Mexico's most famous phantom, La Llorona has been the subject of dozens of movies over the years, including a recent installment in the Conjuring franchise and Jayro Bustamante's Golden Globe-nominated 2019 film. This, however, is almost certainly the wildest. Produced by and starring the legendary Abel Salazar (THE BRAINIAC, et al), CURSE OF THE CRYING WOMAN is Mexican gothic at its weirdest and most bombastic, throwing every imaginable trope and special effect at the wall to create a delirious concoction of haunted house hysteria complete with witches, dungeons, cobwebs, and a deranged spouse locked up in the attic, to name just a few.

To celebrate it's 25th anniversary. We're screening Mariah Carey’s magnum opus about a young singer navigating the vicious terrains of love and music in 80s NYC. With oscar-worthy performances from Da Brat and Padma Lakshmi, a knock-off Mark Wahlberg love interest, and earth-shattering operatics from Mariah, you will not want to miss this film event of a lifetime.

The feature debut of Mary Harron (American Psycho) and one of the most controversial independent films of the 1990s, I Shot Andy Warhol stars an electric Lili Taylor as Valerie Solanas, a militant feminist whose attempted murder of Andy Warhol brought instant fame to her radically anti-male SCUM Manifesto. Dropping out of grad school in the midsixties, the brilliant yet volatile Solanas survived in New York City as a destitute artist, sex worker, and panhandler, soon striking up a friendship with Warhol superstar Candy Darling that brought her briefly into the orbit of the world’s premier pop artist. Anchored by pitch-perfect performances—and featuring a blistering score by John Cale as well as covers of sixties hits by some of the nineties’ most iconic bands (R.E.M., Wilco)!

From Fernando Mendez, director of what is probably Mexico's most famous gothic, 1957's El Vampiro, comes this Edgar Allan Poe-inflected tale whose Spanish-language title more closely translates to "Mysteries from Beyond the Grave." When two doctors make a pact that the first one who dies will find a way to bring the survivor across to the "other side," it sets into motion an EC Comics style tragedy that reminds us to be careful what we wish for in this atmospheric gem filled with torchlit funeral processions, mist-shrouded courtyards, horribly burned faces, and much more.

With the season of scares right around the corner, this month Magnetic Magic is loading the VCR with a shlocky spookfest from low-budget maestro Joe Castro. Analog Sunday presents a twisted tale of familial afterlife cannibalism: Near Death!

In 1930, working at night, on the same sets that Tod Browning, Bela Lugosi, et al were using during the day, Mexican actors famously made a Spanish-language version of Dracula. Within a few years, Mexico's burgeoning film industry was turning out gothic horror pictures of its own, and Phantom of the Monastery was one of the first, an eerie, poetic concoction full of Expressionist shadows and haunting images, including a room full of real mummies - mummies that can still be visited today at the Museo de El Carmen, if you happen to be planning a trip to Mexico City.Blurb goes here

What's that you say? Our Year of Monsters film series has finally gotten around to Tyler's very favorite subject: zombies! What movie are we showing? That's a surprise, but we'll give you a few hints: It features a radio DJ; it takes place in Canada; and the screenwriter also wrote the novel on which it was based;

What is it? The only way to know for sure is to come join us for a FREE screening at the Stray Cat Film Center on February 26, then stick around after the show as Orrin and Tyler host a live podcast discussing all things lycanthropic, complete with hair-raising giveaways!

Join us for a FREE screening of this seldom-seen film, and then stick around afterward as Orrin and Tyler discuss the history of J-horror, what makes a found footage movie work, and ectoplasmic worms!

THE HORROR POD CLASS is a monthly free screening hosted by Orrin Grey and Tyler Unsell where they seek out horror films that could be useful in a school setting. Screenings start at 7pm with a live podcast recording taking place after.

