Body-Horror Indie Comedy BOOGER Opens in Select Theaters & Arrives on VOD Friday, September 13 From Dark Sky Films
(Special to SanDiegoComicConNews.com) – BOOGER Synopsis: New Yorker Anna has just suffered the sudden and unexpected death of her best friend and roommate, Izzy. She’s trying to handle this loss when Izzy’s cat, Booger, runs away. Anna goes on a desperate search to find him and in the process, she is bitten on the hand by the cat. She soon begins to take on feline characteristics, and her work life and relationship with her boyfriend start to go downhill.
BOOGER, the acclaimed debut feature from writer-director Mary Dauterman, opens in select theaters and arrives on VOD on Friday, September 13 from Dark Sky Films, with weeklong runs at the Quad Cinema in New York City and Laemmle Glendale in Los Angeles, with special filmmaker Q&As.
Featuring a widely praised performance by Grace Glowicki (TITO, STRAWBERRY MANSION), BOOGER is a one-of-a-kind film blending body horror with comedy in a story of intense female friendship and its tragic loss, all backgrounded by a tale of supernatural transformation.
The film also stars Garrick Bernard (Single Drunk Female), Marcia DeBonis (SOMETIMES I THINK ABOUT DYING, 13 GOING ON 30), David Rysdahl (OPPENHEIMER, Fargo), and indie cult icon Heather Matarazzo (WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE, SCREAM 3).
BOOGER is produced by Lexi Tannenholtz (Shudder’s BAD THINGS) and executive produced by Neon Heart Productions (CORA BORA), Ley Line Entertainment (EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE), Sanctuary Content, One Two Twenty Entertainment (JOYLAND) and Lizzie Shapiro (SHIVA BABY).
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78 mins. | USA | English | Not Rated | 2023
Official Selection: Fantasia International Film Festival, American Film Festival in Wroclaw, Cucalorus Festival, Stockholm International Film Festival, Florida Film Festival, Calgary Underground Film Festival, New Hampshire Film Festival, Virginia Film Festival, Maryland Film Festival, Oak Cliff Film Festival
ABOUT DARK SKY FILMS
Dark Sky Films is the independent production company and distributor behind such modern classics as Ti West’s THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL, THE INNKEEPERS, STAKE LAND, DEATHGASM, WE ARE STILL HERE, GIRL ON THE THIRD FLOOR, and more.