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FEAR AND FAITH HORROR FILM FESTIVAL
From: Friday, February 20, 2026To: Saturday, February 21, 2026

FEAR AND FAITH HORROR FILM FESTIVAL

Friday February 20th

5:00 pm - DEF by TEMPTATION

A deadly succubus is preying on on libidinous black men in New Your City and all that stands in her way is a minister-in-traiing, an aspiring actor and a cop who specializes in cases involving the supernatural. Blood, gore and non-PC humor ensure. Starring Samuel L. Jacson, Bill Nunn (Radio Raheem in Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing) and Minnie Gentry.

Directed by James Bond III     1990, 90 min

7:00 pm - RETURN of the GREAT GOD PAN

A baby of mysterious origin disrupts the lives of a troubled suburban couple and brings a renegade priest and a Pagan cult into a conflict that threatens to end the Christian eara. Who will emerge victorious? Inspired by Arthur Machen's The Great God Pan, with music by Los Saicos, the Phantom Surfers and Bobby Beausoleil (Lucifer Rising).

Directed by Brett Stillo     2024, 90 min

9:00 pm - JIGOKU (SINNERS of Hell)

A group of sinners involved in interconnected tales of murder, revenge, deceit and adultery all meet at the Gates of Hell. Not much fun for them, but a party for every gore-hound!

Directed by Nobuo Nakagawa     1960, 101 min

Saturday February 21st

12 noon - IMAGE of the BEAST

Terrors of the Antichrist run One World Government where those who refuse to receive the Mark of the Beast are guillotined by UNITE (United Nations Imperium for Total Emergency) stormstroopers.

Directed by Donald W. Thompson     1981, 93 min

2:00 pm  - Cavalcade of Shorts

Highlights of "Christsploitation" masters Ron and June Ormond's collaborations with Pastor Estus E. Pirkle, providing a compelling contrast with the comparatively refined approach of Image of the Beast. "Blood will flow like water!"

Directed by Ron Ormond     1971, 1974, 12 min

MUD and FIRE: Turkish Theological Horror

Scenes of exorcism and a mystic mano a mano in the fiery underworld from two Turkish horror movies that seek to elucidate the relation between humans, demons and Allah.

Directed by Metin Erksan and Hasan Karacadag     1974,2008, 30 min

Reliquary: Confession

Per into the abyss where dead ancient gods dwell and demand that faith in them be demonstrated.

Directed by Lindsay Morrison     2024, 11 min

The Data is Wrong

Imagine a cross between two classic works of the Twentieth Century:Arkady and Boris Strugatsky's science ficion novel Hard to Be a God and the Alice Cooper song "Second Coming." 

Directed by Austin Charlesworth     2025 7 min

A Portrait of God

A disturbing response to the age-old question, "What does God look like?" As YHWH (or "I Am") says in the Book of Exodus, "no man shall see me and live." Sam Rami and Jordan Peele have signed up to produce the feature version.

Directed by Dylan Clark     2022, 7 min

4:00 pm - Eyes of Fire

An adulterous preacher and his followers flee to "the promised land" of the American colonial frontier only to enter a valley of lust, madness, pagan vengeance and hallucinatory terror.

Directed by Avery Crounse     1983, 86 min

6:00 pm - Eye of the Devil

The persistence of pagan practices among the eFrench peasantry in the Nouvelle-Aquitanine region presents a sticky wicket for David Niven. When times are tough... human sacrifice! With Donald Pleasance, Sharon Tate and Deborah Kerr.

Directed by J. Lee Thompson     1966, 96 min

8:00 pm - God Told Me To

A jaw-dropping horror/science fiction/police procedural starring Tony Lo Bianco (The Honeymoon Killers, The French Connection) with golden age of Hollywood star Sylvia Sydney (whose film career spanned 1926 to 1998) and a brief appearance by Andy Kaufman.

Directed by Larry Cohen     1976, 91 min

10:00 pm - Alucarda

An incredible visionary masterpiece of Satanism and demonic possession from one of Mexico's all-time great cult directors.

Directed by Juan Lopez Moctezuma     1977, 78 min

 

 

 

 

 

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