Fucked Up Fairy Tales round two concludes with a bang in Emilie Blichfeldt’s The Ugly Stepsister, a memorably nasty take on Cinderella. When her mother marries a wealthy landowner, young Elvira’s hopes of marrying the region’s handsome prince feel closer than ever. Unfortunately, she can’t measure up to the beauty of her effortlessly hot stepsister. How far will she go to catch the prince’s eye? Blichfeldt tackles fairy tale tropes and beauty standards in a movie that dares to ask “What if Coralie Fargeat made The Other Bennet Sister?”

Before David Cronenberg hit the big screen with his body horror, he got his start on Canadian TV, directing several one off episodes. He returned to TV fresh off THE FLY to helm what is considered a highlight of the short lived cult TV show FRIDAY THE 13TH: THE SERIES. Does F13:TS have anyhting to do Jason Vorhees? No, but that doesn’t stop Cronenberg from making the gooey, slimey entry in body horror TV as a disease eating people away from the inside, and how desperate and unhinged it makes them.

Plus much, much more from the Void and a preshow featuring a hot-off the press digitization!

Lucile Hadžihalilović (Earwig, Innocence, Evolution) brings a little David Lynch and a little French New Extremity to this adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Snow Queen. A fairy tale-obsessed girl and a diva actress make a strange connection on the set of a film adapting Andersen’s classic fairy tale. As fantasy and reality blur together, can these women figure out who they are to each other before disaster strikes?

Nothing says goodbye like a bullet.

After MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS but before his directing career took off with TIME BANDITS, Terry Gilliam made Jabberwocky, a goofy, grimy and deeply strange adaptation of the Lewis Carroll Poem that hinted at Gilliam’s boundless artistic vision and singular, uncompromising perspective. Join Michael Palin as hapless doofus Dennis Cooper, an unambitious young man who finds himself conscripted into fighting a dangerous monster, and is promised rewards of riches and princesses he has absolutely no interest in.

Magnetic Magic brings the SOV Summer series to an end with a very special screening of a locally-shot slasher gem! Prepare for satanic backwoods bloodlust as Analog Sunday presents: Feeding Billy with Dwen Doggett and Jeff Sisson!

At a summer camp, children are taught to see themselves as the future of a militant religious movement.

French filmmaker Catherine Breillat (FAT GIRL) turns her interests in feminism and sexual politics toward classic fairy tales with her take on the French folktale BLUEBEARD. In 1950s France, two young girls read aloud the story of 17th-century teenagers Anne and Marie-Catherine, and Marie-Catherine’s marriage to a wealthy man with a history of mysteriously missing wives. Who possesses the real power in this relationship, and what unexpected lessons does the tale hold for those who read it?

Inspired by tabloid headlines, music icon David Byrne stepped behind the camera for the idiosyncratic TRUE STORIES. When a mysterious visitor arrives in the the town of Virgil, TX, he meets several eccentric citizens as they prepare for its 'Celebration for Specialness'. Ace cinematographer Ed Lachman (with music by Talking Heads) evokes a hyperrealistic late-capitalist landscape of voodoo rituals, shopping malls, conspiracy theories, and pre-fab buildings in this tribute to extraordinariness of the ordinary.

After South Korea’s film industry suffered under authoritarian rule throughout the 1970s, filmmakers in the following years were eager to make up for lost time. Enter SUDDENLY IN THE DARK. When Kang Yu-jin brings in a housemaid to help around the house, his wife Seon-hee grows weary of Mi-ok presence not only because she suspects an affair between her husband and their new guest, but mainly because Mi-ok carries around an old wooden doll that resembles her. As her suspicions grow, Seon-hee is thrown into a world of nightmares and madness as things spiral out of control. Blending domestic drama, psychedelic visuals, and haunted dolls horror - SUDDENLY IN THE DARK is a underseen precursor to the modern K-horror movement in a sizzling, new 4K restoration.

A painter chasing his big break. His younger sister, still on fire with ideals. One New York summer to expose the gap between them.

