The Tribeca Festival is nearly here, taking place June 7 to June 18, and it brings a packed slate of screenings and premieres.
The festival’s 22nd edition offers a hybrid experience of virtual and in-person, with notable genre programming dedicated to repertory screenings that include Re-Animator to upcoming premieres. In other words, Tribeca’s bringing the horror this year.
Here are five titles we can’t wait to see at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival.
Bad Things (United States) – World Premiere
In this haunting thriller, a new variation of psychological horror invites audiences to question the limitations of our contemporary relationships with people and spaces, and the implications of undealt trauma.
Written/Directed by Stewart Thorndike. Gayle Rankin, Hari Nef, Annabelle Dexter-Jones, and Rad Pereira star.
Why we’re excited: Haunted hotels and fragile minds pair well together in horror, as The Shining classically demonstrated.
Perpetrator (United States, France) – North American Premiere
Teenager Jonny gains supernatural abilities through a mystical transformation, just as girls from her new school go missing. Jonny takes the investigation into her own hands in this coming-of-age, feminist horror-noir.
Directed and written by Jennifer Reeder. Produced by Derek Bishé, Gregory Chambet. With Kiah McKirnan, Alicia Silverstone, Christopher Lowell, Melanie Liburd, Ireon Roach. A Shudder release.
Why we’re excited: Jennifer Reeder’s Night’s End and Knives and Skin ensure we can expect the unexpected with a stylish twist.
Somewhere Quiet (United States) – World Premiere
Meg (Jennifer Kim) is trying to readjust to normal life after recently being involved in a heinous abduction. To recenter herself, she takes a trip to the woods by the coast in Cape Cod with her husband Scott (Kentucker Audley) to stay at his wealthy family’s countryside compound. Scott’s cousin arrives, wreaking havoc on Meg’s sanity and leaving her questioning the truth behind her kidnapping.
Directed and written by Olivia West Lloyd in her feature debut. Marin Ireland also stars.
Why we’re excited: A psychological genre-bender that questions what happens after the Final Girl survives? Sign us up.
Suitable Flesh (United States) – North American Premiere
After murdering her young patient, a once-esteemed psychiatrist helplessly watches her life spiral into a nightmarish maelstrom of supernatural hysteria and gruesome deaths, all linked to a seemingly unstoppable ancient curse.
Directed by Joe Lynch, written by Dennis Paoli. Heather Graham, Judah Lewis, Bruce Davison, Johnathon Schaech, and Jonah Ray also star.
Why we’re excited: Lynch helming a Lovecraft tale executive produced by Brian Yuzna, starring Barbara Crampton, and written by Paoli? It’s a Stuart Gordon reunion that we never saw coming.
You’ll Never Find Me (Australia) – World Premiere
During a rampaging storm, a shaken young woman arrives at a stranger’s door in an RV park seeking shelter. They both question motives and desires as things escalate to a deadly, bizarre showdown.
Directed by Josiah Allen, Indianna Bell, written by Indianna Bell. Produced by Josiah Allen, Indianna Bell, Jordan Cowan, Christine Williams. With Jordan Cowan, Brendan Rock.
Why we’re excited: Some of the best horror stories always begin on a dark and stormy night, after all.
Stay tuned for Bloody Disgusting’s full Tribeca 2023 coverage!