Fri, Jun 27 at 7:00 PM

ROACH (w/Q&A) + THE NEST

Brooklyn, New York
$11.90 (includes all fees)

ROACH™
Dir. Chris Jassmann (schnüdlbug), 2022
Canada. 31 min.
In English.

SUNDAY, JUNE 1 – 5 PM
SATURDAY, JUNE 7 – MIDNIGHT
MONDAY, JUNE 16 – 10 PM
FRIDAY, JUNE 27 – 7 PM (w/Q&A)

“FOLLOW THE SUN” A whole new kind of space odyssey– a nameless pilot (voiced by Sydney Thorne) is adrift alone in space until they encounter a massive, well, ROACH. Screening for the first time in the New York metro area with the eye-popping 3D cut, ROACH™ bears the outer aesthetics of a trendy analog horror short but unfolds into something far more singular. Sensory overload for a lost universe, ROACH™ is one of the more unique shorts of this modern hyper-digital age.

A truly unique synthesis of video game nomenclature and cinematic form. A minimalist yet vast audiovisual odyssey wholly imbued with atmosphere. I fell under its spell.
–Scott Barley, director of SLEEP HAS HER HOUSE

Every screening will precede THE NEST, with a virtual director Q&A with Chris Jassmann on Friday, June 17th.

NOTE: ROACH WAS CREATED FOR ALL AUDIENCES. HOWEVER, IT CONTAINS PROLONGED SEQUENCES OF FLASHING LIGHTS WHICH MAY AFFECT PHOTOSENSITIVE INDIVIDUALS.

Screens with:

THE NEST
Dir. Terence H. Winkless, 1987
United States. 89 min.
In English.

Produced by Julie Corman under the Corman couples’ genre movie distributor Concorde Pictures, THE NEST remains one of the decade’s nastiest monster movies. Deceptively shot in California depicting a sleepy New England town overrun by mutant cockroaches, the picture’s gonzo production period was marked by an ironic in-studio infestation of over 2000 flying roaches. A carnage heavy sci-fi horror hybrid leading up to a phantasmagorical SFX laden finale, THE NEST is a certified crowd-pleaser for those in pursuit of gory genre camp.


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