# 56th Sitges Film Festival

The 56th Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia took place from 5 October to 15, 2023, in Sitges, Catalonia, Spain. The supernatural horror film Sister Death, directed by Paco Plaza, opened the festival. Argentine horror film When Evil Lurks by Demián Rugna won the Best Feature Film Award.

## Background

The official artwork for the festival was unveiled on 24 May 2023. Photographed by Nacho Alegre, it was inspired by Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 film The Birds, conmemorating the 60th anniversary of the film. On 12 September, the festival announced both the recipients for the special awards and the complete lineup. German-American producer Jan Harlan and American director and visual effects supervisor Phil Tippett wil received the Honorary Grand Prize while Spanish director J. A. Bayona, Japanese director Hideo Nakata and American director Lee Unkrich, all will be honored with the Time Machine Award (Premi Màquina del Temps).

## Juries

The juries consists of the following members:

### Main competition

* Jérôme Paillard, French producer
* Ana Torrent, Spanish actress
* David C. Fein, American producer
* Kim Newman, British critic and writer
* Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Australian critic and researcher

### Noves Visions / Anima't

* Katharina Kubrick, American art director
* Sergi Caballero, Spanish filmmaker
* Fred Tsui, Chinese consultant

### Blood Window / Òrbita

* Max Karli, French film producer
* Agnela Domínguez, Spanish cultural manager
* Júlia Olmo, Spanish journalist and critic

### Méliès d'Argent

* Matthew Turner, British journalist and film critic
* Alexandra West, Canadian film critic
* Maura McHugh, Irish writer

### Brigadoon

* Raúl Cerezo, Spanish director
* Daniel Rodríguez Sánchez, Spanish writer and critic
* Aida Solé, Spanish blogger

### Crítica / Méliès d'Or

* Ylenia Cañadas, Spanish film critic
* Francesc Miró, Spanish film critic
* Antoni Peris, Spanish film critic

### SGAE Nova Autoria

* Jaume Balagueró, Spanish director and screenwriter
* Marta Grau, Spanish screenwriter, writer and script editor
* Alfonso De Vilallonga, Spanish film composer, vocalist and singer-songwriter

## Sections

The films selected for each section are as follows:

### Official selection
#### In competition

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Acid | Acide | Just Philippot [fr] | France |
| Best Wishes to All | みなに幸あれ | Yuta Shimotsu | Japan |
| Club Zero | Club Zero | Jessica Hausner | Austria, United Kingdom |
| Conann | Conann | Bertrand Mandico | France, Luxembourg, Belgium |
| When Evil Lurks | Cuando acecha la maldad | Demián Rugna | Argentina |
| Divinity | Divinity | Eddie Alcazar | United States |
| The Animal Kingdom | Le Règne animal | Thomas Cailley | France |
| In Flames | In Flames | Zarrar Kahn | Canada, Pakistan |
| It Lives Inside | It Lives Inside | Bishal Dutta | United States |
| Kubi | 首 | Takeshi Kitano | Japan |
| The Wait | La espera | F. Javier Gutiérrez | Spain |
| Bitten | La Morsure | Romain de Saint-Blanquat | France |
| Late Night with the Devil | Late Night with the Devil | Colin Cairnes, Cameron Cairnes | Australia |
| Red Rooms | Les chambres rouges | Pascal Plante | Canada |
| Flies | Moscas | Aritz Moreno [es] | Spain, Argentina |
| Omen | Omen | Baloji Tshiani | Congo, Netherlands, France, Belgium, Germany, South Africa |
| Riddle of Fire | Riddle of Fire | Weston Razooli | United States |
| Robot Dreams | Robot Dreams | Pablo Berger | Spain, France |
| Killing Romance | 킬링 로맨스 | Lee Won-suk | South Korea |
| Salem | Salem | Jean-Bernard Marlin [fr] | France |
| Sleep | 잠 | Jason Yu | South Korea |
| Sorcery | Brujería | Christopher Murray | Chile, Mexico, Germany |
| Stopmotion | Stopmotion | Robert Morgan | United Kingdom |
| The Seeding | The Seeding | Barnaby Clay | United States |
| The Universal Theory | Die Theorie von Allem | Timm Kröger | Germany |
| There's Something in the Barn | There's Something in the Barn | Magnus Martens | Norway |
| Tiger Stripes | Tiger Stripes | Amanda Nell Eu | Malaysia, Taiwan, France, Germany, Netherlands, Indonesia |
| Infested | Vermines | Sébastien Vaniček | France |
| Vincent Must Die | Vincent doit mourir | Stéphan Castaing | France |
| Wake Up | Wake Up | François Simard, Annouk Whissel, Yoann-Karl Whissel | France |
| White Plastic Sky | Műanyag égbolt | Tibor Bánóczki, Sarolta Szabó | Hungary, Slovakia |
    Highlighted title indicates Best Feature Film winner.

