The Beyond Fest 2024 program includes the reunion of “Salem's Lot” and “Speed”

The long-awaited unveiling of Gary Dauberman’s Salem's Lotthe West Coast premiere of Terrifier 3a 30-year anniversary speed The reunion with Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock as well as the focus on the filmmakers Sam Raimi and Shane Black are among the many highlights of the 12^th Edition of Beyond Fest, which takes place in Los Angeles from September 25th.

Other well-known titles include the international premiere of Toho’s My Hero Academia: You're Next and the West Coast premieres of The Brutalistthe immigration thriller that was just awarded the Silver Lion for Best Director at the Venice Film Festival. Sean Baker's Golden Palm winner AnoraDonald Trump Origins The Apprenticeand Marielle Hellers Night slut are also on the program There will also be the US premiere of Sarah Paulson's exciting thriller Hold your breath.

Beyond Fest bills itself as the largest genre film festival in the United States and this year is presenting 82 films, including 16 world premieres, four international premieres, one North American premiere, three U.S. premieres and 25 West Coast premieres.

Presented by leading distributor NEON and programmed and produced in association with the American Cinematheque, Beyond Fest runs September 25 through October 9 at the Egyptian Theatre, Aero Theatre, Los Feliz 3 and Vista Theatre.

One of the festival's popular programs is the personal questions and answers, and this year it promises to be exciting. In addition to the speed Reunion with his stars and director Jan de Bont, Kyle MacLachlan will be present for a career tribute with his performances in Blue Velvetthe original dune Movie and The HiddenAl Pacino returns to talk about his career, with a screening of Scarface while Ron Perlman kept his serious growl for 20^th Anniversary screening of Hellboy.

Barbara Crampton hosts The Ladies of Elm Street with Heather Langenkamp, ​​​​Amanda Wyss, Lin Shaye and Ronee Blakley, followed by a screening of Wes Craven's original Nightmare on Elm StreetScreenwriters Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski will be on stage at a matinee to mark the 30th anniversary of the Tim Burton classic. Ed WoodDon Johnson is celebrated during a double program A boy and his dog And The Hot Spot while Bob Odenkirk assembled the cast and crew for the world premiere of a brand new restoration of Melvin goes to dinner.

Filmmakers are just as important to the action as actors. The program includes a Raimi triple program (Darkman, The Quick and the Dead, And Drag me to hell) and a black quadruple bill that Kiss Kiss Band Bang, The Nice Guys, Last Boy Scout And Deadly weaponElsewhere, Jennifer Kent celebrates her 10th birthday.^th Anniversary of The Babadookpaired wither function The Nightingalewhile Walter Hill Southern comfortPaul WS Anderson visits Event horizonand Tarsem Singh is once again dealing with restorations of The cell And The case.

Further highlights: Tobin Bell, Cary Elwes and Leigh Whannell present the restored and unrated version of Seen; what is described as a formal Hollywood premiere for Texas Chainsaw Massacre just in time for the 50th^th anniversary and with 12 members of the original cast and crew; and a contemporary 30^th Anniversary screening of The Crow (yes, the original with Brandon Lee). As a bonus, there is an exclusive T-shirt at the second screening.

Beyond Fest opens with Dauberman’s adaptation of Stephen King’s groundbreaking novel Salem's Lot The honor of the closing evening goes to Kiyoshi Kurosawa CloudKurosawa will also be present in person to open a seven-film retrospective.

Tickets go on sale Friday, September 13th at 10:00 a.m. PST through americancinematheque.com. For more information, visit beyondfest.com and americancinematheque.com.