Confetti is flying here at the BUFF cave. You have given us your hard earned cash and we don't take that lightly. Most of all you showed us that what we do is important. That this 8 day festival which is an eight month operation is valuable to the community. For that we have so much love to give you in return. We will post our full line-up here first for all our donors before we post it on line.

We will be contacting you all about fulfilling your rewards in the coming days so hang tight. Be sure to send us a message if you were offered a special incentive on Facebook. For those of you who are getting tickets or passes, there will be a list with your name on it at the BUFF table in the lobby of the Kendall Landmark during the festival (open starting 5pm on opening night- Thursday March 24th and open an hour before films start each day until 30 minutes in to the last film of the night).

Feel free to keep spreading the word/ donating. About 10% goes to Amazon/ Kickstarter fees and we can always use the extra cash to do things a bit better. 14 hours to go. Can we make $6000? Can we get over 100 backers? 

Here is a little bit of love for you all from GRETH PRODUCTIONS (https://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=114926488530037). Catch their nunsploitation short THY KILL BE DONE before Machete Maidens Unleashed Friday March 25th at 7:30pm.

BUFF is excited to be hosting the East Coast premiere of the Argentinian comedy PHASE 7.  The film had its world premiere at Sitges last year, and is slated to have its US premiere at the upcoming SXSW festival in Austin.

Directed by Nicolas Goldbart, Phase 7 stars Daniel Hendler, Federico Luppi, Jazmin Stuart, and Jose "Yayo" Guridi.

Synopsis Coco (Daniel Hendler) just moved to his new apartment with 7 months pregnant wife Pipi (Jazmin Stuart) when their building is quarantined due to the outbreak of a deadly flu. Soon the residents become unexpected enemies, and Coco is forced to join forces with his next-door neighbor, the loony but well prepared and stocked Horacio, to defend the contents of his fridge and keep his pregnant wife safe. Meanwhile, outside the quarantined building, the world as we knew it is disappearing. No wonder no one came when they dialed 833.

NEW ENGLAND PREMIERE: MACHETE MAIDENS UNLEASHED!

 If there was ever such a thing as exploitation cinema nirvana, it probably came to realization during the 70s and early 80s in the Philippines. Documentarian Mark Hartley, already having documented the lesser respected genre offerings of his native Australia with Not Quite Hollywood, trains his eye to the north—to a place where not only labor, but expertise, materials and even government assistance (thanks to dictator Ferdinand Marcos) came cheap and helped craft not only some of the most notorious examples of American cinema at the time (Mad Doctor of Blood Island, for example), but also the most lauded (Coppola’s Apocalypse Now is also a product of this system). Along the way, we are treated to wildly entertaining stories from the Wild Wild East of gunfights breaking out in hotel lobbies, large rats carrying off a quarry of kitten, and street curfews forcing casts and crews to party till the wee hours. The best part is, we get to hear these stories firsthand from the likes of Roger Corman, Jack Hill, John Landis, Sid Haig, Pam Grier, Eddie Romero and Joe Dante among many others. If there’s a major player from the Filipino exploitation era still alive, chances are that Hartley has interviewed ‘em here. As entertaining as any of the films it profiles, Machete Maidens Unleashed! looks back with fondness and incredulity at the insanity that unfolded in south east Asia once upon a time.

REVIVAL SCREENING: TWILIGHT PEOPLE

I’m glad nobody told Filipino B-movie god Eddie Romero that he should really have a budget if he wanted to make a movie about an island full of monstrous half-human, half-animal beasts. Then we’d be deprived of the spectacle of the ghetto goat-boy, the badly-conceived bat man or the embarrassed-looking panther woman (played by Pam Grier!). Also, Romero probably would have done something foolish with that extra money like hiring somebody other than John Ashley for the lead role. Ashley had parlayed a semi-successful stateside career as a teen actor and rockabilly singer into what passed for super-stardom in the Philippines, where he produced and starred in countless action and monster films as “the white guy”. He’s generally pretty bad, but he will start growing on you after a while, like an exotic island fungus. The whole film exudes an ambiance of sleazy tropical languor that’s quite appealing in its humid way. --Lars Nilsen, Fantastic Fest

We know what you're thinking, "Hey BUFF, I keep hearing about these kickass parties, but all I see updates for are movies. I just want to get my drink on and see some cool bands/DJs!"

Well, after you catch HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN at the Kendall, come decompress with a few drinks and three great bands coupled with a DJ/VJ set that will knock your socks off at our Sci-fi/Exploitation-themed party,

Join us for a night of mayhem with a sci-fi/sexploitation twist! Celebrate day one of the Boston Underground Film Festival!

Featuring Performances by:
Trabants (9:15)
Emperor Norton's Stationary Marching Band (10:15)
Math the Band (11:15)

Doors open at 8:30pm
21+

$10 in advance/$12 at the door (Free for BUFF Passholders)
*BUFF Passholders each receive 2 beer tickets!*

Tix available online:
http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail...

BUFF is ecstatic to announce the latest addition to our lineup, the new film from the director of Love Exposure (opening night film - BUFF 2010), Sion Sono.

