US Premieres at Screamfest
The first public screening of the film in the United States.
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Lazarus Taxon
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Synopsis
The feared consequences of global warming are at its peak when one man crosses the New Sea trying to save his daughter from the clutches of death. After the dreaded climate change, in a world dominated by hunger, epidemics and fear and where death is a travel companion, a man, loses his daughter 20 years old. A tale about going beyond the limits of the human race and the survival of the species.
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Hunter's Moon
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Synopsis
A career criminal named Hunter has taken Celeste, the woman he loves, out to the desert after becoming suspicious of her behavior. Fearing that she has become an informant, he conducts a brief interrogation that provides him with an answer he could never have predicted.
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Hold Your Fire
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Synopsis
A ghostly soldier wandering through a fog-covered battlefield targets a Japanese girl, who proves to be more dangerous than originally anticipated. Years later in a tomb-like foreign hospital he comes face to face with his war-torn existence in this life's and the beyond.
With an unconventional narrative, fantastic imagery, and a dark sense of the absurd, HOLD YOUR FIRE takes a horrific look at casualties of war.
With an unconventional narrative, fantastic imagery, and a dark sense of the absurd, HOLD YOUR FIRE takes a horrific look at casualties of war.
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Harry Doright's Prelude To Hell
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Synopsis
At his 60th birthday Harry Doright is visited by a demon who claims his soul and the souls of his loved ones.
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Full Employment
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Synopsis
The fictional documentary "Full Employment" introduces an innovative federal pilot project: The Agency for Assisted Employment. The extension of lifetime careers means that more and more older citizens have to continue working, and that there aren't enough jobs for young, less qualified workers, making Agencies for Assisted Employment a nationwide necessity. Young employees, similar to civil service workers, assist older people in carrying out their jobs.
The film documents a workday for Miro and the client he assists, 78-year-old Mr. Janssen. Mr. Janssen is a zombie hunter."
The film documents a workday for Miro and the client he assists, 78-year-old Mr. Janssen. Mr. Janssen is a zombie hunter."
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The Familiar
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Synopsis
Sam has just accepted a very unusual job: become the assistant to an amoral, immortal, bloodsucking vampire.
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Dead Walkers
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Synopsis
Bounty hunter and gunman Jack Link has a knack for trouble, but when he stumbles into a town cursed with the undead, he might have bit off more than he can chew. Can he and his unlikely allies break the curse and make it out alive or will the evil in the old west consume them all? Directed by Spencer Estabrooks, original score by two time Juno award winner Derek Miller.
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Das Zimmer (The Room)
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Synopsis
The famous actor, Thomas van Boys, checks into a hotel...
He orders a call girl, opens his mail, showers, and shaves...
Then he turns on the TV.
The screen shows his room. There must be a camera somewhere in the room...
The "Eye" begins an evil cat and mouse game. It presents van Boys with a mirror,
which lets him look into the uttermost depths of his soul...
He orders a call girl, opens his mail, showers, and shaves...
Then he turns on the TV.
The screen shows his room. There must be a camera somewhere in the room...
The "Eye" begins an evil cat and mouse game. It presents van Boys with a mirror,
which lets him look into the uttermost depths of his soul...
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Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever
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Synopsis
A high school prom faces a deadly threat: a flesh-eating virus that spreads via a popular brand of bottled water.
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Brother's Keeper
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Synopsis
My Brother's Keeper' follows one man's journey of loss and anguish. After release from a military psychiatric hospital, Jacob Moors is forced to come to grips with his disturbing past. He begins a journey that forces him to confront his fears and the father that drove him away many years ago. Jacob's path proves to be both psychically and psychologically difficult, as he succumbs to the hallucinations and migraines brought on by his experiences in the war.
For Jacob Moors, the dead never forgot, and they will go to great lengths to ensure that they are not forgotten...
For Jacob Moors, the dead never forgot, and they will go to great lengths to ensure that they are not forgotten...
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Bajo La Sal
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Synopsis
A series of murders leads commander TRUJILLO to Santa Rosa de la Sal a town close to a salt mine, where he meets VÍCTOR ZEPEDA - a lonely teenager who works in his father funeral home and spends his free time making crude animated horror films - who's strange behavior seems to point at him as the culprit of the crimes.
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Bad Mistake (Mauvaise Erreur)
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Synopsis
Every Friday, Sophie and her friends organize what they call "Scary Fridays" - watching horror movies on dvd. Sophie is not scared anymore now by horror movies. She thinks they're not scary anymore. But tonight, she's going to change her mind completely when she get's kidnapped ( by mistake! ). Sophie is going to have the most frightening night of her life!