The chances to see the festival favorites LOVELY MOLLY, V/H/S and COMPLIANCE ahead of their general releases, and a special in-person appearance by Rick Baker, are among a number of screenings and events of Fangorian interest in New York City in the next couple of months. Read on for the assorted details.

• LOVELY MOLLY, directed by THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT’s Eduardo Sanchez and starring Gretchen Lodge (pictured) as a young woman who returns to her childhood home and is plagued by inner and outer demons, has a Film Comment Selects sneak preview this Friday, May 11 at 11 p.m. at Lincoln Center’s Walter Reade Theatre (165 West 65th Street). See more details and purchase tickets here. In addition, the Film Society of Lincoln Center has a Midnight Movies series running all summer at the Francesca Beale Theater in the Elinor Bunim Munroe Film Center (144 West 65th Street), with titles including THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE on Friday, June 8; Tobe Hooper’s LIFEFORCE on Friday, June 29; David Lynch’s LOST HIGHWAY on Friday, July 6; Sam Raimi’s THE EVIL DEAD on Friday, July 13 and EVIL DEAD II on Friday, July 20; Lucio Fulci’s HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY (a rare uncut 35mm print) on Friday, August 3; James Gunn’s SLITHER on Friday, August 10; Robert Bierman’s Nicolas Cage-starrer VAMPIRE’S KISS on Friday, August 24; Sidney J. Furie’s THE ENTITY on Friday, August 31; and (not horror, but a personal fave of this writer) Menahem Golan’s THE APPLE on Friday, August 17. Find out more and buy tickets here. 

The Film Society is also hosting a series called Past and Prologue: The Films of Ridley Scott May 25-June 3 at the Walter Reade, which includes showings of ALIEN on Friday, May 25 at 9 p.m. and Monday, May 28 at 3:45 p.m., HANNIBAL on Sunday, May 27 at 9 p.m. and Tuesday, May 29 at 1 p.m. and LEGEND on Friday, May 25 at 4:15 p.m. and Saturday, May 26 at 9:15 p.m. Go here for more info.

• Brooklyn’s BAMcinématek is hosting the NYC premieres of two more notable new indie films, V/H/S and COMPLIANCE, as part of its fourth annual BAMcinemaFest showcasing American independents, running June 20-July 1 at BAM Rose Cinemas (30 Lafayette Avenue). V/H/S is an omnibus horror with segments helmed by David Bruckner, Glenn McQuaid, Radio Silence, Joe Swanberg, Ti West and Adam Wingard; COMPLIANCE, from writer/director Craig Zobel, is a chilling psychological study of manipulation, based on real-life incidents. Dates and times are to be announced; keep an eye on BAMcinématek’s official website for updates. The venue is also offering the chance to see a number of cult favorites on the big screen as part of Tangerine Dreams, a 10-film series dedicated to the popular German band, running June 1-7. Among the movies playing (all on 35mm prints) are Michael Mann’s THE KEEP on Sunday, June 3 at 4:30 and 9:30 p.m.; Kathryn Bigelow’s NEAR DARK on Wednesday, June 6 at 4:30 and 9:15 p.m.; Michael Laughlin’s STRANGE BEHAVIOR on Saturday, June 2 at 4:30 and 9:15 p.m.; Steve DeJarnatt’s MIRACLE MILE on Friday, June 1 at 2, 4:30, 6:50 and 9:15 p.m.; and LEGEND again on Saturday, June 2 at 6:50 p.m.

• Legendary monster maker Rick Baker (pictured right) will appear at a special screening and live event for MEN IN BLACK 3 at Astoria, Queens’ Museum of the Moving Image (36-01 35th Avenue) on Thursday, May 24 at 8 p.m. Following a showing of the Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones and Josh Brolin-starring sequel in Dolby Digital 3D, multi-Oscar-winning FX artist Baker will take part in a discussion; get info and tickets here. In addition, an exhibit called Aliens, Gadgets, and Guns: Designing the World of MEN IN BLACK 3 is currently running at the Museum through September 23, featuring Baker’s alien creatures and other objects from the film; find out more here. 

• Manhattan's 92YTribeca (200 Hudson Street) is continuing to showcase all kinds of weird and wonderful horror, cult and exploitation fare. This Friday, May 11 at 9:30 p.m., they’re presenting a 35mm print of Johnn Wintergate’s BOARDINGHOUSE, the notorious shot-on-video-but-shown-in-theaters 1983 flick that will seriously mess with your head. If you dare, catch the Grindhouse Double Feature of Andy Milligan’s BLOODTHIRSTY BUTCHERS and Ted V. Mikels’ THE CORPSE GRINDERS Saturday, May 19 starting at 8 p.m. (shown on prints literally salvaged from a dumpster outside 42nd Street’s then-closing Lyric Theater!). Jumping from the ridiculous to the sublime, Stuart Gordon’s FROM BEYOND will be shown Thursday, May 24 at 7:30 p.m. And venturing outside the horror genre, but still of interest to Fangorians, there’ll be a double feature of ENTER THE NINJA and NINJA III: THE DOMINATION (the latter of which does have supernatural elements) Saturday, June 9 starting at 8 p.m., and veteran B-meister Mark L. Lester will be on hand Saturday, June 16 for a double feature of his Arnold Schwarzenegger vehicle COMMANDO and the Linda Blair-starrer ROLLER BOOGIE, beginning at 7 p.m. Find out more about all of these screenings here. 

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