Day 3, Saturday 21 September 2024
12:00h - The Crippled Masters (1979), Law Kei, Taiwan. Free session!
Synopsis: Law Kei, director of some of the craziest Bruce Lee-exploitations (such as ‘The Dragon Lives
Again’ with Bruce Leung or ‘Bruce Li The Invincible’ with Bruce Li), brings us this unspeakable
tale of overcoming: two kung-fu fighters, Lee Ho and Chan Tsu Chang, are betrayed by their
leader, the sadistic Li Chen Kung. The first one has his arms cut off, and the second one, his
legs, and they are thrown into the river. However, they manage to survive and are trained by a
master who will teach them to work as a team to achieve their revenge. A true grindhouse cult
work that will delight even the most savages.
Duration: 90 minutes. Watch Trailer!
16:00h - Stitches (2023), Ian Goodwin, USA.
Short: Pocketman (2023), Ericka Clevenger, USA.
Synopsis: Mary’s vacation hasn’t gone well. Brent and Stephanie won’t stop fighting and Teddy can’t stop smoking. On top of that, Greg and Lily haven’t arrived and Peter has disappeared. When Mary discovers the origins of an evil witch, the mystery begins to unfold! Can Mary rise up and save her friends, or will they fall victim to the terror that surrounds them?
The first horror comedy made with sock puppets!
Duration Pocketman: 1.14 minutes.
Duration Stitches: 76 minutes. Watch Trailer!
17:30h - Mamántula (2023), Ion de Sosa, Spain.
Synopsis: Mamántula is the boy everyone wants, but also a giant spider transvestite of human, fruit of a brief encounter in the Berlin Tiergarten. In an alternate past of brutalist saunas, endless subway corridors and detectives with raincoats and hats, each lover of Mamántula is a new victim of his insatiable appetite for revenge and sperm; and each victim, one more thread in the stellar spider web that he is weaving to return to the dimension to which he belongs.
A cult film in our country. Ion de Sosa directs the wildest, most radical film in recent times…
Duration: 49 minutes. Watch Trailer!
19:00h - Golden Ticket: Antonio Mayans.
Antonio Mayans, multifaceted actor and regular face of directors like Jess Franco or Paul Naschy, will receive the Golden Ticket of the 9th edition of the B-Retina festival in a tribute to his filmography, where we can highlight works such as
La ciudad no es para mí, Una libélula para cada muerto, Terror caníbal or Empusa or series such as Médico de familia, Sin identidad or El secreto de puente viejo.
Surprise Movie: Lonely Road (1984), Antonio Mayans, Spain
Antonio Mayans plays Alfredo Pereira, a tough but effective private investigator who is hired by a woman (Lina Romay) to find her helpless sister (also Lina Romay, playing a double role), despite the refusal of her husband, who considers the missing woman a pervert who should be kept far away.
In his search, Pereira will face the difficult balance of taking care of his young daughter as a single father and continuing with his obligations in a case full of sordidness, plot twists and, above all, a lot of eroticism.
Duration: 98 minutes. Watch Trailer!
21:00h - Free outdoor performance
22:00h -The Emu War (2023) John Campbell, Lisa Fineberg, Jay Morrissey, Australia.
Short film: Sirulo, the beast of the Ebro (2023), Jordi Romero, Spain.
Synopsis: The definitive crossover comes to us from Australia with love. The definitive crossover comes to us from Australia with love. Enough of sharks and sloths, evil comes now with the emus:
A mob of emus battles Australian soldiers in this low-budget, silly and unapologetic war epic.
Duration Siluro, the beast of the Ebro: 14 minutes.
Duration The Emu War: 75 minutes, Watch Trailer!
00:00h - Courtains for Christmas (2024), Steve Rudzinski, USA.
Sinopsis: Steve Rudzinski, the brilliant mind behind CarousHell, brings us his new film. Holly is a Christmas movie enthusiast. After being single due to an unfortunate accident, she meets her perfect man, a Christmas-loving prince charming. In the face of this, Holly will do anything to have her own romantic movie. By any means necessary.
Duration: 70 minutes, Watch Trailer!
