Thu, Aug 29

A one-of-a-kind science fiction crypto-classic film by the recently deceased Polish director Zulawski (POSSESSION).
Dating from 1988 it was made behind the iron curtain and suffered heavily from censorship, destroying the fantastic props. What is left is a final edit that is somehow inconclusive, but only adds to the fascination and mystique of this lost gem.
A small group of cosmic explorers, including a woman, leaves Earth to find freedom and start a new civilisation. They do not realise that within themselves they carry the end of their own dream. They eventually die one by one, while their children revert to a primitive native culture, creating new myths and a new god. Some time later, a space bureaucrat, running from a broken heart, arrives and finds the coloniser's descendants enslaved by bird-monsters called Cherns. Society is divided into numerous classes, and everyone is waiting for the arrival of a messiah.

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double bill with Flesh in the Machine (60 min) and Tokyo Necronomicon (52 min)

After Phantasmagoria 1&2 enigmatic Cosmotropia de Xam returns to BUT FF with two new films from the Mater Suspiria label:
Flesh in the Machine (60 min) and Tokyo Necronomicon (52 min), both with the same hypnotic soundtrack from their own music label and available on https://phantasmadisques.bigcartel.com.

Surrealistic and experimental features that do not benefit from plot summaries and explanation, but have to be experienced.
Confusion and disorientation alongside with fantastic editing and sound design will be your reward!

Black-and-white film from Belgian director, music producer and performer SHAZZULA (BLACK MASS RISING) who made video clips for ELECTRIC WIZARD and her own band WOLVENNEST.
The footage was initially made for a music video of a band named OX, and officially released late march 2019.
RHIZOM in the meantime was made for a festival as a performance video at Rote Fabrik in Zürich, Switzerland and is way more techno than earlier work. She deforms, twists and experiments with this material and composes these infernal and stroboscopic images that take us from darkness to light. She promises: "I want it all to be dark, aggressive, violent, mad, surrealist...and epileptic !" The screening will begin with a short films compilation and introduced by Shazzula!

Videoclip for Electric Wizard - directed by Shazzula Vultura.

'Nature Boy' is made for Bobby Beausoleil.

Grey sees his wife murdered before his eyes and is left for dead. Paralysed from the waist up, he agrees to an experimental treatment by a wealthy researcher. His 'upgrade' makes his body function again, taken over bij an AI device called STEM. Once he learns to use his new found superpowers, Grey seeks revenge on the crime syndicate responsible for the mayhem.
Dark and stylish, UPGRADE inexplicably missed out on its cinema release in Holland.
At BUT we are pleased to bring this thrill ride from Australia to the big screen.

A paintbrush tells a frightening story.

Ted is not your usual Zombie; even as his skin transforms and his hunger for brains increases, he is still in denial that he is the living dead….until he meets a beautiful young Vampire at a therapy session for the paranormal.
Ted is not even a zombie. Just ask him. Sure, he picked up a "skin thing" in The Caribbean, and he's hungering for brains, but who isn't? Ted's bizarre family has their doubts, and they aren't shy about it. Their hilarious antics are enough to send a son to the loony bin, but Ted soldiers on, stubbornly convinced he's fine. That is until he follows a hot vampire to group therapy for patients with disorders of the paranormal. Welcome to Ted's kooky world. https://anaccidentalzombienamedted.com/

A vampire in the East Village picks up women, and while having sex with them kills them and drinks their blood. Meanwhile, a young Puerto Rican guy begins searching the Village for his sister, who is one of the vampire's victims.
Presentation by Vanessa Morgan, introducing her new book: Strange Blood - 71 Essays on Offbeat and Underrated Vampire Movies
Short film Orlok's Return, a Belgian Vampire film

After losing his girlfriend because of his obsession with necrophilia, death and a morbid fascination for decomposing human bodies, Sasha falls into despair. He suffers dreadful nightmares where he is wandering a dead otherworldly forest filled with fog and strange creatures. He happens to disturb a demonic shaman, which results in and outlandish beings start moving into our world, and strange voices are heard on his telephone line. A phone repairman comes to help with the faulty lines, but he's a phone-wizard messing about your nightmares.
Sensual and experimental psycho-horror by Russian master Iskanov in the latest (2018) version of his 2006 film, filmed with true nightmare vision.

Maria, a fearless soldier, and TS-347, a man with superhuman strength, are being pursued by a military cell responsible for scientific experiments that have resulted in a zombie apocalypse. On the way, they will meet Pedro, a man with few ambitions and a great hangover. Together, they will try to escape to a safe place, but complications will cross their paths in the form of a nuclear bomb.
The ever expanding Troma franchise has reached Brazil! Director Fernando Alle is a BUT veteran, who's two trashy toppers we screened before: PAPA WRESTLING & BANANA MOTHERFUCKER. Thash Thursday screening with short film ZOMBIERAPOCALYSE.

The zombie apocalypse has started, but what's worse: we are out of beer! Scheisse!

William has a simple job, he makes dead bodies disappear. His little farm house in the country has become a dumping ground for the casualties of the gang related murders in the nearby city. His daughter Gloria is used to rough looking men dropping off corpses and is even convinced that some of them are haunting their house. After a woman’s body is dumped at the house, William begins his meticulous process when he realises she’s not actually dead. As they begin to develop a very unusual respect for each other, the woman’s murderers get word that she’s still alive and make plan to go finish what they started, as gang violence increases.

A teenage girl and her father travel to a remote alien moon, aiming to strike it rich. They've secured a contract to harvest a large deposit of the elusive gems hidden in the depths of the moon's toxic forest. But there are others roving the wilderness and the job quickly devolves into a fight to survive. Forced to contend not only with the forest's other ruthless inhabitants, but with her own father's greed-addled judgment, the girl finds she must carve her own path to escape.

Prologue. A short film and companion piece for the eponymous feature film in development by Dutch director Hugo Keijzer, producer Maurice Schutte and screenwriter Phil M. Howe.

The Alien Menace Is regenerating.

He is a serial killer who likes to beat woman to a pulp with his bare hands. She likes to stab men - a perfect couple, and the beginning of a very, very sick love story, one might think, but turns and twists lie ahead.
Brutal is a surprising Japanese Grindhouse film and contains an amount of in-your-face violence that makes the screen shrivel.
A true Midnight Extreme, and nominated for the BUT award!