2018 FILM SELECTIONS
Directed By: Huseyin Hassan A middle aged man Alex awakens in his quarters to find a white rabbit beside his bed who then suddenly hops through a closed door. Scared and fascinated by how the rabbit got into his room and out through a closed door Alex gets up and leaves his room to follow the rabbit. Once he opens the door and steps out into the hallways of the asylum very unusual and supernatural events begin to unfold right in front of OUR eyes.
World Premiere Directed By: Laurel Vail Three women going to a three day metal festival in the desert find something disturbing in the freezer of their isolated vacation rental.
Directed by: Izzy Lee A man who uploads a homemade sex video taken in secret gets more than he bargained for when he makes a pit stop.
Directed By: Trevor Dillon and Ian Hock A twisted horror where a blind date takes a monstrous turn as a young couple meets on a cold Christmas night.
Directed By: Jon Rhoads and Mike Marrero Jane is out to get a buzzcut and ends up dealing with apocalyptic matters of a special kind while trying to fix the haircut her barber botched so that she can get laid before she dies.
Directed By: Izu Troin A young corporate executive is kidnapped from his apartment. He wakes up in the middle of a forest only to be stalked by a mysterious hunter.
Directed By: Shaun Clark The film is inspired by Shakespeare's Othello and is a dark surreal take on the relationship between the deceived Othello, the innocent Desdemona and the mendacious Iago.
Directed By: Marc Cartwright A man discovers the horrors of dining alone.
Directed By: Alex Mathieson The Jitterman is all about how fear can control you, as a babysitter is terrorised by a malevolent spirit.
Directed By: Jonathan Martin Jack the Ripper stalks the streets of London, searching for the perfect victims to help Dr. Frankenstein, her master, bring his Creation to life. However, rumors of Frankenstein's nighttime activities are brewing, and Jack, revealed to be Igor, is tasked with one last foray into the bowels of Victorian London to find the last piece needed to bring Frankenstein's mad vision to life.But what is life without love?
Directed By: Philip Buiser After his brother Rob dies, Jeremy digs him up, stashes his body in the family barn, and goes to tell his other brothers, Marc and Greg, what he's done. But when the living brothers head back to the barn, they find that their dead brother isn't quite as dead as they thought. In Sam Shepard-meets-Wes Anderson-meets-The Coen Brothers fashion, Jeremy, Marc, and Greg have to figure out what to do with Zombie Rob. And they have to do it before their parents wake up ... .
Directed By: Will Tebo
Directed By: The Summers Brothers A couples night goes off the rails when one couple reveals they're blood sacrificing devil worshippers. And then things get weird...
Directed By: Michael Lathrop Jerry is a strange and solitary boy who lives with his young neglectful mother in a run down apartment. He spends his weekends hidden away in his bedroom making model figurines and watching TV alone. While investigating a damp stain on his bedroom wall, Jerry peels off some wallpaper, revealing a seductive alien orifice growing behind the plaster. After spending an ever increasing amount of time in his bedroom exploring and inspecting the alien creature, Jerry embar
Directed By: Sam Barnett Stop motion Web Series about an evil corporation that unleashed a plague of bio-mechanical parasites on it's workers.
Directed By: Gigi Saul Guerrero A man wakes up on a desolate lake, and unbeknownst to him, a beast lurks within.
Directed By: Katie Bonham A magical realism short that uncovers the sacrifices people make to take control of their lives and the evil that lurks in the darkness of desperation.
Directed By: Jason Kupfer A pair of home invaders consider their potential character choices just prior to their planned invasion.
Directed By: Jonathan Barger A disgraced priest attempts to bind his daughter's ghost in this world to save her from damnation in the next. But as the rituals turn more sinister, his grieving wife realizes the true horror is not supernatural, but very much human.
Directed By: Timothy Troy Alexis goes to bed, her husband out having a drink with the guys. The doorbell keeps ringing, but each time there's no one there. After three times of this, she runs upstairs to her phone. Here the creature reveals itself, and Alexis screams as she realizes the truth: the monster has been mimicking the bell sound the whole time.