#### Out of competition

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Special Screenings ||||
| Aliens Abducted My Parents and Now I Feel Kinda Left Out | Aliens Abducted My Parents and Now I Feel Kinda Left Out | Jake Van Wagoner | United States |
| Amelia's Children | Amelia's Children | Gabriel Abrantes [pt] | Portugal |
| Awareness | Awareness | Daniel Benmayor [ca] | United States, Spain |
| Blood | Blood | Brad Anderson | United States |
| The Boy and the Heron | 君たちはどう生きるか | Hayao Miyazaki | Japan |
| The Chapel | La ermita | Carlota Pereda | Spain |
| Society of the Snow | La sociedad de la nieve | J. A. Bayona | Spain |
| Poor Things | Poor Things | Yorgos Lanthimos | United Kingdom |
| Sister Death (opening film) | Hermana Muerte | Paco Plaza | Spain |
| The Toxic Avenger | The Toxic Avenger | Macon Blair | United States |
| UFO Sweden | UFO Sweden | Crazy Pictures | Sweden |
| Midnight Special ||||
| God Is a Bullet | God Is a Bullet | Nick Cassavetes | United States |
| The Deep Dark | Gueules noires | Mathieu Turi [fr] | France |

### Shorts

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Abominations | Abominations | Mike Fontaine | United States |
| Ahora vuelvo | Ahora vuelvo | Lucas Paulino, Gabe Ibáñez | Spain |
| Bloody Fury | Bloody Fury | Jordan Inconstant | France |
| Callus | Callus | Ciarán Hickey | Ireland |
| Escape Attempt | Escape Attempt | Alex Topaller, Daniel Shapiro | United States, Portugal |
| Eyestring | Eyestring | Javier Devitt | United States, Argentina |
| Fishmonger | Fishmonger | Neil Ferron | United States |
| Hito | Hito | Stephen Lopez | Philippines |
| Honk | Honk | Charles de Lauzirika | United States |
| I'm Not a Robot | I'm Not a Robot | Victoria Warmerdam | Netherlands, Belgium |
| Intercanvi | Intercanvi | Alberto Evangelio | Spain |
| Paragon | Paragon | Colin Treneff | United States |
| Pesudo | Pesudo | Miquel Díaz Pont | Spain |
| Stop Dead | Stop Dead | Emily Greenwood | United Kingdom |
| Storm | Storm | Lena Tsodykovskaya | United States |
| Sugar Rag | Sugar Rag | Jai Love | United States, Australia |
| The Many Worlds of George Goodman | The Many Worlds of George Goodman | Gregg Bishop | United States |
| The Shore | The Shore | Eron Sheean | Netherlands, Australia |
| Anima't ||||
| A Night with Moosina | Wang Shen Zhi Ye | Shiu-Cheng Tsai | Taiwan |
| Astoria | Astoria | Franch Dion | France |
| Bye Bear | Bye Bear | Jan Bitzer | Germany |
| De Imperio | De Imperio | Alessandro Novelli | Portugal, Spain |
| Drijf | Drijf | Levi Stoops | Belgium |
| Eeva | Eeva | Morten Tšinakov, Lucija Mrzljak | Estonia, Croatia |
| Flite | Flite | Tim Webber | United Kingdom |
| Garden of Remembrance | Garden of Remembrance | Naoko Yamada | Japan |
| Ghost of the Dark Path | Ghost of the Dark Path | Fish Wang | Taiwan |
| La última historia | La última historia | Vicente Molina | Spain |
| Nezumikozō Jirokichi | Nezumikozō Jirokichi | Rintaro | Japan, France |
| No Room at the Inn | No Room at the Inn | R. O. Blechman | United States |
| Radio-Pilotis | Radio-Pilotis | Sonia Gerbeaud | France, Portugal |
| Sweet Like Lemons | Sweet Like Lemons | Jenny Jokela | United Kingdom, Finland |
| The Great Arc | The Great Arc | Camille Authouart | France |
| The Smile | The Smile | Erik van Schaaik | Netherlands, Belgium |
| To Bird or Not to Bird | To Bird or Not to Bird | Martín Romero | Spain |
| Special Sessions ||||
| ALEXX196 & la plage de sable rose | ALEXX196 & la plage de sable rose | Loïc Hobi | France, Switzerland |
| Dark Cell | Dark Cell | Jean-Michel Tari | France |
| La ley del más fuerte | La ley del más fuerte | Raul Monge | Spain |
| Los cómplices | Los cómplices | Alberto Evangelio | Spain |
| Milk & Cookies | Milk & Cookies | Giancarlo Fernandez | United Kingdom |
| Paradero 893 | Paradero 893 | Marc Martínez Pijoan | Spain |
| Tooth | Tooth | Jillian Corsie | United States |
| Venus | Venus | Jolan Nihilo, Mickaël Dusa | France |

