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...Or Treat

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Tyler Ham

Director
Synopsis
...Or Treat is a look into a home where Halloween's most beloved tradition is taken to the extreme. It was conceptualized last Halloween at a pumpkin carving party when I turned to my friend and said "What if? A few days later a script was written, an animator was hired, and several months later my dark, twisted little tale was completed." extreme. It was conceptualized last Halloween at a pumpkin carving party when I turned to my friend and said "What if? A few days later a script was written, an animator was hired, and several months later my dark, twisted little tale was completed."
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Time's Up Eve

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Patrick Rea

Director
Synopsis
In the 1940s, Eve (Sharon Wright) flees shadowy figures in the bleak metropolis where she's survived since they first arrived. Though now among the hunted, Eve is one of the lucky few to avoid being dealt a dark fate by her pursuers. "It's amazing how little is left after someone loses their soul," she explains. "They feel nothing. No pain. No joy. Emptiness." Vowing she won't end up like the others, Eve attempts a daring escape from the city, armed with the one thing that still gives her life hope.
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Singularity

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Shian Storm

Director
Synopsis
Two friends, Erik and David find themselves cornered in the garage by something they can't identify. They try desperately to piece together what happened to them, which raises more questions than it answers. Injured and confused, they plan to wait until the thing gives up and leaves them be, but when their wounds take a turn for the worse, they are brought face to face with true terror.
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Rosa

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Jesús Orellana

Director
Synopsis
In the near future, humanity has disappeared, leaving behind a large megalopolis devoid of natural life. From the destruction awakes ROSA, a robot part of the KERNEL project, mankind's last attempt to restore the earth's ecosystem using recovered samples of long-extinct plant species. Wandering among the ruins of the lifeless city, Rosa will soon discover that she is not the only part of Kernel that has awakened.
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Roid Rage

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Ryan Lightbourn

Director
Synopsis
Sammy Jenkins was a simple man who lived a simple life, until a genetic mutation sent his world spiraling out of control. Now, being hunted by the men responsible for his deformity, as well as the FBI, Sammy must fight back with his unique abilities in order to survive. Those unique abilities include the giant killer hemorrhoid growing out of his ass.
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Road Dog

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Racheal Cain

Director
Synopsis
Schizophrenic Rolly Lenard is hiding. Haunted by demonic creatures and rejected by the society that surrounds him, Rolly is followed throughout six-and-a-half terrifying minutes of his life. Within this short time, he encounters a store clerk whom he begs for help and a familiar local prostitute, Gemma, with whom he shares unlikely insight. A conversation between Rolly and Gemma, in Rolly's parked car, consequently steers the characters toward their impending fates.
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Picnic

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Gerado Herrero

Director
Synopsis
Grebak, Eastern Bosnia. A father is resting with his son under a tree while the mother walks with her baby in her arms. They do not know it, but a few meters away, a dangerous and deadly enemy is awaiting.
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Patient Zero

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Jacob Chase

Director
Synopsis
Malice precedes caution in the race to cover up a fatal decision made by one doctor that could affect the fate of the world. On the hunt to figure out how to stop a peculiar disease from spreading, Dr. Sarah Lind and her attending physician, Dr. Lowenstein, face the ultimate decision of compromising themselves or the world. How far will these doctors go for the greater good?
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No Rest for the Wicked

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Ryan Schifrin

Director
Synopsis
Spawning from the hit comic THE DEVIL'S HANDSHAKE, this short horror-adventure romp features the title's two main characters Basil & Moebius. Basil (Ray Park) is a street tough brawler while Moebius
(Zachary Levi) plays a dashing cat burglar playboy. The partners-in-crime, who work for the mysterious and supernatural Collector, pull a daring heist during an illegal gambling party thrown by an underworld kingpin (Malcolm McDowell).
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Night of the Little Dead

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Frank Ippolito & Ezekiel Zabrowski

Director
Synopsis
It's the little things that getcha.
Two old fishing buddies, Kickstand (Bill Moseley) and Bob (James Hurley), throw back a couple of beers at the local bar and bait shop while checking out the view, Sadie the busty brunette that served them (Erica Taylor). She's about to whip up their catch of the day when the doors fly open and two men covered in blood stumble in, Dan (Adam Savage) and his friend Dave-O (Penn Jillette). Bob mistakenly goes to investigate what's outside and opens the door to a little undead creature (Martin Klebba). With only fishing gear in reach, Dan and Kickstand work together to save Sadie and the town from the Little Dead.
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The Night Caller

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Peter Podgursky & Donna Thorland

Director
Synopsis
A father's promise to read his daughter a bedtime story begins a night time descent into terror and madness for his young wife.
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The Little Mermaid

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Nicholas Humphries

Director
Synopsis
Deep in a barren, fantastical wasteland lays a dilapidated circus tent. Inside, an ominous ringmaster forces his prized act, a real live mermaid to perform for a group of grimy, working class spectators. The mermaid, though frightening, is but a lovesick, caged animal praying for release from her endless torture. Unwilling to surrender his meal ticket, the ringmaster rejects her pleas for compassion and continues to confine the mermaid to her stagnant holding tank. With nowhere to escape to, the mermaid must make the choice between holding on to the hope of freedom and putting an end to her abuse.