Los Angeles County Premieres at Screamfest
The first public screening of the film in Los Angeles County.
Film Category
Flashpoint
Meet the Filmmaker
Synopsis
A man keeping watch at the end of the world sees something which convinces him he might be on the wrong side. A post-apocalyptic horror set short exploring themes of loyalty and how far you would go to bring back someone you once loved.
Film Category
Facies
Meet the Filmmaker
Synopsis
Spain, 1692. The Spanish Inquisition is in decline, and as a result, their followers are more ruthless than ever. One of the inquisitors has been trying to find the perfect torture device for years. He wishes to inflict pure pain and show the world the horrible consequences of following the Devil. He might be able to thanks to “The Demeanour”, a horrific torture chair created by his engineer. However, the engineer’s daughter Elena has different plans…
Film Category
Diversion (Politics of)
Meet the Filmmaker
Synopsis
On the trail of a serial killer, a police investigator with formidable instincts is close to the goal when his superior interferes in his case.
Film Category
Dear Santa
Meet the Filmmaker
Synopsis
When a woman finds a letter that she wrote to Santa asking to be just like the girl who lives next door, she just may get what she asked for.
Film Category
VOGELKOOI / BIRDCAGE
Meet the Filmmaker
Synopsis
Nurse Marielle watches in horror as her senior doctor injects poison in a boy with supernatural powers. A measure that seemed necessary after the death of one of their staff. After the doctor informs Marielle that also Patient 76 will be put to "˜sleep', she rushes off to save her favorite patient.
Film Category
Bad Vibrations
Meet the Filmmaker
Synopsis
Detective Thomas 'Bob' Roberts is on the trail of a murderer. Hoping to make a deal, he travels to a forgotten corner of the English coastline to meet Singer, a beguiling young woman with a dark secret. But as Bob sits down in the remote cafe to discuss terms with his mysterious foe, he is about to learn that his quarry has more than a way with words. In fact, the conversation Bob is about to have could, quite literally, blow his mind.
Film Category
Assimilation
Meet the Filmmaker
Synopsis
After the death of her best friend, Liz attends Julie's funeral gathering where strange events begin to occur.
Film Category
After Hours
Meet the Filmmaker
Synopsis
When a man arrives at a secluded cabin in the desert to meet his best friend, he finds his friend is missing but quickly realizes he is not alone.
Film Category
A Good Scream
Meet the Filmmaker
Synopsis
An aspiring voice over actress gives it her all when she gets the chance to work with a famous horror director and will stop at nothing to give a good performance, much to the chagrin of her neighbors.
Film Category
Fake Plastic Blood
Meet the Filmmaker
Synopsis
Atop a parking garage in downtown Detroit, Clara asks her drug dealer for the forbidden blue pills - to help her deal with the "fake bitches" at her roommate's party tonight. The drug comes with a warning: she might hallucinate some very disturbing things. On her way to the party, the visions start - and they are exactly what she had been hoping to escape.
Film Category
The Rotting of Casey Culpepper
Meet the Filmmaker
Synopsis
A girl battling leukemia and her single father fall into a well of paranoia when the girl experiences visions of a tumor-covered creature.