### Órbita

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Black Flies | Black Flies | Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire | United States |
| Concrete Utopia | 콘크리트 유토피아 | Um Tae-hwa | South Korea |
| Diabolik: Ginko Attacks! | Diabolik - Ginko all'attacco! | Marco Manetti, Antonio Manetti | Italy |
| The Roundup: No Way Out | 범죄도시3 | Lee Sang-yong | South Korea |
| Jackdaw | Jackdaw | Jamie Childs | United Kingdom |
| Jericho Ridge | Jericho Ridge | Will Gilbey | Kosovo, United Kingdom |
| The Extortion | La extorsión | Martino Zaidelis [es] | Argentina |
| The Night Owl | 올빼미 | Ahn Tae-jin | South Korea |
| Lumberjack the Monster | 怪物の木こり | Takashi Miike | Japan |
| Mad Fate | 命案 | Soi Cheang | Hong Kong |
| Night of the Hunted | Night of the Hunted | Franck Khalfoun | France |
| Property | Propriedade | Daniel Bandeira | Brazil |
| Smugglers | 밀수 | Ryoo Seung-wan | South Korea |
| The Childe | 귀공자 | Park Hoon-jung | South Korea |
| The Last Stop in Yuma County | The Last Stop in Yuma County | Francis Galluppi | United States |
| Where the Wind Blows | 風再起時 | Philip Yung | China, Hong Kong |
    Highlighted title indicates Òrbita winner.

### Panorama

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| #Manhole | #Manhole | Kazuyoshi Kumakiri | Japan |
| Appendage | Appendage | Anna Zlokovic | United States |
| Blackout | Blackout | Larry Fessenden | United States |
| Brooklyn 45 | Brooklyn 45 | Ted Geoghegan | United States |
| Godless: The Eastfield Exorcism | Godless: The Eastfield Exorcism | Nick Kozakis | Australia |
| Hood Witch | Hood Witch | Saïd Belktibia | France |
| Last Straw | Last Straw | Alan Scott Neal | United States |
| Let It Ghost | Let It Ghost | Hoi Wong | Hong Kong |
| Nina of the Wolves | Nina dei lupi | Antonio Pisu [it] | Italy |
| Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls | Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls | Andrew Bowser | United States |
| Project Silence | 탈출: Project Silence | Kim Tae-gon | South Korea |
| Rabia | Rabia | Jorge Michel Grau [es] | Mexico |
| Restore Point | Bod obnovy | Robert Hloz | Czech Republic |
| Superposition | Superposition | Karoline Lyngbye | Denmark |
| The Forbidden Play | 禁じられた遊び | Hideo Nakata | Japan |
| The Sacrifice Game | The Sacrifice Game | Jenn Wexler | United States |
| You'll Never Find Me | You'll Never Find Me | Josiah Allen, Indianna Bell | Australia |
| Special Screenings ||||
| Cuando los amos duermen | Cuando los amos duermen | Santiago Alvarado | Spain |
| Immersion | 忌怪島 | Takashi Shimizu | Japan |
| The Primevals | The Primevals | David Allen | United States |
| Tokyo Revengers 2: Bloody Halloween Part 1 | 東京リベンジャーズ2 血のハロウィン編 運命 | Tsutomu Hanabusa | Japan |
| Tokyo Revengers 2: Bloody Halloween Part 2 | 東京リベンジャーズ2 血のハロウィン編 決戦 | Tsutomu Hanabusa | Japan |

