Festivals

A student of the great Dick Smith, Rick Baker—a seven-time Oscar winner—has elevated prosthetic makeup to an art form: werewolves, aliens, zombies, apes, and monstrous creatures with a physicality and realism that defined an era.

Paco Plaza has redefined Spanish horror cinema with a claustrophobic and visceral style that blends found footage, demonic possessions, and dark folklore.

With Baskin, Turkish director Can Evrenol forged a visionary and visceral genre, a daring talent playing with surreal nightmares, innovative gore and demonic folklore

A pioneer of European action and science fiction cinema with a visual style influenced by Hollywood tradition, Luc Besson presents his latest film, Dracula

With the Terrifier franchise, director Damien Leone created the iconic Art the Clown, a sadistic and silent clown who dominates with sequences of raw and innovative violence.

A forerunner of low-budget independent cinema, Sean Cunningham has built a career based on fast-paced and innovative productions in the horror and exploitation genre, such as the first Friday the 13th and The Last House on the Left

Frankenstein is a faithful and intelligent reworking of Mary Shelley's original material, set in modern-day Los Angeles. In Bernard Rose's film, Frankenstein's creature is not a reanimated collection of criminal body parts, no bolts in the neck or flat hair. Rather, his creature is more of a grown child than a Boris Karloff clone.

A master of psychedelic and provocative terror, South African director Richard Stanley is known for redefining cyberpunk horror.

Takashi Miike, visionary Japanese director who revolutionized cinema with his explosive blend of extreme horror, yakuza pulp, and surreal humor, talks about

Specializing in the horror and thriller genre, and with a visually bold approach that has consolidated him among the contemporary masters of European horror, Jaume Balagueró presents his latest film, Venus