Boston Underground Film Festival
Wednesday, March 18 – Sunday, March 22, 2026
Boston’s premiere festival highlighting the strange, the unusual, and the overlooked returns to The Brattle for their 24th edition! As always, we are thrilled to welcome back these purveyors of the weird and wondrous… and eagerly await their full line up!
Last year’s program featured some of the best genre films of 2025 like THE UGLY STEPSISTER, F*cktoys, Fréwaka, and more, while previous festival favorites include Goodnight Mommy, Knife+Heart, Tigers Are Not Afraid, Immaculate, and In a Violent Nature.
Visit BostonUnderground.org for complete details! Brattle Passes not accepted.
Normal (on 35mm)
- Wed, Mar 18
Director: Ben Wheatley Run Time: 90 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 2026
Starring: Billy MacLellan, Bob Odenkirk, Henry Winkler, Lena Headey, Ryan Allen
Opening Night Film! Special Guest Bob Odenkirk in Attendance!
Buffet Infinity
- Wed, Mar 18
Director: Simon Glassman Run Time: 93 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2025
Starring: Claire Theobald, Donovan Workun, Kevin Singh
New England Premiere! Echoing the Canadian comedy classic ‘Sctv’ and picking from hundreds of hours of original, low-budget...
The Serpent’s Skin
- Thu, Mar 19
Director: Alice Maio Mackay Run Time: 83 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026
Starring: Alexandra McVicker, Avalon Fast, Charlotte Chimes, Jordan Dulieu, Scott Major
Massachusetts Premiere! Desire leaves a mark.
The Hedonist
- Thu, Mar 19
Director: Nick Funess Run Time: 78 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2025
Starring: Amrita Newton, Eugene Kotlyarenko, Izzi Rojas, Nick Funess, Zachary Grant
New England Premiere! After leaving his dead-end job, Reed (Nick Funess) finds himself in a quarter-life crisis. Unsure...
Sugar Rot
- Thu, Mar 19
Director: Becca Kozak Run Time: 82 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2025
Starring: Charles Lysne, Chloë MacLeod, Drew Forster, Michela Ross, Tyson Storozinski
East Coast Premiere! A punk rock horror film where a girl turns into sweets - and everyone wants a taste.
The Dunwich Horrors – Local Horror Shorts
- Fri, Mar 20
Run Time: 90 min.
BUFF has cast its nets into the churning murk of New England horror filmmaking and hauled in a...
Obsession
- Fri, Mar 20
Director: Curry Baker Run Time: 108 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026
Starring: Andy Richter, Cooper Tomlinson, Inde Navarrette, Megan Lawless, Michael Johnston
East Coast Premiere! The only cure for obsession is violence.
Cramps! A Period Piece
- Fri, Mar 20
Director: Brooke H. Cellars Run Time: 89 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2025
Starring: Brooklyn Woods, Harlie Madison, Lauren Kitchen, Martini Bear, Wicken Taylor
New England Premiere! It's just a bad period.
Animation Disorientation – Animation Shorts
- Sat, Mar 21
Run Time: 84 min.
Our animated selections this season offer you the opportunity to tap into a world you otherwise may not...
Die Laughing – Comedy Crypt Shorts
- Sat, Mar 21
Run Time: 100 min.
Ever since Bud Abbott and Lou Costello first met Dracula, the Wolfman, and Frankenstein’s monster (who is also...
Boorman and the Devil
- Sat, Mar 21
Director: David Kittredge Run Time: 112 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2025
Starring: Joe Dante, John Boorman, Karyn Kusama, Louise Fletcher, Mike Flanagan
New England Premiere! Every artist has his demon.
Rucking Fotten Presents: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
- Sat, Mar 21
Director: Tobe Hooper Run Time: 100 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 1986
Starring: Bill Johnson, Bill Moseley, Caroline Williams, Dennis Hopper, Jim Siedow
40th Anniversary Screening! Horror Icon Bill Moseley In-Person! 35mm Screening!
Rucking Fotten Presents: The Devil’s Rejects
- Sat, Mar 21
Director: Rob Zombie Run Time: 111 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 2005
Starring: Bill Moseley, Ken Foree, Sheri Moon Zombie, Sid Haig, William Forsythe
Bill Moseley In Person! 35mm Screening!
Death, Love, and Road Trips – Atypical Shorts
- Sun, Mar 22
Run Time: 92 min.
Psst… Get in, losers! We are going for a ride. You have been cooped up all winter and...
New England Esoterica — Local Shorts
- Sun, Mar 22
Run Time: 88 min.
Turns out not everything set in New England is spooky – this year we had so many local...
CAMP
- Sun, Mar 22
Director: Avalon Fast Run Time: 111 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2025
Starring: Alice Wordsworth, Cherry Moore, Ella Reece, Lea Rose Sebastianis, Zola Grimmer
New England Premiere! Gather round the campfire for Avalon Fast’s bewitching sophomore outing CAMP, an enchanting tale of...
Saccharine
- Sun, Mar 22
Director: Natalie Erika James Run Time: 112 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026
Starring: Danielle Macdonald, Joseph Baldwin, Madeleine Madden, Midori Francis, Robert Taylor
New England Premiere! Under pressure to lose weight, medical student Hana (Midori Francis) learns about a new weight...
The Furious
- Sun, Mar 22
Director: Kenji Tanigaki Run Time: 114 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2025
Starring: JeeJa Yanin, Joe Taslim, Xie Miao, Yang Enyou, Yayan Ruhian
East Coast Premiere! THE FURIOUS is a jaw-dropping action film from master stunt coordinator and director Kenji Tanigaki...