• March 25, 2019

      Adrienne Reese

      Within the first ten minutes of Why Don't You Just Die! (2018), my jaw was on the floor! The violence lands with an unapologetic thud in this splatterfest, which is capping off the lineup at IFC Center's 2019 “What The Fest”, a film festival that spotlights smart, bold, and inventive films from various genres for [...]

    • March 22, 2019

      Adrienne Reese

      Things go badly for a hack director and film crew shooting a low budget zombie movie in an abandoned WWII Japanese facility when they are attacked by real zombies. Breathing some new life into the reanimation film genre, Kamera o tomeru na! or One Cut Of The Dead, is a low budget but thrilling zombie [...]

    • March 21, 2019

      Melinda Stang

      A disillusioned field surgeon suffering from PTSD makes a man out of body parts and brings him to life in a Brooklyn loft. Larry Fessenden's DEPRAVED takes a spin with the conventions of a tried and true Frankenstein story in American culture's current moment.  What would otherwise be a tired reinterpretation of something we've seen [...]

    • Categories: Events, What The Fest!?

      March 7, 2018

      Norman Gidney

      IFC Center has just announced the full slate for the upcoming film festival What the Fest!? ,a four-day showcase of outrageous content -- horror, sci-fi, documentary, thrillers, and beyond -- from March 29th through April 1st. What the Fest!? will feature exciting premieres, including one world premiere, one US premiere, many New York premieres and the [...]

  • Featured Events

    • 2019 WHAT THE FEST!? Wrap: Audience Award Winner, Premieres, and More!

      March 29, 2019
    • WHY DON’T YOU JUST DIE! Closes out What The Fest!? [REVIEW]

      March 25, 2019
    • ONE CUT OF THE DEAD A Non-Stop Thrill Ride [REVIEW]

      March 22, 2019
    • WHAT THE FEST!? 2019 – DEPRAVED Premieres [REVIEW]

      March 21, 2019
    • What the Fest Genre Film Festival Announces Full Line Up

      March 7, 2018

    Conventions

    • 2019 WHAT THE FEST!? Wrap: Audience Award Winner, Premieres, and More!

    • WHY DON’T YOU JUST DIE! Closes out What The Fest!? [REVIEW]

    • ONE CUT OF THE DEAD A Non-Stop Thrill Ride [REVIEW]

    • WHAT THE FEST!? 2019 – DEPRAVED Premieres [REVIEW]

    • What the Fest Genre Film Festival Announces Full Line Up




      Festivals

    • 2019 WHAT THE FEST!? Wrap: Audience Award Winner, Premieres, and More!

    • WHY DON’T YOU JUST DIE! Closes out What The Fest!? [REVIEW]

    • ONE CUT OF THE DEAD A Non-Stop Thrill Ride [REVIEW]

    • WHAT THE FEST!? 2019 – DEPRAVED Premieres [REVIEW]

    • What the Fest Genre Film Festival Announces Full Line Up







  • 2019 WHAT THE FEST!? Wrap: Audience Award Winner, Premieres, and More!

  • WHY DON’T YOU JUST DIE! Closes out What The Fest!? [REVIEW]

  • ONE CUT OF THE DEAD A Non-Stop Thrill Ride [REVIEW]

  • WHAT THE FEST!? 2019 – DEPRAVED Premieres [REVIEW]

  • What the Fest Genre Film Festival Announces Full Line Up