that before fame the actor appeared in all kinds of TV detritus, from an Afterschool Special to Murder, She Wrote. This clever construct also utilizes footage from other, non-Phoenix-related projects, some 300 altogether, creating an exquisite-corpse monster out of mismatched puzzle pieces.
The 22nd annual Another Hole in the Head runs Fri/5-Thu/18 at the Balboa Theater in SF. Its On Demand programs will be available December 1-31. Full schedule, film, ticket and other info can be found here.
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Movies: Another Hole in the Head fest, Vogue marquee celebration, ‘Kill Bill,’ ‘Judging Juries’
by Anita Katz, Bay City NewsDecember 1, 2025
Genre madness, a restored marquee, a ferocious bride, and some valiant librarians are coming to theaters this busy week.
A feast for genre fans and others drawn to weird, wacky and bloodcurdling fare, the Another Hole in the Head Film Festival is back with its 22nd edition of indie horror, sci-fi and fantasy cinema. In-person screenings, at San Francisco’s Balboa Theater, begin Friday and continue through Dec. 18. Online viewing is available throughout December. Dozens of feature films and hundreds of short films starring vampires, witches and serial killers screen at the festival, delivering everything from cheap scares and creative escapism to disturbing dark material. The Balboa slate launches with “Beyond the Drumlins,” a folk-horror and sci-fi thriller about an archaeology dig that turns terrifying. “Bad Haircut,” a horror comedy about a guy with hair issues who visits a “miracle worker” barber who turns out to be a madman, shares the Dec. 5 bill. Special presentations of classic genre pictures, too, are noteworthy. James Whale’s “Frankenstein” (1931) is being shown on original 16mm film. Fritz Lang’s “Metropolis” (1927) screens in a re-scored, artificial intellience-colorized form described as a “bold experiment in cinematic restoration.” Other featured oldies include “The Jar” (1984) and “The Amityville Horror” (1979). Additional selections include “The Driftless,” featuring Midwestern horror tales; “Weekend at the End of the World,” a cabin-in-the-woods comedy; “Dorothea,” inspired by the true story of 1980s grandmother and serial killer Dorothea Puente; “Kombucha,” an office-horror comedy; and short films. The Another Hole in the Head Film Festival is a project of SF IndieFest. Tickets are $17 for most programs. Visit ahith.com for more details.
(read the rest of the article in the link below)
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The film fest we need right now
If those hummable, inescapable Christmas tunes are earworming their way right through your brain and even driving you a little batty, perhaps it’s time to chill out at the 22nd annual Another Hole in the Head film fest. Dedicated to the freaky and fantastical, this Bay Area treat running Dec. 5-18 offers a respite from the swirl of sugar-caned madness.
In addition to 16mm screenings of genre gems such as 1931’s “Frankenstein” and 1979’s “Amityville Horror” (both Dec. 11), and the 1982 Arnold Schwarzenegger bloodbath “Conan the Barbarian” (Dec. 13) — spruced up with a live “re-score” — and even “Escape From New York” (Dec. 17), there are new offerings that aspire to attain future cult status.
We highly recommend screenwriter/director Tim Connery’s polished Midwest-set “The Driftless” (6:30 p.m. Monday), essentially a quartet of terror-laced tales that get told to customers at an out-of-the-way antique shop owned by one very odd fella. Each story works; my fave is about an alcoholic country singer bingeing on a bad bottle of spirits. Connery, who will be attending, is a natural-born and gifted storyteller and director.
In director Remington Smith’s aptly titled and enjoyable “LandLord” (8 p.m. Sunday), a vampire landlord sucks dry his renters at a scrappy apartment complex dry (insert metaphor here) while a bounty hunter has her eye on someone dwelling there.
Details: Screenings at San Francisco’s Balboa Theatre; a streaming version of the festival will be available through Dec. 31; most screenings cost $17; on-demand films are $10; holehead2025.eventive.org.
– Randy Myers, correspondent
Full Article https://www.marinij.com/2025/12/04/bay-area-arts-9-cool-shows-events-and-concerts-to-catch-this-week/
Our Frightening Five: A Quintet of Recommended Features at Another Hole in the Head Film Festival
Written by Joseph Perry
San Francisco’s Another Hole in the Head Film Festival is renowned for showcasing the weird, the wacky, and the wondrous in cutting-edge cinema, and this year’s edition shows exactly why. With both in-person screenings and a virtual edition, genre-film aficionados can even join in from the comfort of their couches for the entire month of December.
I’ve reviewed five of this year’s offerings for previous festivals that Another Hole in the Head Film Festival attendees will want to put on their need-to-see lists, and after the fest’s official press announcement — following, in italics — you’ll find quotes from and links to my reviews of those recommended films. For more information, visit https://www.ahith.com/.