### Anima't

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Deep Sea | 深海 | Tian Xiaopeng | China |
| Four Souls of Coyote | Kojot négy lelke | Áron Gauder | Hungary |
| Tender Metalheads | Heavies tendres | Joan Tomàs, Carlos Pérez-Reche, Juanjo Sáez | Spain |
| Komada – A Whisky Family | 駒田蒸留所へようこそ | Masayuki Yoshihara | Japan |
| Lonely Castle in the Mirror | かがみの孤城 | Keiichi Hara, Takakazu Nagamoto | Japan |
| Mars Express | Mars Express | Jérémie Périn | France |
| Sand Land | Sand Land | Toshihisa Yokoshima | Japan |
| Tony, Shelly and the Magic Light | Tonda, Slávka a kouzelné světlo | Filip Pošivač | Hungary, Solavkia |
| Special Screenings ||||
| Phoenix: Reminiscence of Flower | 火の鳥 #エデンの花 | Shōjirō Nishimi | Japan |
| The Feast of Anrita | アムリタの饗宴 | Saku Sakamoto | Japan |
    Highlighted title indicates Best Animated Feature Film winner.

### Noves Visions

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| All You Need is Death | All You Need is Death | Paul Duane | Ireland |
| Embryo Larva Butterfly | Embryo Larva Butterfly | Kyros Papavassiliou | Greece, Cyprus |
| For Night Will Come | En Attendant la Nuit (opening film) | Céline Rouzet | France |
| Halfway Home | Halfway Home | Madarász Isti | Hungary |
| Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person | Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant | Ariane Louis-Seize | Canada |
| Hundreds of Beavers | Hundreds of Beavers | Mike Cheslik | United States |
| In My Mother's Skin | In My Mother's Skin | Kenneth Dagatan | Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan |
| La última noche de Sandra M. | La última noche de Sandra M. | Borja de la Vega | Spain |
| Luka | Luka | Jessica Woodworth | Belgium, Italy, Netherlands, Bulgaria, Armenia |
| Mimì: Prince of Darkness | Mimì - Il principe delle tenebre | Brando De Sica | Italy |
| Mondays: See You "This" Week! | Mondays: See You "This" Week! | Ryo Takebayashi | Japan |
| Monolith | Monolith | Matt Vesely | Australia |
| Moon Garden | Moon Garden | Ryan Stevens Harris | United States |
| Motel Melati | Motel Melati | Mike Wiluan, Billy Christian | Indonesia, Singapore |
| My Animal | My Animal | Jacqueline Castel | Canada |
| Pandemonium | Pandemonium | Quarxx | France |
| Raging Grace | Raging Grace | Paris Zarcilla | United Kingdom |
| River | River | Junta Yamaguchi | Japan |
| Cobweb (closing film) | 거미집 | Kim Jee-woon | South Korea |
| The Funeral | The Funeral | Orçun Behram | Turkey |
| The Invisible Fight | The Invisible Fight | Rainer Sarnet | Estonia, Lithuania, Greece, Finland |
| The Last Ashes | Läif a Séil | Loïc Tanson [lb] | Luxembourg, Belgium |
| The Uncle | The Uncle | David Kapac, Andrija Mardesic | Serbia, Croatia |
| The Vourdalak | Le Vourdalak | Adrien Beau | France |
| Where the Devil Roams | Where the Devil Roams | Zelda Adams, John Adams, Toby Poser | United States |
| Petit Format ||||
| A Kind of Girl Who Knows Blanche | A Kind of Girl Who Knows Blanche | Seyoung Lee | South Korea |
| Collection of Extremely Short Stories | Collection of Extremely Short Stories | Pedro Villaça | Brazil |
| Cultes | Cultes | David Padilla | France |
| Days of Spring | Days of Spring | Arianne Hinz | Netherlands |
| Gable | Gable | Theo Taplitz | United States |
| Half-Dream | Half-Dream | Jan Grabowski | Poland |
| Mothers and Monsters | Mothers and Monsters | Édith Jorisch | Canada |
| Pruning | Pruning | Lola Blanc | United States |
| Retrodreaming | Retrodreaming | Alisa Berger | Germany, Japan |
| Spoor | Spoor | Statten Roeg, Sunita Soliar | United Kingdom, Mexico |
| The Old Young Crow | The Old Young Crow | Liam Lopinto | Japan, United States |
| Zero at the Bone | Zero at the Bone | Erin Grant | United States |
| Petit Format - Special Sessions ||||
| Mamántula | Mamántula | Ion de Sosa | Germany, Spain |
| Print the Legend | Print the Legend | Victor Matellano | Spain |
| We Are Animals | We Are Animals | Thijs Bouman | Netherlands |
    Highlighted title indicates Noves Visions winner.