Notes from Toronto International Film Festival:

When Mitsuko is caught shoplifting, the friendly Murata (Denden) helps her distraught parents by settling things with the store’s manager. Murata, who owns a tropical fish store called Amazon Gold, immediately forms a bond with fellow fish connoisseur Shamoto and offers to help his wayward daughter, giving her a job that comes conveniently with room and board. The conflict between Mitsuko and her stepmom appears to be finally solved.

Shamoto is drawn into business with the outgoing Murata, unaware that behind his friendly demeanor lurks a dangerous sociopath. Murata and his wife have a history of fraud and murder, disposing of their prey in an elaborate, ritualistic and grisly manner. Taken in by Murata’s easygoing charm, Shamoto realizes the man’s true nature too late and becomes implicated in the madman’s bloody crimes.

Madness is a familiar theme for Sion Sono, who has made nearly twenty films in the last thirty years. His work remains relatively unknown outside of fanboy and J-Horror circles, where films like Suicide Club and Love Exposure (his four-hour-long opus of fetishism, romance and religion) have gained cult status.

Cold Fish sees Sono reaching an impressive new level. He shows firm control of this gruesome subject; he never allows it to stray into exploitation or sensationalism and skillfully balances tense drama with outrageous black humour. What makes the film all the more shocking is that it is based on the real case of a serial killer who murdered more than fifty people. While Fukikoshi whimpers and cowers at the horrific crimes playing out before him, Denden steals the show with his gregarious, alpha-male portrayal of the cold-blooded Murata – the Japanese equivalent of Sweeney Todd. --Colin Geddes

BUFF XIII is honored to host the East Coast Premiere of Lucky McKee's THE WOMAN. McKee, producer Andrew Van den Houten and co-writer Jack Ketchum are planned to be in attendance at the screening.

THE WOMAN is a sequel to an earlier Ketchum story, OFFSPRING, adapted into a 2009 film directed by Van den Houten. For those unfamiliar with the film, here's the synopsis from the Sundance website:

Good-old-fashioned-horror impresario Lucky McKee (McKee’s May screened at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival) returns to Park City with an outrageously sadistic peek under the surface of family values gone terribly wrong. When stern patriarch Chris Cleek stumbles upon a wild woman while hunting deep in the woods, he does what he believes is the only logical thing—he stalks, captures, and imprisons the savage in his shed with the intent of civilizing her. Naturally, Cleek wants his whole family to participate in the process; refusal is not an option for his frail wife, reluctant daughters, and all-too-eager son. As his training methods turn increasingly torturous, resistance is met with brute force and animalistic urges, building meticulously to an unrelenting, carnage-filled climax. Writhing through themes of abuse, legacies, and adolescent pain, McKee’s exercise in cruelty gleefully grinds the classic Pygmalion story into a macabre pulp for all to enjoy.

The film has been causing quite a buzz since it was premiered at Sundance. The viral video that has surfaced since its initial screening has become stuff of legend. Don't miss this chance to see what got this guy so upset, with the director, writers and producer present!

BUFF is excited to announce a new addition to its lineup; a work-in-progress screening of Adam Mason’s long awaited Luster. Mason, director of BUFF 2009 selection Blood River, as well as The Devil’s Chair and Broken, has been spending the better part of two years adding tweaks to this dark, dark comedy of dissociative identity:

Thomas Luster is a troubled businessman who tries to make sense of a life being driven out-of-control by a force closer to home than he first realizes. When he discovers that the man working against him is another side of his own personality he is forced to fight back against his manipulative alter-ego as murder, madness and mayhem combine to take Thomas Luster on the most bizarre and terrifying ride of his life.

In the time spent perfecting Luster, Mason has since completed shooting two more films – the single-take experimental horror piece Pig and the upcoming Junkie. Boston audiences have the rare opportunity to catch a sneak-peek of this wickedly funny film before its eventual world premiere takes the film fest circuit by storm!

BUFF is proud to present the North American Premiere of Trent Haaga's directorial debut, CHOP, starring Billy Bakshi and Timothy Muskatell.

Playing a bit like a pitch black-comedy version of Park Chan Wook's CUT, CHOP is the story of a man who is forced to figure out why a stranger is seeking revenge on him. With an absurd script courtesy of Adam Minarovich (TV's THE WALKING DEAD), CHOP is a wickedly funny good time.

Haaga, no stranger to BUFF audiences through his screenplay for DEADGIRL (BUFF 2009) and a small part in Chad Ferrin's SOMEONE'S KNOCKING AT THE DOOR (BUFF 2010), is planned to be in attendance at the festival to present his first effort behind the camera.

So, this is the first time we've tried to fund raise for BUFF. In 13 years the fest has managed on generous cash sponsorship and the money generated from submissions, ticket sales and advertising. Cash sponsorship has all but dried up in this down economy so we thought, why not appeal to our audience? The ones that thank us for bringing folks like Lloyd Kaufman, Lucky McKee and Mink Stole. The folks that we put the festival on for will guide our weary vessel through these choppy waters. We promise to make it worth your while. We will be adding special rewards and incentives as we go as well as announce some of our stellar lineup for this year. We promise that in return for your support we will deliver the best festival yet. So many parties, special guests and mind blowing cinema that you will be a convert to the church of BUFF and worship at our altar! Here is a promo bump from one of our favorite filmmakers the immensely talented Mr Jimmy Ether. More love to come...