Now in its 22nd year, the Another Hole in the Head Film Festival continues its mission to bring bold, boundary-pushing cinema to adventurous audiences. This year’s festival dives deep into the worlds of science fiction, fantasy, horror, and beyond, offering a global showcase of fearless independent filmmaking.
Audiences can expect dozens of feature films and hundreds of short films that redefine genre storytelling—each one a testament to the imagination and creativity thriving in today’s indie film scene. Whether it’s mind-bending sci-fi, darkly comic horror, or genre hybrids that defy easy labels, the 2025 lineup promises to challenge, thrill, and inspire.
The cinematic celebration unfolds December 5–18 at San Francisco’s legendary Balboa Theater, where audiences can experience the festival’s electrifying lineup on the big screen. Many screenings will feature in-person appearances and Q&As with filmmakers, offering fans a rare chance to connect directly with the creative minds behind the films.
For those who prefer to watch from home — or want to keep the festival spirit going all month long — On-Demand screenings will be available December 1–31 through Eventive, bringing the weird, the wild, and the wonderful straight to your screen.
Adorable Humans
Synopsis: Four separate yet interconnected chapters, each of them a contemporary horror-adaptation of a story by Hans Christian Andersen, tell four stories about fate and acceptance, about love and loss.
“Put the kiddies to bed because this Danish anthology of Hans Christian Andersen adaptations is decidedly not for them. Adorable Humans is abundant with sex, drugs, and yes, rock and roll — not to mention no shortage of violence — with each segment deserving of the description ‘macabre.’” Full review here.
Weekend at the End of the World
Synopsis: Best friends Karl and Miles have an opportunity to strike it rich, the only thing that stands in their way is the end of the world.
“I am a big fan of horror comedies done well, and I can honestly say that I haven’t laughed out loud at one in recent memory as much as I did with director Gille Klabin’s Weekend at the End of the World. A buddy comedy with plenty of fear-far elements, the film is an absolute blast.” Full review here.
Kombucha
Synopsis: A mind-altering drink makes employees work themselves to death.
“. . . a highly amusing chills-and-chuckles film that boasts super performances from its cast members, solid direction and pacing that builds to a weird, wild climax . . . Kombucha comes highly recommended for horror comedy aficionados and anyone less than enthused with their corporate office climate.” Full review here.
Influencers
Synopsis: In the picturesque landscapes of southern France, a young woman’s chilling fascination with murder and identity theft sends her life into a whirlwind of chaos.
“ . . . ramps up the insanity from the first film [Influencer], and though you may have to willingly suspend some disbelief once in a while, you’ll be doing it for the sake of enjoying a full-throttle horror outing that has no shortage of kills and thrills. Influencers is full-on fun scare-fare entertainment that comes highly recommended . . .” Full review here.
Feature Theaterical Screenings listed in order below starting December 5th at the Balboa Theater in San Francisco. Click image for tickets
BEYOND THE DRUMLINS
Beyond The Drumlins (+ 4 Short Films)
Friday, December 5, 2025 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM PST
Balboa Theater Auditorium 2
Step into the darkness early at Hole in the Head with Beyond the Drumlins, a gripping blend of folk horror and cosmic sci-fi that spirals into one of the year’s most unnerving descents into the unknown.
As autumn creeps across New England, Professor Jonathan Rust is scrambling to salvage his semester with a last-ditch field expedition—part research trip, part desperate attempt to secure tenure, and maybe even regain a sense of direction. Joined by a small team of colleagues and friends, Jonathan sets out to find the perfect dig site. But the discovery they’re chasing is nothing compared to the terror that finds them first.
When one of their own suddenly disappears, the group is thrust into a chilling collision of reality and the afterlife—where folklore feels like truth, and truth feels like madness. What begins as an innocent academic outing unravels into a nightmare of shifting worlds, buried secrets, and forces far beyond human comprehension.
Echoing the dread-soaked legacy of Event Horizon, Alien, and Prince of Darkness, Beyond the Drumlins delivers smart, atmospheric horror for audiences who crave intelligent genre work with teeth. It’s dark, it’s eerie, and it’s exactly the kind of film Hole in the Head audiences devour.
Come early, settle in, and prepare yourself—the festival’s first major plunge into cosmic terror starts here.
Tickets https://holehead2025.eventive.org/schedule/beyond-the-drumlins-with-4-short-films-690c0eaf5280eb588618b13e
BAD HAIRCUT
Bad Haircut
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OPENING NIGHT! 🎉
BAD HAIRCUT (with 2 short films)
Dec 5 • 8:30 PM • Balboa Theater – Auditorium 2
22nd Another Hole in the Head Film Festival
Kick off Opening Night with a wild, dark-comedy ride that’s equal parts chaotic, heartfelt, and absolutely unhinged.