### Series

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| 30 Coins (episodes "El pueblo fantasma" and "Las tierras del sueño") | 30 monedas | Álex de la Iglesia | Spain |
| El otro lado (episodes 1-3) | El otro lado (episodes 1-3) | Javier Ruiz Caldera, Alberto de Toro | Spain |
| Luz en la oscuridad: Daniela, dulce y bella (episodes 1-2) | Luz en la oscuridad: Daniela, dulce y bella (episodes 1-2) | — | Spain |
| Romancero (episodes 1-2) | Romancero (episodes 1-2) | Tomás Peña | Spain, United States |

### Nova Autoria

| Title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) | University/School |
| California | Albert Mariné | Spain | Escola de Cinema de Reus |
| El último recuerdo | Javier Sáez | Spain | International University of Catalonia |
| Fuego amigo | Asha Ruiz | Spain | Catalonia Film School |
| Lifetime | Ariadna Puigdemasa | Spain | Escola de Disseny i Arts Visuals LCI Barcelona |
| Los Frustrado | Martí Rovira Cortada | Spain | Tecnocampus, Escola Superior Politècnica |
| Not Yet | Pau Ballesté Aguirre, Maria Bros Carreras, Jorge Librero Cano | Spain | Autonomous University of Barcelona |
| O que me parta un rayo | Karen Joaquín | Spain | Escola de Cinema de Barcelona |
| Tenemos patria | Mikel Garrido Linares | Spain | Escola Superior de Cinema i Audiovisuals de Catalunya |
| The Sun Thief | Joan Cerdà Monterio, Maria Agustina Montaña | Spain | L'IDEM Barcelona, Creative Arts School |
| Tiet | Iris Dalmau | Spain | FX ANIMATION Barcelona 3D & Film School |

### Sitges Documenta

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| A Disturbance in the Force | A Disturbance in the Force | Jeremy Coon, Steve Kozak | United States |
| Dario Argento Panico | Dario Argento Panico | Simone Scafidi | United Kingdom |
| Dream Time | Dream Time | Claudio Lattanzi | Italy |
| Enter the Clones of Bruce | Enter the Clones of Bruce | David Gregory | United States |
| Kaidan: Strange Stories of Japanese Ghosts | Kaidan: Strange Stories of Japanese Ghosts | Yves Montmayeur | France |
| Kim's Video | Kim's Video | David Redmon, Ashley Sabin | United States |
| Living with Chucky | Living with Chucky | Kyra Elise Gardner | United States |
| Loch Ness: They Created a Monster | Loch Ness: They Created a Monster | John MacLaverty | United Kingdom |
| Mujeres sin censura | Mujeres sin censura | Eva Vizcarra | Spain |
| Otra película maldita | Otra película maldita | Alberto Fasce, Mario Varela | Argentina |
| The History of Metal and Horror | The History of Metal and Horror | Mike Schiff | United States |
| Satan Wants You | Satan Wants You | Sean Horlor, Steve J. Adams | Canada |
| Sharksploitation | Sharksploitation | Stephen Scarlata | United States |
| Spooktacular! | Spooktacular! | Quinn Monahan | United States |
| The Darkside of Society | The Darkside of Society | Larry Wade Carrell | United States |
| The J-Horror Virus | The J-Horror Virus | Sarah Appleton, Jasper Sharp | Japan, United Kingdom |
| 1 Million Zombies: The Story of Plaga Zombie | Un millón de zombies: La historia de Plaga Zombie | Nicanor Loreti, Camilo de Cabo | Argentina |
| You Can Call Me Bill | You Can Call Me Bill | Alexandre O. Philippe | United States |