When her grandson, a professional Tour de France cyclist named Champion, is kidnapped by mysterious square-shouldered henchmen, Madame Souza and her beloved pooch Bruno team up with the Belleville Sisters — an aged song-and-dance team from the days of Fred Astaire — to rescue him.

Shaw Brothers meet THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO in this visually stunning, action packed, Wuxia martial arts fantasy film made entirely with puppets!

Dusty Nelson's EFFECTS-a gritty, independent psychological thriller, presented by Death Gods Film!

Crew members on the set of a horror film suspect that staged murders for the camera may be real. Created by George Romero’s crew between projects, EFFECTS is unsung masterpiece in the world of regional, low-budget horror! Featuring a surprisingly tender lead performance from horror actor Joseph Pilato!

Three feet tall! Two inch fangs! It's SOV Summer series time once again Kansas City and we're kickin' off with a bang. This month, we're delving into a regional vampyric tale with a little twist. Ready the garlic and adjust your eyeline as Analog Sunday presents: Ankle Biters!

“A small town is overrun with ankle-biting-blood-sucking dwarf vampires. Things get complicated when the vertically-challenged coffin-creepers get their hands on a sword witht the blood of the last slain Tall Vampire. With this relic, they can create a super-race of Shaq-sized Dracula's out of any tall human. Now, the half vampire / half human, Drexel, is the town's – and the world's – only hope to stop the countryside invasion of the mini-demons. There are no short fixes to this tall problem.”

A troubled fashion designer wastes the day away as she, and her young female lover, confront the memories of relationships past. A seismic film in the gay canon, THE BITTER TEARS OF PETRA VON KANT explores love and obsession in a way that only Rainer Werner Fassbinder can!

Alfred Hitchcock transforms a chance meeting into a perfect engine of suspense in “Strangers on a Train.” When two men casually discuss “swapping murders,” one takes the idea deadly seriously. Featuring some of Hitchcock’s most notable set pieces - including the legendary carousel climax - the film is a chilling study of doubles, guilt, and the terrifying ease with which violence can be set in motion.

A program of unsettling Soviet animations for unsettling times. Amusing and gross, don't bring your kids!

Animation Club presents a program of unsettling Soviet animations for unsettling times. With a Ren and Stimpy sensibility, these shorts will both amuse and gross you out. Don’t bring your kids! July 15, 2026 at 7pm. Hosted by Drea (@dicarlotomboy).

'ANIMATION CLUB' is an ongoing series that celebrates new and classic animated films from around the world! From studio titans to hidden indie gems; traditional 2D to stop-motion, 3D animation, experimental, and everything in-between!

Joel & Ethan Coen's neo-noir crime thriller- "Blood Simple" presented by Death Gods Film!

The owner of a seedy Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies, and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered. BLOOD SIMPLE is a crackerjack crime thriller exploring the depths of American violence.

Six rural American communities are marked as candidates for an unthinkable fate: their land, a burial ground for 77,000 tons of nuclear waste. Against the impassive logic of government analysis and archives, a people’s history of resistance and stewardship emerges through a visceral journey across the landscapes, ecologies, and personal histories of the candidate sites. Presented by No Nukes KC Coalition and followed by an in-person Q&A with the filmmaker, Casey Carter!

Constructed in five distinct acts, Her Smell follows self-destructive Becky (Elizabeth Moss), the front woman of a fictional 90s Riot Grrl band called Something She, as she struggles with an addiction causing irreversible damage, a difficult sobriety, and attempts to recapture the creative inspiration that lead her band to success. With original music written by Alicia Bognanno from the rock band Bully sung by Elizabeth Moss herself!

Peter Weirs 1975 landmark film of Australian New Wave film- "Picnic at Hanging Rock" presented by Death Gods Film!

During a rural summer picnic, a few students and a teacher from an Australian girls' school vanish without a trace. Their absence frustrates and haunts the people left behind. A landmark film in the Australian new wave, PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK is a masterpiece of dreamscape atmosphere!