Welcome to the inaugural year of Anomaly, featuring 10 feature films & 20 short films from around the world—plus a handful of exciting events—November 8-10 in downtown Rochester, NY. Join us for a genre-rific, ghoulishly good time!
All film screenings
take place at
The Cinema Theater (957 S. Clinton Ave, Rochester, NY)
After-Party events
are open to specific ticket-holders, and all full festival passholders
Happy hour & breakfast events
are open to full festival and day-specific passholders
PASSHOLDERS | Pickup your full festival pass, grab a drink, and enjoy light snacks to kick-off the weekend of genre-madness!
Horror/Thriller
A troubled college freshman suffers a violent family trauma and resurrects his childhood imaginary friend Daniel to help him cope.
PLUS! The Video Store Commercial
Horror/Comedy
A haunting ghost story set against the backdrop of a busy winter sales period in a department store, following the life of a cursed dress as it passes from person to person, with devastating consequences.
PLUS! The Obliteration of the Chickens
FRIDAY TICKETS & PASSHOLDERS | Talk about what wonders and horrors you’ve seen today, over finger food and themed cocktails in the “secret room”!
PASSHOLDERS | Start your movie-watching day with a cup of coffee, and eat a donut before one eats you.
Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Action/Horror
This lineup of amazing short films presents a cross-section of some of the best genre filmmaking from around the world, from fables to fighting; from blood to the bizarre.
Action/Comedy
Andrei, a detective and the world's most horrible father, brings together a terrible group of people in his apartment: his resentful actress daughter, an angry thug, and a cheated cop. Each one of them has a reason to want revenge.
PLUS! The Animator
Horror/Comedy
A driving instructor must use her other-worldly gifts to save a lonely man’s daughter from a rock star looking to use her for Satanic purposes.
PLUS! Night of the Living Shred
Action/Horror
A group of war veterans must defend their local VFW post and an innocent teen against a deranged drug dealer and his relentless army of punk mutants.
PLUS! One Last Meal
VFW TICKETS & PASSHOLDERS | Join us for a neon-tinged after-party with food, drinks, and a live horror-tinged DJ set.
PASSHOLDERS | Toast the oncoming festive season as we head into Deathcember with a morning egg nog and “gingerdead” holiday cookies.
Horror/Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Behind the doors of this ultimate advent horror anthology lurk 24 terrifying visions by 24 international genre directors, ready to fill your holiday season with a festive bloodbath of mirth and delight.
Special U.S. Preview Screening!
Sci-Fi/Drama
An old Laotian hermit discovers that the ghost of a road accident victim can transport him back in time fifty years to the moment of his mother’s painful death.
PLUS! Deliria
Comedy/Documentary
Released in 1995, Paul Verhoeven’s Showgirls was met by critics and audiences with near universal derision. You Don’t Nomi traces the film’s redemptive journey from notorious flop to cult classic, and maybe even masterpiece.
PLUS! It’s Not Custard
Indescribable/Comedy/Fantasy
This bizarre retro comedy, shot entirely on VHS and Beta, follows 12-year-old Ralph as he accidentally records home videos and his favorite late night shows over his parents' wedding tape.
PLUS! The Glory Years
