Japanese Horror Fest 2023
August 25-26th, 6pm
Logan Theatre
21+
The Japanese Arts Foundation is thrilled to return for another summer Horror Film Fest at Logan Theatre!
This year we are serving drinks, drag, mochi donuts, horror experts, and a giant skeleton straight out of Utagawa Kuniyoshi’s iconic Takiyasha the Witch and the Skeleton Spectre with effects by Air Party! See individual dates for more details on films and programs.
$50 / day
$85 weekend pass
Join us for a weekend celebrating Japanese horror full of spooky Suntory Highballs, gorey mochi donuts from our friends at Gaijin, visceral drag performances, horror film talks from experts, an unforgettable photo booth, and of course good times! Each ticket includes admission to films, complimentary highballs, mochi donuts, performances and talks, immersive photobooth, and one Vampire Hunter D original artwork poster from local artist Eric Kozlowsky to take home. Extra thanks to our friends and partners at BeamSuntory, Gaijin, Air Party, and Horror Vanguard.
Friday, August 25
Horror Themed Drag Performance!
Details forthcoming…
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
Madhouse Films’ iconic director Yoshiaki Kawajiri presents a legendary dhampir competing with a motley family of bounty hunters to return a young woman, who has been seemingly abducted by a vampire, to her family. (2000)
See Trailer HERE
Perfect Blue
Directed by Satoshi Kon, a pop singer gives up her career to become an actress, but she slowly goes insane when she starts being stalked by an obsessed fan and what seems to be a ghost of her past. Satoshi Kon’s infamous psychological thriller was released in 1997.
See Trailer HERE
Saturday, August 26
Special guest speaker Ashley Darrow, host of Horror Vanguard !
Horror Vanguard is a podcast that explores the crypts of horror movies and left political theory. HV is hosted by gothic scholars Ashley Darrow and Jon Greenaway. You can listen to new episodes of Horror Vanguard every week.
Ashley Darrow is a film critic, writer, and photographer. Ashley’s work explores the potential for the utopian within the gothic. You can keep up with Ashley’s latest work at darrow.media.
Wild Zero
“Love has no borders, nationalities, or genders!”
Only legendary Japanese garage rock band Guitar Wolf can stand between a race of aliens from destroying earth with an army of zombies. This 1999 iconic comedy horror film was directed by Tetsuro Takeuchi.
See Trailer HERE
Battle Royale
In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary “Battle Royale” act. Director Kinji Fukasaku created the infamous Battle Royale 2000.
See Trailer HERE
*Please note we do not offer refunds due to our short staff and the demands of these events.
More about Air Party:
Air Party is a balloon decor business, from a photographer’s perspective, located in Chicago. Mandy Dempsey is the creator of Air Party. Mandy has been working as a photographer since 2010 and has specialized in creating themed portrait opportunities for her clients. Her love for conceptualizing and creating a range of themed sets for photo opps sparked her fascination with balloon decor and installations. Air Party is available for local businesses, personal celebrations and corporate events.