Billy Crumpus has zero confidence, zero game, and—well—that haircut. After a disastrous party, his friends drag him to their “miracle worker” barber… who turns out to be an eccentric madman with a talent for pushing people way past their limits.
What should’ve been a quick trim spirals into a full-blown, thrill-packed adventure with twists, danger, and the worst (best?) day of Billy’s entire life. Through the madness, he might just find the confidence he’s been searching for.
A genre-blending blast made for anyone who grew up quoting their favorite cult comedies at school, Bad Haircut brings the energy, the weirdness, and the heart—and it’s aiming to become someone’s new favorite movie.
🔥 Don’t miss this Opening Night crowd-pleaser.
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WEEKEND AT THE END OF THE WORLD
Weekend at the End of the World (With 2 short films)
Saturday, December 6, 2025 5:30 PM PST
Balboa Theater Auditorium 2
San Francisco
Best friends Karl and Miles head up to a cabin in the woods, bequeathed to Miles by his recently deceased Meemaw. What starts out as a weekend of partying, getting Karl over his ex, and fixing up the cabin in the hopes of becoming property tycoons, quickly descends into an adventure of inter-dimensional portals, possessed demonic heralds, and the fate of our world in the hands of two idiots.
Director Statement
Weekend At The End Of The World was made with a central goal in mind; to entertain and surprise. We tried to create a movie that gave audiences just enough familiar cinematic threads to hold on to that they would feel like they were navigating familiar genres, and then subvert their expectations with comedic and horrific aspects that would never let them feel like they were a step ahead of the movie. At its core, our movie tries to take audiences on a ride that’s anchored with heart. It’s a story of self actualization, set in a wildly original world, that we hope will make audiences care, scream, and laugh.
Trailer https://youtu.be/J0-Cs7yvSjs
CHARON: THE JAR
CHARON (The Jar 1984) (Gary Wallace in attendance)
Saturday, December 6, 2025 7:45 PM PST
Balboa Theater Auditorium 2
San Francisco
The Jar (1984)
(Gary Wallace in attendance)
Paul (Gary Wallace) is traveling home one evening after work when he finds an old man who is injured on the side of the road. Paul stops and carries the man to his care in order to take him home and clean him up. The old man tells Paul about a jar that he cannot leave there and for him to pick it up. Paul then gets home and the old man disappears but the jar remains...and consumes Paul. Are things spiraling for Paul? Is the jar making him see visions? What could be next?
Charon, aka The Jar, was released by Magnum Entertainment in 1984 and was omnipresent in video rental stores. While the film was shot in scope, the distributor released it in a butchered cropped presentation cutting out about half of the intended frame in a murky VHS transfer. Terror Vision has restored Charon/The Jar using a partial camera negative along with a print to finally offer director Bruce Toscano’s unique vision in all its beautiful, color drenched glory. Accompanied by a stunning synth score and bonus material, this is a striking new viewing experience for even longtime fans of the film.
Trailer https://youtu.be/E7hNcyw4EIo
KOMBUCHA
Kombucha ( with 2 short films)
Sunday, December 7, 2025 5:30 PM PST
Balboa Theater Auditorium 2
San Francisco
David Cronenberg meets The Office in this oozing corporate horror-comedy of soul death by spreadsheet and gut rot. Trapped in a fluorescent-lit cubicle farm, an aspiring musician thinks the free breakroom kombucha is a perk—until it begins to change him. What starts with suspicious smiles and team-building ends in a bile-drenched metamorphosis.
Director Statement
Our elevator pitch for the film is "it's David Cronenberg's Office Space". We wanted to blend corporate satire and body horror in hopes of capturing that feeling you get when you pursue financial reward over your personal passions. Kombucha is about the fear of rejection, failure, and financial ruin that plagues creatives. It's about the fear of starting a new job and the anxiety that you might be replaceable. Unfortunately, I feel like this movie is increasingly relatable amidst mass layoffs, artificial intelligence, and corporate takeovers of every aspect of our lives.
Ratings
Trailer https://youtu.be/VHAv3R_SKWI
LANDLORD
LandLord ( with 2 short films)
Sunday, December 7, 2025 8:00 PM PST
Balboa Theater Auditorium 2
San Francisco
When a Black bounty hunter moves into a rundown apartment complex, she finds herself forced to protect an orphaned boy from the White vampire landlord.
Combining Andrea Arnold's neo-realist aesthetics with John Carpenter's dreadful atmospherics, LandLord is a new take on vampires.
Director Statement
“If vampires can’t come into your home without being invited in, what would happen if they owned your housing? They could come and go as they please, no protection.”
This question kickstarted the idea for LandLord way back in 2014, but the film’s themes hinge on two of my own pivotal childhood experiences, one of trauma and one of wonder:
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