### Midnight X-Treme

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| All You Need is Blood | All You Need is Blood | Cooper Roberts | United States |
| Kill | Kill | Nikhil Nagest Bhat | India |
| Mad Cats | Mad Cats | Reiki Tsuno | Japan |
| I'll Crush Y'all | Os reviento | Kike Narcea | Spain |
| The Well | The Well | Federico Zampaglione | Italy |
| The Wrath of Becky | The Wrath of Becky | Matt Angel, Suzanne Coote | United States |
| Triggered | Triggered | Richard V. Somes | Philippines |
| We Are Zombies | We Are Zombies | RKSS (François Simard, Anouk Whissell, Yoann-Karl Whissell) | Canada |
| Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey | Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey | Rhys Frake-Waterfield | United Kingdom |

### Brigadoon

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Feature Film Premieres ||||
| Auxilio | Auxilio | Tamae Garateguy | Argentina |
| Thorns | Thorns | Douglas Schulze | United States |
| Maria | Maria | Gabriel Grieco [es], Nicanor Loreti | Argentina |
| The Barn Part II | The Barn Part II | Justin M. Seaman | United States |
| Documentaries ||||
| Mancunian Man: The Legendary Life of Cliff Twemlow | Mancunian Man: The Legendary Life of Cliff Twemlow | Jake West | United Kingdom |
| Dario Argento's Museum of Horrors | Il museo degli orrori di Dario Argento | Luigi Cozzi | Italy |
| Nosferatu Award Barbara Bouchet ||||
| The Red Queen Kills Seven Times (1972) | La dama rossa uccide sette volte | Emilio Miraglia | Italy |
| Amuck! (1972) | Alla ricerca del piacere | Silvio Amadio | Italy |
| Caliber 9 (1972) | Milano calibro 9 | Fernando Di Leo | Italy |
| Black Belly of the Tarantula (1971) | La tarantola dal ventre nero | Paolo Cavara | Italy |
| Special Screenings ||||
| Il Boss (1973) | Il Boss (1973) | Fernando Di Leo | Italy |
| Somebody is Watching You (1988) | Alguien te está mirando | Gustavo Cova [es], Horacio Maldonado [es] | Argentina |
| Plaga Zombie (1997) | Plaga Zombie (1997) | Pablo Parés, Hernán Sáez | Argentina |
| Monster Heaven: Ghost Hero (1990) | 妖怪天国・ゴーストヒーロー | Makoto Tezuka | Japan |
| Cut and Run (1985) | Inferno in diretta | Ruggero Deodato | Italy |
| Take a Hard Ride (1975) | La parola di un fuorilegge... è legge! | Antonio Margheriti | Italy |
| Maria's Stomach (1990) | マリアの胃袋 | Hideyuki Hirayama | Japan |
| The Atlantis Interceptors (1983) | I predatori di Atlantide | Ruggero Deodato | Italy |
| Tintorera (1977) | Tintorera (1977) | René Cardona Jr. | Mexico |
| Samurai Ninja Onimanji (2023) | Samurai Ninja Onimanji (2023) | Yoshihiro Nishimura | Japan |
| Great White (1981) | L'ultimo squalo | Enzo G. Castellari | Italy |
| Door (1988) | Door (1988) | Banmei Takahashi | Italy |
| Hall of Frame: María Luisa Pino (2023) | Hall of Frame: María Luisa Pino (2023) | Guillermo López Aliaga, Fran Mateu | Spain |
| The Reluctant Icon: A Tribute to Laura Gemser (2023) | The Reluctant Icon: A Tribute to Laura Gemser (2023) | Kier-La Janisse | United States, Canada |
| Blood-Sucking Tree (1992) | 吸血木 | Shunji Iwai, Masaharu Ota, Akira Yoneta | Japan |
| The Swamp of the Ravens (1974) | El pantano de los cuervos | Manuel Caño | Spain |
| Santo in the Vengeance of the Mummy (1971) | Santo en la venganza de la momia | Carlos Aured | Spain |
| Oldboy (2003) | 올드보이 | Park Chan-wook | South Korea |
| Santo Contra los Zombies (1961) | Santo Contra los Zombies (1961) | Benito Alazraki | Mexico |
| Humanoid Puppet (1992) | Humanoid Puppet (1992) | Hidehiro Ito | Japan |

