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On Dark Paths
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Synopsis
On Dark Paths tells a story about an eight-year-old boy, Risto, whose mind has created a terrifying monster that creeps in the house during the night. Risto must gather the courage to stand up to the monster - and put an end to his nightmare.
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Night of the Slasher
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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.
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Market St.
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Synopsis
On a seemingly ordinary commute in San Francisco, a woman finds herself on a journey of terror aboard a mysterious streetcar.
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Liar
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Synopsis
Simon and Maggie are on their first date together. Simon finds Maggie charming, attractive and intelligent, but with one flaw – she’s a pathological liar. Simon agrees to go home with her and from there things go downhill. With Maggie’s lies growing more elaborate, featuring stories of orphaned childhoods, a murdered boyfriend, and a body in the basement, Simon is finding the lines between reality and fiction beginning to blur. As Simon fears his life might be in danger, his plans of getting the girl are soon replaced with plans of just getting out. But Maggie has other ideas. Whether or not this is the perfect date or a disaster waiting to happen, sparks are sure to fly.
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In Extremis
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A night watchman is sent to guard the cellar of a museum by its mysterious curator, but once alone in these vaults he starts to hear something. IN EXTREMIS is a short in the mould of classic British horror films of the 1960s and 70s.
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Harmful Sensations
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A young gay man addicted to sex, drinking and nightlife has a casual encounter and contracts a nasty, unknown venereal infection. A surreal, horror-comedy from director Jensen Rule Tierra. "Harmful Sensations" charts a descent into violence, madness and redemption.
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Fish Eye
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A paranoid young maid is hired by a mysterious, neurotic man. While cleaning, she finds evidence which might be related to an unapprehend serial killer. She tries to hide from her employer, who is hunting her, when she fears she is the next target, leading to a violent confrontation.
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FEAST
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Trapped in a remote tavern, a group of strangers (Navi Rawat, Krista Allen, Balthazar Getty, Henry Rollins) must band together for survival. Outside the bar, a horde of ravenous, flesh-eating monsters are trying to break in and dine on the frightened humans inside.
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El Espejo Humano
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Based on a real story. A 17-year-old girl with social anxiety has hardly any contact with the outside world. Never leaving her home she watches the cruelties being reported on the news every day, bringing her mind closer and closer to the dangerous nature of society.