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Deadtime Stories

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Michael Dougherty

Director
Synopsis
A young girl plagued by nightmares and voices is forced to visit her neighbors who live in the “haunted house", only to discover the truth behind the rumor.
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Cut

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Fred Sprinkle & Tyler Clair Smith

Director
Synopsis
An aspiring young horror film director gets the chance of a lifetime to have her favorite horror film director mentor her in the art. To her shock and surprise she learns that her idols horror films are real.
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Walpurgis Nacht

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David Kruschke

Director
Synopsis
Despite warnings, a headstrong British solicitor goes sightseeing in Eastern Germany only to encounter more than he was willing to believe. Based on the discarded writings of Bram Stoker, Walpurgis Nacht is set in Germany at the end of the 19th Century. With its gothic overtones, the fi lm invokes the atmosphere of classic horror films.
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The Thing With No Head

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Mark Fearing

Director
Synopsis
There's an old saying that reads; A friend with no head is better than no friend at all. The Thing with No Head is a sweet, pungent, animated short about a young boy's memories of his best friend growing up a headless Thing that wanders onto the farm one summer's day.
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Summer Chill

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Bruno Philip

Director
Synopsis
In the heat of the night, Steve is taken out of his sleep by a noise coming from the living room of their new apartment. Vanessa his girlfriend, still sound asleep, is not aware her boyfriend is searching every room to find the intruder.
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The Silvergleam Whistle

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Mike Williamson

Director
Synopsis
Forty years ago, the SILVERGLEAM EXPRESS steam engine train was struck by lightning, electrocuting everyone on board. Legend has it that the SILVERGLEAM and its engineer still haunt the woods, trying to gather more passengers to finish its final run. Tonight, one family will find out if the story is true... But will they live to tell their tale?
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Shadow Man

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David Benullo

Director
Synopsis
After getting in trouble in class for talking about the Shadow Man, young Kevin is forced to stay after school. As the sun sets and the shadows lengthen, Kevin grows more and more fearful. When he's fi nally released by his teacher, Kevin races to reach his home before the streetlights come on. But along the way he discovers fi rsthand that the Shadow Man is very real indeed - and it intends to claim Kevin as its next victim.
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Le Prince Bleu

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Sébastienn Rossignol

Director
Synopsis
Le Prince Bleu is an unexpected journey into a Dark Poetry universe.
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Highway 213

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Clayton Cogswell

Director
Synopsis
Frank has just inherited his father's old auto repair shop complete with rusty tools, unpaid bills, and a dark secret. A mysterious woman calls up begging for help. She is stranded on Highway 213, an abandoned stretch of road miles away from any town. Being the only mechanic in the area, Frank sets out to help her. Thirty-six miles later, he finds nothing but an empty highway. Frustrated, Frank returns to his shop with the conclusion that it was only a crank caller. Or was it? The next day it's business as usual, until the woman calls back.
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El Ciclo

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Victor Garcia

Director
Synopsis
In the darkness of a basement, a man, drops a heavy bundle in a plastic bag downstairs. In the kitchen, a trickle of blood crawls down the wall. Next to it a shotgun anticipates what has happened in that room... or maybe not.
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Descent

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Jay Holben

Director
Synopsis
Six weeks after witnessing the brutal murder of her best friend, Andrea immerses herself in her work and accidentally stays too late, finding herself alone in the office. On the way down, the elevator makes an unexpected stop and to her absolute disbelief - the man she witnessed murder her best friend GETS ON THE ELEVATOR with her!



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Deadline

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Massimo Coglitore

Director
Synopsis
Alex and his pregnant wife Laura, are isolated in a mountain road during to a breakdown of their jeep. They are helped by an ambiguous man, that brings them to a bleak desolated hotel shrouded in the fog. The man's speeches even if illogical, have a double and deep meaning of their own.