The organisers say: "Making for fun and memorable viewing day or night, the eclectic titles in the Midnight section offer everything from campy laughs to smart thrills. From Tasmanian cannibals to small-town suicide rings, a pan-sexual rock & roll party to psychopathic farmers, this collection of films may be shocking, or creepy, but they're always fun." Here's what they say about the films that are screening.
Read our full 2008 Tribeca Film Festival coverage.
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The Auteur (Country: USA; Director: James Westby; Writer: James Westby; Cast: Melik Malkasian, Cara Seymour, Holie Barker, Scott Bellomo, John Breen, Sarah Burch, T.J. Civis, Bryan Coffee, Michael Fetters, Katherine Flynn, Loren Hoskins) With a body of work that includes Five Easy Nieces and My Left Nut, Italian auteur Arturo Domingo is the foremost artist among pornographic filmmakers. In this hilarious spoof, Domingo hopes to revive his sagging career by reuniting with his former lead actor and making his greatest triumph yet. Based on his own 2002 short. World Premiere. Official Site
The Cottage (Country: UK; Director: Paul Andrew Williams; Writer: Paul Andrew Williams; Cast: Dave Legeno, Andy Serkis, Jennifer Ellison, Doug Bradley, Georgia Groome, Reece Shearsmith, Steve O'Donnell, Johnny Harris) When wannabe big-time crooks kidnap a gangster's daughter and hole up in a remote cottage, they find there are scarier people out there than the mob. International Premiere. Full Review
Dying Breed (Country: Australia; Director: Jody Dwyer; Writer: Michael Boughen, Jody Dwyer, Rod Morris; Cast: Mirrah Foulkes, Leigh Whannell, Nathan Phillips, Melanie Vallejo, Bille Brown, Peter Docker, Brendan Donoghue, Elaine Hudson, Sally McDonald, Ken Radley, Sally McDonald, Sheridan Harvey) Inspired by the legends of a 19th-century cannibal and an extinct tiger, this brutal horror-thriller centres on four friends who find out that something - or someone - murderous lurks in the rain-slogged Australian bush. World Premiere. Full Review See: Australian Film Festival preview, plus Richard Brennan and Jasmine Yuen-Carrucan talk about film Down Under Official Site
From Within (Country: US; Director: Phedon Papamichael; Writer: Brad Keene; Cast: Elizabeth Rice, Thomas Dekker, Kelly Blatz, Laura Allen, Adam Goldberg, Rumer Willis, Margo Harshman, Brittany Robertson, Jared Harris, Steven Culp, Amanda Babin)
Evil comes from within in this smart, supernatural thriller, set in a small extremist evangelical town that is mysteriously afflicted with serial suicides. Up-and-coming cast includes Elizabeth Rice, Thomas Dekker, Laura Allen, and Rumer Willis. World Premiere.
Killer Movie (Country: USA; Director: Jeff Fisher; Writer: Jeff Fisher; Cast: Paul Wesley, Kaley Cuoco, Gloria Votsis, Al Santos, Jason London, Torrey DeVitto, Cyia Batten, Nestor Carbonell, Leighton Meester, J.C. Chasez, Maitland McConnell) A reality TV director copes with a spoiled celebutante and a show gone haywire when a masked killer starts bumping off the crew in this slasher-movie satire. World Premiere. Official Site
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Sick Nurses (Suay Laak Sai) (Country: Thailand; Director: Piraphan Laoyont, Thodsapol Siriwiwat; Writer: Chanop Sirikamolmas, Buddhiporn Boossbarati, Thodsapol Siriwiwat, Piraphan Laoyont; Cast: Libby Brien, Dollaros Dachapratumwan, Philip Hersh, Wichan Jarujinda, Kanya Rattapetch, Chidjan Rujiphun, Chon Wachananon, Ase Wang)
A vengeful ghost forces a group of sexy organ-harvesting nurses to confront their own demons in this deliriously twisted and vibrantly designed Thai splatterfest. New York Premiere. New York Premiere.
SqueezeBox! (Country: USA; Director: Steven Saporito, Zach Shaffer; Cast: Deborah Harry, Michael Musto, John Waters) Like the weekly pansexual party it pays tribute to, SqueezeBox! immortalises the no-holds-barred, anything-goes attitude that its denizens embodied. The legendary club where the Toilet Boys and Hedwig were born gets the ultimate rock-and-roll tribute where all are welcome. World Premiere. Official Site
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