Directed By: Kino McFarland When a materialistic man's perfect skin is ruined by his lover, he takes extreme measures to ensure it never happens again. Declawed is a conceptual horror film about the horrors of cat-declawing.
Directed By: Anthony Williams They took away his memory and his life, but gave him something worse in death. Now he must embrace the monster he’s become to regain his humanity.
Directed By: Zak White and Todd Spence After dusting off an old Mystery Date-style board game, a mother and daughter realize the game holds more evil than amusement.
Directed By: Chris Jopp MEOW follows Samantha (Eleonore Dendy), a young woman in her twenties who has recently moved into a new apartment. Ignoring the strict “No Pets Policy” of her dubious landlord (Charles Hubbell), Samantha takes in a cat from the alleyway behind the apartment complex and names it “Meow.” When horrific occurrences begin around the complex, Samantha starts to doubt whether her new cat is as cute and innocent as it seems.
Directed By: Teemu Niukkanen This short film “Fucking Bunnies” follows a middle-aged Finnish man, Raimo, living a comfortable middle-class life with his wife in the suburbs of Helsinki. However, his bubble bursts when a Satan-worshipping sex cult moves in next door and the cult leader, Maki, turns out to be a very nice, considerate guy. When Maki volunteers to be Raimo’s squash partner, Raimo is forced to live a lie that gets him in trouble.
Directed By: Damien Leveck Lance and Drew have found success running the only webcast that streams LIVE exorcisms. However, every episode is an elaborately staged hoax, created to dupe their global audience. But when their latest subject turns out to actually be demon-possessed, Lance and Drew are forced to reckon with their online charade– live in front of millions viewers.
Directed By: Maria Bruno An enthusiastic business man purchases a freezer.
Directed By: Jake Fullilove When a neurotic man emerges from blackouts with dead bodies on his floor, will he regain control to stop the bloodshed, or will his new roommate be the next target?
Directed By: Oliver Hilbert Five garden snails find themselves trapped in a kitchen of horrors and try to survive their final destination.
Directed By: Chaz Gentry
Directed By: Shant Hamassian A 'shot-in-one-take' slasher film about a teenage girl who must commit horror movie sins by drinking alcohol, doing drugs, and having sex in order to lure a masked killer and defeat him.
Directed By: Todd Slawsby After hearing a scary bedtime story, a young boy and girl become convinced they have monsters under their beds. They may be right...
Directed By: Lukas Rinker Part pope - part machine - all laser
Directed By: Charles Perry Homeless and helpless, Jane finds herself caught in a vicious downward spiral of with drawls and self loathing. Desperate for shelter she takes refuge in an abandon house opportunity presents the solution to her pain.
Directed By: Lee Vander Boegh A mysterious figure appears under the sheets as a woman makes her bed. But when she pulls the sheets off, it dissapears. Or does it?
Directed By: Brian Lonano A Husband gets more than he bargains for when he picks up a mysterious crow totem off the ground, much to his Wife's chagrin.
Directed By: Damien Patrik Pontificating film directors, dancing nuns, sweet little girls and puppy dogs. Who could ask for anything more? 3 successful film directors explain the REAL secrets to success.
Directed By: Bradley Hawkins Filling In, a comedy short film by award-winning director, Bradley Hawkins, starring Jared Odrick and Karl Holtz, chronicles the story of a gentle giant of a man, down on his luck, considering a risky and covert career path. To help him learn the ropes, a grizzled vet in the field takes him under his wing.
Directed By: Nikhil Bhagat An aging drifter hunts fallen angels in a desolate city. Society may have turned its back on him, but that doesn't stop him from moving forward in his endless search for fallen angels.
Directed By: Chris McInroy They just wanted to be cool. Instead, they got a demon.
Directed By: Basil Al-Safar, Rashad Al-Safar The purchase of a mystery Jigsaw Puzzle from a strange and unsettling vendor leads a man to an evening of frightening consequences.