‘After Dark’ makes a come back to MAMI

There’s never been a better time to be a horror buff than now.  Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival with Star, in its 18^th edition, is gearing up to startle its delegates by presenting them with night line ups of spooky horror movies in its week-long event.

After Dark will provide exposure to filmmakers working within the horror, sci-fi and suspense genres. It is also an excellent platform where upcoming horror directors can showcase their work.

The After Dark selection at MAMI

Each film has been handpicked by Jongsuk Thomas Nam, the curator of ‘After Dark’ Section at the festival. Nam joined Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (PiFan) in 2007 as the festival consultant and since 2009, has been the Managing Director of its film industry program, Network of Asian Fantastic Films (NAFF). He has served as a Jury in numerous film festivals including Berlin, Warsaw, Hawaii, Vesoul and Yubari, as well as being the panelist and mentor at International Film Expo – Manila, The Philippines; Black Nights Industry Days – Tallinn, Estonia; and TIFFCOM – CoPro Connection, Tokyo, Japan among others.

The movies to be screened are:

Babak Anvari’s writing-directing debut ‘Under the Shadow’ –a supernatural thriller set in 1980’s Tehran

Under The Shadow

‘The Greasy Strangler’ is a shocking story of a slimy-greasy serial killer. Also the first feature film from Jim Hosking

The Greasy Strangler

‘The Wailing’, a detective-horror story will leave the viewers nerves in jitters, thanks to brilliant writing of South Korean film director and screenwriter Na Hong-jin

The Wailing

Director Isaac Estban serves up THE SIMILARS (LOS PARECIDOS), a Twilight Zone-style fantasy suspense film

THE SIMILARS (LOS PARECIDOS)

First-time feature director Agnieszka Smoczyńska’s movie, THE LURE (CORKI DANCINGU) is the world’s first 80s inspired mermaid musical horror film

THE LURE (CORKI DANCINGU)