Ethan Embry and Oregon-filmed shocker ALMA & THE WOLF open the 10th Annual Portland Horror Film Festival
PORTLAND, OR – Ethan Embry, star of the Oregon-filmed shocker, ALMA & THE WOLF, will attend the opening night PNW Premiere at the 10th Anniversary event for Portland Horror Film Festival, June 11th at the Hollywood Theatre.
Li Jun Li (Sinners) co-stars in this fever dream of a psychological horror, directed by Michael Patrick Jann (Organ Trail, Drop Dead Gorgeous). After a violent animal attack, paranoia spreads through Spiral Creek. But when Deputy Ren Accord gets too close, his son vanishes, and reality begins to fracture. Filmed on the Oregon coast, Alma & The Wolf is a fantastical fusion of folk horror and thriller, fueled by psychedelic visuals and fever-dream imagery, driven by stellar performance by Ethan Embry (Freaky Links, Devil’s Candy) as Deputy Ren Accord, and Li Jun Li as Alma. Embry will be in attendance for a Q&A following the premiere screening.
The full feature film lineup includes the US Premieres of TOKYO STRANGE TALE, a ghostly thriller from Japanese director Koichi Ueno, and IT NEEDS EYES, an LGBTQ psychological thriller from PHFF alums Zack Ogle and Aaron Pagniano. The long awaited HOUSE OF ASHES from rising star Izzy Lee, gory shocker STRAIGHT ON TILL MORNING by Craig Ouellette, and Rose Trimboli’s YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE, a contemporary LGBTQ take on the classic vampire genre, make their PNW Premieres. For the extreme horror fans, SAYARA, by Turkish horror sensation Can Evrenol, is a must see! Rounding out the feature film line up are two indie arthouse killers, DOOBA DOOBA, and MALDOROR.
The fest is thrilled to be celebrating 10 years of bringing the most diverse and inclusive program of the best international, independent horror films to its horror-loving audience! From its inception, the vision was clear; all people from around the world, from all walks of life, speaking the same language, and that’s Horror. This year’s theatrical and virtual lineup includes 60+ short and feature films from 13 countries, including films from Black, Asian, Indigenous, Latinx, and Queer filmmakers, with 32 films directed by women!
More than 50 short films grace this year’s program! Highlights include “La Vedova Nera”, a Lynchian Queer Horror from France, “Junio’s First Kiss”, a coming of age horror from Indonesia, “Mrs. Chang’s Perfect Teeth” (World Premiere) from Canada, lush cinematic spookiness in “The Red Stone” from Mexico, “Left” from Egypt, and “The Scalpel”, a long lost black and white film by Richard Lyford, recently restored by Seattle composer Ed Hartmann.