This year’s Brooklyn Horror Film Festival is back and spookier than ever! Variety can exclusively reveal this year’s stacked lineup, which is set to run from Oct. 15—22, with all screenings taking place at Nitehawk Cinema Williamsburg. Vampire mockumentary “I Love Paris” opens the fest, with the New York premiere of “Species (Sanguine)” as the centerpiece film and the action-horror feature “Kick On” as the closing night film.
Throughout the festival are plenty of world and regional premieres, special events, retrospective screenings, documentaries and many more films of note. Badges are now on sale, and a limited number of tickets are set to go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. I LOVE PARISOPENING NIGHT FILMPRESENTED BY MUBIAustralia, France | 2026 | 120 Min. | Dir.
Nicky MurphyAspiring underground singer Paris is bitten and turned into a vampire but, instead of letting her dreams of music stardom die, her hustle only goes harder and bloodier. SPECIES (SANGUINE)CENTERPIECE FILMNew York PremiereFrance | 2026 | 103 Min. | Dir. Marion Le CorrollerA young intern at a prestigious ER struggles to keep up with the fast-paced environment, and when a strange disease begins appearing in a number of her patients, she starts suffering from her own bodily symptoms.
KICK ONCLOSING NIGHT FILMNew York PremiereAustralia | 2026 | 91 Min. | Dir. Nick KozakisWhat starts off as a wild night of partying devolves into a brutal fight for survival when four friends cross paths with a mobster’s unhinged son in this gruesome new entry in the single-location siege horror canon. THE GLORIOUS DEADPresented by Arrow VideoLeviathan AwardNew York PremiereUSA | 2026 | 80 Min. | Dir.
John Adams, Toby PoserWhat should be a typical day in the life for a small-town sheriff quickly turns sinister as people begin to disappear and fleshy creatures begin popping up all around them. AMERICAN DOLLHOUSENew York PremiereUSA | 2026 | 87 Min. | Dir. John ValleyA woman living a drama-riddled life returns to her childhood home for what she hopes can be a clean start but, no thanks to her psychotic and homicidal new neighbor, doesn’t go as planned.
CORPUSPresented by MUBIUSA | 2026 | 102 Min. | Dir. Corrin EvansA photographer takes a trip to Upstate NY with his longtime friend and unrequited love, but the trip takes a turn when their three mysterious hosts begin to show they have ulterior motives. THE CYCLEEast Coast PremiereUK | 2026 | 112 Min. | Dir.
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