THE 2018 LINEUP
DAY 1
Screening 1
Starting at 6:00pm | Friday, October 19th
Miscreant
(11m)
Anderson McCarthy, a young law-school graduate, walks two small town detectives through his life threatening turn of events while visiting his Uncle Billy for the very first time.
For Old Times Sake
(19m)
Following the death of her parents, a girl returns home to confront the monsters of her past.
An American Attorney in London
(15m)
When a criminal defence attorney visits the US Embassy in London, his appointment with a clinical consular official leads him down a dark and uneasy path to the last place on earth he wants to be.
Into The Mirror
(13m)
A young woman staying at a rental house discovers she is not alone.
After Brittany graduated from university and comes to Los Angeles for her boyfriend, her boyfriend, Sam helps her book a house, the landlord is an old lady with black dress, She feels strange things in the house. She calls her boyfriend. She doesn’t know it’s an haunted house she stays…
Helsinki Mansplaining Massacre
(15m)
An intensely hysterical horror comedy about one woman’s desperate struggle to survive a horde of men with frail egos, who just want to explain everything to her. But the biggest horror may be closer to her than she thinks.
Blurred Vision
(7m)
Copycat killer "ZCD" is busy "dismembering" his latest victim in the style of his idol, the notorious KM Butcher. ZCD soon finds his "session" interrupted by a surprise visit from Detective Jones, who delivers some disturbing news about the KM Butcher.
Mongers
(7m)
A lonely man stalks a family that may not be what they seem in this combative, chaotic horror hell-ride of hunting demons both inward and outward.
Blackout
(12m)
A young woman awakens in the woods, alone and covered in blood, with no memory of how she got there.
Inside The House
(4m)
It's best to keep your eyes open when you're home alone.
Alfred J Hemlock
(14m)
When Emily’s boyfriend abandons her in the night, her only way home is through an alleyway where she is terrorised by the mysterious entity Alfred J Hemlock
Goodnight, Gracie
(4m)
After mom gets hacked to pieces by her latest lover, a devout child fights to escape the same fate.
Screening 2
Starting at 8:30pm | Friday, October 19th
They Said, But...
(1m)
Why we don’t listen to naysayers.
All Light Will End | 85 minutes
Written and Directed by Chris Blake
Produced by Josh Moody, Dave Moody, Chris Blake, Waylen Thomas Hardy & Kelly L. Frey
Starring Ashley Pereira, Andy Buckley, Sarah Butler & Sam Jones III
Young, successful horror novelist Savannah Martin’s new book is taking the genre by storm.
Her father, the police chief of her small hometown, investigates murders and foul play too grim
for their bucolic life. As she and her friends settle in for a relaxing weekend at her childhood home, the dark secret at the crux of Savannah’s success stirs in her dreams and seeps into her reality. Amidst sexual tensions and fireside stories, Savannah’s despondency and her father’s
case collide with gruesome and horrifying reveals, leaving little distinction between the subconscious and reality.
DAY 2
Screening 3
Starting at 12:00pm | Saturday, October 20th
Crazy in Love
(9m)
A young man questions his sense of reality as he tries to free himself from his own shadow.
Grandma's House | 70 minutes
Directed by Bonnie Kathleen Ryan
Written by Trevor Munson
Produced by Bonnie Kathleen Ryan, Stephen Moffat & Philip Guzman
Starring Kathy Rose Center, Rachelle Dimaria, Jesi Le Rae & Johnny Elvis
When Julie Grayson arrives in Austin to start grad school and a new life, she’s shocked to
discover that her student housing has fallen through.
Desperate for a place to live, she rents a room in a southern gothic home with a sweet but eccentric, elderly widow who likes to be called, ‘Grandma.’ At first, Julie reads the woman’s
over-attentiveness and old-fashioned rules as symptoms of the generation gap. But when Grandma’s behavior becomes increasingly unhinged, Julie finds herself at the mercy of a landlady with a dark and dangerous plan for her!
Screening 4
Starting at 1:45pm | Saturday, October 20th
Corpse Pose
(14m)
Avril moves into a new apartment, hoping to start over after a traumatic event. But, can she really escape her past?
Donor
(8m)
Frightened and confused, a young woman must find her way out of a primitive hospital before she is discovered.
Hope
(12m)
A senseless wandering ghoul roaming the world full of the hunger-less undead and hateful humans will soon discover a craving, leaving him completely and utterly without hope.
Still Hungry
(13m)
A young woman struggling with an eating disorder spends her first night alone out of the hospital...and must do battle with a personal demon.
Dhampir
(4m)
A dhampir (half human/half vampire) finally gives into his cravings, wreaking havoc on the small town he lives in.
Little
(12m)
An unexpected meeting turns dangerous as two children navigate through their developing town.
The Penny Dropped
(6m)
A desperate woman seeks help from an unlikely source in a dark place. Neither of them realise that their futures will be decided by the flip of a coin.
Misère
(15m)
Haunted by his grim past, a priest must confront the supernatural abilities of his brother.
Attack of The Potato Clock
(3m)
Set in an 80's elementary school, our film tells the story about a mutated potato clock that rises from death in a stormy day to get revenge on the cafeteria's lunch lady who is chopping potatoes, creatures of his own kind.
Goldblooded
(9m)
A homeless drifter with traces of pure gold in his blood, accidentally unleashes his secret while experimenting with extraction methods and everyone wants in on the fortune.
Misguided
(11m)
An aspiring actress wanders too far into the woods during a guided meditation.
Mother of a Sacred Lamb
(12m)
The sudden reappearance of a missing boy begins to unravel the fabric between a mother's desperate hope and her most unthinkable fear.
Screening 5
Starting at 4:15pm | Saturday, October 20th
Elsewhere
(14m)
When Luna, a young artist, loses her older brother Antonio, she must face grief and deal with his death through her art and painting.
The Necromancer | 85 minutes
Written and Directed by Stuart Brennan
Produced by Stuart Brennan, Mark Paul Wake & Jessica Maxfield
Starring Marcus Macleod, Stuart Brennan, Mark Paul Wake, David Izatt, Austin Caley & Charlie Morgan
After a furious and violent battle, Logan (BAFTA winner Stuart Brennan) and his surviving comrades, decide to follow their captain Bernard and escape from the imminent battle at Waterloo. Fearing Napoleon is about to win, they flee to Germany, before heading North to the coast.
A shortcut through the notorious Black Forest is suggested, but upon arrival and the appearance of an injured soldier, all is not as it seems. The deeper into the forest they go, the further their thoughts wander, until reality and fantasy collide and they meet the evil that waits for them.
*Screening Out of Competition*
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