The 14th LIFF New Genre- DARKHOUSE-Horror, Sci-fi,Thrillers,Fantasy

Mad God, Galaxy Premier
Dir: Phil Tippett, 2022 (75 min.)
The Assassin emerges from underground to explore a freakish city landscape that has monsters and mad scientists of all stripes running rampant. Filmed in stop-motion animation the film was created and directed by visionary and Oscar and Emmy Award-winning stop-motion animator and special effects supervisor Phil Tippett, the creative powerhouse involved in such classics as RoboCop, Starship Troopers, Jurassic Park, and Star Wars: A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back.
MAD GOD- Saturday, June 4 at 10:15 p.m. Regal Cinema, Manahawkin Commons, 733 NJ-72, Manahawkin.
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Cyber Underground (East Coast Premier)
Dir: Rudy Cimic
Canada, 1 hour and 15 minutes (East Coast premiere)
A paranoid hacker investigates a serial killer he believes is part of a conspiracy targeting members of his online group.
* Attending: Director Rudy Cimic

This Darkhouse Opening film will follow two Friends of The Fest shorts:

Maschera della Morte Dir: Scott Bekisz, USA, 24 min.
Produced by Rob Karol, executive director of LIFF
Nasty Dir: Paul Chart USA, 22 minutes
Produced by Denise Grayson, LIFF’s board member
LBI Museum, Friday, June 3, 4:30 p.m.

Freaky Friday Shorts Selections 120 minutes
Seven short films exploring everything from eternal life to frustrating fishing to the trauma of a barefooted dancer. Also, experience homicidal BFF's, war photographers, and things that go bump in the night. (Photo: Void )

Films: Launch at Paradise (dir: Carrie Ann Quinn, United States, 15 minutes); 2. Shudder (dir: Rob Ride, United Kingdom, 8 minutes); 3. Rosso (dir: Zach Staads, United States, 5 minutes); 4. Void (dir: Claire Marshall, Australia, 15 minutes); 5. Hot Toddy (dir: Mary Sette, United States, 17 minutes); 6. Double Lens Reflex (dir: Arman Meinecke, United States, 9 minutes); 7. Night (dir: Frank Sun, United States 20 minutes).
120 minutes total
LBI Museum, Friday, June 3, 7:30 p.m.

A Pure Place (US premiere)
Director: Nikias Chryssos 2021 (91 minutes)
German with Subtitles
An offbeat coming-of-age tale about two young siblings engulfed in a secret community obsessed with soap, located on a remote Greek island. Funny, bizarre, poetic and tender tale about love, rebellion and what it means to be actually clean.
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LBI Museum, Friday, Jun 3, 10:00 p.m.

Scary Saturday starts with a stalker movie, or is it??

For Roger
Dir: Aaron Bartuska
USA, 88 minutes
After receiving word of his partner Clara’s passing, Roger travels to the desolate family cabin where they would often vacation together. As he pours over the home videos recorded during their trips, Roger begins to realize that someone has been watching them from the woods for years.
*Attending Director Aaron Bartuska & actor Michael Andrusiewicz
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LBI Museum, Saturday, June 4, 5:15 p.m.

Saturday Short Blocks Vol. 2
What happens when a time traveler dies in their past, a house is smarter than you, or its dead former owner is sticking around? Also, see how kids cope with the death of a parent, or not. And what happens when you paddle into the woods.

1. Tim Travers & the Time Travelers Paradox (dir: Stimson Sneads, United States, 19 minutes); 2. Forest Giants (dir: Augusta Mariano, United States, 14 minutes); 3. Gary (dir: Michael Rognlie, United States, 9 minutes); 4. Face The Music (Dir: Noah Lederman Greis, Sweden, 14 minutes); 5. Devils (dir: Bret Miller, United States, 13 minutes); 6. The Molok (dir: Sam Wilson, United States, 15 minutes) 120 minutes total
LBI Museum, Saturday. June 4, 7:30 p.m.

The Retaliators
Dir: Bridget Smith
USA, 97 minutes.
The official synopsis of the film reads, “In 'The Retaliators,' an upstanding pastor uncovers a dark and twisted underworld as he searches for answers surrounding his daughter's brutal murder...
There is a high-octane original soundtrack and cameos from some of the biggest names in heavy metal music including Five Finger Death Punch, Tommy Lee, Papa Roach, The Hu, Ice Nine Kills, Motley Crue, and Escape The Fate."
This movie will make a metalhead, blood and guts movie lover's night.
LBI Museum June 4- 10:00PM
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The 14th Annual Lighthouse International Film Festival will take place
June 2-5, 2022.

The sun, the stars, the stories await you on LBI.
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