### Sitges Classics

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Acción mutante (1993) | Acción mutante (1993) | Álex de la Iglesia | Spain |
| Don't Torture a Duckling (1972) | Non si sevizia un paperino | Lucio Fulci | Italy |
| Caligula - The Ultimate Cut (1979) | Caligula - The Ultimate Cut (1979) | Tinto Brass | United States, Italy |
| Contempt (1963) | Le Mépris | Jean-Luc Godard | France |
| Enter the Game of Death (1978) | 十字手拳 | Lee Tso-nam | Hong Kong |
| The Raid (2011) | The Raid (2011) | Gareth Evans | Indonesia |
| Extra Terrestrial Visitors (1983) | Los nuevos extraterrestres | Juan Piquer Simón | Spain |
| The Shining (1980) | The Shining (1980) | Stanley Kubrick | United States |
| The Exorcist (1973) | The Exorcist (1973) | William Friedkin | United States |
| Lake Michigan Monster (2018) | Lake Michigan Monster (2018) | Ryland Brickson Cole Tews | United States |
| Pet Sematary (1989) | Pet Sematary (1989) | Mary Lambert | United States |
| Psychic Vision: Jaganrei (1988) | Psychic Vision: Jaganrei (1988) | Teruyoshi Ishii | Japan |
| King Kong (1933) | King Kong (1933) | Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack | United States |
| The Wicker Man (1973) | The Wicker Man (1973) | Robin Hardy | United Kingdom |
| Black Sunday (1960) | La maschera del demonio | Mario Bava | Italy |
| The Dragon Lives Again (1977) | 李三腳威震地獄門 | Law Kei | Hong Kong |
| Cannibal Holocaust (1980) | Cannibal Holocaust (1980) | Ruggero Deodato | Italy |
| Siesta (1987) | Siesta (1987) | Mary Lambert | United States |
| Star Trek: The Motion Picture - The Director's Edition | Star Trek: The Motion Picture - The Director's Edition | Robert Wise | United States |
| Anima't ||||
| The Masters of Time (1982) | Les Maîtres du temps | René Laloux | France, Hungary, Switzerland |
| The Soldier's Tale (1984) | The Soldier's Tale (1984) | R. O. Blechman | United States |
| 100 Years of Walt Disney Animation Studios: An Hommage to Its Short Films (2023) | 100 Years of Walt Disney Animation Studios: An Hommage to Its Short Films (2023) | Various authors | United States |
| Panic City ||||
| Don't Look Now (1973) | A Venezia... un Dicembre rosso shocking | Nicolas Roeg | United Kingdom |
| Hollywood 90028 (1973) | Hollywood 90028 (1973) | Christina Hornisher | United States |
| Pájaros de ciudad (1983) | Pájaros de ciudad (1983) | José María Sánchez Álvaro | Spain, Italy |
| Naked Lunch (1991) | Naked Lunch (1991) | David Cronenberg | Canada, United Kingdom |
| A House Without Boundaries (1972) | La casa sin fronteras | Pedro Olea | Spain |
| God Told Me To (1976) | God Told Me To (1976) | Larry Cohen | United States |
| The Last Days (2013) | Los últimos días | Álex Pastor, David Pastor | Spain |
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| The Fourth Victim (1971) | In fondo alla piscina | Eugenio Martín | Spain, Italy |
| La Venere d'Ille (1979) | La Venere d'Ille (1979) | Mario Bava, Lamberto Bava | Italy |
| Los leprosos y el sexo (1970) | Los leprosos y el sexo (1970) | René Cardona | Mexico |
| O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization (1985) | O-bi, o-ba: Koniec cywilizacji | Piotr Szulkin | Poland |
| The Appointment (1980) | The Appointment (1980) | Lindsey C. Vickers | United Kingdom |
| The McPherson Tape (1989) | The McPherson Tape (1989) | Dean Alioto | United States |
| Twilight (1990) | Szürkület | György Fehér | Hungary |