2022 Chattanooga Film Festival Preview
The Chattanooga Film Festival has been one of the south's finest genre film festivals for years, but in 2020 the pandemic forced them to become trailblazers in transitioning an in-person event to a virtual film festival. This year marks the third installment of a virtual CFF, which runs June 23-28. We'll be bringing reviews and coverage throughout the fest, but for now here's a few of the horror features the BGH can't wait to check out.
THE CREEPING
Director: Jamie Hooper | 2022 | 94 mins | Horror | UK | English
A concerned young woman moves home to look after her ailing grandmother and soon finds herself fighting a malevolent presence with a dark secret.
BITCH ASS
Director Bill Posley | 2022 | 83 min | Horror/Crime | US | English
A gang initiation goes wrong when a group of four recruits break into a house of horror, as they're all forced to play deadly games for their lives. Win and you live - lose and you die.
BREATHING HAPPY
World Premiere
Director Shane Brady | 2022 | 97 min | Drama | US | English
In this mind-bending drama, a recovering drug addict can achieve one year of sobriety alone on Christmas day, but his demons tempt him to relapse.
CRYO
Director: Barrett Burgin | 2022 | 118 mins | Mystery/Sci-Fi/Thriller | United States | English
Trapped in an underground facility, five scientists wake from cryogenic sleep with no memory of who they are or how long they've been asleep for. They soon make a shocking realization: a killer is hunting them down there, and may even be hiding among them.
THE LEECH
World Premiere - Opening Night Film
Director: Eric Pennycoff | 2022 | 82 mins | Comedy/Horror | United States | English
A devout priest welcomes a struggling couple into his house at Christmas time. What begins as a simple act of kindness quickly becomes the ultimate test of faith once the sanctity of his home is jeopardized.
John Shelton
Editor-In-Chief/Homeless Professor
Born and raised in the back of a video store, Shelton went beyond the hills and crossed the seven seas as BGH's foreign correspondent before settling into a tenure hosting Sophisticult Cinema. He enjoys the finer things in life, including but not limited to breakfast tacos, vintage paperbacks and retired racing greyhounds.