THE HAUNTING OF PENNHURST

THE HAUNTING OF PENNHURST

(The Tribeca Festival is back and celebrates its 25th year! Taking place June 3 – 14 in various screening rooms around NYC, HtN has tons of coverage coming your way like this The Haunting of Pennhurst movie review from Chris Reed! Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) G

"THE HAUNTING OF PENNHURST"

THE STORY – For over seventy years, Pennhurst State School & Hospital was called a place of care. What happened inside killed over half its population. It closed in 1987, leaving behind unmarked graves and an unresolved history. Today, on those same grounds, disabled performers – many living with the same conditions that once sent people to Pennhurst – put on their makeup, pull on their costumes, and prepare to scare people for a living. THE CAS…

Tribeca 2026 Review: THE HAUNTING OF PENNHURST Once Again Proves the Most Relevant Horror Comes in Documentary Form

Nathan Stenberg, Mike Attie, and Katarina Poljak directed the documentary. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]

The Haunting of Pennhurst — Nathan R. Stenberg, Mike Attie, and Katarina Poljak [Tribeca '26 Review]

Nathan R. Stenberg, Mike Attie, and Katarina Poljak’s The Haunting of Pennhurst is an archival and verité look at the transformation of the notorious Pennhurst State School and Hospital from a real-life house of horrors that warehoused the disabled for nearly 80 years to what could be considered a form of problematic dark tourism. But [...] The post The Haunting of Pennhurst — Nathan R. Stenberg, Mike Attie, and Katarina Poljak [Tribeca ’26 Revi…