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Kaboom

IFC Center
Monday, Sep 1, 2025 7:25 PM
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Admission General Admission - $18.00
Admission Senior - $15.00
Admission Child - $15.00

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Screening on 35mm!

A wild, witty and sex-drenched horror-comedy thriller, KABOOM tells the story of Smith (Thomas Dekker), an ambisexual 18-year-old college freshman who stumbles upon a monstrous conspiracy in a seemingly idyllic Southern California seaside town. KABOOM shares key touchstones of Araki’s early films, including scatological and absurd Valley-inflected dialogue, elements of campy gore and Araki’s troupe of arrestingly sexy guys and girls. With his sophisticated synthesis of various experiments in tone and cinematography, Araki has reached a new level of artistic maturity.

Screening as part of our series 20 Films for 20 Years

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Film Details
Country:USA
Year:2011
Format:35mm
Running Time:86
Director:Gregg Araki
Cast:Thomas Dekker
Haley Bennett
Chris Zylka
Roxane Mesquida
Juno Temple
Accessibility:Assistive Listening
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Pull Quote:"Trippy, horny and apocalpytically funny. A gonzo teen fantasy."
Writer:Aaron Hillis
Publication:The Village Voice