2026 Official Selection: Feature Film – Horror
In 1981, porn filmmakers chase the slasher craze with a low-budget ripoff, as spring-breaking coeds are stalked by a killer beekeeper at a camp with a tragic past.
Screening date & tickets — to be announced
- Director(s): Alex Montilla
- Writer(s): Alex Montilla
- Producer(s): Alex Montilla
- Key Cast: Amy Letcher, Rob Zoppo, Bud Galloway, Amber Kellehan, David Arnold Rubin, Anna Bess, Alex Montilla
- Editor(s): Alex Montilla
- Cinematographer(s): Alex Montilla
- Sound Designer(s): Ignacio Kriman
- Composer(s): Chris Ranier
Language: English
Runtime: 1h 32m
Country: United States
Synopsis: Friday the 69th, the first-ever period-piece feature shot entirely on an iPhone (probably… don’t Google it), is a microbudget slasher-comedy paying tribute to early ’80s B-movies. In 1981, adult filmmakers chase the slasher craze by making their own ripoff, only to unleash a killer beekeeper with a vendetta on a group of spring-breaking coeds. With a scene filmed at the original Texas Chain Saw Massacre house, it channels the DIY spirit of El Mariachi into a cult horror romp.
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