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Normal Tickets
6:30pm - Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026
Sick Puppy (Filmmakers in Attendance for Q&A)
Charlie loves her husband John, even though he is a serial killer. She's been trying to get him to quit for years. When he finally does quit to protect her, she's thrilled, but the police soon show up and threaten to upend their new suburban life. Soon Charlie must do whatever she can to keep them off their trail. All while making sure John stays on the straight and narrow. With Natasha Calis, Brett Geddes, Dylan Taylor, Rachel Boyd, Julia Dyan, Precious Chong, Tony Nappo, Elizabeth Bell.
Official Selection – FrightFest
"Wildly Deranged and Volatile." (Filmhounds)
"Truly living up to its name, 'Sick Puppy' is all at once a clusterfuck of major and minor perversions, and a cavalcade of casual, semi-domesticated evils... Darkly funny and utterly wrong every which way." (Projected Figures)
Filmmakers in Attendance for post-show Q&A!
Wednesday, June 3
Doors 6:00 pm | Movie 6:30 pm *Start time subject to change. Please arrive on time.
SICK PUPPY (Jay Reid, 2026 / 105 mins / NR) When Charlie's serial killer husband decides to finally quit for her, she's thrilled, but soon finds herself committing violent acts to protect the man she loves, even from himself.
